*AS-IS* FUNKY ORIOLES WILD BILL HAGY DESIGN PAPER THIN THREADBARE T-SHIRT
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WILLIAM GROVER “WILD BILL” HAGY (JUNE 17, 1939 – AUGUST 20, 2007) WAS AN AMERICAN BASEBALL FAN AND CAB DRIVER FROM DUNDALK, MARYLAND, WHO LED FAMOUS “O-R-I-O-L-E-S” CHANTS DURING THE LATE 1970S AND EARLY 1980S FROM SECTION 34 IN THE UPPER DECK AT MEMORIAL STADIUM
IN 1985, HAGY BOYCOTTED MEMORIAL STADIUM FOR NOT BEING ALLOWED TO BRING IN HIS OWN BEER. AT THE END OF A GAME HE TOSSED HIS COOLER OF BEER ONTO THE FIELD, NEVER TO RETURN.[6]
HAGY DID RETURN TO CAMDEN YARDS, HOWEVER, THE NIGHT CAL RIPKEN BROKE THE LONGTIME RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED. HAGY LED THE FANS IN HIS FAMOUS CHEER ON ONE OF BASEBALL’S GREATEST NIGHTS.[7]
HAGY’S LAST KNOWN O-R-I-O-L-E-S CHEER WAS PERFORMED AT RIPKEN’S HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY
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