![]() ![]() The crueler strains of nature have begun to take their toll on a team that was rarely outlasted on the field. Several baseball generations have passed and even the youngest players on the 1983 roster are pushing 60. (Algerina Perna / Baltimore Sun)īut it’s been a long time now. Behind him, a drawing of his father, Cal Ripken Sr., hangs in his office. reminisces about the Orioles' 1983 world championship, which happened 35 years ago. With this team, if you were in the locker room after the game, you couldn’t tell if we had won or lost.”Īnyone who grew up with that team and endured the subsequent years of losing remembers 1983 in a golden light. I’ve been on teams where players say you should really enjoy your win, turn the radio up really loud and have a festive atmosphere. There was a sort of calm confidence to that team that was really admirable. ![]() And then when it came down to a close, one-run game, I remember thinking … we have the advantage. “When it came time to get down to business, doing the fundamentals in spring training, that team seriously did it. “It was fun, but it wasn’t fun in a crazy sort of way,” Ripken said. They carried nicknames such as Rhino, Brother Lo, T-Bone and Cy Clone.īut it was not a team defined by quirks or odd turns of fortune. The roster also featured its share of offbeat characters, from wry New Englander Mike Flanagan to one of the least likely World Series MVPs in history, catcher Rick Dempsey. ![]()
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