AL Bumbry

That Time I Met The Orioles

It’s tough to be the new kid. Having someone introduce you helps. Having someone introduce you to about half the Baltimore Orioles is another thing entirely. In the summer of 1978, Rich Stanfill and his family moved to Cockeysville, Maryland, a small town whose claim to fame was a quarry that produced some of the marble …

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Al Bumbry

Al Bumbry

On my Facebook page, I like to find stories about guys rather than just post their batting average or home run totals. While doing that, I found a few stories about Bumbry’s service in Vietnam. Bumbry attended Virginia State College on a basketball scholarship and with the war raging in Vietnam he was certain to …

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