Kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1996, maigidan kungiyar Peter Angelos ya dauki Pat Gillick daga Toronto Blue Jays don ya zama babban manajan Orioles. Gillick ya kawo 'yan wasa da yawa kamar mai karɓar B. J. Surhoff, mai ba da taimako Randy Myers, da kuma na biyu baseman Roberto Alomar. A karkashin Gillick da manajan Davey Johnson, Orioles a karshe sun dawo wasan bayan wasan ta hanyar lashe kyautar katin daji na Amurka a kakar 1996. Kungiyar ta kafa babban rikodin gasar don gidaje a cikin kakar wasa daya, tare da 257, kuma ta yi fushi da Cleveland Indians a cikin Division Series kafin ta fadi ga New York Yankees a cikin rikici.
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