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What Happened to Merv Rettenmund?

  • The First Francona

    When a non-roster invitee to spring training started in center field for the Orioles on Opening Day in 1956, it was the […]

  • What Happened to Merv Rettenmund?

    Ask the question one way and the answer is easy. But ask it another way and a mystery crystallizes. One version of the […]

  • My Stuff: Pre-Internet Orioles Research Tools

    When I wrote a book on Orioles history more than a quarter-century ago, I couldn’t summon information with just a […]

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  • He Writes Songs About The Birds

    Growing up in Baltimore, Barry Feldman dreamed of pitching for the Orioles. He had to settle for writing songs about […]

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