Orioles Reacts survey: Pessimism reigns after disappointing week

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The start of a baseball season is a time for nearly-infinite optimism for all but the most helpless teams and their unfortunate fans. A team’s strengths seem unbeatable, a team’s weaknesses can be rationalized away, and you can imagine relatively smooth sailing to the playoffs and beyond. Then the season begins and for some, the dose of reality is instantly cruel and pitiless.

For the Orioles, reality has been cruel. Even someone who was feeling anxious about the…