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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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John Eisenberg
1:45:00
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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May 2025

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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Birth of the Oriole Bird
Dick Armstrong, an innovative young publicist, and Jim Hartzell, a newspaper cartoonist, were the key figures in introducing an image for the Orioles…
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Bird Tapes Podcast: The Paul Blair Interview
Nearly two hours in length, my classic conversation with the Orioles' magnificent center fielder, recorded in 1999, is now available to download and/or…
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1:56:10
Bird Tapes Podcast: A Conversation with Tippy Martinez
The ace reliever is remembered almost strictly for a moment when he threw to first base, not home. But he did so much more during his long Orioles…
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John Eisenberg
56:07
The Man Behind the Curtain (From the Archive)
Jim Russo, the Orioles' masterful talent evaluator, was renowned for his many and varied contributions over 33 years, but his important role in the…
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Bird Tapes Podcast: The Brooks Robinson Interview
My rare biographical interview with Brooks, recorded a quarter-century ago, is now available in a podcast format that enables you to download it and…
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