If These Walls Could Talk: Baltimore Orioles: Stories from the Baltimore Orioles Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box - Softcover

The Baltimore Orioles are one of baseball’s most historic franchises, as much a part of Baltimore as blue crabs or the Inner Harbor. From Cal Ripken Jr. to Manny Machado, from Eddie Murray to Chris Davis, from Hall of Famers to rookie busts, the Orioles are beloved in Charm City. Rick Dempsey, who has the unique experience of playing for the Orioles as well as calling games for them in the booth, had a prime seat to watch it all unfold. In If These Walls Could Talk: Baltimore Orioles, Dempsey and Dave Ginsburg provide a closer look at the great moments and the lowlights that have made the Orioles the Orioles. Through the words of the players, via multiple interviews conducted with current and past Orioles, readers will meet the players, coaches, and management and share in their moments of greatness and defeat. You will be the fly on the clubhouse wall as Dempsey recounts moments from the 1983 World Series championship, the rise of Cal Ripken Jr., and the current team under Buck Showalter. If These Walls Could Talk: Baltimore Orioles will make fans a part of the Orioles’ storied history from a new perspective. Orioles fans will not want to be without this book.

The World Series MVP for Baltimore in 1983, catcher Rick Dempsey played 12 of his 24 major league seasons for the Orioles. He holds the club record with 1,222 games caught. Dempsey currently co-hosts with Jim Hunter on the Orioles' "O's Xtra" pregame and postgame shows on MASN. During the off-season, Dempsey lives in Westlake Village, California. A veteran Baltimore sports writer, Dave Ginsburg covers the Orioles and other area pro and college sports for the Associated Press.