The Baltimore Orioles are part of the American League East division.In their division are the Blue Jays, Yankees, Rays, and Red Soxs. This year the O's came in third in their division with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses. The manager for the O's is Buck Showalter. Somehow he is related to me so my granddad and his six brothers went to meet him and got me a baseball signed by Buck Showalter. You might have noticed that I called the Orioles the O's. That is because it is one of their two nicknames. The other one is the birds. The Orioles play their home games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. If you ask any baseball fan it is one of the nicest ballparks in the Major League Baseball. The O's have not always played in Baltimore. The first city they played in was Milwaukee. They were called the Milwaukee Brewers. They played here for only one year before moving to St. Louis and becoming the St. Louis Browns. They spent 52 years in St.Louis before they finally moved to Baltimore and became the Baltimore Orioles. Even though they didn't have a good team last year in 2014 most people thought that they would go to the World Series. However in the American League championship Series they lost to the Kansas City Royals who ended up losing to the San Francisco Giants. One of they best players ever for the O's is Cal Ripken Jr. He was number was 8 and it has been retired by the Orioles. He is best known for playing the most consecutive games with 2,632.
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