Being a Baltimore Orioles fan is like being a machist

[JohnKleeb]

discuss.
Looks to be another long summer oh well.

[JVS]

1. What the fuck is a machist?

[JohnKleeb]

2. Meh my spelling sucks and I am tired

You know the person who enjoys pain. Congrads to your guys on your win last year. Got a great chance of doing it again the way things look now.

[JVS]

5. Too tired to click the "check spelling" button?

[JohnKleeb]

6. Yeah

[JVS]

8. get some sleep

[swag]

4. I'm sure he meant "tachist," a practioner in or follower of

a French school of art originating in the 1950s and characterized by irregular dabs and splotches of color applied haphazardly to the canvas.

[ZombieNixon]

3. You mean a masochist?

:shrug:

[JohnKleeb]

7. That's it

Thank you.

[ZombieNixon]

9. No problem.

I take it the O's lost? :shrug:

[WeRQ4U]

10. Try enjoying Minnesota sports as a whole.

Vikings.......suck
T-wolves......suck
Twins.........suck
Wild..........suck
Gophers.......suck


Can't be any worse than that.

[JohnKleeb]

11. Twins can't suck that much

They were in the playoffs as recently as 2004 I believe.

[WeRQ4U]

18. They have the most "promise" of any of the teams...

But currently at 8-11 and 6 games behind the white sox in the AL central is......suck.

I think they'll eventually do much better than that, but currently.....suck.

[KitchenWitch]

12. LOL

hopefully the Vikings will be good this year!

[JohnKleeb]

13. I've seen mocks that have you guys taking Cutler

I am no draftnik but I've heard he's the best one in the draft.

[KitchenWitch]

15. Well, we do need a backup for Brad Johnson

[WeRQ4U]

19. I don't think he'll fall far enough for us.

But if he does, they'll take him in a heartbeat.

[Awsi Dooger]

20. He's got some similarities to Brett Favre

A gunslinger. Unpolished but great upside. Seems to play to the level of the opposition.

[WeRQ4U]

23. So we can count on him for 30 TD's and 30 interceptions then?

Brett Favre is a great quarterback, but..............forget it, I may start a fight.

[JVS]

16. I think they've been using their energies in...um... other endeavors

;-)

[WeRQ4U]

21. Ain't that the truth.

Moe is no longer our responsibility, however. He's an EX-Viking.

[JVS]

22. But the phrase Viking Orgy on Lake Minnetonka is burned into our memories

[KitchenWitch]

27. So is Daunte

Two of the four charged are gone.

[WeRQ4U]

28. Correct.

And if Fred Smoot plays like he did last year, he's going to find himself someplace else too.

[SaveElmer]

35. Come on now...buck up...

Vikings...suck...but things are looking up
Twins...early in the season...give em time...and a new stadium may be on the way.

Timberwolves...yeah they suck, but Garnett not going anywhere
Wild...Hockey...who cares (yeah I know Minnesotans do)

Gophers...Football and Basketball...suck..but Hockey still a powr

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. Yes. You should be a Yankees fan instead.

Then you could be a machetist, and cut down everything in your path with a mighty Ruth-like swing. :)

[JohnKleeb]

17. nah

I am a lifelong Yankees hater and recently a Red Sox hater. It would be nice to see a baseball playoff series without them like we had last year.

[hfojvt]

25. isn't that a little bit like rooting for

gravity?

[hfojvt]

24. really, you oughta be rooting for

the Royals instead!!!

[JohnKleeb]

26. Royals have had a 500+ season since 1997

believe it or not.

[evlbstrd]

29. But they're off to a miserable start this year.

It's getting harder every year. It's embarrassing to have the Wal-Mart of baseball.

[JohnKleeb]

30. True but at least you guys dont play in the AL East

Where it seems like it's on the Spankees and BoSux playing. Hopefully you guys will get better. I like seeing small market teams suceed. I think we have the same problem by the way and that's that our owners are jerks.

[evlbstrd]

31. I'm sorry about that.

I hate that NY and Boston overshadow everybody else.

[JohnKleeb]

32. Its cool

Yeah I do too. I use to kind of like the Red Sox because I felt sorry for the suckers but meh ever since they won in 2004 they've been acting like they've been great all along which gets them on my shit list. I shouldn't be whining about being an O's fan I guess because in the twenty five years before I was born they were among hte best in baseball. Oriole magic though seems to have disappeared.

[evlbstrd]

33. I feel ya.

At least I got to experience the Royals of the 70s and 80s. And you guys have a pretty nice ballpark. I wish ours had been built downtown by the river.

[JohnKleeb]

34. Yeah Camden Yards is a beauty

I had two really nice years of baseball, 96 and 97 both didn't end how I wanted. I miss Ripken so much. He was my favorite player. Ironic and unfair that the Yankees get to benefit off of his legacy since Jeter and A-Rod both were inspired by Ripken's play. Sigh I guess that's the way the world works. There will be some day where the Yanks and Sox both will suck major ass and the small market teams with heart will prevail.

[evlbstrd]

37. Yes. Someday.

I miss guys like Brett, Otis and MacRae. Although Brett still lives here and does some radio. He has some kind of scouting job with the Royals, too. I don't think they listen to him much.

[SaveElmer]

36. Angelos has got to go...ruined that once great franchise...

Two words

Davey Johnson

[JohnKleeb]

38. that was just disgraceful

I do think some people in the Washington Metro Area have lied though by saying they never cared about the Orioles anyhow. I know damn well that we had a lot of O's fans when I was in fourth and fifth grade. Now the DC Metro Area being well the DC Metro Area has always had people who don't root for their teams but there are some who act like they never gave a damn about the Orioles they did until Angelos ruined the team and when Ripken retired.

[SaveElmer]

40. I agree...Angelos is ruining any chance he had...

Of retaining those fans by his petulent behavior towards the Nationals, and in particular preventing games from being televised. Fact is, American League and National League baseball are different experiences, and baseball people have the opportunity to see both now. But I have to tell you, as much as I love Camden Yards, I am so ticked at Angelos and his behavior I have no desire to line his pockets.

[JohnKleeb]

42. He's doing other things for me not to like him either

I generally dont care about sports politics but it irriates me that Angelos a guy who made his living fighting for working people is now endorsing Bob Ehrlich's reelection campaign. Thank god I live in Virginia where we have a Dem governor. Angelos really is a condescending prick in so many ways. Firing Johnson is why they got setback and losing Mussina oh man that hurt.

[SaveElmer]

43. Wow I didn't know he was supporting Ehrlich...too bad

He used to be a pretty good Democrat...what is it about Marylanders turning to the dark side...Schaeffer now Angelos...

Oh well I live in Virginia too, and for once I'm glad (politically speaking anyway). Be nice if we could bloody up Allen a bit this year!

[JohnKleeb]

45. Ruining Allen's presidential ambitions would be a bonus this year

Rick Santorum's rise in the Republican leadership is going to be disrupted by Bob Casey too. If Santorum were to win next year he would likely become whip. Yeah wikipedia says that Angelos is likely endorsing Ehrlich because he's pissed that Marty O'Malley supported the founding of the Nationals. If that's the case then why can't he just support Doug Duncan. Angelos was intially a decent owner and I appreciate how he got where he got through fighting for workers rights which is what I want to do but he's a terrible owner and just a deciteful jerk. The way he's acted during the Nationals thing is upsetting and I understand why people are hostile to hte O's, I just can't let an old team die and I like Camden Yards and the current Orioles team beter than RFK and the Nats.

[Telly Savalas]

39. Thanks for your closer

I love watchin' that guy pitch.

[JohnKleeb]

41. We like his replacement

Chris Ray is blossoming on to his own. I am pissed about what you guys did to us tonight however if you guys manage to take the Sux or Skanks out of the playoffs. I'll root for the Jays this postseason.

[mvd]

44. So is being a Phillies fan

At least your Steelers won, though. :hi:

Right now:

Phillies = suck
Eagles = suck
Flyers = can't get over the hump
Sixers = mega suck

[JohnKleeb]

46. This is true

Football season this year was a thing of beauty.

[mvd]

47. Enjoy it until the fall at least!

Night, John! I have to get to bed.

[JohnKleeb]

48. I gotta get going to

Yeah I will believe me. It's going to be a hard road back but I think it will be another nice year. Now being a superstitous person I was glad that Shaun Alexander is going to be Maddens cover boy.

[LaCrosseDem]

49. try being a Brewers fan

The Milwaukee Brewers... like the Chicago Cubs, but without Wrigley field.