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9 minutes ago, MongoBoy said:

Did the O's downturn begin when Manny wore that Mr. Miami shirt?  I thought they were in the hunt until that weekend last year.

I thought it was when Trumbo cried about the pies.

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I thought it started when Jeremy Hellickson didn’t like the postgame spread following their walkoff win against the Yankees on Sept. 5.    He said he was sick of having spicy hummus with the veggie tray every damned night, and that just killed the morale of the team and the rest is history.  

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25 minutes ago, Luke-OH said:

 

I thought that it was when Trumbo cried about the pies.

 

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I'll never forget when Rick Dempsey asked aloud whether or not Adam Jones would cream himself after he hit a walk-off home run against the Phillies in June of 2012.

I love baseball, but that is serious hardcore emotions.

 

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34 minutes ago, MongoBoy said:

Did the O's downturn begin when Manny wore that Mr. Miami shirt?  I thought they were in the hunt until that weekend last year.

Of course not. I don't believe in hocus pocus or superstions. It's all on the owner and the FO.

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5 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

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I'll never forget when Rick Dempsey asked aloud whether or not Adam Jones would cream himself after he hit walk-off win against the Phillies in June of 2012.

I love baseball, but that is serious hardcore emotions.

 

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1 minute ago, weams said:

I'd say all. Machado and Jones and no one else is even good. Danny and Pedro I guess. 

Safe to say that Manny will be the lone rep this year at the AS game in DC. You going?We will be there. 

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