Posts By John Eisenberg
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2.1KThe Bird TapesThe Real Steve Dalkowski: Orioles’ hardest thrower lived a hard-luck life
In the chapter on Steve Dalkowski in my 2001 book on Orioles history, I quoted numerous people who’d played with or seen...
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1.2KThe Bird TapesNo Complaints: A Trip to Orioles’ Spring Training
Suddenly, it just made sense. I had a free companion ticket on Southwest Airlines that was about to expire, which meant I...
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3.6KThe Bird TapesSteve Dalkowski: The legend of all legends in Orioles history
In the long chronicle of Orioles history, Steve Dalkowski is the greatest mythological figure. No one else comes close as a source...
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1.6KThe Bird TapesThe Baseball Cards I Don’t Need
For a few years when I was a kid, I spent more money on baseball cards than anything else. I rode my...
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3.9KThe Bird TapesWhen Old Guys Ruled the Mound for the Orioles
Jim Palmer was so polished as a young pitcher that he wasn’t old enough to vote when the Orioles promoted him to...
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4.8KThe Bird TapesMike Cuellar: The Orioles’ Ace Who Came Out of Nowhere
The Orioles’ acquisition of pitcher Mike Cuellar before the 1969 season is rightly considered among their shrewdest and most important moves. He...
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4.8KThe Bird TapesWhat Dave McNally’s Oriole Teammates Really Loved About Him
While interviewing former players and team executives for my book on Orioles history a quarter-century ago, it became clear that Dave McNally...
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3.4KThe Bird TapesLost Voices: Steve Stone’s 25-win season for the Orioles
(One in a series of articles highlighting former Orioles whom I interviewed for my oral history a quarter-century ago, but only on...
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5.5KThe Bird TapesHis Home Run Traveled 573 Feet
The pitch was a meatball, a slider hanging right over the plate. Dave Nicholson swung hard, as always, and his bat met...
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4.5KThe Bird TapesSpirit of ’66: Wally Bunker
When I sat down for an interview with Wally Bunker in the Pacific Northwest in 1986, having taken a plane, car and...