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Post by drjohnnyfever on Dec 28, 2013 17:48:40 GMT -5
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Post by douger on Dec 28, 2013 18:23:03 GMT -5
Bummer. We've been blessed in Baltimore with some really great center fielders. Paul was a great one. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Dec 28, 2013 20:11:06 GMT -5
Rest in peace, Paul. Thanks for the memories.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 20:59:57 GMT -5
It used to be said that Blair owned the center field area of Memorial Stadium and leased it back to the Orioles. I think an argument can be made that no one ever played the position better, and that includes such immortals as Cobb, Speaker, Mays and Snider.
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Post by Foggy Dewhurst on Dec 28, 2013 22:00:11 GMT -5
I had the pleasure of growing up watching those great Oriole teams. Paul could flat out go get the ball. I had the pleasure of meeting him when he spoke at our high school. Rest in peace Paul and thanks for so many memories..
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 22:39:15 GMT -5
I recall watching him play on 33rd St; along with Brooks, Eddie, Boog, Andy and many others.
Those were the days of "The Oriole Way."
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Post by darave on Jan 3, 2014 15:10:12 GMT -5
there seemed to be an issue between Blair and Angelos I think Blair didn't like the way Angelos was running the Orioles into the ground for years. I can't recall many public appearances of him representing the orioles
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Post by douger on Jan 3, 2014 16:34:51 GMT -5
there seemed to be an issue between Blair and Angelos I think Blair didn't like the way Angelos was running the Orioles into the ground for years. I can't recall many public appearances of him representing the orioles I've heard the same about Brook Robinson. |
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Post by Foggy Dewhurst on Jan 5, 2014 22:09:48 GMT -5
I think a lot of people have issues with Angelos. This cheapskate crap is really getting old..
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Post by Evil Yoda on Jan 5, 2014 22:18:09 GMT -5
A few years ago, I heard that Angelos has to approve every deal that the GM makes, and that if he doesn't like a deal, he sometimes won't disapprove it - he'll just make himself hard to reach until someone else grabs the player. Since he basically did this to force Jon Miller to leave, I could believe it. But I don't remember where I read it or from whom I heard it. (Angelos said essentially that Jon Miller wasn't enough of a homer to work for him. A man who will probably go into the broadcasting wing of the Hall one day, and Angelos felt himself qualified to judge his professional ability.) I don't know whether Angelos is scuttling deals, or whether he hired Duquette because he's a man who doesn't make deals, and in the end it doesn't matter. The upshot is that the team will try to win in '14 without enough pitching, a reliable DH, or guys in the outfield (save Jones) who can be counted on to also deliver with the bat.
If Manny is smart, for the sake of his career he will decamp as soon as his contract is up. He's got no future here. No decent player does.
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Post by darave on Jan 14, 2014 11:59:10 GMT -5
I got my info from tippy Martinez at a golf outing a lot of the old school guys didn't like that the oriole way went away
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