Baltimore Orioles History: The Sports Illustrated Covers Pretty easy to explain, right?

A history of Baltimore Orioles Sports Illustrated covers, just for kicks, all courtesy of the SI Vault.August 31, 1964: Brooks Robinson crossing home plate. "Orioles vs. White Sox" wound up a bit premature. The Yankees (99-63) outdisanced the White Sox (98-64) and the Orioles (97-65) in one of the great pennant races https://www.baltimoregearshop.com/shawn-armstrong-jersey.October 10, 1966: Printed one day after the Orioles finished off their sweep of the Dodgers for the team's first World Series win.October 6, 1969: Frank Robinson at 33, helping guide the Orioles to 109 wins and a romp over the Twins in the ALCS. And then came the Miracle Mets.April 12, 1971: Boog Powell, Power Personified. Graphics!!July 21, 1975: Jim Palmer and Tom Seaver, Baseball's Toughest Pitchers. This is back when you could get away without doing much research to support claims like this https://www.baltimoregearshop.com/austin-wynns-jersey. Not that this one was necessarily untrue Ken Singleton Jersey.August 30, 1976: Reggie Jackson and his lone season in Baltimore.June 18, 1979: No truer words were ever posted on the SI cover.October 22, 1979: Doug DeCinces tackles Phil Garner. The "We Are Family" Pirates win the World Series anyway.August 25, 1980: The Orioles do battle back against the powerful Yankees, but fall three games short of a division title at 100-62.October 24, 1983: The Hero!March 9, 1987: The Ripken Baseball Family, a brief piece of Americana and baseball royalty. If only anyone had known how disastrously short-lived it would all be.July 18, 1994: Goofus sticks a baseball in his mouth when the photographer isn't looking. Gallant sits up straight and looks neat.December 18, 1995: Cal Ripken, Jr., named Sportsmen of the Year after being credited with bringing the greedy world of baseball back into the hearts of America.June 15, 2007: A commemorative issue celebrating Cal's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Likely to be the only Orioles cover story of the decade.