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The 2008 Baltimore Orioles season was the 108th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 55th in Baltimore, and the 17th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles entered the 2008 season led by Dave Trembley , now starting his first full season as manager.
Jim Palmer holds the most pitching records for the Orioles, including wins, games played, strikeouts, and shutouts. [4] Palmer is the only pitcher in Major League history to win World Series games in three decades, and over his 558 games played never surrendered a single grand slam. This is a list of team records for the Baltimore Orioles ...
World Series: St. Louis Cardinals: Lost 2 4 Baltimore Orioles (1954–present) 1966: World Series Champions World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers: Won 4 0 1969: American League Champions ALCS: Minnesota Twins: Won 3 0 World Series: New York Mets: Lost 1 4 1970: World Series Champions ALCS: Minnesota Twins: Won 3 0 World Series: Cincinnati Reds: Won ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Of the eight original American League teams, the Orioles were the last of the eight to win the World Series, doing so in 1966 with its four–game sweep of the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers. When the Orioles were the St. Louis Browns, they played in only one World Series, the 1944 matchup against their Sportsman's Park tenants, the Cardinals.
The 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season. The 104th edition of the World Series, [ 2 ] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays ; the Phillies won the series, four games to one.
The Orioles accepted the invitation on January 2, 1984, [6] 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 months after winning the 1983 World Series. [7] The Yomiuri was eventually left disappointed when both the Orioles and its Giants failed to qualify for the postseason with fifth- and third-place finishes respectively.
Orosco pitched the last four innings of the first game and the final inning of the second game, and both times was the pitcher of record when the Mets rallied to win. [4] Orosco with the Minnesota Twins during his final season in 2003. Orosco's clutch relief pitching in the 1986 postseason was one of the key reasons the Mets won the World Series.