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Ohfan67
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No, but I definitely dread reading a lot of doom-and-gloom posts on OH right now!    

Alasdaire
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We had one of the longest streaks of consecutive losing seasons in baseball history. And now, we are leading the AL East and are the envy of the entire league because our cup overfloweth with a rare c

luismatos4prez
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I sat down every night for years and watched guys like Dwight Smith Jr, Brandon Fahey, Radhames Liz, and Kevin Gregg. A slumping first place team is nothing to me. This is a very good team and they'll

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The team has been extremely tough to watch lately, but I turn on the TV each night hoping this is the day they start to get things turned around.  Fundamentally, I still believe this is one of the elite teams in baseball.   I’d be lying if I said that no doubts had crept into my mind, however.  I like the way this game is going so far (6-0 right now) but I haven’t forgotten what happened in Miami on Thursday.

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If we hang on and win today I'm giving Roy the game ball. Roy and pessimistic threads generally mean Oriole wins- fingers crossed.  Go Birds. Love seeing crowds like today's. We must be doing something right.

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1 hour ago, glenn__davis said:

The thing I hate most about losing is that I have to wait around 22 hours until I can watch them try again. 

Four full games in a 48 hour period starting tomorrow afternoon!     The guys get a fast chance to flush all this.

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I’ve been with my wife 21 years, it is a grind and some times are perfect and sometimes it feels hopeless. In the end, everything corrects.  I’m not going to ever get too down on this team and I will celebrate the good times. 

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24 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

Understood, but to be fair, my comments when they play well, are almost embarrassingly positive.

I love you Roy, and your presence here is special.  But to borrow the words of John Patrick McEnroe.  YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!!!

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5 hours ago, Frobby said:

 I like the way this game is going so far (6-0 right now) but I haven’t forgotten what happened in Miami on Thursday.

I was having a serious case of deja vu as this game progressed.   I had to drive my son to the airport beginning in the bottom of the 8th and decided it would be too stressful to listen on the radio as I was driving.  Thank God I made that decision!  Listening to the top of the 9th would have been excruciating.  

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