The Bird is the Word: Orioles Magic from the Archives

Friday, June 22, 2018 >> 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Peabody Heights Brewery, LLC: 401 E 30th St, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Celebrate the official beginning of summer by enjoying a beer with some rare archival baseball footage from the WJZ-TV Collection of MARMIA, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive. This free screening will feature highlights from the history of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team, with footage from the 1960s through until the construction of Camden Yards in the 1990s, including some of the greats: Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken Jr, and more! We are also starting the show with a short segment on the Baltimore Elite Giants who used to play at Old Oriole Park, the site of the venue Peabody Heights Brewery. Other highlights include titles like: “O’s in their Undies”, “Oriole Bird Tryouts”, and interview footage of Babe Ruth’s sister!