There is an alternate universe that exists on the television for Orioles fans nearly every night during baseball season. In this other world, the only crime greater than shouting the "O!" during the performance of the national anthem is any fan ever having the audacity to stand up and cheer at his or her seat. This place is known as a Washington Nationals game telecast. They are right there, so close and so far away.
Until the last couple of years, these two worlds were forced together for the two series each year where the two teams played one another, a situation that left no one pleased, neither O's fans nor Nationals fans who really just wanted to hear their own guys talk about the game being played.