when did baltimore orioles win the world series?
1983 World Series 1966 World Series 1970 World Series
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 In the 1990s , Orioles ' owner Peter Angelos lobbied the United States Government to gain permission to hold this series for three years . Various politicians , including members of the United States House of Representatives , opposed the idea and attempted to block the series . Eventually , Angelos secured the approval in 1999 , after a change in United States foreign policy to Cuba under President Bill Clinton , which eased travel restrictions and increased cultural exchange . 

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 The Orioles won the first game , which was held in Havana , by a score of 3 – 2 in extra innings . The Cuban national team defeated the Orioles 12 – 6 in the second game , which was held in Baltimore . The series introduced José Contreras to the American baseball audience ; Contreras defected from Cuba in 2002 to pitch in MLB . The United States and Cuba now compete with each other and other nations in the World Baseball Classic . 

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 At the end of the 1900 baseball season , the Western League was positioned by its president , Ban Johnson , as a new major league that would compete with the established National League ( NL ) . The league was reorganized and renamed the American League ( AL ) , and eight cities fielded teams in the 1901 season . A Baltimore team had played in the NL through the 1899 season , after which the club was shut down by the league . Baltimore was one of three former NL cities where the AL placed teams in an effort to reach underserved fans . The new Orioles ' first manager was John McGraw , who had held the same position for the previous Baltimore team in 1899 ; McGraw also held an ownership stake . 

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 In 1996 , Peter Angelos , the new owner of the Orioles , met with Armstrong and Saul Landau , who convinced him to pursue an exhibition series between his Orioles and the Cuban national baseball team . Angelos petitioned the United States Government to permit a series . United States Representative Ileana Ros @-@ Lehtinen wrote to the State Department , asking that the series be prevented . The United States Department of the Treasury denied Angelos ' request on the grounds that American money may not be spent in Cuba under the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 . 

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 Starting in 1949 , the Yankees began a streak of five consecutive World Series titles from 1949 to 1953 and breaking their previous streak of four straight titles from 1936 to 1939 . They would also go on to win 14 pennants in 16 years starting in 1949 . 
