casual fan Wrote:
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> The Nats have one important factor going for them
> that the Orioles don't, they play in the vastly
> suckier NL which can make bad teams look mediocre
> and mediocre teams look like contenders. A season
> within smelling distance of .500 is possible.
Yeah, I don't know about that. Granted, AL East is the premiere division in baseball. But the Phillies are pretty damn good and it seems like the Mets, Braves and Marlins are in varying degrees of contention for Wild Card slots during most of the seasons the Nats have been here.
It's true that the AL East is top heavy with the Yankees and Sox. But most of the Orioles' problems stem from having a douchebag owner. I mean, the Rays...THE RAYS...managed to get to the World Series in AL East. The Orioles have a fucking tradition of greatness but have done shit since Angelos has been there.
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