Posts By John Eisenberg
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834The Bird TapesLost Voices: Bobby Grich made the most of his Orioles career after waiting his turn
When the Orioles were at their very best as an organization in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Bobby Grich and Don...
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1.7KThe Bird TapesIntroducing Bird Tapes 2025
When I debuted the Bird Tapes nearly a year ago, I had a shoebox full of plastic microcassettes containing recordings of rare interviews...
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2.7KThe 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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1.3KThe 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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3.8KThe 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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1.7KThe 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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4.0KThe 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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5.0KThe 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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5.0KThe 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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3.5KThe 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...