John Eisenberg presents historic Baltimore baseball interviews. And some other stuff.
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Celebrate The Fourth With Brooks
When I wrote From 33rd Street to Camden Yards, my oral history of the Orioles, more than a quarter-century ago, I interviewed nearly 100 former players, managers, executives, broadcasters, scouts and others. Brooks Robinson was the only one...
Bird Tapes Podcast: An Interview With Rick Vaughn (Part 2)
In Part 2 of a revealing interview, the media relations executive recalls his tumultuous decade with the Orioles, when everything kept changing -- the owner, the ballpark, the manager, you name it.
In his decade with the Orioles, Rick Vaug...
Birth of the Oriole Bird (From The Archive)
In terms of how they would present themselves to the world, the Orioles were a blank slate when they opened their offices in Baltimore in late 1953, months before their first game at Memorial Stadium the following spring. They’d come from S...
Bird Tapes Podcast: A New Interview With Chris Hoiles (Part 2)
In the second half of a recent conversation, the rugged catcher from the early years of Camden Yards recalls his role on some of the most talented teams the Orioles have ever assembled.
Ben McDonald hasn’t been shy about admitting that Cal...
What Happened To Merv Rettenmund?
One version of the question headlining this post is easily answered. What happened to Merv Rettenmund? There’s biographical information all over the Internet. You can look it up.
A slender and athletic Michigan native, Rettenmund was a two...
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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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