This is what you wanted. This is what Orioles fans should have hoped for when the team first assembled in Sarasota, Fla., in February.
There is meaningful September baseball in Baltimore.
I've heard from fans that's no longer enough. That after postseason runs in 2012 and 2014, you demand meaningful baseball in September and expect the postseason in October. And anything short of a World Series would be a disappointment.
I get it, but it doesn't really work that way. Making the playoffs constitutes a successful season, even if the ending isn't satisfying. Only one of the 30 cities can have a tickertape parade each November.
