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One Orioles fan tells how a missed encounter with the big hitting catcher Gus Triandos changed his life forever. - Gus Triandos, a brawny slugger who won the hearts of Orioles fans starved for someone to cheer for in the 1950s, died Thursday at his home in San Jose, Calif. He was 82.
- The New York Yankees have almost always been the measuring stick for the Baltimore Orioles. And pardon O's fans if they've always felt the game was a little bit rigged, whether by baseball economics or by the dark magic of an adolescent fan.
- Anthony Wright, Steve Barber and Hoyt Wilhelm are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for September 16 to September 2
- The Baltimore Orioles improbable 2012 success echoes the emergence of a strong team in 1960 — and a period of excellence that lasted more than 20 years.
- It's Major League All Star Week so I thought I would take the opportunity to reminisce a little about the only All Star Game I have personally witnessed which occurred 50 years ago this week on July 10, 1962, at what was then known as D.C. Stadium in Washington.
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