Baltimore Orioles

Affectionately known by their fans as the Os and the Birds, the Baltimore Orioles are a major league baseball team rooted in Baltimore, Maryland. They are owned by Peter Angelos, an attorney. They play in the American Leagues Eastern Division.

The Orioles history dates back to the year 1893 and the town of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when the team began in the minor Western League. That minor league would become the major American League in the early 20th century, and the original Baltimore Orioles, who were in the National League, relocated around this time to New York, where they became the New York Yankees. After a stint as the St. Louis Browns, the team would be moved again to Baltimore and become the present day Orioles in the early 1950s.

One popular tradition at Orioles games that dates back to the 1970s is the accenting of the letter O when singing the line Oh, say does that from the Star Spangled Banner. The oh is accented by yelling out O! The pronunciation of this vowel also distinguishes the Baltimorean accent. Some argue that the shrieking of the O is disrespectful. But Baltimoreans argue that, since Francis Scott Key wrote the Anthem in their harbor...