Time to Enact the Mercy Rule!!

I think it’s time I admit I have a problem. I was away all weekend and missed Minnesota’s rout against the Os. I was in a great mood, life was looking up, but still, glutton for punishment I am, I couldn’t wait to get back to Os baseball. I have learned some lessons though. This season, unlike the ‘79 Os when we would come back in the late innings and win the game, we consistently throw away our lead and lose in the late innings.

After the seventh inning I switched channels and my husband looked quizzically at me, “What happened? Afraid they’re going to lose it?” I replied emphatically, “YES!”

He left the room to go fiddle with our Internet, which doesn’t stay up for more than 10 minutes at a time and we have no idea why (extremely aggravating!). (This also means we have no telephone.)

But I couldn’t help myself and turned back to the game only to see that TB had tied, and then took another 8 runs from the our absolutely, most pathetic, hideous, bullpen in major league baseball. Ouch! I thought watching Don Stanhouse used to be painful. As we say in the South, “For the LOVE of God!”

As I write this Tejada and Huff just hit two solo homers, so that our embarrassing loss is somewhat less embarrassing. Poor Trembley. Poor me. My husband, trying to save me from myself, turned off the tv, but if they’re going to make history again, I might as well watch it to say I saw it happen.

At the moment, I’d like to bludgeon someone though. Now even the TB fans are making noise in the Yard????? There goes another run, 15-8. That’s quality ball.

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In the spirit of Roar from 34, I’ve composed a list to cheer myself up:

You Know You’re an Os Fan/You Know You Have a Problem When

1. You flip off the game and pretend to be watching Oprah when your husband comes in the room.
2. Your husband would much rather you were actually watching Oprah.
3. Even when the Os give up 8 runs in the top of the 8th, you’d still rather be watching the game.
4. When the Os hit two solos and get two men on base, you actually allow yourself to hope that they could score six more runs.
5. You envy Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears. At least there’s a treatment program for their problem.
6. You consider sending flowers, chocolates and a sympathy card to Dave Trembley to help him through this difficult time.
7. Your friends consider sending flowers, chocolates, and a sympathy card to you to help you through this difficult time.
8. You’ve invented ten new curse words during just the last two games and all of them are names of Orioles pitchers.
9. You know to turn the game off after the seventh inning if you want to stay in a good mood.
10. The disappointment on your husband’s face is palpable on the nights when the Os are playing.
11. You look forward to baseball season ending so that your heart has time to recover from the August Nightmare.
12. The thought of fall and baseball season ending makes you sad. (You know you’ll have to go back to being mad at the Bush Administration. This is probably their fault too!)
13. You know that a three run lead in the 7th is far from enough to enable the Os to win a game.
14. Watching the Os play is more painful than having a mystery diagnosis.

I’ll have to keep working on the list…I’m not feeling better yet.

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