The Story of Baltimore Orioles

The Story of Baltimore Orioles — page 3
6 O r i o l e s BASEBALL IN BALTIMORE he city of Baltimore Maryland has played an important role in the history of the United States It was the site of the Second Continental Congress where George Washington was christened as the country’s leader in 1775 The first U S naval ship was launched from its port in 1797 Francis Scott Key wrote the words to The Star Spangled Banner there in 1814 and the first Roman Catholic cathedral in the country was built there in 1821 Baltimore was the birthplace of renowned author Edgar Allan Poe longtime Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall and U S congresswoman Nancy Pelosi Baltimore is also important to the history of baseball as the birthplace of Babe Ruth one of the most celebrated players of all time The slugger had had several opportunities to play against the St Louis Browns the team that arrived in his hometown in 1954 under the new Orioles name by the time his career with the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees was complete He is even reported to have applied to manage the Browns who joined the American League AL in 1902 in 1938 T