29th Anniversary of 1st O's vs Yankees Game at Camden Yards
29th Anniversary of 1st O's vs Yankees Game at Camden Yards
June 19, 2021 - The "Charm'tastic Mile" of Baltimore (Love That 1.3)?www.thecharmtasticmile.com. On this day 29-years ago (6-19-1992) the Baltimore Orioles faced the New York Yankees for the first time at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. This was 3-years before Derek Jeter joined the club and eventually became a Yankee Icon. From?Broadway & Wall Street to The "Charm'tasic?Mile"?it was The Yankees at The Yard.
The?O's would face the Bronx Bombers in a 4-game series Friday-Monday in the new Oriole Park that?had become the?"Crown Jewel"?of MLB stadiums . The Orioles out blasted the Yankees to a 10-7 victory, pounding out 14 hits. Alan Mills (Pitcher) improved his record to 4-1. Greg Olson collected his 19th save on the season. It was also Father's Day (Sunday, June 21) weekend with New York in town.
The O's would drop the next 2-games (Saturday & Sunday) 9-5 and 8-2 to?New York. They would win the 4th game of the series on?Monday June 22nd?5-4. The Orioles would finish?the 1992 Inaugural?Season at Camden Yards 89-73 for 3rd place in the A.L. East standings. The Toronto Blue Jays won the division with a 96-66 record. The Milwaukee Brewers were second with a 92-70 record. The Orioles are hosting the Blue Jays this weekend for a 3-game series winning last night 7-1 on Cedric Mullins t-shirt night.?
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June 22, 1979?is the night (Friday) Oriole Magic was born at Memorial Stadium 23-years earlier when Oriole 3rd baseman Doug DeCences hit a game-winning 2 run homer in the bottom of the 9th to give the O's a 6-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers in front of 35,456 fans.?
When the O's faced the Yankees for the first-time at Oriole Park it was in front of?45,479?fans, one of the?biggest crowds of the year. The O's drew 3,567,819 fans to the new stadium in 1992. It was the first time that the franchise drew more than 3 million fans. The Yankee crowd on June 19th outdrew Opening Day?(44,568)?on April 6, 1992 by nearly 1,000 more fans (source:?baseball-reference.com).?
For more information or interview requests on the 29th Anniversary of the Yankees 1st Game at Camden Yards or The "Charm'tastic Mile" please contact Derrick E Vaughan at 443-851-5244 or email:?[email protected].?