Leftovers from 1983 Orioles media sessions

Players stood in the dugout yesterday at sold out Camden Yards to watch the ceremony honoring the 1983 World Series champions. None of them born before future Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. squeezed Garry Maddox’s line drive for the last out.

All of them hoping 40 years is the limit between titles.

Ripken headed downstairs after the Orioles’ 7-3 win last night and talked to manager Brandon Hyde in the hallway outside the clubhouse. The 1983 team endorses the 2023 group that is a season-high 27 games above .500, loving the talent and energy, and how it’s brought fans back to Camden Yards.

Here’s more from Friday’s media sessions:

Al Bumbry on the similarity between the 1983 and 2023 Orioles.

Celebrate 35th anniversary of World Series title with "An Evening with the '83 Orioles" on Nov. 14

Celebrate 35th anniversary of World Series title with "An Evening with the '83 Orioles" on Nov. 14
Whatever your best memory of the 1983 Orioles World Series season - Tippy Martinez picking off three runners in an extra-inning game before emergency catcher Lenn Sakata won it with a walk-off homer, Tito Landrum's sudden death blast in the American League playoffs, Rick Dempsey's MVP performance in the Fall Classic or Cal Ripken Jr. catching the last out in the clincher against the Phillies - it's hard to believe 35 years have passed since the Birds celebrated a championship in...