Jonesy 1985
1971
1947
1923 (d. 2004)
Short on ideas for today and the O's haven't given me much to talk about lately. Hope to have everything together by tomorrow for Chris Davis's O's debut yesterday.
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Showing posts with label George Bamberger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Bamberger. Show all posts
Monday, August 1, 2011
Lots of Orioles Birthdays Today
These guys all were born on this date and they all play/played for the O's. What're the chances that four Orioles (out of the 903) were born on the same day? Not very high, but I'll let you mathematically inclined folks figure that one out.
Short on ideas for today and the O's haven't given me much to talk about lately. Hope to have everything together by tomorrow for Chris Davis's O's debut yesterday.
Short on ideas for today and the O's haven't given me much to talk about lately. Hope to have everything together by tomorrow for Chris Davis's O's debut yesterday.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Unpossible Autographs-George Bamberger
So I'm starting a new recurring feature on the blog today; it's called "Unpossible Autographs" and will detail autographs that I buy or trade for featuring Orioles players who have passed away. Hence they are unpossible to get TTM or in person now. (And I know it's actually impossible, but unpossible is a Ralph Wiggum-ism from the Simpsons, and that kid makes me laugh.)
George Bamberger 1959 (died 4/4/04)
I recently bought a small lot of deceased O's autographs and will lead things off with Mr. Bamberger.
George is probably best known as the Orioles pitching coach from 1968-77. His tenure produced an amazing total of 18 20-game winners, which included 4 on the same 1971 staff. Now that's an effective pitching coach! He later was the Manager of the Brewers (78-80, 85-86) and Mets (82-83).
It seems as if George was better at teaching others how to pitch than doing it himself. He had a very brief MLB career, and appeared in only 10 games over 3 seasons; 7 of them coming with the NY Giants in '51 & '52. He pitched in only 3 games for the Orioles and racked up 1 start, 1 save and a 7.56 ERA, which really wasn't that bad for him as he amassed a cumulative ERA of 9.42. George spent 15 years in the minors, mainly in the PCL (Pacific Coast League) and won 213 games over that time.
Wikipedia features a quote that he is reported to have said and that I really like; "A triple play will take you out of an inning real quick-like." I think I am going to start using real quick-like.
George Bamberger 1959 (died 4/4/04)I recently bought a small lot of deceased O's autographs and will lead things off with Mr. Bamberger.
George is probably best known as the Orioles pitching coach from 1968-77. His tenure produced an amazing total of 18 20-game winners, which included 4 on the same 1971 staff. Now that's an effective pitching coach! He later was the Manager of the Brewers (78-80, 85-86) and Mets (82-83).
It seems as if George was better at teaching others how to pitch than doing it himself. He had a very brief MLB career, and appeared in only 10 games over 3 seasons; 7 of them coming with the NY Giants in '51 & '52. He pitched in only 3 games for the Orioles and racked up 1 start, 1 save and a 7.56 ERA, which really wasn't that bad for him as he amassed a cumulative ERA of 9.42. George spent 15 years in the minors, mainly in the PCL (Pacific Coast League) and won 213 games over that time.
Wikipedia features a quote that he is reported to have said and that I really like; "A triple play will take you out of an inning real quick-like." I think I am going to start using real quick-like.
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