Reflecting on the 1993 Baltimore Orioles

Courtesy of Dugout Central, here’s a look back on the Baltimore Orioles of 1993. The golden age of Baltimore baseball when you got beaned by a pitch and liked it, and Cal Ripken Jr. jeopardized his consecutive games played streak on a daily basis:

One day I was sitting at my locker about 3 PM and Ben McDonald was sitting on the couch next to me reading a magazine. The iron man game streak was growing in popularity and it was all new to me. As I sat in my locker I stared across the room into the trainers area where guys were getting taped up and submerged in the whirlpool. I just wondered how anyone could play that many games in a row – impossible. And just then out of nowhere Cal dives through the air (parallel to the ground) and clothesline tackled Ben on the couch. Ben got up and wrestled Cal to the ground. Then Cal got up ran around the couch only to dive over it again and take McDonald down.

I said to myself: only someone that crazy can play in all those games.

Oh, Ripken. Diving tackels are not nearly as interesting as when we hear that you did them in the midst of a streak that galvanized a city and possibly made for the best moment in baseball history.

Comments

By Truth About It on August 14th, 2008 at 10:52 am

Ahh the memories of the baseball team I used to like.

Joe Orsulak…..Mikey Tettleton…..cats.