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O YOU BEAUTIFUL BIRDS
Steve Wulf
June 19, 1989
A year after setting a record for futility, the Orioles are sitting pretty in the AL East
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June 19, 1989

O You Beautiful Birds

A year after setting a record for futility, the Orioles are sitting pretty in the AL East

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Will the Orioles still be flying when the days dwindle down? Nobody thought they would get this far. "Actually," says Tim Kurkjian, the baseball writer for the Baltimore Sun, "a radio guy in Cleveland told me he picked the Orioles to win the division. I was impressed until he asked me to point out which player was Cal Ripken."

It's only June, Baltimore. But isn't it nice?

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