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Jim Gentile Walks Off a Champ, as Do Baltimore Orioles

It's because something is just right about this, something simple. It just feels good, I guess, to see someone in today's huge-dollar sports world do a basic, right thing. On Friday, the Baltimore Orioles had '60s slugger Jim Gentile come on the field to throw the ceremonial opening pitch and to honor him. And when he...

Orioles to Honor Jim Gentile for Belated '61 RBI Mark

Jim Gentile will get his due in Baltimore, after all. The former Orioles great will be honored in a special ceremony before Friday's game against the White Sox at Camden Yards, the team announced Thursday. Gentile, 76, recently gained an official share of the 1961 American League RBI total after Major League Baseball...

Orioles Should Do Right by Jim Gentile

So I called Jim Gentile to hear his story and to congratulate him on winning the American League RBI title this week. "Yeah, I saw that," he said. "My son called me this morning and told me. It caught me off-guard. But it'll be something my kids and grandkids can look back on and see I did something. "I'm excited about...

Background on jim gentile

James Edward Gentile (pronounced "jen-TEE-uhl") (born June 3, 1934 in San Francisco, California), also nicknamed "Diamond Jim", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and left-handed batter who played with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1957–58); Baltimore Orioles (1960–63), Kansas City Athletics (1964–65), Houston Astros (1965–66) and Cleveland Indians (1966).

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