As you can probably imagine, I am one of many unfortunate souls in this world that will be forever tormented by Jeffrey Maier's stealing of Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS from the Baltimore Orioles. As much as I try, I will never be able to forget that night.
The O's had that game. Armando Benitez got Derek Jeter to fly out in the eighth inning with a one-run lead. Randy Myers was going to close the door in the ninth and the Birds were going to be up 1-0 in the series.
Baltimore won Game 2 the next day and would have been headed back to Camden Yards up 2-0 with Mike Mussina on the mound. The Orioles so would have won that series and destroyed the perenially-choking Braves in the Fall Classic.
With all that said, don't confuse this blog for an Orioles blog or an exclusively-Jeffrey Maier-soul-condemnation blog.
It is primarily a sports blog, which will focus on my favorite teams (Terps, Redskins, Orioles, Wizards) the majority of the time.
Friday, April 13, 2007
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