Like old times
Red Sox postseason hero and former Oriole Curt Schilling stopped by the O's clubhouse before Tuesday night's rainout. He was traded to the Orioles along with Brady Anderson in the July 30, 1988 deal that sent Mike Boddicker to Boston.
Anderson also was in the house, so it was great to see them together. Hard to believe it's been more than 23 years since that deal. Even harder to believe that Anderson still looks pretty much the same as he did then. He and Jim Palmer probably have oil paintings hanging in a closet somewhere getting old.
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Love the "Picture of Dorian Gray" allusion, Peter. I haven't see a pic of Brady recently, but I catch Palmer on mlb.com videos once in a while. I swear, if he did AARP underwear commercials, the guy could still titillate women from 18 to 88. If he could just throw 6 scoreless innings once in a while ....
Posted by: Colorado Oriole | September 6, 2011 10:24 PM
Hey Pete -- sorry, but looks like it's not a rainout after all, with what, an 11 p.m. start time? I can only assume the Yankees wanted to screw with the Orioles since they were ticked off about the O's not playing a doubleheader last week like the Yankees wanted. I can't imagine any other reason to start a game now, when it might still get rained out before it's official at about 1:15 a.m.
Posted by: WildBillFan | September 6, 2011 11:20 PM
Pete,
What were they (Shilling and Anderson) doing there?
I haven't posted here in months because the interaction sucks. Anyway, have a good day....
Posted by: dave in glen burnie | September 7, 2011 4:29 AM
yeah, just hope Palmer doesn't get more face lifts than Earl Weaver.
Posted by: mlv | September 7, 2011 10:05 AM
Posted as a rain out a little early, eh?
Posted by: Someoneelse | September 7, 2011 11:41 AM
Anderson still looks young.
But Jim Palmer clearly is the Dick Clark of Baseball, the perennially ageless man.
They should make a Sci Fi movie about him.
And market the relevant hair products.
Posted by: The Weav | September 7, 2011 6:24 PM
"Before Tuesday night's rainout."
Yeah Schmuck, except they played the game.
Go back to sleep.
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Pete's reply: Obviously, something got put up too early accidentally. Since I was at the game and spent seven hours waiting for it to start and end, I know it was played. You, on the other hand, need to get some sleep and then move on down the cyber road.
Posted by: Eddie from Essex | September 7, 2011 6:55 PM
What a great trade. Too bad we didn't have the patience to wait for Schilling. Didn't he go in the infamous Glenn Davis trade?
Posted by: Harrisburg Fan | September 8, 2011 6:28 AM
Trading for Anderson and Schilling was a great move. Trading Schilling, Harnish and Finley for Glenn Davis was a bonehead move. We would have been much better in the 90's had we not made that trade.
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Pete's reply: Easy to say now. Back then, the O's needed a quality power hitter and they had three good center fielders -- Brady, Mike Devereaux and Finley. Schilling was a phantom at that point. Nobody knew what he was going to become, though Frank Robinson wanted to keep him.
Posted by: Oriole20 | September 8, 2011 7:18 AM