It worked! What a game! Loved it, loved it, loved it, loved it! Love this team (keep Roberts).

The interview with Weaver and DeCinces: also loved it! It brought back so many wonderful memories. Those were really magical times and I realized, as usual, that sometimes I’m too hard on people. I was surprised because I thought I was just too hard on myself.

I guess I can understand, if one hasn’t grown up with a team like the Orioles of the seventies and early eighties, it’s not surprising that Baltimore isn’t overrun with die-hard, loyal fans. Maybe you have to be lucky enough to experience that Orioles magic to get hooked and to know how much fun baseball is. Maybe that’s what it takes to show up on Opening Day. (I’ve also had my eyes opened to the many other problems attributed to Angelos and why there is so much animosity towards him. On the other hand, it wasn’t all sun and roses before Angelos. Let me tell you, we weren’t big fans of Edward Bennett Williams either. He didn’t generate a lot of good will by threatening in every other sentence to move the team to D.C. Still, we were always there on Opening Day.)

Yes, having lived through that time is just one more thing to add to my gratitude list, even if it does mean that I’m old. A fact brought home to me today when I saw on the Orioles home page, “Pirates play Orioles for first time in nearly 30 years!” I chuckled at their silliness, “No! It’s not 30 years!” Then I thought some more, and then I thought, “Oh, shucks! How did that happen!” Except “shucks” isn’t the word that came to mind.

I’m also feeling grateful that I didn’t have to cry tonight, cause for a while there, it was really looking like I might have to. Burres also pulled it together and Sherrill delivered his most outstanding inning with the Orioles to date. I’m on board! Four things for the gratitude journal. That’s quite a night!

What a wonderful start to the weekend!

If you’re wondering about the tag “Boston Sucks,” it’s just cause they do and I can’t miss an opportunity to say it.