“How much have you done so far?” “The outline.” “How long is it?” “Two words:the, outline.”

broderic on September 18, 2014

It has been a long time since a wrote a post about baseball or the Orioles. I didn’t have much to say lately or I didn’t know what to say. I see that my last post was from the 2012 season. There was a few from 2013, but nothing really. What is there to say about last year? It wasn’t this year!

Woohoo! Orioles won the American League East division! And I was there. I can not believe it. They did well.

This wasn’t like 2012. It was no surprise. It was a methodical beatdown of the AL East. They started slow, but as the year heated up, so did the Birds. They played better and better. And here we are.

AL East Champs!

Let’s go Orioles!

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broderic on November 17, 2012

Eddie

Damn if Eddie Murray ain’t the greatest Oriole to throw on stirrup socks I don’t think you can find anyone else.

Ed-die! Ed-die! Ed-die! Ed-die! Ed-die! Ed-die!

Let’s Play Ball

broderic on November 17, 2012

Chicago White Sox [5-3]

Looking through my Lumix at pictures that were still on there and I found these from the August 30th day game versus the Chicago White Sox. Out of all the games I went to last season this one is a favorite. It came during the controversial “low attendance” “start of school” days. As you can tell, there’s barely anyone there, but it was a fun, rollicking crowd. Orioles won, too, to boot! It was just the start of their push to the playoffs, and soon Camden Yards and The Birds were rolling.

Gahh! Where’s baseball?!

Orioles Magic

broderic on October 13, 2012

With the loss last night in game 5 of the ALDS, the Orioles’ season has come to a close. What a wonderful ride it was. Right from the start when they were winning, we couldn’t believe it. Then as the summer doldrum seemed to have hit, we still couldn’t believe it — they rocketed back into contention. In August, in September, we believed. And we got here, but oh so short. Maybe next year. #stayhungry

This season was a fantastic season. It’s gonna go down as one of the best baseball memories. It follows Brooks Robinson Appreciation Day in 1977, the heartbreaking 1979 World Series, season tickets with my dad, the 1982 playoff chase, the ’83 World Series, the #podpeople Orioles of 2010, and #theLegendOfBobbyAndy. It will be a traumatic memory as the heartbreaking 1979 World Series, Manny’s 500th homerun, the normal Orioles of 2010, and the calvary collapse in 2011. Just some great baseball memories.

I just can’t wait for more. And let’s hope this is the beginning of good Baltimore baseball.

Let’s go O’s!

“Joe, you do not know hypnotism.” “Sure I do. Watch this. Chicken.” *cluck-cluck*

broderic on September 29, 2012

Panorama Vistas Camden Yards: Winning

Wow. Just wow.

I bought my first Orioles season tickets for the 2010 season believing that good times were coming. It didn’t turn out that way. The Orioles started bad and continued bad in 2010. They switched out the manager twice. So long Dave Trembley, hello Buck Showalter and his pod people Orioles. They played well to end the season and to give hope for 2011.

I, too, still had hope, so I bought season tickets for 2011. That season started well, then June hit and it turned awful fast. But the Orioles did finish out relatively strong. And it did give us #theLegendOfBobbyAndy Game 162. That stoppage of the dreaded Boston Red Sox gave us hope for 2012.

Once more, I go all in for the Orioles and get season tickets for 2012. This time not too hopeful. The Orioles started out strong sweeping the opening series with the Twins but getting swept by the dreaded Yankees. It seemed we were destined to be terrible. Yet, they kept winning series by series, game by game. By the All-Star break they were competitive in the division although their Pythagoras Number was abysmal, more runs scored against them than they had against other teams.

Last night, they beat the Boston Red Sox and Pythagoras down to earn their 90th win of the season. It’s been a long time for the franchise to have a winning record. And finally, Baltimore has embraced this team’s run.

I used my final season ticket for this year last night with The Seed, and it was one of the best final series season I have seen. (I missed last year’s final tilt because Boston.) The crowd was electric and when Ryan Flaherty hit that first inning grand slam, the crowd erupted knowing that it was going to be a rocking night. Chris Tilman pitched a hell of a game so much so I didn’t know that it was a 1 hit affair. We were jumping and jumping until the final out.

Panorama Vistas Camden Yards: Camden Street
We wanted fireworks, and we got them.

It was a very successful season. I don’t want it to end. I wish I had tickets for the rest of the weekend.

Thanks, Orioles, for the memories.