Tales from the Orioles Dugout | 
 enlarge | Author: Louis Berney
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 890897
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 1582616841
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357646
EAN: 9781582616841
ASIN: 1582616841
Publication Date: March 1, 2004
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Product Description
Stars from the glory years of Baltimore baseball, including Cal Ripken Jr., Jim Palmer, Earl Weaver, and Brooks Robinson, share funny and poignant tales of what it was like to be an Oriole.
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A Very Worthwhile Oral History of a Beloved Team January 12, 2008
Tales from the Orioles Dugout features reminiscences from thirty-five players and one manager. Players from different eras in the Orioles' history are showcased, though admittedly I read the chapters detailing the team under Earl Weaver's stewardship with the most relish. There is a collective sense that, though the pint-sized manager may have been prickly to deal with, the players in retrospect respect both him and what they were able to accomplish together. There are a number of humorous stories that I, a longtime fan, nevertheless found myself reading for the first time. There is also a touching sense of what it meant to work together as a team, rather than a collection of individuals. The book does not have any interviews with some of the greatest figures in the team's history, such as Eddie Murray and Frank Robinson, but O's fans are fully aware that while both gentlemen were great players, they sometimes were not willing to deal with the media. Regardless, accounts by Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken, Ken Singleton and a host of others make for pleasurable reading indeed. (The only puzzler is why Tippy Martinez couldn't remember that it was Joe Altobelli, not Weaver, who was his manager the game he picked three runners off first in one inning!) Overall, this book is warmly recommended.
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