I usually sit around in the reddit chat on the O's subreddit, but it's of course very impersonal. Maybe we can set it up for sports overall? I know we have some baseball fans around here with b_b and I think minimum_wage, but I don't know if there are any O's fans.
I'm not an O's fan but I'm always up for talking about baseball! Other fans of the game in general are myself and flagamuffin. I think insomniasexx likes baseball too? Maybe?
I'm a fan of baseball by default as my brother plays college ball for a D1 school. I also played varsity in high school before moving on to more fast paced, creative environments. I can talk, analyze, and play well. But I don't always enjoy it as I find the game to be a bit too long and boring. The only exceptions are: randomly good games, games where my brother is pitching, or games as background noise. It's an amazing roller coaster ride watching a game with him pitching. He starts Fridays, which means the game starts about 2pm PST, which means I scream / cheer at my computer during work. Every single pitch, every single walk, every single hit, every single run is going to affect what round he's drafted in this June. A great game lands him on the cover of the local sports section and a slew of tweets from scouts and blog writeups. A hit, a home run, a walk, a wild pitch make my heart drop. A strike out makes me insanely excited. An easy out (pop ups, etc) carry relief. I live in LA so my allegiances lay with the Dodgers (again, by default) but I'm about to move in to a new apartment with a huge Phillies fan so I may be watching more of those games (by default).
Could be worse. The entire division is only separated by 2.5 games right now. Going to be 3.5 assuming the Sox continue to lose this game. Plus, it's super early in the season. Who am I kidding, alcohol is a great way to get through a baseball season no matter who you root for.
stop being such a nerd and take out the garbage