No one who is 38 years old or younger has ever been alive at a time where the Baltimore Orioles won the World Series. If you are in this group, like me, all you’ve known is seasons ending in something other than ultimate victory. Fifty-six years ago, every single Orioles fan was in the same boat as me today. The team had existed for twelve previous seasons and had no championships to its name. The idea of the O’s winning was only a dream.
As our 1966 retro recap project has gone along during the MLB lockout, I’ve found myself wondering a lot: When did Orioles fans of 1966 start to think that maybe this year is the year it would happen?