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Originally Posted by roarfrom34
I picked up this Orioles 1980 Organization Book off eBay recently. This is the 2nd one I have now (1981 being the other) & it appears to be for in house use only (goes into much more detail than the media guide). Interestingly on the title page, it states that the book was published 08/01/80:
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Bill,
Dang, what a nice pick up. I missed that one. I have the 1978 and 1981, but need the 1980. They don't show up very often.
I think you are correct that they are printed for internal use. I have a bunch and it looks like the format has gone through some changes over the years. I equate the organization reports with the Orioles season summaries. I've never seen a season summary and organization report from the same year.
The earliest one I have is from the 1961 season and have all but two until 1971. The format is all the same (typed pages stapled together)
1961 Orioles Season Summary
1961 Season Summary.jpg
1971 Orioles Season Summary
1971 Season Summary.JPG
I don't know what they looked like from 1972-1977, but I have the 1978 organization report. It looks like from 1978 until at least 1981, the format was notebook style.
1978 Organization Report
1978 Organization Book.jpg
I need the 1982, but from 1983 until 1989, the reports looked like media guides.
1983 and 1989 Organization Books
1983 Organization Book.jpg 1989 Organization Book.jpg
Starting in 1990, the reports went back to the larger format and spiral bound.
1990 Season Summary
1990 Season Summary.jpg
Missing a bunch from recent years, but the latest I have is from 2014.
2014 Season summary
2014 Season Summary.jpg