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Don't think I remember an Opening Day with less palpable excitement around here (both on OH and around town).   I'm the only person that wore black and orange in my office today.

Of course there's the losing, but Opening Day is supposed to be when hope springs eternal.

Coming off a lockout and abbreviated spring, opening on the road which has not been the norm for the O's, and doing it in an ugly domed stadium doesn't help.  

But hey, it's still Opening Day!   Let's see some excitement.

Orioles have won on Opening Day 9 of the last 11 years.   (And in both years they didn't win, 2018 and 2019, they won the next two games to take the opening series).   So each of the last 11 Oriole teams has had a winning record at some point, the last one that didn't was the 2010 team, the season that started with Trembley and ended with Buck.

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I saw a stat yesterday that the Orioles were 3rd in MLB for opening day win %.  Their numbers were a better sample size also.  Mets were first.  I walked my town (AM 2 miler) with O's shirt, shor

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Don't think I remember an Opening Day with less palpable excitement around here (both on OH and around town).   I'm the only person that wore black and orange in my office today. Of course there'

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I am positively frothing at the mouth for real baseball. I'm gonna watch this and the G-Rod Norfolk game tonight. BRING ON 6 HOURS OF BASEBALLLLLLLLLLL

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Glad someone started this thread!

Opening Day is a great day that means warm summer nights are just around the corner. Looking forward to another season of baseball, hopefully the Orioles start things off with a win!

Jon Meoli made a great point in his newsletter, that this is the first year in a while where Opening Day(s) doesn't feel like the high point of the season.

The day that Adley is promoted will almost certainly be more exciting than Opening Day and likewise for Grayson Rodriguez. I remember going to Wieters first game, and later seeing his first home run, the (largely unmet) hype just gave such a palpable energy.

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I'm excited for the season.   The OD roster doesn't thrill me, but I think the roster will get more interesting as the season progresses, and there are enough interesting story lines to hold be until then.   You never really know how a season will go until it's played.  Let's go O's!

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10 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Don't think I remember an Opening Day with less palpable excitement around here (both on OH and around town).   I'm the only person that wore black and orange in my office today.

Of course there's the losing, but Opening Day is supposed to be when hope springs eternal.

Coming off a lockout and abbreviated spring, opening on the road which has not been the norm for the O's, and doing it in an ugly domed stadium doesn't help.  

But hey, it's still Opening Day!   Let's see some excitement.

Orioles have won on Opening Day 9 of the last 11 years.   (And in both years they didn't win, 2018 and 2019, they won the next two games to take the opening series).   So each of the last 11 Oriole teams has had a winning record at some point, the last one that didn't was the 2010 team, the season that started with Trembley and ended with Buck.

I saw a stat yesterday that the Orioles were 3rd in MLB for opening day win %.  Their numbers were a better sample size also.  Mets were first.

 I walked my town (AM 2 miler) with O's shirt, shorts and floppy hat with black sleeves and black and orange shoes, black sunglasses.  Pretty dorky but at 78 I have earned it!

 

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Reasons to be psyched:

  • Fun little core of: Mountcastle, Hays, Mullins, Means, Mancini, Santander, Urias
  • Bautista ML debut incoming
  • Tyler Wells 
  • Guys throwing 95+ in the bullpen: Bautista, Perez, Baker, Krehbiel, Lopez
  • Adley soon
  • G-Rod, Hall, Stowers: not quite as soon but This Year nonetheless
  • Less balls getting by the catchers
  • Men of Intrigue: Mateo, McKenna, Gutierrez
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I saw a stat yesterday that the Orioles were 3rd in MLB for opening day win %.  Their numbers were a better sample size also.  Mets were first.

 I walked my town (AM 2 miler) with O's shirt, shorts and floppy hat with black sleeves and black and orange shoes, black sunglasses.  Pretty dorky but at 78 I have earned it!

 

Let's go Bob!!

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23 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Don't think I remember an Opening Day with less palpable excitement around here (both on OH and around town).   I'm the only person that wore black and orange in my office today.

Of course there's the losing, but Opening Day is supposed to be when hope springs eternal.

Coming off a lockout and abbreviated spring, opening on the road which has not been the norm for the O's, and doing it in an ugly domed stadium doesn't help.  

But hey, it's still Opening Day!   Let's see some excitement.

Orioles have won on Opening Day 9 of the last 11 years.   (And in both years they didn't win, 2018 and 2019, they won the next two games to take the opening series).   So each of the last 11 Oriole teams has had a winning record at some point, the last one that didn't was the 2010 team, the season that started with Trembley and ended with Buck.

Sorry Steve to correct you but they won in 18, lost in 20. Jones hit a walk off HR, his last OD here in 18.  
 

 

2010 I will always remember as the Mike Gonzalez Special. He blew OD in Tampa, and then was booed during intros before the home opener and then he blew the game that day. About 12 years of pent up frustration was taken out on him. Then the season imploded. 

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Let's go Bob!!

LOL - radiation at noon*, Tiger at 1:30, facial at 2, O's at 3ish.  Got MLBTV but probably get blacked out since Tampa is close but don't see their network on YouTubeTv.  I'm hoping.  🙏

 

* 7th of 8 weeks done today.  "They" say prostate cancer will never kill ya - (except William Hurt???)

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Sorry Steve to correct you but they won in 18, lost in 20. Jones hit a walk off HR, his last OD here in 18.  
 

 

2010 I will always remember as the Mike Gonzalez Special. He blew OD in Tampa, and then was booed during intros before the home opener and then he blew the game that day. About 12 years of pent up frustration was taken out on him. Then the season imploded. 

Yep, I even remember where I watched that OD meltdown in Tampa, went after work with some friends to Duclaw's in Arundel Mills to watch the game.

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