[Oriole1952]

I'm not sure if he pitched the 1st or 2nd ML game I ever saw, but Pappas and Hal, Skinny Brown did start the 1st two. (Fat Jack Fisher started the 3rd for sure) Milt was a very good pitcher, but a bit of a "jaker." He was always begging off assignments (Especially when a heavy hitting lineup was facing him) and he was known to want to turn the game over to the bullpen earlier than performance might have warranted. Every off season the hot stove talk in Baltimore is they should trade Pappas, a native Detroiter, to Detroit for Al Kaline, a native Baltimoron. In the end, they traded him for something even better. Most Oriole fans were happy to see Milt do well, in the NL. He was the most durable of the Oriole's 60's "Kiddie Korps." Steve Barber got a 20 win season and Chuck Estrada had better "stuff", but in the end Milt out-lasted them all and piled up higher career figures. RIP Milt and thanks so much for the childhood memories..they will be with me always.