Friday, October 15

Sports in Baltimore


Baltimore, Maryland has a long and storied sporting history encompassing many teams from many different eras. Area fans are known for their passion and reverence for historical sports figures who played in the city or were born there. Wild Bill Hagy is an example of a famous fan.
Baltimore is also known for horse racing. The Preakness Stakes is a 1-3/16 mile (1.91 km) American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes has been termed "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" because a blanket of Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta, the state flower of Maryland) is traditionally placed around the winner's neck. The Preakness is the second leg in American thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown series and almost always attracts the Kentucky Derby winner, and some of the other horses that ran in the Derby,.




Professional teams in Baltimore,




Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Baltimore Orioles – Major League Baseball (since 1954)
Baltimore Ravens – National Football League (since 1996)
Baltimore Blast – National Indoor Soccer League (since 1998)
Crystal Palace Baltimore – USL Second Division (since 2006)
Baltimore Mariners – American Indoor Football Association (since 2008)
Baltimore Burn – National Women's Football Association (since 2004)
Baltimore Nighthawks – Independent Women's Football League (since 2001)
Charm City Roller Girls – Women's Flat Track Derby Association (since 2006),


Defunct or relocated teams in Baltimore,
Baseball in Baltimore,
Baltimore Black Sox – Eastern Colored League (1923–1928)
Baltimore Elite Giants – Negro National League (the second)(1938–1948)
Baltimore Monumentals – Union Association (1884)
Baltimore Orioles – Eastern/International League (1903–1914, 1916–1953)
Baltimore Orioles (19th century) – American Association/National League (1882–1899)
Baltimore Orioles – (Known today as the New York Yankees) (1901–1902)
Baltimore Terrapins – Federal League (1914–1915),


Baltimore Stallions – Canadian Football League (1994–95)
Baltimore Stars – United States Football League (1985)
Baltimore Colts – National Football League (1953–83)
Baltimore Colts – All-America Football Conference/NFL (1947–50)
Baltimore Blackbirds – American Indoor Football Association (2007),

Baltimore Bullets – National Basketball Association, (1947–1954)
Baltimore Bullets – National Basketball Association (1963–1972)
Baltimore Claws – American Basketball Association (1975)
Baltimore Lightning – Continental Basketball Association (1985–1986) Played games at Towson Center at Towson University.
Baltimore Bayrunners – International Basketball League (1999–2000)
Baltimore Pearls – American Basketball Association (2005–2007)


Baltimore Bays – North American Soccer League (1967–1969)
Baltimore Blast – Major Soccer League (1980–1992); National Professional Soccer League (1992-2001), named Baltimore Spirit until 1998; Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)
Baltimore Comets – North American Soccer League (1974–1976)
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Baltimore Blades – World Hockey Association (1975)
Baltimore Bandits – American Hockey League (1995–1997)
Baltimore Clippers – American/Eastern/Southern Hocky League (1962–1977)
Baltimore Skipjacks – American/Atlantic Coast Hockey League (1981–1993) moved to Portland, Maine as the Pirates


Baltimore Tribe – American Lacrosse League (1988) played at University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Catonsville for the 4 weeks the league existed
Baltimore Thunder – Eagle Pro Box/National Lacrosse League (1987–1999) moved to Pittsburgh, then Washington, D.C.; now Colorado
Baltimore Bayhawks – Major League Lacrosse (2001–2006). Moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 2007; returned to the Baltimore Metropolitan Area in 2009 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, although they continue to be known as the Washington Bayhawks,.



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