It's bad enough that you've got to suffer through the Orioles' horrific start, which is the worst since 1988, but tonight you've got to stay up until about 1 a.m. to see if the club finds some refuge on the road.
When I covered the team as a beat reporter, I hated the West Coast night games because you could barely get the score in the paper since they ended so late. But I also loved them because after you punched that score into the story you had to write during the game, you could walk out of the ballpark with the fans and have the whole evening to look for trouble on the boulevard.
It was even better for me, because I'm from the West Coast and had lots of friends to hang out with back then. I don't get out there much anymore, so I'll just have to live vicariously through my buddy Jeff Zrebiec, who will be covering all seven games in Oakland and Seattle.
What do you think the Orioles' record will be after that?