I was born and raised in Iowa, in my second year of little league I was put on the "Orioles", I collected baseball cards, and had some Jim Palmer, Paul Blair, Ken Singleton, and eventually a Eddie Murray card... started following them right into the 79 World Series and from that point on was huge fan...only Iowan that I have ever known to be an Orioles fan...we have lots of Royals, Twins, and Cubs fans here!! Followed Ripken his whole career, went to his HOF induction in Cooperstown and will be an Orioles fan for life!
