Baltimore Orioles: What’s a post-season mentality?

Yesterday I talked about how the Baltimore Orioles hold professionalism in high regard. In saying that, I’m talking somewhat about “uptightness.” However one thing we’ve seen thus far in the MLB playoffs is that teams who we previously thought to be loose aren’t always in that mindset.

Toronto came off as one of the more loose teams during the regular season. Whereas the Orioles would get accused of being the guys who would sit there and enforce unwritten rules, Toronto would kind of throw caution to the wind. And many people (including some Orioles fans) believe that’s part of what set Toronto apart this year. Maybe, maybe not. But Toronto isn’t the team that I would have expected to lose…