Okay , I admit it, I love the Baltimore Orioles

.       My favorite Christmas present this year was a pare

of Socks (lol) . But as you can see these weren’t 

ordinary old socks . As a young boy I became a huge

fan of the 1966 Baltimore Orioles and my favorite 

player Frank Robinson . Anchoring 3B was future 

Hall of Famer and the most beloved Oriole ever ,

Brooks Robinson . Finally there was a 3rd future 

Hall of Famer , 20 year old Jim “ Cakes “ Palmer, who

showed up big in his World Series win. In addition,

larger than life Boog “BQ” Powell hit a ton of HR’s 

playing 1B. At SS was veteran Luis Aparicio one of the 

best Shortstops for over 10 years and a very dangerous 

baserunner ( SB Leader ) .

   The O’s won the American League Championship 

and were huge underdogs against the reigning Champs the LA Dodgers . Everyone ( but the O’s) knew it was 

impossible to beat Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale and 

the great base thief , SS Maury Wills . The O’s shocked 

everyone by sweeping the World Series 4-0 !!!

They would go on to play in an additional 3 more 

World Series in 1969,1970 & 1971  !  Four World Series 

in six years is almost unheard of  ! This is why I shout

out “O” when singing the National Anthem ! Go O’s !