Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 25, 2018 16:40:42 GMT
www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bs-orioles-aprils-have-been-worse-20180424-story.html
The nadir of Orioles starts came in 1988. Thirty years ago, they lost 21 straight, an AL record, before a 9-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in their 22nd game.
"We knew we'd win sometime, but we didn't think it would take 22 games," manager Frank Robinson said then. He’d replaced Cal Ripken Sr. after six games, to no avail.
The world took note in sympathy. That season, on April 25, with the Orioles’ loss skein at 18, President Ronald Reagan telephoned Robinson from the White House to wish him luck.
“He [Reagan] told me, ‘I’ve been accused of being a jinx by coming on Opening Day, but you can’t blame me for this one,’ ” Robinson said then. “I talked to him for about five minutes. … He told me to win one for the Gipper
