Orioles Park - October 8, 2012 |
The city seemed united behind a bunch of baseball players locked in a struggle between the rebel alliance and the evil empire.
I looked at the clock as the game ended--it was 11:59 PM on October 8, 2012.
The upstart Orioles pulled even with the Yankee juggernaut in the best of five elimination series.
But they had help.
48,000 fans were louder than I have ever heard them. I was listening to the cheers echo off the surrounding buildings during the pauses. Fans united, trying with their voices to help the team find a way to win.
Oriole Park - Post-season Baseball October 8, 2012 |
And, in no small way it seemed that we did.
Nine innings of baseball with the crowd growing stronger with each pitch finally reaching a deafening roar as the last Yankee batter struck out to end the game.
Nothing could be sweeter for Orioles fans.
-- Bob Doan, Elkridge, MD
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