When you've endured 11 straight losing seasons, and watched the team that used to keep you out of the basement make it to the World Series, you'll take anything as a positive. And so it was that Orioles fans all over got excited about a new addition to the team yesterday. No, it wasn't a new player who will be pulling on the O's uniform for the first time at a press conference. It was a press conference for a new O's uniform.
Such is the state of our team, that we all get excited about a change to the uniform, but that's where we find ourselves. The team management finally listened to the fan base and put the city name back on the road jersey, something about half the teams in the league do, but which was once a given in the league. The "Baltimore" on the Grey's was dropped in 1973 and for the last 35 years the Birds has played with the team name on their chests in other cities. That ends in 2009, and not a moment too soon. I need something to get excited about going forward, and unless those unis came with a new starting SS, 1B and a few live arms, I'll be reduced to cheering for the laundry, albeit, nice new laundry.
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