Is it just time to give up on being an Orioles fan?
As usual, apologies for not updating as much as I should, but would you if you were me? The Orioles are terrible and they’re not doing a damn thing about it.
The Orioles are in the middle of a 10 game losing streak and I’m having a hard time motivating myself to even turn the game on any more. The “young talent” is fizzling, and I’m not sure there’s anyone in the minors who could be called up to legitimately excite me any more. In fact, my much anticipated trip to San Diego to see the Orioles is in question, as I’m not even sure I want to see them any more. That and I can’t convince anyone to go with me. SAN DIEGO. None of my fellow Phoenicians will leave ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN DEGREE TEMPS FOR SEVENTY DEGREE DAYS…. What’s wrong with this picture?
But I digress. I’m just not sure I can take it any more. The Orioles are terrible. They’ve now been terrible for half of my baseball-watching life. I haven’t seen a winning season in thirteen years and that number just gets higher and higher every year, with no end in sight.
I always had my out, too. Grew up in Boston, and I was just the contrarian. The Orioles of the early 90s weren’t flashy, they weren’t a bandwagon choice by any means, and they weren’t the local team, the Red Sox. That met all my qualifications, I was on the boat. Who knew that it would end up backfiring in fantastic fashion. Though it was probably for the best, as I feel that I’d be a particularly obnoxious Red Sox fan.
But at what point do you decide to just give in? I know I’ve written on and on about never giving up on your team despite how bad they are, but THIRTEEN YEARS is a long time. I guess I’m going to have to become a big soccer fan over the next month and hopefully that will hold me off until football season.
