Paul Richards...

by BirdFanLA on Oct 5, 2007 8:58 PM EDT

Say what you will about the huge '54 trade, Paul Richards was a Man with a Plan and we sure could use somebody like that now. I actually remember the trade -- sort of, I was a little kid. But I do remember seeing like the whole front page of the News-Post filled with players pictures. Anyway, I think pretty much all of the players I remember from the 50's Orioles came in that trade -- Woodling, Triandos, Miranda, Boyd, etc. And that was a time when the Orioles improved every year until the big breakthrough in '60.

By the way, Bill Veeck said that Richards was the only manager in the game he had ever seen who could really make a difference in the outcome of a game. Pretty sure he was writing before Earl Weaver, though.

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Paul Richards wrote the plan

All the things that people associate with the Oriole Way (walks, power, pitching, defense, no small ball) were developed by Paul Richards. Weaver learned them as a minor league manager in the Oriole farm system and became their most famous praticioner, but Richards was the guy who originated them.

by yurizanow on Oct 10, 2007 10:39 AM EDT reply actions

Pitching, Fundamentals, and 3-run Homers

Great thing back in the day, was EVERYBODY learned them in the minors. By the time they got to the big team, they all meshed together and all knew what they were doing. And of course the system was deep enough that guys were not rushed onto the big team before they were ready.

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