Boy Howdy
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Got my ticket for tonight. Wearing my Felix Pie shirt for good luck
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Section 420, Row 8, Seat 10 on Sunday night Look for the orange Ken Singleton jersey
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My favorite sloppy no-no was hurled by the White Sox' Joe Cowley against the Angels on 9/19/86. He walked 7 and struck out 8. Only 28 at the time, Cowley lost his next two decisions, got traded to the Phillies in spring training the following year, and was out of the majors for good after walking 17 in less than 12 innings for Philly and putting up a 15.43 ERA and 0-4 record. He walked 76 more in just 63 innings when they sent him down to AAA, and it proved to be his last year in professional baseball. ******************************** Any Orioles fan worth their salt should know the story of Steve Barber's outing against the Tigers on 4/30/1967. In the first game of a doubleheader at Memorial Stadium, Barber took a no-hitter and a 1-0 lead into the 9th inning -- but he'd already walked 7! He'd also hit a pair of Detroiters! Barber walked his 8th and 9th batters, wild pitched home the tying run, issued a 10th walk and finally got relieved by Stu Miller. Detroit seized the lead on a fielder's choice, and beat Barber and the Birds 2-1 despite never getting a hit!
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<p><p><p>When I was a kid in Loch Raven in the late-1970's, it seemed like there was always one Oriole or another appearing at some store or bank to sign free autographs and promote the team.</p></p></p>
<p><p><p>You didn't have to buy anything, and the lines were never too long. I had no idea how special it was,or how lucky I was that my parents were big Orioles fans. Great memories.</p></p></p>
<p><p><p>Hurry up Opening Day!</p></p></p>
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<p><p><p>Seeing the O's win at Fenway was wonderful. It was so hot and I was so sleep deprived that I didn't do a lot of hollering, but David Hernandez, Nick Markakis & company did a great job of delivering the message. Thanks for your ideas!</p></p></p>
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Jim Palmer is a great broadcaster There's an awful lot of substance to what he says, and it doesn't bother me that he uses himself to illustrate a lot of it. The guy won a game in every World Series the Orioles ever prevailed in, drove women crazy modelling underwear, and still remembers practically every detail of the best years of Orioles baseball. Palmer's the king. We're all lucky to be able to listen to him, and even luckier that he remained an Oriole all his life despite the opportunity to flee via free agency and make lots of George Steinbrenner's dollars. That what Catfish Hunter did, by the way.
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<p><p><p>Sorry about the car.</p></p></p>
<p><p><p>I'll be 39 later this year, but I still feel 18.</p></p></p>
<p><p><p>Keep up the good work!</p></p></p>
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Almost every single game! I turned 9 in 1979, but I had the good fortune to grow up in a home where the Orioles broadcast was a constant, and we got out to Memorial Stadium about once per homestand. Nothing that's happened the last 11 or so years could every jeopardize my Orioles fanhood or love of baseball. Ingrained way too deep from the good ol' days. (I still have my signed Billy Smith 8x10 somewhere from a public appearance that Orioles players made on a regular basis back then. I have a picture with him somewhere. Pretty sure he was wearing a cowboy hat -- the real thing, not some Dallas football business)
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"Stan the Man Unusual" Flanagan called him that, and Stanhouse liked it so much that he had t-shirts made up with the nickname and a caricature of him sticking out his tongue. There was a shop called Full Moon T-shirts that a lot of the Orioles players used back then to make custom designs. When I was a kid, I had a Stanhouse shirt & also a Ken Singleton design with his "Hit 29" Maryland license plates. Really wish I still had those shirts. Stanhouse was a beaut, from the stuffed gorilla he kept on his locker to his black car, black furniture, black telephone & (usually) black clothes. "I think he's working to be a mortician", joked Rick Dempsey. Happy birthday #26
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<p><p><p>Thanks for noticing the store. Unfortunately, Jammyland met its demise on May 31, 2008. Keep the fire burning in memory of all the good record shops that are no longer with us.</p></p></p>
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<p><p><p>Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the Moon.</p></p></p>
<p><p><p>Oneal Armstrong was a guy who ran a Reggae shop in Baltimore that I used to sell records to.</p></p></p>
<p><p><p>Bikiniarmstrong has nice albums.</p></p></p>
