The Bird Tapes
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1.6KJanuary 9, 2026 at 5:30 amOn the Oriole Beat With ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian
A Maryland native and proud Terp, he covered the Orioles in the ’80s and did it so well that it launched him...
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4.4KJanuary 5, 2026 at 6:00 am‘The Natural’ Was An Oriole? It’s True.
When actor Robert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, exactly 53 years to the day after former major leaguer Eddie Waitkus...
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2.0KDecember 17, 2025 at 5:30 amLost Voices: Joe Ginsberg
When I interviewed Brooks Robinson for my book on Orioles history in 1999, he turned the tables at one point and asked...
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1.9KDecember 9, 2025 at 5:30 amWhat Lies Ahead For The Bird Tapes (For Starters, There’s A Holiday Sale)
The year 2025 wasn’t good for the Baltimore Orioles, to say the least. But it’s been a great year for the Bird...
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3.4KDecember 3, 2025 at 5:30 amThe One Oriole Who Just Told Me No
While accumulating as many interviews as possible with current and former players and managers, front office executives, scouts and others for my...
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2.4KNovember 26, 2025 at 9:50 amWhen Ripken’s Ironman Streak Was Under Fire
Here’s an audiobook-style excerpt from my book about Ripken’s historic feat that focuses on the controversy generated by his desire to play...
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3.8KNovember 19, 2025 at 9:50 amThe Moment Everything Changed For Baseball And The Orioles
On April 2, 1976, in the third inning of a spring training game in Florida, manager Earl Weaver pulled leftfielder Don Baylor...
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4.7KNovember 12, 2025 at 11:49 amWas 2025 Really the Orioles’ Most Disappointing Season Ever?
I detected the scent of runaway recency last summer when I read in The Athletic that the 2025 Orioles were “the most...
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1.7KNovember 5, 2025 at 8:50 am
Tales from 2,131
In the mid-2010s, my writing life was easily described as “all football all the time.” Long gone from the newspaper business, I...
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3.2KOctober 29, 2025 at 9:50 amWho in the World was George Zuverink?
As I’ve noted in earlier Bird Tapes posts, after Paul Richards first joined the Orioles as their manager/GM in 1955, he handled...