Good morning, Camden Chatters.
You know, it’s been such a long time since the Orioles were in postseason contention late in the season that I kind of forgot how stressful it is. Every play, every pitch of every game represents a potentially momentum-changing shift in the Birds’ playoff hopes. Every win brings the O’s that much closer to the promised land. Every loss feels especially devastating.
It’s exhausting, you guys. And there’s still a month and a half of the regular season remaining.
Oh, don’t get me wrong: I wouldn’t trade it for anything. After five straight years of the O’s being an irrelevant, often painful-to-watch nonentity for one sluggish summer after another, I’m willing to accept a few more gray hairs and chewed-off fingernails if it means we get to watch a legitimate contender in Baltimore down the stretch.