DISCOUNT ALERT
To commemorate Father’s Day, I’m putting new annual subscriptions to the Bird Tapes on sale this week. They’re going for $45, which is 25 percent off the usual price. The sale runs through Sunday.
Click on the “subscribe now” button to access the deal.
A paid subscription at any level gives you 24/7 access to the complete Bird Tapes archive of interviews. Here’s the full list of what’s there:
Interviews recorded in 1999 and 2000: Brooks Robinson, Ernie Harwell, Earl Weaver, Frank Robinson, Paul Blair, Dennis Martinez, Boog Powell, Cal Ripken Jr., Harry Dalton, Jim Palmer, Jim Gentile, Mike Flanagan, Eddie Murray, Steve Barber, Ken Singleton, Frank Cashen, Milt Pappas, Davey Johnson, Billy Hunter, Elrod Hendricks, Hank Peters, Rick Dempsey, Ron Hansen, Don Buford, Peter Angelos, Dick Williams, Dick Hall, Johnny Oates, Walter Youse, Joe Durham, Joe Hamper, Jackie Brandt, Joe Foss, Barry Shetrone.
Interviews recorded in 2025: Al Bumbry, Dan Duquette, Fred Lynn, Jon Miller, Gregg Olson, Tippy Martinez, Richard Justice, Scott McGregor, Janet Marie Smith, Dan Shaughnessy, Bobby Grich, Ken Rosenthal, Mike Boddicker, John Miller, Tim Kurkjian, Brady Anderson, Fran Minakowski, Ben McDonald, Mark Hyman, BJ Surhoff, JJ Hardy.
Interviews recorded in 2026: Roy Firestone, Buck Showalter, Dr. Charles Steinberg, Mike Bordick, Andy MacPhail, Ed Wheatley, Rick Dempsey, Rick Vaughn, Chris Hoiles (drops Wednesday).
To be clear, a few of the interviews are available to all subscribers, free as well as paid, but most requite a paid subscription.
Meanwhile, I’m steadily adding interviews to the Bird Tapes Podcast stream, which launched in 2025 and gives you more listening options. You can download any interview in the stream to a device or listen via Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
These are the interviews available in the Bird Tapes Podcast stream thus far: Brooks Robinson, Ernie Harwell, Earl Weaver, Frank Robinson, Paul Blair, Boog Powell, Cal Ripken Jr., Harry Dalton, Jim Palmer, Jim Gentile, Mike Flanagan, Eddie Murray, Ken Singleton, Al Bumbry, Dan Duquette, Fred Lynn, Gregg Olson, Dennis Martinez, Richard Justice, Scott McGregor, Janet Marie Smith, Dan Shaughnessy, Bobby Grich, Ken Rosenthal, Mike Boddicker, John Miller, Tim Kurkjian, Brady Anderson, Fran Minakowski, Ben McDonald, Mark Hyman, BJ Surhoff, JJ Hardy, Jon Miller, Elrod Hendricks, Roy Firestone, Buck Showalter, Dr. Charles Steinberg, Mike Bordick, Andy MacPhail, Milt Pappas, Ed Wheatley, Joe Durham, Dick Williams, Rick Dempsey 2026, Frank Cashen, Davey Johnson, Rick Vaughn, Chris Hoiles (on Wednesday.)
GIFT ALERT
This week’s discounted price for an annual subscription is also in effect for gifts. Just click on this link to give an annual subscription to the Bird Tapes as a Father’s Day gift.
DVR ALERT
More than just ballgames are being broadcast on MASN this month. A superb documentary about the building of Camden Yards is running multiple times.
“Creating Camden Yards,” a 90-minute oral history produced by The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, is a must-see for any fan of Orioles history.
Student journalists conducted more than 60 interviews to help unspool the story of the building of one of baseball’s iconic ballparks. Interview subjects include Janet Marie Smith, Jon Miller and Ben McDonald, all of whom can also be heard in the Bird Tapes Podcast stream, as can former Orioles beat writer Mark Hyman, who oversaw the documentary project in his current role as the director of the Povich Center.
Although the documentary has already been broadcast on MASN several times, have no fear. It’s still going to be shown at the following times:
Thursday, June 18 — 2:30 a.m.
Thursday, June 18 — 7 p.m.
Thursday, June 25 — 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 27 — 5 p.m.
My advice — do not miss it.
(Note: If you want to consume the Camden Yards project another way, the work is always available online. Just click on this link.)
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