Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1996, Johnson ya koma Baltimore a matsayin manajan Orioles a kan kwangilar shekaru uku, dala miliyan 2.25. Orioles sun tafi 71-73 a shekarar da ta gabata, amma ƙungiyar tana da baiwa mai ban sha'awa don tafiya tare da Hall of Fameers Cal Ripken, Jr, Mike Mussina, Eddie Murray, da Roberto Alomar. Teamungiyar ta tafi 88 zuwa 74, ta gama wasanni huɗu a bayan New York Yankees a AL East amma ya isa ga Wild Card ta wasanni uku. Ya kasance Orioles 'farko tafiya zuwa postseason tun lashe 1983 World Series. Orioles sun hadu da Cleveland Indians a Wasannin Rukunin, wanda ke kare zakaran gasar Amurka wanda ya lashe wasanni 99, mafi kyau a manyan wasanni a wannan kakar. Orioles sun lashe wasanni biyu na farko kafin Cleveland ya tilasta wasa na 4 tare da nasara, kuma sun kasance wani inning daga tilasta wani daya kafin Orioles suka taru tare da Alomar biyu-out RBI guda, kuma ya ba su jagoranci a cikin 12th a kan gida gudu cewa ya kawo Baltimore zuwa Championship Series
da New York Yankees. Orioles suna jagorantar Wasan 1 4<unk>3 a zagaye na bakwai kafin ƙwallon da Derek Jeter ya buga ta tashi ta hanyar haramtacciyar hanya ta hanyar shinge ta fan Jeffrey Maier a hannun Tony Tarasco wanda ya daidaita wasan. Yankees sun lashe wasan a zagaye na goma sha ɗaya, kuma yayin da Orioles suka sake dawowa don cin nasarar wasa na 2, Yankees sun ci gaba da cin nasara uku; Wasan wasa na 3 ya ga jagorancin Orioles a cikin zagaye na takwas wanda ya juya 2-1 ya zama 5-2 ya rasa, yayin da Yankees ya zira kwallaye uku a cikin takwas a cikin wasa na 4 don busawa 8-4 yanke shawara, yayin da Game 5 ya ga Yankees ya zira kwallaye duk abin da suke bukata a cikin na uku don 6-4 clincher.