Camden Chat: The 5 stages of grief about the 2018 Orioles

[Moose Milligan]

https://www.camdenchat.com/2018/4/24/17274864/orioles-2018-season-lost-hopeless-inevitable

Where do you reside? 

[Chavez Ravine]

I have gone through  three of those just over Manny's hair.

[sportsfan8703]

One stage. We’re just done. Results don’t matter.  We need to pick up some more jace orders on types and see if we can find some nuggets until our guys in AA are ready to come up. Now would be too early. 

[NashLumber]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

https://www.camdenchat.com/2018/4/24/17274864/orioles-2018-season-lost-hopeless-inevitable

Where do you reside? 

Acceptance but with some lingering anger. 

[atomic]

This isn't like losing a loved one.  Dumb comparison. 

[NashLumber]

12 hours ago, atomic said:

This isn't like losing a loved one.  Dumb comparison. 

From the article. He says as much:

 

”I mention this in an article about the 2018 Orioles because while having a favorite baseball team is of course not a matter of life and death, it is something that involves a significant investment of emotion in something outside of our control entirely.

The era the Orioles have been in since 2012 has been a fun one and it is now melting away before our eyes, the hopes stoked from three playoff appearances in the span of five seasons sputtering into nothingness.

The end of that era is not a loss like that of a family member. It’s still a loss in that part of all of our lives where we are Orioles fans, unimportant in the grand scheme though that may be. You may find that you or those around you are going through the stages about the 2018 Orioles as this season continues in a hopeless direction”

[Moose Milligan]

6 hours ago, atomic said:

This isn't like losing a loved one.  Dumb comparison. 

Lighten up, buttercup.

[bobmc]

I'm with these guys, including the fans.  Nicely written article!

[Aristotelian]

Pretty much skipped 1-4 and went straight to 5. Never had much hope to begin with, and we have been terrible since Game 2. The only thing keeping me at 4 is the Davis contract. That is going to be a long and difficult one to accept.

[Frobby]

I’m clearly in the depression stage, and probably won’t get out of it until next February when pitchers and catchers report.    I know what they have to do, but I’m not looking forward to it.

[LC_O's_87]

For pretty much my entire sentient life, I watched this team lose and lose and lose.  Pathetic teams with flawed veterans and overhyped "prospects". And yet, year after year I was watching and listening faithfully.  This year, it's been very difficult to even stomach watching this team for more than a few innings. 

Last night I stuck it out.  And after watching Cobb implode, Davis miss an easy grounder that probably would have kept them within 2 runs, and Sisco become about the 5th guy to swing at pitch in the dirt in the late innings, I was finally taken back to the ineptitude of the pre-2012 era.

I must be at acceptance.  At this point, I'll just see how guys like Scott, Sisco  and hopefully some of the OF prospects do, if/when they come up.