Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradan - 1996kii, milkiilaha kooxda Peter Angelos ayaa Pat Gillick ka soo kiraystay kooxda Toronto Blue Jays si uu u noqdo maareeyaha guud ee Orioles. Gillick wuxuu keenay ciyaartoy badan sida catcher B. J. Surhoff, relief pitcher Randy Myers, iyo baseman labaad Roberto Alomar. Gillick iyo macalinka Davey Johnson, Orioles ayaa ugu dambeyntii ku soo laabtay ciyaarta xilli ciyaareedka kadib markii ay ku guuleysteen kaarka duurjoogta ee horyaalka Mareykanka xilli ciyaareedkii 1996. Kooxda ayaa sameysay rikoor horyaal sare oo ku saabsan guryaha lagu ciyaaro hal xilli ciyaareed, oo leh 257, waxayna ka xanaajiyeen Cleveland Indians ee taxanaha qaybta ka hor inta aysan ku dhicin New York Yankees ee taxanaha tartanka tartanka American League
(taageere, Jeffrey Maier, ayaa faragelin ku sameeyay kubbad duulimaad oo uu ku dhuftay Derek Jeter Ciyaarta 1; ciyaarta waxaa lagu xukumay inay tahay orodka guriga iyo Yankees ayaa ugu dambeyntii ku guuleystay ciyaarta). Orioles waxay raacday iyagoo ku guuleystay horyaalka AL East Division horyaalka 1997, iyagoo "silig-silig" u socda (iyagoo ku jira kaalinta koowaad laga bilaabo maalinta koowaad ee xilli ciyaareedka ilaa tan ugu dambeysa). Ka dib markii ay ka saareen Seattle Mariners afar ciyaarood wareegga furitaanka, kooxdu waxay mar kale ku lumisay ALCS, markan waxay ka badiyeen Indians, taas oo khasaare kasta oo Oriole ah uu ahaa 1 orod. Ka dib markii Orioles ay ku guuldareysteen inay u gudbaan Taxanaha Adduunka labada ciyaaroodba, Johnson wuxuu iska casilay maareeyaha kadib khilaafkii uu la yeeshay Angelos, iyadoo tababare Ray Miller uu booskiisa qabtay.