Orioles Fans: Get In, Sit Down, Shut Up and Hold On - PART DEUX!!!!

Ok, O's fans.

So far this season I predicted a fifth place finish, and then a few weeks ago I gave a firm but fair lecture on why any baseball fan could live the rest of their life without seeing their team win a championship.

Here is my latest advice, and I believe that it is integral to our ability to be patient with our Orioles and actually ENJOY baseball (it is a game!!!)

And here is where I am "officially splitting" with a certain local AM sports station, one that I have been a loyal listener for about a decade.

This weeks' topic:

Stop Blaming Peter Angelos.

I turned on my radio this morning and tuned it to that station up the AM dial that does sports 24 hours. The host took a call and the caller said that he didn't think anything the Orioles could do right now could help their situation.

The host went a step further, and true to form, he went to the "go-to play" of sports fans:

Blame.

For the past decade, I have listened to this station criticise, no, lampoon, rip, insult, belittle, however you want to say it...

They have not minced words when verbally assaulting Peter Angelos as owner of the Baltimore Orioles.

But, my point here is not to criticise their criticism of Peter Angelos. I enjoyed it for the most part. Those guys are pretty hilarious when they get on a roll.

But for me, the Angelos blaming has to stop.

The caller this morning vented his frustration, and the host said that there has only been one constant over the past 13 or however many losing seasons.

Fine. That is a fact. But if Angelos were to sell the team today to someone who would spend 200 million dollars next year on payroll, would the Orioles be a contender? Or to compete in the AL East, would he/she have to spend 250m?

All I'm saying is that you might not ever find the right person or the right thing to blame/replace/fix.

In my opinion, replacing Peter Angelos does not guarantee improvement.

Would I like a new owner? Sure, I guess. But will the new boss be just like the old boss?

I'm not trying to say that that station is wrong in crying for Angelos to sell the team.

My point is that you are chasing your own tail when you talk like the Orioles just aren't doing things "the right way".

It's just not as simple as that.

Which leads me to my final point.

Sportstalk that is just a bunch of people bitching about how screwed up the team is or the owner or this or that... is boring, annoying, lame... Criticism is one thing, but to act like a losing baseball team is a civic travesty is bunk.

When I hear sportstalk hosts and callers say another losing Orioles season "disgusts" them, or they need to SHOUT AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS LIKE THEY'RE FRONTING PANTERA when talking about sports at 7:30 in the freaking morning...

Get a life.

And please stop acting like you're doing the news. Stop saying that you've "suffered" with the team(s).

I think I've learned my lesson over the years.

Just enjoy sports.

It's just a damn game.