Rick Dempsey
Nominated by: Andrew White
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Rick epitomizes the fun Oriole teams of the 70s and 80s. His sense of humor during his playing career was renowned, and he was famous for his "rain delay theatre" performances, in which he emerged from the dugout in stockinged feet onto the tarpaulin covering the infield during a rain delay and pantomimed hitting an inside-the-park home run, climaxed by his sliding into home plate on his belly on the wet tarp, all to the raucous delight of the soggy fans. He sometimes did this while wearing a pair of underpants over his uniform, making fun of teammate Jim Palmer's famous advertisements for Jockey brand briefs. While his career BA is .233, he was an excellent defensive player. He also played in 4 different decades.
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