ELMERO

Quite the "needler", huh? BTW, I didn't feel the "need" to "shout" my handle, just forgot the "Cap Lock" button was still on. I like your handle and always look forward to your posts. I like the fact you know what "can of corn" means. The topic of old baseball expressions makes for stimulating conversation. I shoulda used a handle like, "Throwin' Aspirin Tablets" or "Dying Quail".

Thank you. It is a privilege to post my thoughts here, among knowledgeable folks, like yourself. Tony and the staff deserve a ton of credit in creating and maintaining this wonderful site, where we can speak freely. Been an O's fan since 1959. so I'm a "geezer".

Tom House is legendary. He also, while a member of the Atlanta Braves bullpen, caught Hank Aaron's 715th HR.

Gentile was traded to KC A's for 1B Norm Siebern ,straight up, in 1964. Boog still played LF that year and I believe he still wore No. 16 then. Anybody wanna play Oriole triva, since nothin' much is goin' on?

Good thing you weren't born sooner, or you woulda been twice as broken-hearted when they moved to Minnesota and became the Twins. Harmon Killebrew, Camilo Pascual, Bob Allison, Don Mincher........I'm pretty sure Killebrew hit the longest HR ever at Memorial Stadium. Hey, I sure can relate to this-"I used to stay up past bedtime listening to them on an old transistor radio hiding from my dad (who probably knew)."_

Damn, and you still have your faculties, lol! No. 9, Boyd was good with the glove, too, not much power, little guy. I remember, before we got Gentile, Boyd and huge Walt Dropo, No. 17, platooned at 1B, in what, 1959? That's the year I became a fan. Jackie "Flakey" Brandt was and still is my favorite Oriole.