The players had no way of knowing it when they reported to Miami for spring training on Feb. 22, but 1966 would be the pivotal year in the history of the franchise. It was both a culmination of the Orioles' rise from the dregs of the American League and a preview of the even more magnificent teams to come. It was the season when Frank Robinson won the Triple Crown and cemented his legacy as an all-time great, the season when Palmer, Paul Blair and Davey Johnson established themselves as essential characters in the story of the Orioles.