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Dyer's Deceit

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Gil Sandler

Published January 6, 2017 at 12:35 PM EST

Bill Dyer on WCAU Radio in the 1930s.

Bill Dyer on WCAU Radio in the 1930s.

Gil on the (Minor League) Orioles' play-by-play announcer Bill Dyer and his so-called "lucky chair."

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Gil Sandler

Gil Sandler was born and raised in Baltimore -- a circumstance he considers fortunate and one he does not want you to forget. He attended public school (P.S. #59, Garrison Junior High, Baltimore City College, Class of 1941) and then served in the United States Navy.

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