Amid filming for a documentary commemorating the 30th anniversary of the lowest point in Orioles’ history, Richard Justice found himself seated with a folded towel at his feet. He asked what it was for.
A member of the crew told him that their previous interview subject, former Orioles catcher Terry Kennedy, couldn’t stop pounding his feet into the floor as he discussed Baltimore’s 21 straight losses to open the 1988 season. The towel muffled the sounds for microphones.
“He would still get agitated, 30 years later, talking about The Streak,” said Justice, who covered that team for The Washington Post.