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In Search of a Life
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http://forum.orioleshangout.com/foru...-Hurts-So-Much
Why This Loss Hurts So Much I completely disagree with those who say we had more talent than the Royals. In fact, I think we had the least amount of talent starting the playoffs than any other team in the AL. We had an offense missing 3 starters. There isn't another team in the AL that could have done more under these conditions. The reason it hurts so bad is that we lucked into the best matchup possible and our magic ran out. I was hoping beyond hope for more magic but was cognizant of the fact that our offense wasn't going to be able to score in Detroit, Oakland or Kansas City. We need more speed. We need more obp. We need more consistency. The most painful thing about this is that our luck got transferred to a team that wasn't much better than us. Make no mistake, had we gotten their luck, we could have won. The answer is to get better because next year, we may find ourselves facing a team with a 200-250 million cap in the playoffs. KC didn't swing for the hills. WE did... every. Single. Time. It was like clockwork. Yost did the same thing pretty much every game. Grind out a couple of runs, swap in a few pinch runners in late innings and manage the bullpen properly. And now they're going to the WS and we aren't. MSK We had plenty of opportunities, especially with bases loaded, to counteract the luck the classless royals displayed. For some reason following the first game loss we seemed to choke and lose belief in ourselves - which is maddening because that belief has won us so many games this year. It is a shame we didn't get the Angels as I think they were a better matchup for us and think we would be WS bound right now, but it wasn't to be. I don't think the royals luck can continue, and think - and hope - it will be a procession for the NL winners. Just gutted really. Such an immense opportunity now gone. And to think a few weeks ago many were talking up a possible beltway WS, and I was certain we would be there with or without the Nats. Oh, and on another note - if the Os had reached the WS I would have won ?500 and if they won that, it would be ?2000 - so extra gutted to get this close and throw it away |
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Rabbi Goldmann
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The Orioles themselves definitely respected us, they lost the season series 4-3 and they knew we were legit. Their fans? Different story. It's another lesson in the power of "East Coast bias" which is very real. Plus most of them think the AL East is the end-all of baseball. |
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Rabbi Goldmann
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I talked to a former Orioles and Royals player who said he would have fired Yost after the wild card game. Didn't matter that Kansas City came back to win it.
Has to be Mike Boddicker. |
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Probably and he should have been fired if they lost that game. He managed much better since then... so much that I have to wonder if someone else is making calls behind the scenes after the Ventura disaster. The moves are very un-Ned like.
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What a bunch of BS......maybe all the "neutral" observers in his close circle of friends are making that comment, but he couldn't be further from the truth. Maybe in the hallowed halls of the elite they are whining about the Royals "lack of class" but the only people truly showing lack of class are the Orioles fans/supporters who have taken being sore losers to new heights. And the "neutral observers" I listen to on the radio, run across at work, or converse with online seem to love the Royals and what they are achieving. |
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" I imagine that next year, some crap franchise will get hot at exactly the right time and go 12-0 and knock many more deserving franchises out of the race. The O's could win 110 next year, and end up losing to the Astros in the ALCS. I have no faith anymore that being a really good team actually matters. This KC team is a damn nightmare....makes me miss the Yankees"-Bitchmore
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Not to be outdone by the O's fans, this turd-bird from SF weighs in on the ESPN write up after yesterday's game:
Richard Grace · Top Commenter · San Jose, Californiahttp://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/po...mgarners-world |
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FYP just highlight
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Is there a single Royals fan out there who believes that San Francisco is just "getting lucky" every time they beat us?
Because they're winning these games against us the way we won games against our opponents. I suppose these Bitchmore turds believe that San Francisco is winning their games entirely legitimately, but when we do it, it's just part of a "hot streak." |
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Baltimore fans are quickly making their way up into my Top 5 hated fans/teams.
1. Yankees 2. Red Sox 3. White Sux 4.Dodgers 5. Orioles????? |
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They have beaten us fair and square, no luck about it. |
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