The Povich Center collected historic video of baseball in Baltimore from sources throughout the city and state including the Orioles arrival in Baltimore in 1954, world championships in 1966 and 1983, Fantastic Fans Night in 1988 and Opening Day at Camden Yards 1992.
How we did it
Two dozen students at the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism brought this comprehensive history of Camden Yards to life. To do that, they broke into teams to research ballpark history, urban planning, stadium architecture, city transportation networks, the Baltimore Colts and 1980s Maryland political issues. They scoured photo archives. Over two semesters, with nearly 60 interviews, they pieced together the story of how Baltimore’s ballpark came to be.
Acts video playlist
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Unedited interviews
Ben McDonald
Former Orioles pitcher; Orioles TV color analyst
Alan Rifkin
Former chief legislative aide to Gov. William Donald Schaefer
Jon Miller
Former Orioles play-by-play broadcaster; Major League Baseball announcer
Janet Marie Smith
Former Orioles VP of planning and development
David Rubenstein
Orioles owner
Kurt L. Schmoke
Former Baltimore mayor; University of Baltimore president
Sidebar videos playlist
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Pullout quotes videos playlist
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