The
Baltimore Orioles Baseball Team (Great Sports Teams)
by David Pietrusza
(Library Binding - May 2000)
The
Baltimore Orioles: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards
by Ted Patterson, Brooks Robinson
(Paperback - April 2000)
Baltimore
Orioles (America's Game)
by Paul Joseph
(School & Library Binding - March 1997)
Where
They Ain't : The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the Original Baltimore
Orioles, the Team That Gave Birth to Modern Baseball
by Burt Solomon
"Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it" is one of those
perfect axioms that begs the question, When is baseball gonna finally remember
and get it right? Subtitled "The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the
Original Baltimore Orioles, the Team That Gave Birth to Modern Baseball,"
Solomon's splendidly energetic examination of one of the sport's most powerful
and storied franchises stands as a fascinating--and cautionary--study of
how a team, regardless of quality, can simply implode. And what a team
the Orioles of the 1890s was: manager Ned Hanlon and stars Wee Willie Keeler,
John McGraw, Hugh Jennings, Wilbert Robinson, Dan Brouthers, Iron Man McGinnity,
and Joe Kelley all deserve their plaques in Cooperstown. As a unit, they
created "scientific baseball," redefining the way the game was played and
dominating the National League. Yet, by 1903, to Baltimore's horror and
confusion, there were no more Orioles. A series of self-destructive choices
successfully conspired to export their best players to Brooklyn and remove
the franchise--now a member of the American League and playing in New York
as the Highlanders--from the Major League standings for nearly half a century.
A fine reporter and writer, Solomon does a remarkable job of bringing
the past into the present, exploring how little has changed in terms of
baseball business and organizational stupidity through the years. With
its marvelous cast of real--and fully realized--characters, Where They
Ain't reads as much like a novel as it does like history, and though we
know how it ends, it remains an important story worth telling, learning
from, and certainly remembering. --Jeff Silverman - Amazon.com
Paperback: 342 pages
Main Street Books; ISBN: 0385498829; (March 14, 2000)
Day-by-Day
in Baltimore Orioles History
by Ted Patterson
(Paperback)
From
33rd Street to the Camden Yards: An Oral History of the Baltimore Orioles
by John Eisenberg
Book Description: The winningest baseball franchise from 1960 to 1997,
the Orioles are a beloved team that encompasses each of the game's major
issues of the last half century--integration, free agency, drugs, labor
strife, and runaway salaries. In From 33rd Street to Camden Yards, Baltimore
Sun columnist John Eisenberg brings to life the epic saga of this amazing
team through the recollections of those who were there--the players, managers,
coaches, and owners. Includes 16 pages of photos.
Hardcover: 528 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.72 x
9.31 x 6.32
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books; (March 20,
2001)
ISBN: 0809224860
From
33rd Street to Camden Yards
by John Eisenberg
Hardcover - 528 pages (March 20, 2001)
McGraw Hill - NTC; ISBN: 0809224860
John McGraw
by Charles C. Alexander
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Palmeiro: At Home With the Balitmore Orioles
by Ed Brandt
(Paperback - December 1997)
A
Personal Tour of Camden Yards (How It Was)
by Robert Young
(Library Binding - March 1999)
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by Daniel Okrent, et al
(Paperback - September 1994)
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