"Harvey's Wallbangers" was the nickname of the 1982 Brewers team that made its reputation by pounding the opposition into submission and partying, usually in that order.
Reliable sources report they excelled at both.
The name referred to their manager, Harvey Keunn, their long-ball hitting ability and a popular cocktail of the era.
The Wallbangers resembled a motorcycle gang on the lam more than a baseball team, led by the scruffy likes of Gorman Thomas, Robin Yount, Paul Molitor and Ted Simmons.
They made it to the '82 World Series before falling to the Cardinals in a memorable seven-game affair. Baseball has changed quite a bit since then, as has society.
But at long last, we finally have found a doppelganger for the Wallbangers in the 2016 Orioles, a talented team so strong, slow and scruffy it's like having a clubhouse full of throwback players wearing modern-day uniforms.
Baseball power has been on display this weekend at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, swinging for the fences and refusing to apologize.
"We kind of established ourselves as a feast-or-famine offense the last few years with the long ball," Orioles slugger Chris Davis said Friday. "Our job is to try to get as many guys on base that we can get out that dagger. It has worked out pretty well for us the last few years."
Trying to make it to their first World Series since beating the Phillies in 1983, the Orioles have spent most of the season in first place in the American League East and were tied there with the Blue Jays entering Saturday's game against the White Sox.
The Orioles were tops in the majors with 163 home runs and last in triples with 3, making the ghost of Earl Weaver blush. You would think center fielder Adam Jones could accidentally run into three triples by himself. He has none, while jumbo-sized Mark Trumbo has one.
The Orioles also are last in stolen bases (14) and attempts (23), seemingly as stationary as your uncle during a post-Bears-game snooze. But the power display more than makes up for the lack of speed.
Trumbo, acquired from the Mariners for former Cubs catcher Steve Clevenger, has a major-league-leading 31 homers, followed by Davis (22), Manny Machado (22), Jones (21), Pedro Alvarez (18) and Jonathan Schoop (17).
The Orioles obviously need to score a lot to make up for their mediocre starting pitching. Fortunately they also have the third-ranked bullpen, led by closer Zach Britton _ 34-for-34 in saves _ to help overcome the rotation deficiency.
Of course, the "famine" part of feast or famine means strikeouts galore. Entering Saturday, Davis had the highest strikeout percentage in the majors at 33.3 percent of his at-bats. At that rate, it would be sixth worst in history along with Mark Reynolds' mark for the 2008 Diamondbacks.
In comparison, Joe DiMaggio had a 4.8 percent career rate.
But there was only one Joltin Joe. Currently there are dozens of hitters with a Davis-like, go-for-broke mentality. A couple of decades ago, a hitting coach probably would have tried to get Davis to change his approach.
"Right," he said. "But in today's game, you have lefty specialists, righty specialists, seventh, eighth and ninth inning guys, and sometimes even sixth inning guys whose job is to come in and get you out.
"You understand the competition part of it. Obviously, as a hitter you're always trying to improve and get ahead any way you can. It's something I've had to deal with my whole life."
Davis admitted he has been asked to change before and has "tinkered" over the years, but "my job is to be a run-producer" no matter how.
"I know my team doesn't want me backing off or trying to poke the ball or anything like that," he said. "You kind of take the good with the bad."
Strikeout-prone sluggers are accepted as long as they slug. Not surprisingly, 15 of the 20 highest single-season strikeout rates are from the 2000s, and the only pre-1980s name belongs to White Sox slugger Dave "Swish" Nicholson, fifth all-time at 33.7 percent in 1963.
Davis also ranks eighth (33.0 percent in 2014), while the Brewers' Chris Carter ranks first (36.2 percent with the Astros in 2013), 12th (32.8 percent this year) and 20th (31.8 percent in 2014 with Astros). The Sox's Adam Dunn, by the way, is third, with a 34.2 percent rate in 2012.
Can the Orioles win it all with a feast-or-famine lineup?
Vegas oddsmaker Bovada recently had them at 16-1 to win it all, fifth in the American League behind the Rangers (13-2), Indians (15-2), Blue Jays (9-1) and Red Sox (12-1).
Considering the Orioles have been either in first-place or tied for first for 105 of 125 days entering Saturday, that's a Rodney Dangerfield-level of disrespect.
As usual, the starting pitching will be the key, along with the managing of Buck Showalter, who has 1,402 career victories but has yet to take a team into a World Series.
"He has been good for us, knowing we're going to take care of the clubhouse and the things outside the game," Davis said.
"And he prepares as well if not better than anyone I've ever played for. When the game is on the line and we're in a tight spot, we know we have that in our back pocket. So as a player, that's all you can really ask for."
INSTANT FLASHBACK: During spring training, I asked firsts-year Dodgers manager Dave Roberts what to expect from controversial outfielder Yasiel Puig, whose teammates reportedly hated playing alongside him.
"Yasiel is in a good frame of mind, he looks fantastic," Roberts said. "He's excited. He's looking at this as a fresh start, a new season coming into camp healthy. As far as expectations, we just want Yasiel to be Yasiel and play the game hard and compete. When he's healthy and in the lineup we're a better club."
But did the former All-Star also need to become a better teammate?
"I think in a lot of respects things are overblown," Roberts said. "One of the first things I told him is the past is the past and we're going to look forward. I do believe he wants to be a good teammate, and that's a goal for everybody in the clubhouse."
Puig is no longer in that clubhouse, having been demoted last week when the Dodgers couldn't trade him. Puig had not reported to Triple-A Oklahoma City by Friday night.
Manager Bill Haselman told the Los Angeles Times he would arrive Sunday in Iowa when the Dodgers play the Iowa Cubs.
Just Yasiel being Yasiel.
