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Marvin Sewell: Stepping Up to the Plate
ByGC: What a shame. I tried to be a pitcher; I think there was just one game where I hit a bunch of batters. I think I had pretty good speed, but I would just choke. I was a catcher for a while but it was hard to find a left-handed catcher's mitt. So we'd have to drive to New York and look around for one. I sort of just got into different things. But yeah when I was kid I thought maybe I'd play baseball. That's interesting.
MS: Yeah, the Orioles beat the Sox in '83. That was a good team.
GC: Well that was the last timewhen was the last time the Orioles were good? The '80s?
MS: Yeah in '83 they took everything I think...I can't remember. I know they beat the White Sox 3-1.
GC: That was when Earl Weaver was manager, and you had Eddie Murray, Mark Belanger, Jim Palmer.
MS: Eddie Murray man...I would just cringe every time he came up to bat. I was like "aw, shit."
GC: Since then I haven't been to the new stadium...Camden Yards? But I used to go to Memorial Stadium a lot, see double headers, but then I just fell out of it, got into a different thing. Alright, I can't think of any final questions, but this is plenty!
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