Posts By John Eisenberg
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2.7KThe Bird TapesThe Orioles’ Adult In The Room
Sandwiched between Boog Powell and Eddie Murray in Oriole first base lore, Lee May was a slugger known as “the Big Bopper.”...
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2.0KThe Bird TapesListen: A Loyal Oriole Fan’s Soundtrack
Ben Schenck used to collect autographs on his baseball glove outside Memorial Stadium. Decades later, he is a jazz musician in New...
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2.3KThe Bird TapesThe One And Only Billy Loes
On his way to winning a team-high 14 games for the Orioles in 1957, pitcher Connie Johnson had a curious conversation with...
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5.0KThe Bird TapesThe dark cloud over the magical 1966 Orioles’ season
Shortly before they made their most important trade ever, acquiring Frank Robinson from the Cincinnati Reds in December 1965, the Orioles made...
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1.8KThe Bird TapesAn Interview with Roy Firestone | Bird Tapes Podcast
In a new interview, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Roy Firestone explains how he became such a passionate fan of the Orioles even though...
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3.7KThe Bird TapesWhy Isn’t Dave McNally In The Hall of Fame?
The author of a new biography of the late pitcher, an ace for the Orioles in the ’60s and ’70s, argues that...
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2.4KThe Bird TapesTake the Bird Tapes’ Orioles History Quiz (Volume 1)
Here’s a (hopefully) fun test of how much you know about Baltimore’s baseball team Before you dig in, a little background: I...
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2.4KThe Bird TapesThere Were Birds in Yuma
As the Orioles plow through spring training in Sarasota, it’s startling to look back at what they endured 72 years ago in...
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3.4KThe Bird TapesWhat Happened to Wally Bunker?
In the finale of a two-part series, Baltimore native James Considine, a Bird Tapes subscriber, explores what happened to Orioles pitcher Wally...
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2.6KThe Bird TapesWally Bunker’s Magical Season
(Note from John Eisenberg: This week I’m handing the Bird Tapes keyboard to Jim Considine, a lifelong Baltimorean and Bird Tapes subscriber...