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27 minutes ago, MDtransplant757 said:

Some of the plays the O's players are making remind me of when we were a kid and when they were awful 

You don't long for the days of Brook Fordyce and Deivi Cruz??

2003 Luis Matos would actually be a fantastic addition to the 2017 O's. In fact...so would 2003 Sidney Ponson. :leaving: 

 

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1 minute ago, Spy Fox said:

You don't long for the days of Brook Fordyce and Deivi Cruz??

2003 Luis Matos would actually be a fantastic addition to the 2017 O's. In fact...so would 2003 Sidney Ponson. :leaving: 

 

Nope. Just watching this team, you knew they weren't going anywhere and were going to suck. So would 2003 CC Sabbathia. 

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September 28th is my late mom's birthday. She has the distinction of having been a lifelong Yankee fan who converted (yes, she TRULY converted) to being an Oriole fan in October of 1978, because she didn't want me to be the only Oriole fan in our family. She promised me that the Orioles would win the World Series the following season, and she was off by one game.

September 28th of 2007:)The  Yankees led us 9-6 going into the bottom of the 9th. They brought in Mariano Rivera in. Game over, right ??? Wrong !!!

We loaded the bases with 2 outs. It looked like curtains, except ......... Jay Payton drilled a bases-clearing triple into the gap in right-centerfield to tie the game !!! ):eek:)A lot of Yankee fans that were sitting near me were angrily screaming "choke" at their beloved team. ):D

In the top of the 10th, the Yanks hit a lead-off double, and it looked like our storybook ending would go down in flames. Not on this night. We managed to get out of the inning without being scored upon.

In the bottom of the 10th, we again had the bases loaded with 2 outs. On the first pitch, Melvin Mora laid down a bunt, taking the Yankees by surprise. Tike Redman raced home, and the Orioles all mobbed each other on the field.

With that win, the Orioles eliminated the Yankees from the A.L. East division title. They still got the wild card ...... but good enough.  ;)

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL200709280.shtml

 

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September 28th is my late mom's birthday. She has the distinction of having been a lifelong Yankee fan who converted (yes, she TRULY converted) to being an Oriole fan in October of 1978, because she didn't want me to be the only Oriole fan in our family. She promised me that the Orioles would win the World Series the following season, and she was off by one game.

September 28th of 2007:)The Yankees led us 9-6 going into the bottom of the 9th. They brought in Mariano Rivera in. Game over, right ??? Wrong !!!

We loaded the bases with 2 outs. It looked like curtains, except ......... Jay Payton drilled a bases-clearing triple into the gap in right-centerfield to tie the game !!! ):eek:)A lot of Yankee fans that were sitting near me were angrily screaming "choke" at their beloved team. ):D

In the top of the 10th, the Yanks hit a lead-off double, and it looked like our storybook ending would go down in flames. Not on this night. We managed to get out of the inning without being scored upon.

In the bottom of the 10th, we again had the bases loaded with 2 outs. On the first pitch, Melvin Mora laid down a bunt, taking the Yankees by surprise. Tike Redman raced home, and the Orioles all mobbed each other on the field.

With that win, the Orioles eliminated the Yankees from the A.L. East division title. They still got the wild card ...... but good enough. ) ;)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL200709280.shtml

 

 

That game is on the list. Check the O's twitter account. They are all posted there. 

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13 minutes ago, crissfan172 said:

Cause Jerry Hairston was AMAZING. Damn kids and their revisionist history! :P

I liked Jerry better when they first came up, but he couldn't stay healthy, and Brian upped his game after a couple of years.   

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