The year, 1997.
As a mere fledgling five-year-old Orioles fan watching Jose Mesa strikeout Roberto Alomar with a two-seam fastball in Game 6 of the ALCS, I looked up to my dad and asked "Is it over?". He replied with a simple "Yes".
I cried. I don't remember crying, but my dad certainly enjoys telling the story of how I wept for the playoff death of my beloved Baltimore Orioles. Perhaps I cried because I knew it would be the last time I would see the O's in a meaningful game for the expanse of my adolescence.