Saturday September 24 vs the Tigers - Rained Out

The Orioles game against the Tigers was rained out today and would be made up as part of a double header the next day on September 25th.

I spent this weekend up in Delaware.  Sabra was away for a week or so - she had gone back to the Midwest to visit family - but I went up to Delaware to hang out with my parents and my friends.  I ended up going to the Phillies game this evening and saw something special.  The Expos were in town and their starting pitcher Pascual Perez threw a no-hitter.  It was raining in Philadelphia that evening as well and the game ended up getting called after six innings so it's not an "official" no-hitter.  (Actually it was at the time - MLB didn't change the definition of an "official no-hitter" to exclude any games shorter than nine innings until a few years later.)

I got back to my parents' house in time to watch the local news at 11 PM.  The sportscaster mentioned that the no-hitter would have an asterisk next to it - not because it was rain shortened but because it was against the 1988 Phillies.  The Phillies were the third worst team in baseball that year, behind the Orioles and the Braves (who actually had a worse record than the Orioles at this point in the season).  I was able to watch all three of these teams from my parents' house.  Their cable system carried the sports channels from both Philadelphia and Baltimore as well as Superstation WTBS which was the Braves TV home at the time.  The only last place team my parents couldn't watch on a regular basis that year was the Seattle Mariners.

Tuesday August 23 vs the Mariners - Rained Out

The Orioles game on August 23rd was rained out and would be made up as part of a double header the next day on August 24th.

Wednesday July 20 vs the White Sox - Rainout

After making up an earlier rained out game yesterday, the Orioles and White Sox had today's game rained out.  Since this was the Chicago's last visit to Baltimore this season and the game would have no bearing on the final standings, the game was never made up.

Tuesday May 17 vs the Angels - Rained Out

The Orioles game on May 17th was rained out and would be made up as part of a double header on May 19th, two days later.

May 6 vs the White Sox - Rained Out

For the second straight day the Orioles game was rained out.  This game against the White Sox was made up as part of a double header on July 19th.

May 5 vs the Twins - Rained Out

The Orioles game against the Twins on May 5th was rained out.  It would be made up as part of double-header on July 14th.  This was the second of four "Three Buck Nights" that had been rained out this year so far.

April 7 vs the Brewers - Rained Out

The Orioles game against the Brewers on April 7th was rained out and I don't believe it was ever made up CORRECTION - It was made up as part of a double-header on August 5th.  This was going to be the Orioles' first "Three Buck Night" of the season - all Upper Reserved, Lower Reserved Grandstand or Adult General Admission tickets were only $3 (normally the Upper Reserved seats were $6.50, the Lower Reserved Grandstand were $5.50 and the Adult General Admission were $4.75).  Keep in mind that at the time the most expensive seats in the ballpark were $9.50.  It was indeed a different time.

Being less than two years out of college and working for the government I wasn't making a lot of money at the time so I took advantage of "Three Buck Night" as much as possible.  I had gone to five or six of them in 1987 and I'm pretty sure I made it to every one in 1988 and 1989.  After the O's success in 1989 the ticket prices went up and "Three Buck Night" was no more.