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Baltimore
Orioles History
Baltimore has been mired in a prolonged slump and rebuilding
phase since their last playoff appearance in 1997. The
Orioles won 97 contests then but have not broke .500
since. The 1969 American League Champions won 109 ballgames,
the best record of any Orioles team.
On September 28, 1953, the Saint Louis Browns became
the Baltimore Orioles. Baseball Owners agreed on the
relocation after a dismal 54-100 season saw the Browns
close out the season with only 3,174 fans in attendance.
The Browns appeared in the 1944 World Series.
The first season of the Orioles duplicated the last
season of the Browns. A 54-100 record however did not
keep the fans from supporting their new team. 67 home
dates drew 1,060,910 Orioles faithful. By 1957 Baltimore
finished at .500 for the first time.
Hall of Famers Eddie Murray, Brooks Robinson, Frank
Robinson, Jim Palmer, and Cal Ripken Jr. are just some
of the baseball greats produce by the Baltimore Orioles
franchise.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Oriole Park at Camden Yards became the official home
of the Orioles on April 6, 1992. The construction of
the park was completed in essentially 33 months from
the time razing previous structures on the 85-acre parcel
began June 28, '89, in the area known as Camden Yards.
It was designed by the Kansas City architectural firm
of Helmuth, Obata and Kassabaum (HOK) with direction
and input from the Orioles and the State of Maryland,
which owns and operates the facility through its agency,
the Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA).
Working under contract to HOK were the urban design
firm of RTKL, the landscape architecture firm of Wallace,
Roberts, and Todd, and the engineering firms of Bliss
and Nyitray: Rummel, Klepper, and Kahl: and Kidde Consultants,
Inc. Working under contract to the Orioles were the
interior design firm of Forte Design and the graphic
design firm of David Ashton and Associates.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is unique, traditional
and excellent in design. It blends with the urban context
of downtown Baltimore while taking its image from baseball
parks built in the early 20th century. Steel, rather
than concrete trusses, an arched brick facade, a sun
roof over the gentle slope of the upper deck, an asymmetrical
playing field, and natural grass turf are just some
of the features that tie it to those magnificent big
league ballparks built in the early 1900's. Ebbets Field
(Brooklyn), Shibe Park (Philadelphia), Fenway Park (Boston),
Crosley Field (Cincinnati), Forbes Fields (Pittsburgh),
Wrigley Field (Chicago), and The Polo Grounds (New York)
were among the ballparks that served as influences in
the design of Oriole Park.