[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Recently, Bill asked me if I also collected the Wichita Eagle-Beacon bubblegum-less cards. The answer is yes, but until a week ago, I hadn't found any that I was willing to bite on. This came in the mail yesterday. I couldn't resist the $15 tag on this example.

From 1983-1985, the newspaper inserted these cards in their sports sections, in groups of three. Subjects included a variety of sports beyond baseball. This panel is from April 29, 1985.

Additional Orioles included Rick Dempsey, Jim Palmer and Cal Ripken Jr in 1983. I don't believe there were any Orioles in 1984 and Cal Ripken was the only Oriole in 1985.

I really like the Orioles newspaper cutouts. I'd really like to one day work on the Orioles Scrapbook set; that would be fun to try to put together. I have quite a few, but know one of the years I don't have much if any.