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He Taught Earl Weaver How to Argue (From the Archive)
The Orioles' iconic skipper learned a lot from Paul Richards, such as the importance of pitching and defense and, yes, just maybe, how to berate an…
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Bird Tapes Podcast: On the Oriole Beat with Dan Shaughnessy
Unlocked and available to both paid and free subscribers, my interview with the legendary Boston columnist is a classic coming-of-age story set against…
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Bird Tapes Podcast: The Al Bumbry Interview
Happenstance turned a college basketball player into a baseball pro who endured combat duty in Vietnam before becoming a fixture on Earl Weaver's…
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The Bird Tapes Interview: Earl Weaver
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Bird Tapes 2025: An Interview with Jon Miller (Part 1)
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Bird Tapes 2025: A Conversation with Al Bumbry
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The Bird Tapes Interview: Eddie Murray
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The Bird Tapes Interview: Paul Blair
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Bird Tapes Podcast: A Conversation with Janet Marie Smith
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Bird Tapes Podcast: The Boog Powell Interview
He was an iconic slugger in his heyday and still runs a great BBQ stand. But he is also a master storyteller. In our 1999 interview, he served as an…
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THANK Youuuu, Rex Barney
During his 24 years as the PA announcer at Memorial Stadium and Camden Yards, he became as essential to Baltimore's baseball culture as the bird on the…
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Bird Tapes Podcast: A Conversation with Janet Marie Smith
One of Camden Yards' principal architects and one of baseball's first female executives, she explains how she helped change ballparks forever after…
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Rest in Peace, Henny
The late Jim Henneman was a walking encyclopedia of Oriole baseball -- and just baseball, period. I'm proud to say he wrote one of his last articles for…
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Bird Tapes Podcast: A Conversation with Scott McGregor
In a recent conversation, the soft-tossing stalwart from the Orioles' golden years dove deep into explaining how he became a winning pitcher. He gives a…
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Classic Card: John Miller, 1966
A hard-throwing Baltimore native, he realized his childhood dream of pitching for the Orioles before shoulder injuries shortened his career. But he…
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Bird Tapes Podcast: On the Oriole Beat with Richard Justice
Debuting a new Bird Tapes feature: a series of interviews with legendary newspaper beat writers who covered the Orioles. The entire series will be…
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The Bird Tapes
The Bird Tapes
John Eisenberg presents historic Baltimore baseball interviews. And some other stuff.
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