On this night, the O's and the Nat's were unceremoniously removed from post-season contention. I recognize this feeling all too well. You never really get used to it. You simply deal with it, much like traffic in the DC area, although it's not really fair to call it traffic, since the word traffic implies some level of forward progress and a worthwhile destination.
There really is no reason to be upset with this turn of events (with the notable exception of not having hockey as an escape route). The Orioles and the Nationals put up quite magical seasons. Looking back into the early years of the millennium, these were the exact results we expected. The farm systems for both teams were finally going to put up a bullpen worthy of national contention in baseball's grandest stage. That the Nationals lost to the defending champs and the Orioles lost to the normal defending champs is nothing to thumb your nose at (except for the part where I pour money and time into a seemingly hopeless endeavor).
Will I continue pouring money and time into this hopeless endeavor? Of course! In the great words of Philip J. Fry, "You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. That's when you have to hope more and cover your ears and go, 'Blah! Blah! Blah!'" With my stake in this year's baseball season completely done with, I can stop ignoring people and work with constant score updates from the MLB and instead ignore people and work with constant updates from NHLPA.
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