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Originally Posted by roarfrom34
Alan:
I've never seen those postcards before...Here is a random picture I took in 1985 of an Orioles ballgirl spinning a child during the 7th Inning Stretch (can you imagine that being done in 2020??).
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Bill,
I'm thinking the girl in your photo is the same one on the 1986 postcard.
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Originally Posted by roarfrom34
I'm thinking that the Miss Orioles' represented the team at local community events or taverns (they were sponsored by Busch Beer) to drum up interest in the club.
As an aside, a couple of those Miss Orioles' married Orioles players (Kathy Lioi at one time was married to Bill Swaggerty & Bonnie Lorber is married to John Habyan).
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That is very interesting. I did not know that...