<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1996, umnikazi weqembu uPeter Angelos waqasha uPat Gillick kude neToronto Blue Jays ukuba abe ngumphathi jikelele we-Orioles. UGillick waletha abadlali abaningana abanjengoB. J. Surhoff, uRandy Myers, noRoberto Alomar. Ngaphansi kukaGillick nomphathi uDavey Johnson, ama-Orioles agcina ebuyele emdlalweni wokugcina ngokuwina indawo ye-wild card ye-American League ngesizini ka-1996. Leli qembu libeke irekhodi leligi enkulu ngokuhamba ekhaya ngesizini eyodwa, ngama-257, futhi lacasula amaCleveland Indians kuDivision Series ngaphambi kokuwela kwaNew York Yankees ku-American League Championship Series enempikiswano.  <response>: umlandeli, uJeffrey Maier, waphazamisa ibhola lezindiza elihanjwe nguDerek Jeter eMdlalweni 1; umdlalo wabuswa nge-home run futhi amaYankees ekugcineni awunqoba umdlalo. Ama-Orioles alandela ngokuwina isihloko se-AL East Division ngo-1997, ahamba ucingo-kuya-ucingo ngokuba endaweni yokuqala kusukela ngosuku lokuqala lwesizini kuya kokugcina. Ngemuva kokukhipha i-Seattle Mariners emidlalweni emine emzuliswaneni wokuqala, iqembu liphinde lahluleka ku-ALCS, kulokhu kumaNdiya aphansi, lapho ukulahlekelwa kwe-Oriole kwaba ngumdlalo owodwa. Ngemuva kokuthi ama-Orioles ehlulekile ukuqhubekela phambili kwi-World Series kunoma yikuphi ukudlala, uJohnson wasula njengomphathi kulandela impikiswano ne-Angelos, nomqeqeshi we-pitching uRay Miller ethatha isikhundla sakhe. 