John Eisenberg presents historic Baltimore baseball interviews. And some other stuff.
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Bird Tapes Mini-Pod: When Things Were Really Bleak
On a sunny Sunday afternoon in early June 1988, I went to Memorial Stadium to cover a game between the Orioles and Yankees. My job was to write a column for the Baltimore Sun, which meant I had to form and offer an opinion about what I saw....
Bird Tapes Podcast: A Vintage Interview With Steve Barber
In a blunt 1999 interview salted with raw humor, the Orioles' first 20-game winner recounts his unique journey from the Class D minors to the pinnacle of the major leagues.
To interview the Orioles’ first 20-game winner more than a quarter...
A Big Trade That Worked Out Well For Both Teams
McGregor and Dempsey celebrate after the Orioles’ clinching victory in the 1983 World Series. Both players came from the Yankees in a 1976 trade.
There was plenty of grousing in Birdland when the Orioles engineered a big trade with the Yan...
Bird Tapes Podcast: Sam Horn Can’t Believe He Didn’t Hit The Warehouse
The burly slugger was in the right place at the right time, perfectly positioned to earn a unique niche in Baltimore baseball history. But he couldn’t do it from the bench, he told me.
When Camden Yards opened in 1992 with the B&O warehous...
The Iron Polar Bear
There are all sorts of numbers that illustrate the immense value Pete Alonso provided in his first season with the Orioles:
43 — his American League-leading home run total.
113 — his American League-leading total of runs batted in.
100 —...
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I've written about sports for more than four decades, first in Dallas and then as a columnist at The Baltimore Sun for 27 years. I've written 5,000 columns, won 20-plus writing awards and authored 11 books, including two on the Orioles.
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