1983 World Series commemoration
July 8, 2008
Pull out your leg warmers and hair teasers and get ready to party like it’s 1983 at Camden Yards. Complete with ’80s music, video and Orioles and Blue Jays wearing the old school 1983 jerseys for the occasion, the Orioles are commemorating the 25th anniversary of their last World Series championship.
(Hey, at least it’s a quarter-century and not a century-long drought like a certain Chicago team.)
And just in case the lure of bad fashion and big hair isn’t enticing enough, the team is hosting about 20 players from that 1983 world champion team for the July 23 game.
Cal Ripken Jr., Rick Dempsey, John Shelby, Jim Palmer and others are expected to attend. The players will greet fans for half an hour after the gates open, and the first 25,000 fans will receive a World Series 25th anniversary pennant, and 500 of those fans will get theirs autographed by a member of the ’83 team.
I’m curious to see how many people are lulled out of their usual routine on a Wednesday evening to come out for the game just to see and celebrate these guys and what they represent. Attendance for the last two Wednesday games was about 18,000 (against Kansas City) and 21,100 (against Houston), but this is a pretty neat thing to have all of these guys in one place.
Plus the freebies aren’t too bad either — even if you don’t get your autographed pennant, I’m sure you’ll be able to bid for one on eBay after the game.
Anyone think Camden Yards can pull off a near-sellout crowd with this promotion?
LIZ FARMER, Business Writer
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