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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.
Jun 22, 1979 · A familiar chant from superfan Wild Bill Hagy’s roost in Section 34 of the upper deck mingled with anxious cheering: “Come on DeCinces: Over the fences”!1 The Orioles third baseman took a high curve for ball one.
The Orioles finished first in the American League East division of Major League Baseball with a record of 102 wins and 57 losses. They went on to defeat the California Angels in the 1979 American League Championship Series, 3 games to 1, before losing in the 1979 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3.
Jul 2, 1979 · Wild Bill Hagy - you can tell he's Wild Bill because that's what it says on his T‐shirt - knows something that the television networks and millions of people in New York and Boston do not...
Down the right field line, these fans – led by a cab driver in a cowboy hat named Wild Bill Hagy – brought unbridled enthusiasm (not to mention lots of beer and other potables) to the stands. Many of the people listening on the radio began showing up at the ballpark.
Aug 21, 2007 · William “Wild Bill” Hagy started out as just another Orioles fan from Dundalk who loved his Budweiser in Section 34 of the upper deck at Memorial Stadium. But with his sloping gut, fluffy beard...
Oct 7, 1979 · By the time Wild Bill Hagy made his way to the locker room, the Orioles were deep into their second round of champagne and beer. They were ready for him.
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