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Article: Birds Of a Feather; Current Orioles Have Tinge of Blue Jays
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 8, 1996
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It wasn't long ago that the Toronto Blue Jays were baseball's
model franchise. The Baltimore Orioles, like everyone else in the
sport, wanted to emulate the Blue Jays. But the Orioles went one
step further last winter: They did their best to become the Blue
Jays.
Two cornerstones of the Toronto teams that won World Series
titles in 1992 and '93 -- General Manager Pat Gillick and second
baseman Roberto Alomar -- were wearing Orioles caps when the two
clubs faced off in a Grapefruit League game today. The Orioles, even
with only a few regulars in their lineup, spent the afternoon
looking like the championship contenders they believe they are,
pounding the Blue Jays, 14-1. The Blue Jays ...