The Bird Tapes
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69May 7, 2025 at 9:50 amLost Voices: Bob Boyd got his chance with 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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1.3KApril 30, 2025 at 7:40 pmThe Orioles’ First Black Player
In 1953, the year before they moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles, the St. Louis Browns had one Black player —...
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1.7KApril 16, 2025 at 10:50 amSpirit of ’66: Dave McNally helped Orioles reach the summit, then returned to Big Sky country
Forty-one states and nine countries. By my count, that’s where my work travels took me during my 23 years with the Baltimore...
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2.1KApril 9, 2025 at 10:50 amA Catcher’s Fatal Flight
Coming off a long road trip, Orioles manager Paul Richards scheduled an offday workout at Memorial Stadium on September 20th, 1956. In...
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2.2KApril 2, 2025 at 9:50 amLost 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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2.4KMarch 26, 2025 at 11:00 amIntroducing 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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4.1KMarch 19, 2025 at 10:50 amThe 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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1.9KMarch 12, 2025 at 11:45 amNo 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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4.6KMarch 4, 2025 at 11:50 amSteve 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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2.2KFebruary 19, 2025 at 11:50 amThe 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...