Baltimore Orioles

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

• Mon, Sep 21W 4-3vs TOR43
• Wed, Sep 23W 4-2vs TOR35
• Wed, Sep 23W 4-2vs TOR38
• Fri, Sep 25W 10-2@ NYY27
• Fri, Sep 25L 3-6@ NYY87

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

Worst game: Fri, Sep 25, L 3-6 @ New York Yankees

In-game fan misery, every 15 minutes.

What happened

Four wins in five, and the mood barely budged. Baltimore took three from Toronto, 4-3 and twice 4-2, and the middle one was the turn: elimination handed to a division rival, which one fan called "my World Series," while another loved "Pete for dragging the boys out to salute the fans." A 10-2 thumping in New York somehow arrived with misery rising, then the 6-3 loss closed things at 79-82. Misery eased to 64. Nothing left to play for except grudges, and those, at least, got settled.

What fans said

• “It baffles me that teams don’t want their most dedicated fans to have a good experience”

  u/dccolwell▲ 234frustration

• ““I didn’t want to use it as an excuse for the season but now that the season is almost over imma go ahead and use it as an excuse for the season.””

  u/Mr_Bluebird_VA▲ 168frustration

• “Mature, level headed response taking responsibility. So the opposite of our dipshit manager who continues throwing his players under the bus.”

  u/wesby1632▲ 153frustration

• “if only JJ had not swung at this one pitch, the entire season would have been different.”

  u/DruidDog▲ 152despair

• “O's farm system is Lucy, I am Charlie Brown, and the prospects are the football being pulled away from me”

  u/malkusm▲ 98despair

• “Everyone involved with Mets management should be embarrassed and ashamed.”

  u/acepilotjones▲ 72rage

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