Baltimore

===Baseball===
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[[File:CamdenYards 2005-05-08.jpg|thumb|[[Oriole Park at Camden Yards]], home to the [[Baltimore Orioles]] of [[Major League Baseball]]]]
Baltimore has a long and storied baseball history, including its distinction as the birthplace of [[Babe Ruth]] in 1895. The original [[Baltimore Orioles (19th century)|19th century Baltimore Orioles]] were one of the most successful early franchises, featuring numerous hall of famers during its years from 1882 to 1899.
As one of the eight inaugural American League franchises, the Baltimore Orioles played in the AL during the 1901 and 1902 seasons. The team moved to New York City before the 1903 season and was renamed the New York Highlanders, which later became the [[New York Yankees]].
Ruth played for the [[Baltimore Orioles (minor league)|minor league Baltimore Orioles]] team, which was active from 1903 to 1914. After playing one season in 1915 as the Richmond Climbers, the team returned the following year to Baltimore, where it played as the Orioles until 1953.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

The team currently known as the [[Baltimore Orioles]] has represented Major League Baseball locally since 1954 when the [[St. Louis Browns]] moved to Baltimore. The Orioles advanced to the World Series in 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979 and 1983, winning three times (1966, 1970 and 1983), while making the playoffs all but one year (1972) from 1969 through 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/orioles/history/timeline|title=Baltimore Orioles Franchise Timeline|website=[[Baltimore Orioles]]|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=May 15, 2022}}</ref>

In 1995, local player (and later Hall of Famer) [[Cal Ripken Jr.]] broke [[Lou Gehrig]]'s streak of 2,130 consecutive games played, for which Ripken was named [[Sportsman of the Year]] by ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' magazine.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} Six former Orioles players, including Ripken (2007), and two of the team's managers have been inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]].

Since 1992, the Orioles' home ballpark has been [[Oriole Park at Camden Yards]], which has been hailed as one of the league's best since it opened.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orioles Ballparks: 1954 - Present {{!}} Baltimore Orioles |url=https://www.mlb.com/orioles/history/ballparks |access-date=September 27, 2023 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>