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Eddie Murray at the Orioles’ 1983 Victory Parade

Eddie Murray appears at Baltimore’s victory parade after the Orioles won the 1983 World Series.

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Baltimore, MD--October 1983--Eddie Murray is shown at the victory parade after the Orioles won the 1983 World Series. (Sun file photo.)
Baltimore, MD--October 1983--Eddie Murray is shown at the victory parade after the Orioles won the 1983 World Series. (Sun file photo.)

The Orioles are not awesome this year. That is a sad understatement. 1988 was a bad one but this one could be for the record books… in a bad way.

So to remember this good days, here’s a photo of Eddie Murray when times were better for the Birds. Of course, this was the 1983 World Series year.

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Topics1980s · Baltimore Orioles · Baseball · World Series

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