For a while, I've been trying to decide whether or not I want to officially include Orioles' Managers and Coaches in my collection. I know some other O's collectors do while others don't, so that hasn't made my decision any easier.
To this point, if I have any managers' or coaches' autographs, they are in my binders with all of my other O's autographs. If I don't have them, I haven't worried about it. There is some overlap between guys who have played for the O's and later managed or coached for them, so I have a decent percentage already. I also keep cards of all of the current coaches with me when I get autographs, so that has helped with the numbers in recent years. Many coaches never have Orioles cards produced of them, but most have been included in the yearly team-produced postcard sets.
Here's the breakdown of the current Orioles managers' and coaches' autographs in my collection.
Managers:
9/19 (1 former Orioles player)- 47.3%
Billy Hitchcock managed the team in 1962-63
Coaches:
38/83 (22 former Orioles players, 11 eventually became Orioles managers)- 45.8%
Former player and Padres' Manager, Steve Boros, was the O's 3rd Base Coach in 1995
So what do you think I should do; collect, or not?
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