Zimagal Monthly Magazine - Volume One, Issue Five

When my mother saw this year's Orioles roster, she suggested that I look for a professional baseball player to date (she thinks I need a tall, strapping man!)

Although there are only two players on the 40-man roster who are under six feet tall, more important is the fact that almost half of the team is my age or older! Since reaching 30, I noticed that most professional athletes are far younger than I am. I guess I was sorta using that as an age gauge...now I am officially "old." (chuckle)

I feel so much better with my hometown team being so um....aged. Let's hope this statistic is not what is causing the team to play so poorly this season.

1998 Orioles Roster
NO.	PITCHERS	B	T	HT	WT	BORN	BIRTHPLACE
49	Benitez, Armando	R	R	6-4	180	11/3/72	Ramon Santana, D.R.
37	Charlton, Norm	S	L	6-3	205	1/6/63	Fort Polk, LA
15	Drabek, Doug	R	R	6-1	185	7/25/62	Victoria, TX
19	Erickson, Scott	R	R	6-4	222	2/2/68	Long Beach, CA
55	Johns, Doug	R	L	6-2	195	12/19/67	South Bend, IN
30	Kamieniecki,Scott	R	R	6-0	195	4/19/64	Mt. Clemens, MI
21	Key, Jimmy	R	L	6-1	185	4/22/61	Huntsville, AL
51	Mathews, Terry	L	R	6-2	225	10/5/64	Alexandria, LA
75	Mills, Alan	B	R	6-1	192	10/18/66	Lakeland, FL
32	Munoz, Bobby	R	R	6-7	210	3/3/68	Rio Piedras, P.R.
35	Mussina, Mike	R	R	6-2	185	12/8/68	Williamsport, PA
47	Orosco, Jesse	R	L	6-2	205	4/21/57	Santa Barbara, CA
71	Ponson, Sidney	R	R	6-1	200	11/2/76	Aruba
53	Rhodes, Arthur	L	L	6-2	206	10/24/69	Waco, TX
NO.	CATCHERS	B	T	HT	WT	BORN	BIRTHPLACE
23	Hoiles, Chris	R	R	6-0	213	3/20/65	Bowling Green, OH
42	Webster, Lenny	R	R	5-9	202	2/10/65	New Orleans, LA
NO.	INFIELDERS	B	T	HT	WT	BORN	BIRTHPLACE
12	Alomar, Roberto	B	R	6-0	185	2/5/68	Ponce, P.R.
14	Bordick, Mike	R	R	5-11	175	7/21/65	Marquette, MI
25	Palmeiro, Rafael	L	L	6-0	188	9/24/64	Havana, Cuba
36	Reboulet, Jeff	R	R	6-0	171	4/30/64	Dayton, OH
8	Ripken, Cal	R	R	6-4	220	8/24/60	Havre de Grace, MD
NO.	OUTFIELDERS	B	T	HT	WT	BORN	BIRTHPLACE
9	Anderson, Brady	L	L	6-1	195	1/18/64	Silver Spring, MD
43	Carter, Joe	R	R	6-3	225	3/7/60	Oklahoma City, OK
24	Davis, Eric	R	R	6-3	190	5/29/62	Los Angeles, CA
11	Hammonds, Jeffrey	R	R	6-0	195	3/5/71	Plainfield, NJ
17	Surhoff, B.J.	L	R	6-1	204	8/4/64	Bronx, NY
NO.	DH	B	T	HT	WT	BORN	BIRTHPLACE
3	Baines, Harold	L	L	6-2	195	3/15/59	St. Michaels, MD

The Rest of the 40-Man Roster
NO.	PITCHERS	B	T	HT	WT	BORN	BIRTHPLACE
27	Coppinger, Rocky	R	R	6-5	245	3/19/74	El Paso, TX
79	Fussell, Christopher	R	R	6-2	180	5/19/76	Oregon, OH
58	Moreno, Julio	R	R	6-1	145	10/23/75	San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
85	Percibal, William	R	R	6-1	180	2/2/74	San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
39	Rodriguez, Nerio	R	R	6-0	165	3/22/73	San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
73	Stull, Everett	R	R	6-3	200	8/24/71	Fort Riley, KS
NO.	CATCHERS	B	T	HT	WT	BORN	BIRTHPLACE
34	Greene, Charlie	R	R	6-1	177	1/23/71	Miami, FL
50	Rosario, Mel	S	R	6-0	200	5/25/73	Santa Domingo, D.R.
NO.	INFIELDERS	B	T	HT	WT	BORN	BIRTHPLACE
80	Casimiro, Carlos	R	R	6-0	155	11/8/76	San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
NO.	OUTFIELDERS	B	T	HT	WT	BORN	BIRTHPLACE
66	Almonte, Wady	R	R	6-0	180	4/20/75	Higuey, D.R.
37	Clyburn, Danny	R	R	6-3	217	4/6/74	Lancaster, SC
40	Kingsale, Eugene	S	R	6-3	170	8/20/76	Aruba

1998 Orioles Roster

The Rest of the 40-Man Roster