The Glory of the 1966 Orioles and Baltimore: 50th Anniversary Edition

Fifty years ago (1966), Baltimore's baseball Orioles took the city by storm and ignited season-long pennant fever during the spring and summer of 1966. It began with the arrival of superstar Frank Robinson in Miami for his first Oriole spring training in March. The excitement built towards opening day and pennant fever kept climbing throughout the season. It did not end for Baltimore even after the Orioles four-game sweep of the defending world champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Author Mark Millikin provides a new introduction to his earlier, detailed history of the team and the city and shows the lasting effect that the team and year have had on Baltimore