Editor’s note: The text of this article was originally published in 2014 when Gus Triandos was #39 on what was then our Top 40 Orioles countdown. It is being reposted today with light edits for our Top 50 countdown.
#42 - Gus Triandos, C (1955-62)
You know the scene. It’s not safe for work. Herc and Carv, the most juvenile of fictional Baltimore police officers, banter in the parking lot of the Western District station and Herc is presented with a scenario that leads to him revealing a certain fondness, and pity, for Gus Triandos, an old-time Baltimore Orioles player who had the misfortune of having to catch the knuckleball of Hoyt Wilhelm.