Thanks John for sharing all the tapes I've listened to date. I was in 3rd grade in 1964, living in Silver Spring, when I started following the Orioles. The next two decades were amazing! Wondering if one of your future interviews will include Merv Rettenmund? How that guy has never been recognized by the Orioles Hall of Fame is beyond me.
Glad you're enjoying the tapes, Mike. Unfortunately, I do not have a recorded interview with Rettenmund, who was/is certainly an interesting figure. I'm hoping to devote a written article to him because, as you state, he deserves it.
I first heard about your project on Remember When on Sirius XM. I went ahead and suscribed. This morning I went from unpaid to paid and am looking forward to reading this. I'm a long time baseball fan, especially with Kansas City Royals (me being from Kansas.). Anyway my oldest brother was working for WIBW and I would spend a week with him during the summer. Fred White worked for WIBW as well. We would go from Topeka to KC which seemed a couple of nights and each night they were playing Baltimore. It got to a point and I thought Baltimore again, but keep in mind this was in the early 70's. Now I'm looking back and I'm thinking I got to see all those greats play like Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, McNally, Cuellar, etc. etc. Now I get to read about them as well. Thanks again!
I heard about your project today on WYPR. Sounds interesting. I think I’m going to subscribe. I was 12 years old in 1954 and have attended games since the St Louis Browns moved here. As a season ticket holder it’s interesting to see the fan base today compared to the 50s. It will be interesting to hear what the old players have to say.
Jeffrey, I hope you subscribe and enjoy. Feel free to post your comments or thoughts on any interview or article. There's a growing community of serious Orioles fans here.
The funny thing about coming across your post on Facebook is one thing has played over and over in mind the last week. Thinking of these players, and comparing them to the players of the 1960’s, 70’s, and 80’s…. “It’s good to be young and an Oriole” If there’s a way to do it, maybe use some of Bob Maisel’s columns from the early period. I was a youngster, but I always looked forward to his columns. Then you came along and I looked forward to your columns. I don’t know if you’ll be able to, but it would bring maybe some perspective to the period before you started writing for the Sun.
Appreciate the interest and the kind words, Gus. Comparing young generations of Orioles is definitely an interesting subject. Hope to do something with it.
Thanks John for sharing all the tapes I've listened to date. I was in 3rd grade in 1964, living in Silver Spring, when I started following the Orioles. The next two decades were amazing! Wondering if one of your future interviews will include Merv Rettenmund? How that guy has never been recognized by the Orioles Hall of Fame is beyond me.
Glad you're enjoying the tapes, Mike. Unfortunately, I do not have a recorded interview with Rettenmund, who was/is certainly an interesting figure. I'm hoping to devote a written article to him because, as you state, he deserves it.
I first heard about your project on Remember When on Sirius XM. I went ahead and suscribed. This morning I went from unpaid to paid and am looking forward to reading this. I'm a long time baseball fan, especially with Kansas City Royals (me being from Kansas.). Anyway my oldest brother was working for WIBW and I would spend a week with him during the summer. Fred White worked for WIBW as well. We would go from Topeka to KC which seemed a couple of nights and each night they were playing Baltimore. It got to a point and I thought Baltimore again, but keep in mind this was in the early 70's. Now I'm looking back and I'm thinking I got to see all those greats play like Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, McNally, Cuellar, etc. etc. Now I get to read about them as well. Thanks again!
Thanks for the interest and thanks for upgrading to paid, Stan. I hope you enjoy the content. Don't hesitate to post a comment if the mood strikes.
I heard about your project today on WYPR. Sounds interesting. I think I’m going to subscribe. I was 12 years old in 1954 and have attended games since the St Louis Browns moved here. As a season ticket holder it’s interesting to see the fan base today compared to the 50s. It will be interesting to hear what the old players have to say.
Jeffrey, I hope you subscribe and enjoy. Feel free to post your comments or thoughts on any interview or article. There's a growing community of serious Orioles fans here.
The funny thing about coming across your post on Facebook is one thing has played over and over in mind the last week. Thinking of these players, and comparing them to the players of the 1960’s, 70’s, and 80’s…. “It’s good to be young and an Oriole” If there’s a way to do it, maybe use some of Bob Maisel’s columns from the early period. I was a youngster, but I always looked forward to his columns. Then you came along and I looked forward to your columns. I don’t know if you’ll be able to, but it would bring maybe some perspective to the period before you started writing for the Sun.
Appreciate the interest and the kind words, Gus. Comparing young generations of Orioles is definitely an interesting subject. Hope to do something with it.