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Quirky streaks are always fun. At one I, over the course of about three seasons, I attended seven straight games where Nick Markakis homered. And this was between I want to say 2010-2012, so he'd already kind of lost his power.

Also had a run where, for six straight games, Wei-Yin Chen was the O's starting pitcher. Results varied, but it was always Chen. I did not coordinate this.

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Quirky streaks are always fun. At one I, over the course of about three seasons, I attended seven straight games where Nick Markakis homered. And this was between I want to say 2010-2012, so he'd already kind of lost his power.

Also had a run where, for six straight games, Wei-Yin Chen was the O's starting pitcher. Results varied, but it was always Chen. I did not coordinate this.

Back when he was an Oriole, it felt like Wayne Gross homered in almost every game I attended. Part of the reason may have been that he was a much better hitter in day games than he was under the lights, and I tended to go to Sunday afternoon games. As an Oriole (1984-85), Gross was sub-.700 OPS in night games, and over 1.000 OPS in day games. He hit 17 homers in his 71 day games as an O.

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