need education on a song lyric

[Murhyslaw]

I've always wondered what this lyric is referring to in the Orioles version of talkin' baseball by Terry Cashman- "Where was Jackie Brandt? Nobody knows". Can anybody clue me in please?

[Boy Howdy]

He was a little bit before my time, but what I've read about him indicates that this puts it more-or-less into perspective:

LEGEND HAS IT THAT JACKIE Brandt, who played for five teams between 1956-1967, was the first ballplayer to officially be called a "flake." A teammate once noticed that things seemed to "flake" off Brandt's mind.

You know, like playing 27 holes of golf in 101 degree heat because he forgot about the afternoon doubleheader. Or saying, "I'm going to play with harder nonchalance this year."

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_8_62/ai_104362922

[Murhyslaw]

thanks,
i thought it might have to do with him not getting an AB in the '61 All-Star game but this makes much more sense

[Gulfbird44]

Is that song available anywhere?

[Murhyslaw]

i-tunes 99cents

[Gulfbird44]

i-tunes 99cents

Thank you...I often wonder why the O's didn't just do a CD with that, the Magic song and the old Orioles baseball theme song from the WJZ days..

[Murhyslaw]

Thank you...I often wonder why the O's didn't just do a CD with that, the Magic song and the old Orioles baseball theme song from the WJZ days..

it would be cool. I still have the 45" give away of Oriole magic....