"During his first stint with the Orioles in 1992, backup catcher Mark Parent learned the "Oriole Way'' from organizational legend Cal Ripken Sr.

"It's something that needs to be done here," Parent, the White Sox's new bench coach, said of the uniformity of fundamentals that was stressed throughout the Orioles organization and helped make the club perennial postseason contenders from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. Those teams were taught by longtime teachers like manager Earl Weaver and the late Ripken."