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During last night's Orioles vs. Tigers broadcast, they showed a picture of the Tigers AL championship rings (which they'd just received). Gary Thorne and Jim Palmer (Orioles talking heads) discussed the stunning beauty of the ring and commented on the great season the Tigers completed in 2006, etc....

Then Gary Thorne asked Palmer how the Tigers 2006 AL Championship ring compared to his rings. Palmer claimed that the Tigers ring was much better because he did not have any AL Championship rings. That's right. None.

Jim Palmer was a member of 6 AL Champion Orioles teams in his career ('66, '69', '70, '71, '79, '83) and no Oriole received a ring for any of those titles. Palmer and the rest do have 3 World Series Championship rings ('66, '70, '83).