Baltimore Orioles 1966-1971: The Dynasty

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11 жыл бұрын

This video is a documentary on the Baltimore Orioles during the years 1966, 1969, 1970, & 1971. The years in which Baltimore won two World Series and four American League Pennants. This video is from the Memories on 33rd Street that was released via VHS by the Baltimore Orioles organization in 1992.
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@arleyscott8962 10 ай бұрын

I grew up listening to your Dad and Chuck Thompson. and they were great. I also have CD of the 1970 season

@shawnamelva583 Жыл бұрын

As much as I love Camden Yards, my heart is with the wonderful, quirky, cozy, affordable Memorial Stadium. When I return to visit, I will stop by the site. Still magical.

@kathyjohson1273 Жыл бұрын

Now these were the best of the best!! 👍👍🤩😍🙂😏☺️👏👏

@djquinn11 2 жыл бұрын

That was a great team. Some legendary players.

@williamsnyder5616 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a life-long Tigers fan and I invade this site not to be confrontational.I have a deep respect for the Orioles of this era. Usually, the Birds were better than us, but I marveled at the rivalry between the two teams, particularly defensively. When we traded Denny McLain for Eddie Brinkman and Aurelio Rodriguez, we had great defense on the left side. So, when the Tigers and Orioles played, either in Tiger Stadium or Memorial Stadium, fans in both towns were treated to defensive clinics on the left side with Brinks and Aurelio for the Tigers and Belanger and my favorite third baseman of all time, Brooks Robby, for the O's.

@robertjohnson9756 2 жыл бұрын

I was here for this I was 2 and my most treasured photos is me and my dad at the last game at memorial stadium

@tyronewilliams7787 Жыл бұрын

As a kid, selling newspapers(news American)l so that I can attend Orioles games..all these men play a major roll in my up bringing... because I had no father figure, and I looked to baseball as my guidance to life, just wanted to let all these fellows know...l love you ...so much joy you have brought me..may our LORD give all of you the same joy at judgement that you gave me(servant) in life...you ALL were mentors to me!...to the Oakland a's the 2nd best team..much love.the 70:s... peacemakerservant1

@kathleenwalther6719 10 жыл бұрын

It was such a wonderful experience for all in our family! Our first year in Baltimore - 1966, dad's (Bill O'Donnell's) first year as one of their broadcasters, then, again and again in '69, '70, and '71. He sure had a gifted voice, one that I so miss hearing. Gone waaaay too soon. Miss him all of the time, especially during this opening day week in Baltimore !! He deserves the Hall of Fame !!!

@MrRustyFord 9 жыл бұрын

I was a young Orioles fan back then...now a 59 year-old fan. Loved listening to Chuck Thompson and your dad Bill O'Donnell. Great memories of my mom's little transistor radio on the kitchen window sill. She listened to every game. They didn't show as many games on TV back then, but she would have that little radio on! I remember when I got my drivers license in '71. I loved riding around listening to the games on my car radio. I miss those great broadcasters like your dad and Chuck Thompson. Real pros.

@PaBasser 9 жыл бұрын

I echo Max's remarks. Fan since 1966. Listened to many a game on my transistor radio.

@brucedigiorgio366 7 жыл бұрын

Kathleen Walther 1 of my childhood favorites,Bill O'Donnell not only O's Colts as well

@mothertree 7 жыл бұрын

Yep...with our radio`s on and our minds tuned in we would listen and anticipate each play.At 58 yrs old I can say without reservation that our age group witnessed some of the greatest baseball ever and as we clinged to the announcers voice we were saying come on come on....to this day yeah !

@royrezek231 6 жыл бұрын

Your Dad was amazing

@goUnitas19 10 жыл бұрын

I'm still a diehard Oriole fan! I became one in 1965.

@jordanboteler8978 4 жыл бұрын

goUnitas19 I’ve been one too since I was born but the 70s and 60s were good too bad we’re not good anymore

@jefflaumann5602 3 жыл бұрын

MANCHESTER UNITED F.C Americans hate soccer absolutely no chance football, baseball, basketball, and hockey are the only professional sports cared about in America

@alanbeckham9093 3 жыл бұрын

Best logo in baseball.

@joshuarichardson5329 Жыл бұрын

@@jordanboteler8978 Better times are here (exciting baseball) and more to come, my friend. Go O's!

@chrisweidner4768 10 ай бұрын

I remember this run clearly. It occurred when I was beginning to love the game. My journey began when the Cardinals won 64.’ I remember watching Buford, Blair, Powell, Brooks, Frank, Cuellar etc. etc.

@chrispierce1739 6 жыл бұрын

Great hearing Bill O'Donnell make the call at 2:46. Chuck and Bill were one of the best broadcast teams ever.

@kathyjohson1273 Жыл бұрын

Yes they were!!! Miss those greats' tremendously!!! May they rih 🕊️🕊️

@bobbyg433 4 жыл бұрын

More like 1966-1983. Those were some damn good teams

@sammyvh11 4 жыл бұрын

Yes Bobby you nailed it. Free agency was never kind to the Orioles . They lost the farm system and made all the wrong personel moves to this very day. And lets not forget Peter Angelos perhaps one of the worst owners in MLB history.

@rayshardsmith2546 Жыл бұрын

@@sammyvh11 i hope y’all enjoying the turnaround… this year

@Mryrhodesian 10 жыл бұрын

You know what made Chuck Thompson and Bill O'Donnell so good? It's that they never thought the game was all about them like broadcasters today. Most of all, they realized that you don't yell and scream at everything. As O'Donnell once said, "If you get excited all the time, then you lose your credibility when it really is time to get excited. Hear that John Sterling?

@PaBasser 9 жыл бұрын

Sterling's a tool

@DaveDaShrubber 8 жыл бұрын

If you're going to criticize a Yankee broadcaster for getting too excited, it should be Suzyn Waldman. When she had her famous hysterical outburst over the return of Roger Clemens to the Yankees, it was Sterling who tried to calm her down.

@Mryrhodesian 8 жыл бұрын

Do you remember John Sterling on WMCA radio in the 70's? He was a jerk then and he has refined the art and now is a super jerk. Waldman? Is she still in the booth? If she is she shouldn't be. I remember sometime in the 70's the Yankees had Pam Bouchete do little tid bits on the air. That was fine. Doing color for a whole game, no way.

@ter521fad 5 жыл бұрын

+ Mryrhodesian Sterling and Waldman are annoying and obnoxious Yankee cheerleaders masquerading as baseball announcers. And Yankee fans seem to love it! I don't get it and I never will get it. Even if I was a Yankee fan I wouldn't get it.

@graciemaemarie11jones16 Жыл бұрын

@@DaveDaShrubber waldman is an ACID TONGUED,sarcastic, condensending,overbearing, smug, arrogant bastard-i despise her arrogance and her ACID MOUTH...sterling isan abortion, yes,of course...arrogant and smug of course...but that waldman-shes a diversity hire, a faux 'announcer'- more like a mouthpiece.shes loathsome.i despise her.

@NathanielRussell1965 5 жыл бұрын

Growing up listening to guys like Bill O'Donnell and Chuck Thompson made me want to be an announcer. They were and still a great influence. Had the pleasure of meeting Chuck Thompson in the '90's, wished I could have met Bill O'Donnell. They don't have these types of announcers anymore.

@beachbumtrivia1838 Жыл бұрын

Chuck was one of the best guests that I ever had on my sports-talk show.

@sammyvh11 5 жыл бұрын

I dont know where the years went. Growing up in Baltimore in the 60s with the great Orioles teams and Colts teams. Its never been the same. I was a Jr Oriole in 1966 and I was there on Mothers Day and it was amazing but no video or film of the greatest and longest homer in the history of Memorial Stadium. RIP to Frank....

@govbop 4 жыл бұрын

Me too - what great time to be a Jr. Oriole !

@MrClubpenguin11 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. I was born in 1999. Die hard fan, Baltimore sports forever. It must’ve been amazing seeing them with a legit pitching staff. Van Hagar rocks too

@philiptucci2458 2 жыл бұрын

The Orioles of 1966-1971 we're very successful with so many great players and pitchers, 2 World Championships and 4 World Series appearances in 6 years

@TheCream14 2 жыл бұрын

1970 Orioles - one of the best of all time. Still can't believe they had 4 20+ game winning pitchers. We'll never see anything like that again.

@georgeford3687 Жыл бұрын

That was 71

@robertewalt7789 10 күн бұрын

@@georgeford3687I went to many games at Memorial Stadium that spring. Great team, had a slump in the Series.

@TheShipin 10 жыл бұрын

The O's won 11 straight playoff games, a record that will never be broken. 3-0 1969', 3-0 1970', 3-0 1971', and the first 2 in 73'.

@loyaldude10 6 жыл бұрын

Orioles won the 1st ALCS game in 73, but lost the 2d

@DonQwantsyou 4 жыл бұрын

I think he means alcs games not the wc.

@DerikSchneider1974USA 11 жыл бұрын

Two World Series championships, four AL championships and three AL East championships from 1966-71.

@jamesnadell1998 5 жыл бұрын

Think about this. The O's beat the Big, no, make that Huge Red Machine 4-1. Rose, Tolan, Lee May, Perez, Bench, et al. Crushed 'em.

@Stonecrow25 3 жыл бұрын

And yet today...

@tommcconville4270 3 жыл бұрын

Paul Blair deserves induction into the Hall of Fame right now. I consider him to be one of the 5 best center fielders of all time. Along side Willie Mays, Joe Di Maggio, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider.He was that good.

@jefflaumann5602 3 жыл бұрын

He was good man but that’s pushing it look at the stats he was good but his bat wasn’t amazing he didn’t have the Power that most hall of gamers did definitely not top 5 your forgetting Puckett, Trout, Griffey, Cobb, Speaker and many more was definitely the greatest O’s center fielder

@tommcconville4270 3 жыл бұрын

@@jefflaumann5602Paul Blair belongs in the Hall of Fame, period. Kirby Puckett an excellent hitter but wasn't NEARLY the great glove man Paul was. Ty Cobb played in dead ball era, and though he was an all time great, could he flag down the high exit velocity balls hit his way? Trout is another comparison, although he's an all time great center fielder also. Trout is a better hitter, all around and power wise than Blair, true. But Paul was a very good clutch hitter, I saw him play and perform well batting. You can't legitimately compare all these guys because they played in different eras. Cobb dead ball, Blair in'60's and '70's when pitchers were GREAT and dominated the game. Today's great hitters, Trout, Judge, Arenado, Cody Bellringer, all great. But they have the super juiced ball, some small ballparks and poor quality pitchers to benefit them.

@tommcconville4270 3 жыл бұрын

@@jefflaumann5602 And let's not forget Jim Edmonds, one of the all time great center fielders. Had one of the highest fielding percentage all time for centerpieces, playing for the Angels and Cardinals. He was every bit as good as Blair and Trout, and way the hell better than Puckett defensively. I saw Jim literally climb the wall once to rob a guy of a home run. And I think Jim was on the Hall of Fame ballot at one point, though not absolutely sure of it. I think it would be appropriate if Paul Blair and Jim Edmonds would at least be considered by the Veterans Committee for Hall of Fame induction. They were great players in their day.

@tommcconville4270 3 жыл бұрын

@@jefflaumann5602 This phone is totally F'd up!!! I typed in CENTERFIELDERS!!! I'm throwin this F'd up piece of shit in the garbage REAL SOON!!!

@tommcconville4270 3 жыл бұрын

@@jefflaumann5602 Puckett was am excellent player but there's no way he should be in the top 5. Jim Edmonds should be on that list. Puckett played in that band box, little league ballpark called the MetroDome. Jim played on REAL baseball fields like Angels Stadium and Busch Stadium. Kirby was a fine fielder without question. But Jim's defensive skills were other worldly, he could get to just about any ball hit out there. Jim and Paul Blair were 2 of the smoothest fielders I ever saw play center. Don't think one can say that about Kirby Puckett.

@tedkapnick768 Жыл бұрын

My favorite club! Am still upset over loss to those Mets in 1969!

@jellobiafra4660 5 жыл бұрын

Aint the beer cold!

@stevenyourke7901 2 жыл бұрын

I was at Yankee Stadium when Frank Robinson caught Roy White’s drive and fell into the right field stands. The whole crowd groaned loudly.

@samuelbarrett5648 Жыл бұрын

As this and a few other videos on KZfaq successfully illustrate, Major League Baseball in the 1960's was the Golden Age of Baseball. And that's for many reasons. I specialize in the aesthetics of the 60s era, so I'll cover that here: Every team played in great ballparks, whether they were in older, classic ballparks (Phillies' Shibe Park, Reds' Crosley Field, Pirates' Forbes Field, Tigers' namesake Stadium, White Sox' Comiskey Park, Yankee's original namesake Stadium, etc) or in more modern parks (Dodgers' namesake Stadium, Giants' Candlestick Park, Astros' namesake Dome, Angels' Anaheim Stadium, A's Oakland Coliseum, Twins' Metropolitan Stadium, Orioles' Memorial Stadium, etc), they were all great, with the exception of the Cardinals and Senators, who I think were aesthetically better in Busch Stadium I (Sportsmans Park) and Griffith Park, respectively. The dugouts and clubhouses were designed and built to serve the very purpose of a simple area for the players to be in, not virtual apartments like today. The overall look of green seats and steel, simple grandstand construction, and on special occasions, red white and blue bunting, made for a timeless atmosphere that anyone can appreciate. The players also dressed very well. As a comment on a Uni Watch post says, the jersey and pants are trim but not tight. Button down jerseys with short sleeves and true vests reign supreme. The stirrup socks were at the most ideal proportion of stirrup to sanitary sock, allowing for plenty of white (Or yellow in the A's case) while still giving enough space for colorful and creative stripes. It was pre-double knit so every jersey was soft flannel but you still had an injection of powder blue roads. The cap is not quite the exaggerated high peak but isn’t formless either, with green underbrims for reduced glare (The grass is green too) and leather sweatbands with white reeding. No matter what style a team happened to wear, it was almost guaranteed to look like baseball. Teams with classic designs (Yankees, Cubs, Dodgers, Red Sox, Cardinals, etc) and those who experimented with their looks (A's, Pilots, White Sox, Expos, Padres, etc) all looked very elegant, particularly because button-front jerseys and belted pants were still in vogue, giving off a classic, formal vibe, going with the notion of baseball being a gentleman's game. The umpires also looked their best, many times being outfitted in dark navy suits, caps, and black ties and dress shoes, with either white shirts, adding to the aforementioned formal and official vibe. The players not only dressed well, but the equipment they used, consisting of Hillerich and Bradsby made Louisville Slugger or Adirondack natural-colored ash wood bats; Rawlings, Wilson, or Spalding tan leather fielding gloves and mitts; the aforementioned black (Or white in the A's case) leather spikes; simple-construction batting helmets with one earflap, which just seems to scream baseball to me; and catcher's equipment with simple patterns on the chest protector, shin guards (Both of which preferably in team colors), and the steel bars of the mask, were also simple compared to today, but elegant. And that's just the aesthetics of that era-not to mention the caliber of players during that time. But I'll let others cover that. I hope my Heaven is 1960's MLB when my time comes.

@speedracer1945 6 жыл бұрын

As a kid growing up in Baltimore ,I was in the Junior Oriole club and knew every player on the team ,and remember in 66'; I think we won both the World Series and the Colts the Super Bowl . I was a fan till 79' . Great team back then .

@edzielinski9910 3 жыл бұрын

Super Bowl wasn't around yet in '66.