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I'm the last guy in the world to ask somebody for tickets, because I understand they're tough to come by. It's like somebody asking me for tickets to the fifth game of the (ALDS last year). So I don't go there. But if someone wants to offer them ...
Conventionally thinking and history and stats and all the other stuff, we made a lot of people scratch their heads last year ... These guys don't get too deep into conventionality. ... Hell, they thought it was a fluke when they didn't win (in the ALDS). People start thinking (the Orioles' success) was some fluky thing or whatever, that's OK. The way I look at it, it's a little bit of a slap in the face to their ability.
Obviously last year it came to a point in the season where we weren't the surprise ... People knew we had a pretty good team, but we went down the stretch and won lots of games. Took it to Game 5 [of the ALDS] and came up a little bit short. I think this year there is going to be the same attitude as last year … we'll go out there and play hard, and hopefully we come out on the right side of it.More quotes »
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Fair or foul? Showalter hasn't forgotten
year was a fluke. The latest Las Vegas odds have the Orioles, a 93-win team last season, as a 40-1 shot to win the World Series, the worst in the division, behind the favored Blue Jays (7-1), Yankees (12-1), Rays (25-1) and Red Sox (28-1).Picked to finish Read more »
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