Orioles/Yankees Preview: Playoff Atmosphere is Back in Baltimore!
With 25 games left in the season and the Orioles are one game back of 1st place, the hated New York Yankees come into town to start the most important 4-game series the Orioles have had in well over a decade.
Adam Jones has criticized fans lately for not showing up and not caring about the team, but he will not have to worry about that this weekend. Each game will be sold out and not the normal sell out when the Yankees are in town with 70% of fans being Yankees fans, Camden Yards will be sold out with all Oriole fans cheering their team on in a playoff atmosphere that this city has been dying to have. This will end up going down as one of the most exciting sports weekends in Baltimore when the Orioles take 3 of 4 from the Yankees, take over first place, and then on Monday the Ravens start the NFL season at home with a win. For the first time I can ever remember, I expect there to be as much orange and black worn at Raven Stadium on Monday as there is purple.
Tonight will be a game that most people may not forget. Some are calling it the biggest single game the Orioles have hosted since Ripken broke the streak. With that in mind, tonight the Orioles will honor Cal Ripken by unavailing his statue and giving the fans a replica statue to take home. Mix that with the emotion that Baltimore fans will have with the passing of Art Model this morning, and I do not see any way the Orioles do not win tonight.
As for the Baseball part of it, the Yankees will throw Phelps, Hughes, Sabathia, and Garcia to try to slow down the red hot Oriole bats. This is not the Yankees pitching staff of old and with the way the Orioles have been hitting, I see no reason the Orioles can not put up at least 5 runs every game in this series. Texiera is still out and AROD is just getting back from his injury.
Win or lose this series, the Orioles are still in the playoff hunt and have the wild card, but no one around here is thinking wild card. This is now the time for change and it is now time for The Orioles to take the reigns in the AL East. The times of Boston and New York dominating baseball are now over! This weekend will be the most electric atmosphere that most of you have ever seen at an Oriole game. I hope to see you all there!!!
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