A comprehensive, lavishly illustrated coffee-table book filled with behind-the-scenes stories and inserted memorabilia celebrating the legacy of the Baltimore Orioles, one of the most storied and iconic teams in baseball. Since their move from St. Louis in 1954, the Baltimore Orioles have been one of the most storied teams in baseball and home to legends like Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr. From the “Oriole Way” — which earned them eight Division Championships, six American League pennants, and three World Series Championships — to “Orioles Magic” at Memorial Stadium and Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles: 60 Years is a comprehensive exploration of the team’s enduring legacy. Longtime sports journalist Jim Henneman takes us through the team’s colorful history as well as into the dugout and behind the plate to deliver unprecedented access, while legendary Orioles personalities and players offer anecdotes and firsthand memories. Complementing this comprehensive history are many rare and never-before-seen images from the Orioles’ archive, as well as replica ephemera, including vintage tickets, scorecards, posters, and more. Commemorating six decades of the franchise, Baltimore Orioles: 60 Years is a uniquely authoritative and engrossing visual history that is certain to appeal to baseball fans of all generations.
An illustrated history of the Baltimore Orioles with brief profiles of some of the major players and coaches associated with the team.
Presents the history, accomplishments and key personalities of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team.
Here, too, is the colorful history of the precursors to the current Orioles, the lovable and luckless St. Louis Browns, augmented for this edition with a new foreword from St. Louis sportswriter Bob Broeg on the escapades of the Brownies.
But we were told on the plane that because of what happened in Kansas City, all the pitchers had to go to the stadium on the off day to have a special practice with Rick, on keeping runners close to first base. “We were all by the mound ...
Focuses on key players in the history of the professional baseball team known as the St. Louis Browns for fifty-two years before moving to Baltimore.
Examines the history, players, and future of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team.
John Eisenberg, From 33rd Street to Camden Yards: An Oral History of the Baltimore Orioles (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002), 61. 103. Doug Wilson, Brooks: The Biography of Brooks Robinson (New York: St. Martin's, 2014), 47. 104.
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Baltimore Orioles 101 is required reading for every Orioles fan!
Pete Koegel, a utility man with the Milwaukee Brewers, Pete Mackanin—now the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies—and I were in the car with El Turco and his guys. On the way there, he got orders to stop by this Communist meeting right ...