"Love Letter to the Giants"

[Arthur_Bryant]

Here's a great essay that captures the euphoria that can overtake a city when its baseball team is riding high after a dry spell.

Sample:

I love this time. I find myself smiling at people when I buy coffee. I see my friends who bicker over ridiculous crap calling each other and inviting each other to hang out. I see strangers hugging because a guy from the Dominican Republic is hitting sac fly’s. Marina guys are wearing the same goddamn t-shirt hipster guys are wearing. HOW CAN YOU NOT BOTTLE THIS MOMENT UP?

Yeah, some of this is uniquely San Francisco, but I have no doubt that Baltimore, in its own way, would experience much the same, if the Orioles ever again get a whiff of their old glory.

And contrast this with the sense of entitlement from Yankees' fans--and to a lesser extent, Red Sox fans--who become disgruntled and peevish when their team stumbles. Their teams win plenty, but they don't have this kind of fun.

[Avsfan]

We see it with the Ravens...the excitement, in 08' when we played Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship I thought the city would explode.

I want to believe it'd be there for the O's...cause I vaguely remember the 90's feelings...but I don't know.

I know the people that would come out of hiding, would be people who lived through the 60's & 70's and can tell you stories of Earl, Palmer, and such.