Top 50 Orioles of All Time: #27, Doug DeCinces

#27 - Doug DeCinces (1973-1981)

If you are an Orioles fan who is younger than 40 or so, you have probably already come to accept that most of the best stuff happened before you got here. There have been fun moments within my lifetime, but the only experience I have had with the real glory days of the franchise - so far - is in stories told by my parents and other older relatives.

Three games that my parents attended together at old Memorial Stadium come up the most. One is Game 2 of the 1983 World Series, which I also attended with something of an obstructed view, as my mom was pregnant with me at the time. Another was Earl Weaver’s (first) last game in 1982. The third is June 22, 1979, a…