Playing a game called “Running Bases’’ with a pink Spaldeen was a popular pastime among street urchins back in the Forties. The rules were simple. The runner would try to advance to the next base without getting tagged out. But the present day Orioles have refined this game, renaming it “Base Blunders,’ with Felix Pie as the chief practitioner. Pie has perfected the art of running the bases backwards, and several of his teammates have followed his comic example by forgetting how many outs in the inning or attempting to advance a base against all odds. The Keystone Kops did a better job pursuing bank robbers At first, manager Dave Trembling (my preferred spelling) and third base coach Ron Samuel put the entire blame on the players, accusing them of running with their heads on… read more
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Bumbling On Bases Overshadows O’s Bigger Problems
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