You'd never guess it from the way they've played so far this spring, but there remains a feeling among some around here that the Orioles still have a chance to battle for the pennant in 1961.

So, if the Orioles are to improve, Brandt, Triandos and Walker will have to do it.

If the Orioles are to break their losing streak within the next two days, it will have to be at the expense of the American League champion New York Yankees, who come in here tomorrow for a night game and a single test Sunday afternoon.

Although he would go on to have back-to-back 17-win seasons for the Chicago Cubs in 1971 and 1972, including a no-hitter in the latter season, this did not help the Reds, who ended up losing the 1970 World Series to Robinson and the Orioles.

Previous radio flagships for the Orioles have been WCBM from 1954 to 1956, and again for the 1987 season ; and the now-defunct WFBR from 1979 through 1986.

WMAR-TV ( flagship from 1979 through 1993 ) and WNUV-TV ( alternating with WJZ-TV from 1994-2009 ) have also aired Orioles games locally.

To date, the Orioles have taken no action to discourage the tradition.

Both the Reds and the Orioles have retired his uniform number 20.

Since 2007 they have been a farm team of the Baltimore Orioles ; prior to that, they had a 38-year affiliation with the New York Mets.

After the 1971 season, McLain was traded to the Oakland Athletics for journeyman pitcher Jim Panther and prospect Don Stanhouse ( who would go on to have a few good years as the Baltimore Orioles ' closer in the late 1970s ).

The Orioles also have minor league facilities at Twin Lakes Park.

The Orioles have had a team in Bluefield since 1958, which was the longest relationship between a parent club and a town in affiliated baseball.

The team plays at Bowen Field ( former Orioles stadium ) and several renovations have been made to the ball park.

From around number 115, Orioles were pressed by Grey Gull and usually have unusual pairings of material, with one side being a hit popular tune and the other " standard " material, sometimes classical.

Only two parks presently in existence for a decade or more have only seen one no-hitter — the Orioles ' current home, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and Coors Field, the notoriously hitter-friendly home of the Colorado Rockies.

The Orioles are celebrating the ballpark's 20th anniversary during the 2012 season and have launched the website CamdenYards20. com as part of the celebration.

Many home run balls have landed on Eutaw Street, and the Orioles organization has marked the spots with small baseball-shaped bronze plaques embedded in the street, though it sometimes takes up to a year for each homer to get a plaque.

The hotel is going to be about 24 stories high and cost approximately $ 200 million to build and will have shops and restaurants that will be designed to function with Oriole Park at Camden Yards during the Baltimore Orioles ' home games.

Cal Ripken Jr. introduced Anderson and called him " the greatest leadoff hitter in Orioles baseball, and the best athlete I have ever played with.

Following his appearances on the Louisiana Hayride, Presley traveled to New York for an unsuccessful Talent Scouts audition in April 1955 ; after the Talent Scouts staff rejected The Orioles, they went on to have a hit record with " Crying in the Chapel " and kicked off the " bird group " trend of early rock ' n ' roll.

Past events have included trains for Western Maryland residents to attend sporting events in the Baltimore / Washington Area, such as Baltimore Orioles or Washington Redskins games, or for Baltimore / Washington residents to attend Railfest in Cumberland and enjoy the scenic mountains and fall foliage of Western Maryland.

His notable clients have included AOL, the Motion Picture Association of America, the Washington Post, the National Enquirer, and the Baltimore Orioles.

Orioles shortstop Mark Belanger won the award as well in 1969 and 1971, joining a select list of eight shortstop-second baseman combinations to have won the honor in the same season while playing together.

“ Flying spikes ” rhetoric about the 1890s Orioles – meaning that they went around spiking other players and even umpires — may have helped solidify their reputation as among the baddest teams in the sport ’ s history, but the contemporaneous record does not support it.

The Orioles name had been used by previous major league baseball clubs in Baltimore, including the American League Baltimore Orioles franchise from 1901 – 1902 that became the New York Yankees and the National League Baltimore Orioles.

The Orioles of the IL won nine league championships, first in 1908, followed by a lengthy run from 1919 to 1925, and then dramatically in 1944, after they had lost their home field Oriole Park in a disastrous mid-season fire.

Iglehart, the Orioles ' largest shareholder at 32 % and owner of a sizable amount of CBS stock, straightened out his conflict of interest issues on May 25, 1965 by selling his 64, 000 shares in the ball-club to the National Brewing Company, an original team investor which finally had controlling interest at 65 %.

Although the Orioles hovered around. 500 for much of the season, they had fallen back by September and were over 20 games behind the first place Tampa Bay Rays.

In the 1983 World Series the Baltimore Orioles of the AL had home field advantage.

Another version of the story was that the group had gotten inspiration for writing the song after hearing The Orioles ' rock ' n ' roll version of Big Joe Williams ' hit, " Baby Please Don't Go ", taking its melody from the song.

That same year The Orioles, a doo-wop group, had the # 4 hit of the year with " Crying in the Chapel ".

McGraw had also managed the Highlanders in their first two seasons, when they were known as the Baltimore Orioles.

" ( The Browns had left St. Louis after the 1954 season to become the Baltimore Orioles.

Before he began making films, Shelton had a five-year minor league career in the Baltimore Orioles ' organization, which included a stint in the Carolina League.

No player has had a longer career with only one team, 23 seasons, a record which he shares with Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles.

Early in 1953, George Nelson, who had a drinking problem, left the Orioles, and was replaced by John " Gregory " Carroll, formerly of another Baltimore group, the Four Buddies.

He had a big series against the Baltimore Orioles in the 1996 ALCS as he blasted three home runs with five RBIs and a. 417 average in four games.

Eventually, a deal was reached that gave them Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, which had been vacated a year earlier when the Orioles moved into Camden Yards.

During the Orioles ’ championship years, Jennings had some of the best seasons ever by a major league shortstop.

The Yankees had lost three in a row, and were in fourth place, eleven games behind the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East heading into the All-Star break in.

Whitt had a very memorable game in 1987, as on September 14, Whitt had three home runs in a game against the Baltimore Orioles, helping the Blue Jays hit a major league record ten home runs in the game, as Toronto defeated the Orioles 18-3.