Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1996, onye nwe otu ahụ bụ Peter Angelos goro Pat Gillick n'aka ndị Toronto Blue Jays ka ọ bụrụ onye isi njikwa Orioles. Gillick wetara ọtụtụ ndị egwuregwu dịka onye na-ejide B. J. Surhoff, onye na-enye aka Randy Myers, na onye isi nke abụọ Roberto Alomar. N'okpuru Gillick na onye njikwa Davey Johnson, ndị Orioles mechara laghachi na egwuregwu postseason site na mmeri kaadị kaadị American League na oge 1996. Ndị otu ahụ setịpụrụ ihe ndekọ egwuregwu ukwu maka ịgba ọsọ n'ụlọ n'otu oge, na 257, wee kpasuo ndị Cleveland Indians iwe na Ngalaba Ngalaba tupu ha adaa na New York Yankees na arụmụka
American League Championship Series (onye na-akwado, Jeffrey Maier, gbochiri bọọlụ Derek Jeter gbara na egwuregwu 1; a na-achịkwa egwuregwu ahụ na Yankees mechara merie egwuregwu ahụ). Ndị Orioles sochiri site na mmeri AL East Division aha na 1997, na-aga "waya-na-waya" (ịbụ na mbụ ebe si n'ụbọchị mbụ nke oge ikpeazụ). Mgbe ha kpochapụrụ ndị Seattle Mariners na egwuregwu anọ na agba nke mbụ, ndị otu ahụ tụfuru ọzọ na ALCS, oge a na ndị Indians na-adịghị mma, nke ọ bụla Oriole na-efunahụ site na 1 ọsọ. Mgbe Orioles na-agaghị aga n'ihu na World Series na ọ bụla playoff, Johnson gbara arụkwaghịm dị ka onye njikwa mgbe esemokwu na Angelos, na pitching nchịkwa Ray Miller na-ewere ọnọdụ ya.