Proud O's Fan

by 33 on Apr 29, 2008 3:02 PM EDT Comment 16 comments

Hey, all. I've been lurking for a year or more and thought I should come out into the open. I've figured out my furtive Erik Bedard thing isn't working.

I have a sticker on my van says "Proud Orioles Fan." For years (old van) I've wondered why I have it, since there's been so little to be proud of. Lately I realized I keep it on there because I'm proud to be a fan, regardless of the team on the field (current fluke set well aside). If you're still an Orioles fan after the last decade it says something about loyalty, long memory, and perseverant hope tempered by a taste for good black humor (not to say voyeurism around trainwrecks, it's black humor, really it is, it is). Over the course of my lurk, I've admired these qualities in the regular posters. I'm glad to get to know ya.

I'm certain to spout old baseball, pre-SABRmetric myths from time to time and tend to forget to take off my rosy shades when evaluating talent. Apologies in advance.

I also really love parentheses (I don't know why).

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Good deal

When I converse with people outside of the Baltimore area, many wonder why I’m an Orioles fan. Plenty of people have told me that I should hate/boycott the Orioles because of the abhorrent actions of a certain Peter G. Angelos. Supporting the Orioles, they have often told me, is tacit approval of Angelos and his crazy, ruinous schemes. Why be loyal to him?

I usually don’t have an answer for them, but my support of the Orioles is unwavering. Even through everything that has happened during the past ten years, I still go to games, still support the team, and still love the O’s – good, bad, or really bad. They were a bad team for a decade, horribly managed from top to bottom; but god dammit, they were MY team. I remember staying up last year until 2AM listening to one heartbreaking loss after another in Seattle. The emotions I felt were feelings that one usually doesn’t associate with being a sports fan – they were more akin to those of a jilted lover.

So welcome to the board is what I’m taking a long time to say. I think that if you like dark humor, you’ll feel right at home on this board, and any SBN board.

by PhilR8 on Apr 29, 2008 3:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

welcome

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by SC on Apr 29, 2008 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Welcome Friend

Sit down, flip on the tele, and, for now, drink up the kool aid….

Improving the ballclub: Not one of Peter Angelos' concerns.-SC Wed Jan 30, 2008

by dayzd toe on Apr 29, 2008 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

OR...

In a couple of months, the Tankeray: Liquor for Losers

Improving the ballclub: Not one of Peter Angelos' concerns.-SC Wed Jan 30, 2008

by dayzd toe on Apr 29, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

speaking of the Kool-Aid

Anyone see the latest SI power rankings? O’s are 13, with serious comments about the day Cabrera hit the lottery and didn’t walk anybody. That dude had two cups.

...one more dying quail a week and you're playing in Yankee Stadium...

by 33 on Apr 29, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If you are not a pessimist

Go away. Welcome, though.

by Baltimo on Apr 29, 2008 5:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So how old is that van?

by drj on Apr 29, 2008 6:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And do you live in it...

down by the river?

"Turn them over to us one time. I'll show them where the other side of the fence is." - Dave Trembley

by duck on Apr 29, 2008 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

used to live

in a 40 ft trailer by the river, on the Chenango just downstream from Cooperstown. But for the record, I never rooted for an NY baseball team.

...one more dying quail a week and you're playing in Yankee Stadium...

by 33 on Apr 30, 2008 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was mostly curious what year you slapped that sticker on

by drj on Apr 30, 2008 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, right, literalism

Sorry bout that.

Sticker went on the van in 2000. Latest in a lifetime of decals and vehicles.

First sticker went on the shoebox full of baseball cards in 1972. First Elrod Hendricks autograph (all since lost), 1973.

...one more dying quail a week and you're playing in Yankee Stadium...

by 33 on Apr 30, 2008 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What is with the number 33?

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Apr 30, 2008 2:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Um... Eddie Murray! Helloooo!

Improving the ballclub: Not one of Peter Angelos' concerns.-SC Wed Jan 30, 2008

by dayzd toe on Apr 30, 2008 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holy fuck

And his side picture is Eddie Clarence Murray too. Oh well, I never have been into numbers. I couldn’t even tell you Nick’s number, nor that of Adam Jones or Millar or Huff. I do know George Sherril’s number though for some reason, and of course that of Cal and Brooksie. Can’t recall Palmer’s number, 22?

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Apr 30, 2008 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That...

or he REALLY likes Rolling Rock beer.

"Turn them over to us one time. I'll show them where the other side of the fence is." - Dave Trembley

by duck on Apr 30, 2008 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think it was 05

that they didn’t carry Rolling Rock at OPACY. Haven’t had one since.

They may have brought it back more recently, but after a long, stormy relationship, beer and I have parted ways. I did everything I could to make it work. I tried and tried again… but it wasn’t meant to be.

Sighs and leaves the field

...one more dying quail a week and you're playing in Yankee Stadium...

by 33 on May 1, 2008 8:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs