Going For The Steal
by Christopher James
Title
Going For The Steal
Artist
Christopher James
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Tampa Bays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier (39) gets a good lead while stealing 2nd base when playing the Baltimore Orioles in Camden Yards.
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) East division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises when the league was established in 1901 with President Ban Johnson, this particular franchise spent its first year as a major league club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis, Missouri to become the St. Louis Browns. After 52 often-beleaguered years in St. Louis, the franchise was purchased in November 1953 by Baltimore business interests led by Clarence Miles. The franchise officially moved to Baltimore for the 1954 season and adopted the historic "Orioles" name in honor of the official state bird of Maryland. The Orioles name had also been used by several previous major and minor league baseball clubs in Baltimore, including the franchise that would eventually become the New York Yankees. Nicknames for the team include the "O's" and the "Birds".
The Orioles experienced their greatest success from 1966 to 1983, when they made six World Series appearances, winning three of them (1966, 1970, 1983). The franchise has also won a total of nine division championships (1969β1971, 1973β1974, 1979, 1983, 1997, 2014), six pennants (1966, 1969β1971, 1979, 1983), three wild card berths (1996, 2012, 2016), and five Most Valuable Player Awards (third baseman Brooks Robinson in 1964, outfielder Frank Robinson in 1966, first baseman Boog Powell in 1970, and shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1983 and 1991).
I have personally been an Orioles fan since the early 60s, having visited Memorial Stadium many time and now Camden Yards. I have visited all the stadiums in AL east to fulfill a longtime bucket list.
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May 24th, 2017
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Bernadette Krupa
Congrats nomination this beautiful capture for Special Features - Promotion #23 in 1000 View Groups! L/F
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features Nominations For Promotion #23 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Geraldine Scull
Fantastic action capture ! Nominating in the 1000 Views Group for a Special Feature ! L/T