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Who was the first Oriole to play for the team who was younger than you?

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xKHx Major Leaguer

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So everyone hate me now lol....

Because of my birthday being in December 1979 not till the 2004 team did multiple people but the first I think was Jose Bautista :/ but John Maine Denny Bautista Eddy Rodriguez and Dcab all came up that year and were younger than me.

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Bautista was arguably the 2nd-worst trade in Oriole history. After those 2 games, 2 innings, and 35.00 ERA the rumor was that Angelos himself was angry their top prospect (and he was the Hangout's #1 prospect at the time) didn't pitch better and ordered him dealt. They traded him to the Royals for Jason Grimsley, who was a key piece in pulling the Orioles into the steroid scandals of the mid-2000s, selling guys out and pitching awfully, too. I was a regular writer for the Hangout back then and I'm pretty sure I wrote a scathing piece on the mind-boggling stupidity of trading your #1 prospect for a 36-year-old middle reliever.

I thought it was a beautiful piece.

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Cal is a year older than me (my high school team beat a Charlotte team for the state title in '78 where their minor league O's were still playing). So I'm guessing it's someone on the '82 or '83 Orioles.

This reminds me of that rite of passage when you realize you are older than the Playboy centerfold.

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You and I are very close in age then. I have no idea either. Some Rook in 83-84.

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Nick Markakis, opening day 2006 and I have him in age by almost a full year.

Edit: It's Hayden Penn. He was only up for a cup of coffee in 2005, but I guess that counts.

Edit again: It was Jeff Fiorentino. I'm not very good at this.

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