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  • Birthday 07/05/1991

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    Hudson Valley, NY
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    Mountcastle
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    Robinson

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  1. You know what, I'm just going to bask in the glory of this moment. Living in total fear...............Lol
  2. Players interact with the fans in some very subtle ways. Here is another story. My son and I, when he graduated from high school in 2009, took a trip out to California. The Orioles were out on the west coast so we bought tickets to see them play the Angels on Saturday, July 4th and Sunday, July 5th (which is my son's birthday). For the July 5th game, we had field level seats down the RF line. The crowd was on the lighter side that day so there were plenty of empty seats around us. My son was wearing an Orioles shirt and cap. Early in the game there was a final out to an Angels inning with a fly ball to the right fielder. I can't remember who the right fielder was but I'm thinking it was probably Markakis. After the catch we stood up, hoping that maybe he would toss the ball our way. It became apparent that he was eyeballing us and was moving in our general direction. We were maybe about 15-20 rows up, so it wasn't an easy toss. Sure enough, here comes the ball, on a perfect throw, right to us. What a birthday gift for my son! There were several other fly outs to right field to end an Angels inning that day and every ball was sent in our direction. We ended up with about five baseball's that day. Also, right before the game started, Orioles manager, Dave Trembley was in the stands near the Orioles dugout talking with some people. It was getting close to game time and he began to move towards the dugout. We happened to be standing about 10-15 feet away. He casually looked in our direction, no doubt aware that we were Orioles fans because of what my son was wearing. He looked at us and acknowledged us by giving a simple nod of his head and took a ball out of his back pocket and tossed it to my son. It was such a subtle gesture of acknowledgement and one I will never forget.
  3. We still have that lineup card, buried amongst other sports memorabilia, in our son's closet. If we ever pull it out, I'll have to take a closer look. The memory of that day is forever etched in my mind.
  4. We also wondered what was so special about the lineup card to him. Did he collect or save them for himself? We'll never know. His anger that day was on a whole different level. I hope Andy is resting peacefully now.
  5. Here is a bit of a scary one. In the mid 2000's my son and I went out to Coney Island Brooklyn to see the Ironbirds play the Brooklyn Cyclones. We bought seats very close to the Ironbirds dugout. Andy Etchebarren was the manager of the Ironbirds at the time. The Ironbirds won the game and when they got the final out, all the players, coaches, and Etchebarren left the dugout and headed towards the mound for congratulatory handshakes. At this point my son and I were standing right next to the side of the Ironbirds dugout. I looked in and saw the lineup card taped to the wall. I reached in and took it off the wall and handed it to my son. My son at that time was a young teenager. The players began to make their way back to the dugout along with Etchebarren. As Etchebarren reaches the dugout he looks in and says, "Where is my effin lineup card, who took my effin lineup card". He didn't use the word effin though. I don't think I could overstate how loud and angry he was as he continued to repeat what he said. There was smoke coming out of every hole in his head. When he first made his comment about the lineup card, I immediately thought of my son who was no longer standing next to me. I was so concerned that I didn't want to really react. I very very slowly turned to take a look over my left shoulder and to my relief my son was standing about 15 rows back at the top of the walkway that led down to our section. He had, for whatever reason, the sense to walk away from our section and tuck the lineup card underneath his shirt. I can't begin to tell you the relief I felt. When Etchebarren started his rant I fully expected to turn around and see my son standing there holding the lineup card and who knows what would have happened. That moment certainly ranks up there with the angriest I have ever seen a human being in my life. A scary and memorable moment that we still talk about to this day.
  6. If you don't mind, I would love to see a picture of that jersey. Thanks for the fun story!
  7. That's why I come here for the majority of my Orioles news because you can pretty much let it all Hang Out.
  8. Spring Training 1988 at McKechnie Field in Bradenton FL for a game between the Orioles and the Pirates. The game ends and I hung around a bit and found myself behind a large iron gate with a latch right behind home plate. I looked around and decided to lift the latch and walked right onto the field. Nobody was really paying attention as I walked down the left field line where Cal was standing and signing autographs. I just stood next to Cal and watched when all of a sudden the sharpie he was using ran out of ink. He looked at me, I was holding my own sharpie, and asked if he could borrow it. He continued to sign autographs and people began to hand balls/programs to me to have Cal sign. Cal finished up, thanked me and handed my sharpie back. I never got his autograph. I think I was just stunned that I was able to walk onto the field so easily. After that, as players from both teams milled about, I walked over to the Orioles dugout and took the lineup card off the wall. I gave the lineup card to the friend I was with who decided to wait in his car while I did my thing. He laughed and simply could not believe what I had done. These are all great stories that everyone has posted!
  9. JA decided to open up his wallet. Lol
  10. Yep, when my son was younger we went to many a Fanfest and we came down from north of New York City. We absolutely loved it!
  11. Seems like the players dislike these things as much as some of the fans do. They are working in the direction of doing nothing going forward.
  12. With the amount of money the Dodger$ spend, sense never even enters the equation. They've taken spending to a whole new level.
  13. Worked great in the 1970's though.
  14. Yep, I saw this too and had the same thought. I think the Mariners are going to hang on to their pitching.
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