<P> On September 6, 1995, in a game between the Orioles and the California Angels at Camden Yards, Cal Ripken, Jr. finally broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games streak of 2,130 games . This was later voted the all - time baseball moment of the 20th century by fans from around the country in 1999 . Ripken's streak would finally end at 2,632 straight games, finally sitting on September 20, 1998 . </P> <P> In 1996, team owner Peter Angelos hired Pat Gillick away from the Toronto Blue Jays to be the Orioles' general manager . Gillick brought in several players like catcher B.J. Surhoff, relief pitcher Randy Myers, and second baseman Roberto Alomar . Under Gillick and manager Davey Johnson, the Orioles finally returned to postseason play by winning the American League's wild card spot in the 1996 season . The team set a major league record for home runs in a single season, with 257, and upset the Cleveland Indians in the Division Series before falling to the New York Yankees in a controversial American League Championship Series (a fan, Jeffrey Maier, interfered with a fly ball hit by Derek Jeter in Game 1; the play was ruled a home run and the Yankees eventually won the game). The Orioles followed up by winning the AL East Division title in 1997, going "wire - to - wire" (being in first place from the first day of the season to the last). After eliminating the Seattle Mariners in four games in the opening round, the team lost again in the ALCS, this time to the underdog Indians, in which each Oriole loss was by 1 run . After the Orioles failed to advance to the World Series in either playoff, Johnson resigned as manager following a dispute with Angelos, with pitching coach Ray Miller taking his place . </P> <P> With Miller at the helm, the Orioles found themselves not only out of the playoffs, but also with a losing season . When Gillick's contract expired in 1998, it was not renewed, and Angelos brought in Frank Wren to take over as GM . The Orioles added volatile slugger Albert Belle, but the team's woes continued in the 1999 season, with stars like Rafael Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar (who joined his brother Sandy Jr. in Cleveland), and Eric Davis leaving via free agency . After a second straight losing season, Angelos fired both Miller and Wren . He named Syd Thrift the new GM and brought in former Cleveland manager Mike Hargrove to lead the team . In 1998, the Orioles updated the Bird in their logo, and then once again in 1999 to bring it to its present form . </P> <P> The first decade of the 21st century saw the Orioles struggle due to the combination of lackluster play on the team's part, a string of ineffective management, and the ascent of the Yankees and Red Sox to the top of the game--each rival having a clear advantage in financial flexibility due to their larger media market size . Further complicating the situation for the Orioles was the relocation of the National League's Montreal Expos franchise to nearby Washington, D.C. in 2004 . Orioles owner Peter Angelos demanded compensation from Major League Baseball, as the new Washington Nationals threatened to carve into the Orioles fan base and television dollars . However, there was some hope that having competition in the larger Baltimore - Washington metro market would spur the Orioles to field a better product to compete for fans with the Nationals . </P>

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