A Cooperstown road trip to honor the Earl of Baltimore

A Cooperstown road trip to honor the Earl of Baltimore
He was the Earl of Baltimore, and among the Orioles' many fans, just about as popular as any great player ever to wear the orange and black. On his way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., Earl Weaver managed the Orioles to 1,480 wins, including six American League East titles, four AL pennants and the 1970 World Series championship. Between 1969 and 1980, his teams won 100 games five times. No O's team ever managed by anyone other than Weaver ever won 100 games. Fans...

A tale of two college kids, the O's, football and a lost weekend

A tale of two college kids, the O's, football and a lost weekend
The Orioles, since their first season in 1954, have won 100 or more games five times. The first four times they did so, they made the World Series, even though they lost three times. The fifth time they did so, they didn't even make the playoffs. The 1980 Orioles went 100-62 but finished second in the American League East, three games behind the New York Yankees. Baseball featured four divisions then and 100 wins would have been enough to win any of the other three divisions that year. But not...