The Big Moe. Moe Drabowsky.
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The Big Moe. Moe Drabowsky.
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Next Oriole:
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Joe Orsulak
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Yeah, it's Joe. Pretty steady player for the O's.Originally Posted by Yankwood
Next Oriole:
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Wow! That looks like a very young Dorrel "Whitey" Herzog.
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That indeed, is Whitey. A bit trimmer in those days.
Next Oriole (one of those guys who wore a Browns and Orioles uniform - and he was traded back to the org. twice after leaving).
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That's Clint Courtney,isn't it? I think they called him something like "scrap iron". Didn't he come up with the first big knuckleball catchers mitt to handle Hoyt Wilhelm?
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I believe Clint was only 48 when he died, which is odd because he looks 58 on that baseball card.
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You know, I think that was attibuted to Gus Triandos but I'm not really sure. At any rate, Gus was the victim of Wilhelm in 1959 - Gus was the Oriole starting catcher and Wilhelm was in the starting rotation that season - Hoyt's only year as a full-time starter. Hoyt had a good year, but Gus suffered behind the plate.
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You are right, Iron Jaw. It was Gus who, in self defense, came up with that catcher's mitt, while he was catching Hoyt. As I remember, he had some input from Paul Richards on it.
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Clint Courtney was the first catcher to wear glasses.
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Post #375-Terry said Moe Drabowsky but It's John Miller! 1962-1967 12-14 with a 3.89 ERA
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Who Is This Oriole?
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That is Jim Hardin, who helped save the Oriole staff from complete disaster when he came up from the minors, mid-season 1967. After winning the WS the year before, the O's faced injuries to Dave McNally, Wally Bunker, Steve Barber (on-again/off again) and and a near career-ending sore arm to Jim Palmer. Rookie Tom Phoebus became the staff ace, and he was greatly aided by Hardin when he came up.
Hardin had an outstanding year in 1968, winning 18 games, but developed a sore arm at some point during the 1969 season and was never the same again (right when Palmer was staging his comeback).
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It Is Jim Hardin who was a valuable member of the best Orioles teams ever.
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Who is this Oriole?
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I would appreciate it if anyone has information on how the O's came to sign Mora from Mexico, especially who their scout down there was.
Meanwhile, I will dust off this great thread. I will admit to looking up the last Oriole posted just to clear him (it's Joe Coleman, Sr.). Next Oriole:
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Time for a clue. As a rookie, our current Oriole was the second-leading winner on a surprise turnaround team. However, he would reach double digits in wins only once more in his career.
Happened to be going through my 1991 Upper Deck cards and it's Bob Milacki. Do I do one of these now? If so, I do have a good one. And no, it has nothing to do with the guy in my avatar.
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"They put me in the Hall of Fame? They must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel!"
-Eppa Rixey, upon learning of his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Motafy (MO-ta-fy) vt. -fied, -fying 1. For a pitcher to melt down in a big game situation; to become like Guillermo Mota. 2. The transformation of a good pitcher into one of Guillermo Mota's caliber.
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Yes, you're up, Dalko.
In that case, we have this man. He was a teammate of Steve Dalkowski's at one point in the Minor Leagues, which narrows it down to over 100.
"They put me in the Hall of Fame? They must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel!"
-Eppa Rixey, upon learning of his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Motafy (MO-ta-fy) vt. -fied, -fying 1. For a pitcher to melt down in a big game situation; to become like Guillermo Mota. 2. The transformation of a good pitcher into one of Guillermo Mota's caliber.
If nobody can answer this, by the way, I actually have a very good hint.
"They put me in the Hall of Fame? They must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel!"
-Eppa Rixey, upon learning of his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Motafy (MO-ta-fy) vt. -fied, -fying 1. For a pitcher to melt down in a big game situation; to become like Guillermo Mota. 2. The transformation of a good pitcher into one of Guillermo Mota's caliber.
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Here's the best writeup on Mora I could find. Hope it helps:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Andres_Mora
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Thanks for spotting my request, Lucas. I've seen that piece, and it's a good one, but it doesn't have the extra bit I'm looking for. I'm digging a good bit deeper.
Nobody? Need that hint?
"They put me in the Hall of Fame? They must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel!"
-Eppa Rixey, upon learning of his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Motafy (MO-ta-fy) vt. -fied, -fying 1. For a pitcher to melt down in a big game situation; to become like Guillermo Mota. 2. The transformation of a good pitcher into one of Guillermo Mota's caliber.
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