Article: Palmer Brings Pitch Back to Orioles

Jim Palmer, outspoken in his many differences with manager Earl Weaver during his nonpareil 19-year pitching career with the Baltimore Orioles, is coming back to talk about the team in an official capacity. Baltimore television station WMAR-TV-2 and the Orioles announced yesterday that Palmer has been hired to do play-by-play for the coming season.

The assignment is a new one for Palmer, who has received considerable acclaim as a baseball analyst for ABC Sports since retiring as player after the 1984 season. Most recently, Palmer was part of a three-man ABC team that included play-by-play man Al Michaels and analyst Tim McCarver. ABC and NBC recently lost the network rights to cover major ...

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