The Bird Tapes
-
2.0KAugust 12, 2026 at 5:30 amThe Bird Tapes’ Orioles History Quiz, Volume 2
Presenting a new set of questions from the crevices of Orioles history. I know you know a lot. But just how much?...
-
1.3KAugust 7, 2026 at 5:30 amClassic Orioles Card: Woodie Held, 1966
He had played in more than 1,300 major league games and slugged nearly 200 home runs by the time he joined the...
-
2.1KJuly 22, 2026 at 5:30 amBird Tapes Podcast: The Prequel To Orioles History
Before coming to Baltimore in 1954, the franchise spent 52 years as the St. Louis Browns, mostly languishing near the bottom of...
-
3.3KJuly 15, 2026 at 5:30 amMy Stuff: Strat-O-Matic, and an early fondness for the Orioles
A new Bird Tapes content stream explores what else is in my office closet besides recordings of old interviews. First up: the...
-
2.3KJuly 8, 2026 at 5:30 amListen: A Vintage Interview with Dennis Martinez
(Note: I interviewed Dennis in 1999 over lunch at a restaurant in Miami. The place was crowded and there was a lot...
-
2.5KJune 24, 2026 at 5:30 amLost Voices: Al Kubski
(One in a series of articles highlighting former Oriole players, managers and front office employees whom I interviewed for my oral history...
-
2.7KJune 17, 2026 at 5:30 amBird Tapes Photo Album: Three Birds At A Ballgame
A Bird Tapes subscriber recalls when his classmate, Curt Blefary, and two of Blefary’s Oriole teammates came to a college baseball game....
-
3.4KJune 10, 2026 at 5:30 amThe Poignant Story of an Orioles Fight Song
Carl Rabovsky didn’t take the road well traveled. A Baltimore native, he studied accounting and briefly working at WBAL before “deciding the...
-
9.2KJune 3, 2026 at 5:30 amThe Life of Mark Belanger
In 2015, Dominic Dastoli was working as a features producer for the Golf Channel, but he wanted to try making a longer...
-
2.8KMay 27, 2026 at 5:30 amClassic Orioles Card: Willy Miranda, 1957
Willy Miranda could hit from either side of the plate, theoretically an advantage. But he batted just .221 with six home runs...