Hey Pete,

I see that the Boston Globe has a writer named Peter Schworm. Is it a cousin ? Or are you two-timin', double dippin', or ghost writing ?

What's it feel like to now be writing about a losing team ? Err, guess it's not new.

Just pure envy that i didn't write this line "The long, cold winter has begun. ..."

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/14668/rapid-reaction-orioles-4-red-sox-3

There's probably not much danger of drowning in Boston Harbor because so Sox fans have already jumped in.

I know you said it wasnt about the Orioles everywhere else. But I really think for the past few days the O's were America's Team, because I think everyone outside of Boston (and ESPN HQ) wanted the O's to knock them out. It was a great week that reminded me how much I love the O's.

un the rays the night before they pull off a triple play with the bases loaded. last night they get a hr in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs and 2 strikes on the don johnson, formerly of miami vice and nash bridges and he hits a game tying h.r. and later the yanks had first and third (i think in the 11th) with no outs and can't score. tampa bay is going to win it all.

In case anyone has lost count, our last 18 games against teams in the playoffs (Yankees & Tigers) and teams in the Wild Card hunt at the time (Angels, Red Sox & Rays) yielded a 13 - 5 winning record for the Orioles.

If you don't get the significance of that, heading into the off-season, you don't have wbal pre-set on your car radio.

I couldn't be happier than if we had won the World Series. This was the most exciting night in baseball history with the Cardinals and Tampa Bay winning playoff berths on the final day of the season. The Red Sox got what they deserved. They are the dirtiest players in baseball.

hi peter yea th eamazing non race. the 64 dollar question is why the orioles dcided to start playing ball and winning. why couldn't or didn't they do this when things really counted. i just hope the tigers can whoopo up on the evil enemy bronx bombers. totally wipe them out. i wouldn't mind seeing the d-backs and rays in the world series,dn't think it will wind up that way. i guess terry francona will be out of job now,just like what happened to grady little when he left pedro martinez in too long and boston didn't make it to the fall classic.

I thought of a great promotion for Camden Yeards next year -- all fans wearing Red Sox regalia receive a framable portrait of Robert Andino.

Notice that we were 22-16 ever since dumping Pie? Just saying, that guy was a serious cancer. Couldn't homer or field to save his life. Imagine what will happen if we dump Gregg.

Your right! The Sunpaper could not even get the final score into the Thursday morning paper! The biggest thing that's happened to the Orioles this year and the print edition missed it!

I stayed up and watched last night! It was awesome as it was the closest thing to the O's being in a pennant race in 15 years. It reminded me what it felt like to care and hang on every pitch up until the last out.

On the flip side it makes me angrier at angelos and team for not producing at least a competitive team all these years.

O's walk off and send smug Red Sox nation fans home to cry in their beer. There is a god.

You could almost feel this coming, although not with the surreal timing and synchronicity of the wild finishes in Baltimore and St. Petersburg, following one another.
It was fitting that it all came down to a final game in Baltimore in the shadow of the Bambino's birthplace.

We should point out a couple of eerie coincidences of the baseball Twilight Zone which came into manifestation on the material plane in the outfield at Camden Yards, key parts of the demolition of the Red Sox.
Both Andino's inside-the-park home run in the prior game and Nolan Reimold's RBI double bringing in the tie run last night essentially bounced off the roof of Babe Ruth's dad's saloon out in center field. Could you hear it?
Perhaps a message here, even without the Babe's statue keeping watch at Camden Yards.
Looks like the Curse of the Bambino jinxed the Red Sox again.

And...Andino rhymes with Bambino.

Yes, the baseball gods apparently have a sense of humor.

If you love baseball you had to relish being at Camden last night. No matter who you were rooting for, the game had all the magic the O's like to sing of. Even the rain delay, with TV's showing on-going games and chants by each team's fans, was a riot.

Can't overlook the overall lousy season the O's chalked up but also can't forget another really nice job by the Camden Yards personnel. They make any commute to see a game worth it. From the ushers, to the food folks, to the ticket takers .. you all are just great.

Till next April 6...

Watching the end of that game as the Orioles players jumped around in glee while the entire Red Sox team sullenly walked off the field made me realize how much I miss Orioles baseball when they mattered. It truly felt so good that it hurt.

How ironic. The Orioles celebrate the fact they knocked out Boston and helped a Tampa team that beats the heck out of the every year with a payroll of less than half of the Orioles.

I heard about an hour ago that the Red Sox fired Terry Francona. I realize that someone has to be a scapegoat for the freefall the Sox took in September. I do believe this is going to prove to be a grand mistake by the pompous Sox hierarchy.
I propose a scenario: If Buck Showalter is named President of Operations, he should give serious consideration to bring Francona here as the Os manager.
He has a proven track record, and could be one of the missing pieces in the Orioles puzzle to bring winning baseball back to Baltimore.

Let the rest of the country delude themselves that it was not about the Orioles, should they so choose. I'm the first one to bash the O's when they deserve it, and I know that over the winter, it's about what happens with the organization.

But In recent weeks, the Orioles won five out of seven from the Red Sox, two out of three from the Devil Rays, and two out of four from the Yankees.

So for right now, make no mistake - the only thing I know is that of late, it has been ALL about the Orioles!

Pete,

To which Thursday were you referring to?