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I lived in Baltimore (Annapolis, actually) for about 2 as a newspaper reporter. Even when I was not covering the games (and I only covered 1 as a fill in) I used my press pass to get in. I would sit in the press box at first, but it was too business like and I had to pretend to be working (free drinks and sandwiches though) but I found a counter culture of fans who used to sit in the right field bleachers behind the visiting bullpen. Eddie and Cal were playing--I think Billy too for a bit. The reason we sat there was the visiting players in the bullpen would nearly always engage with us--they would hand us $$ or an autographed ball and have us buy them beer or hotdogs--sometimes we'd just pay. We had to be very discrete, so we'd wrap the beer in towels they'd hand us. They would stand on a chair and reach up and grab it quickly. Mostly these were the pitchers who were not likely to play. We were usually engaged in small talk with them throughout the game--this was at the old Memorial Stadium---not the newer place. There was also a catcher with them and a coach who did not seem to ever mind (going from memory). Seattle and Chicago (Sox) were the best bullpens--the Yankees ignored us. But I can tell you that Cal was a LIVING LEGEND up there--everyone loved him. I think he grew up about 20 minutes North of Baltimore. -
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