losing seasons. sports director mark viviano is with the team in sarasota. he says the o's are practicing the power of positive thinking. >> reporter: well, there is sun here in sarasota. that is symbolic. for some o's fans, the hope of the coming season may be hard to see. blocked by a dark cloud of many losing seasons. 14 straight seasons, without a winning record. it is the second longest losing streak in all of pro sports. only the pittsburgh pirates have suffered longer. but for these orioles, the past cannot be part of the preparation for 2012. they're looking ahead, with a positive perspective. >> with the new year, anything can happen. and it's not good to live on the negative stuff. you've got to kind of look at the future. and hopefully we can put really good winning season together. and kind of end all of that negative talk. >> i think we've got a good group of guys. and all it takes is a couple of people to overachieve. and we're there.