<prompt> Ngwala go tšwela pele ga serapa se - Ka 1996, Johnson o ile a boela Baltimore e le molaodi wa Orioles ka kontraka ya nywaga e meraro ya diranta tše dimilione tše 2,25. Orioles e be e tšere 71-73 ngwageng o fetilego, eupša sehlopha se be se e-na le talente e holofetšago ya go ya le Hall of Fame Cal Ripken, Jr., Mike Mussina, Eddie Murray le Roberto Alomar. Sehlopha se ile sa ya 8874, sa fetša dipapadi tše nne ka morago ga New York Yankees ka AL East eupša e be e le tše botse ka mo go lekanego bakeng sa Wild Card ka dipapadi tše tharo. E be e le leeto la mathomo la Orioles la go ya papading ya makgaolakgang ga e sa le go tloga ge ba fenya World Series ka 1983. Di-Orioles di ile tša kopana le ma-Indians a Cleveland ka go Divisional Series, e lego sebapadi seo se tšerego maemo sa American League seo se bego se fentše dipapadi tše 99, e lego tše kaone-kaone dipapading tše dikgolo sehleng seo. Di-Orioles di ile tša fenya dipapadi tše pedi tša mathomo pele ga ge Cleveland e gapeletša Papadi ya bone ka phenyo, gomme di be di le ka tlase ga go gapeletša papadi e nngwe pele ga ge di-Orioles di ka fenya ka papadi e tee ya Alomar ya go ntšha ba babedi, gomme o ile a ba nea maemo a pele ka go kitima gae ka go 12th yeo e ilego ya iša Baltimore go Championship Series  <response>: kgahlanong le New York Yankees. Di-Orioles di be di eteletše pele Papadi ya 1 ka 4 go 3 papading ya bošupa pele ga ge kgwele ya go fofa e bethwa ke Derek Jeter e ka swarwa ka tsela e sego molaong ka godimo ga legora ke mothekgi Jeffrey Maier ka diatleng tša Tony Tarasco yo a ilego a dira gore papadi e be e lekana. The Yankees won the game in the eleventh inning, and while the Orioles rebounded to win Game 2, the Yankees then won the next three; Game 3 saw a blown lead by the Orioles in the eighth inning that turned a 2-1 lead into a 5-2 loss, while the Yankees scored three runs in the eighth in Game 4 to blow open a 8-4 decision, while Game 5 saw the Yankees score all the runs they needed in the third inning for a 6-4 clincher. 