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    Talk about YOUR baseball "career"

    in Orioles Talk

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    (Reposted from 2018 thread)

    High school for me. I made my varsity team as a freshmen and played four years of varsity ball. I rode the bench my freshman season but started the final three years. I capped it off by being named MVP my senior season. But I had no illusions because I didn't have the body frame to advance from there. I did have the privilege of playing against some outstanding talent in high school. Lou Whitaker (Detroit Tigers) was in our league. As was Roy Clark (AAA for Seattle until injuries ended his career). Talmadge Tanks was signed by Kansas City. Jeff Musser led the ACC in hitting for Virginia. Several other really good talents.

    Orioles Feat You've Never Seen

    in Orioles Talk

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    10 hours ago, ShaneDawg85 said:

    Thought this might be a fun and interesting one.  What is a feat or accomplishment you've never seen the Orioles accomplish, be it as a team or an individual player, that you'd want to witness.  I'm adding the handicap now, not including winning the pennant or the World Series, I'd hope we all want that!  Here's a couple of mine:

    1. No-Hitter or Perfect Game.  I was too young remember the tandem no-hitter against Oakland in 1990.  I was in the stands for Mussina's near perfect game against Cleveland in '97.

    2. 100 team win season.  They've come close a couple of times in my lifetime.

    3. Batting title winner.  Frank is still the only one to do it.

    4. Pitching Accomplishments: Cy Young, Strikeout Leader, 20-Game Winner, etc.

    For a long time it was see someone hit for the cycle, because it took a long time to get from Cal to Aubrey Huff.

    When I read something like this it makes me realize how lucky I am to have witnessed the things I have in my life time. I'm telling my age but I've seen many great accomplishments by the Orioles through the years. I saw Frank Robinson win the triple crown. I saw no-hitters by Tom Phoebus and Jim Palmer. I saw the team win 108 games one year and 109 games one year. I saw an Oriole pitcher win the Cy Young award six times in a 12 year span. I've seen some of the greatest fielders in the history of the game in Brooks Robinson, Mark Belanger, and Jim Palmer. I've seen six rookies of the year and five American League MVP's and the list goes on and on. I guess the only thing I haven't seen is a perfect game.

    Farewell OH

    in Orioles Talk

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    13 hours ago, Luke-OH said:

    And like I said before, thanks to everyone I’ve interacted with here.

    Luke, I haven't interacted with you because I'm mainly just a lurker here. But I do want you to know that I've thoroughly enjoyed your amazing insights and I'm extremely happy for you and wish you all the best!

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    Uh-Oh

    in Orioles Talk

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    1 hour ago, wildcard said:

    KC is only 3 1/2 game ahead.  The O's have not secured the 1:1 pick.

    I'm more worried about Detroit myself. They're only 5 ahead and they are -149 in run differential whereas KC is only -66.

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    Orioles in 1st place

    in Orioles Talk

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    Gee, we still get no respect. We now have the third best record in baseball, we're playing at home where we have won eight of our last ten games, we're going against a pitcher (Garrett Richards) who allowed a career high seven runs the only time he's ever faced us, and we're still the underdogs for a second straight night.

    Orioles in 1st place

    in Orioles Talk

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    Arg TOR gets HOU next after their cakewalk BOS series. Of course.

    We've got our "easy schedule" ahead of us also. We play 26 consecutive games against teams currently .500 or below from August 15 through September 10.

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