Baseball History: The St Louis Brownshirts Become the Baltimore Orioles-Hitler Reacts

 My latest Hitler parody masterpiece

St Louis Browns logo

Previously, I have made several Hitler parody videos spoofing the Fuehrer and his favorite football team, the Cleveland Brownshirts. Hitler also had a favorite baseball team, the old St Louis Browns Brownshirts, who, after the 1953 season, unable to compete with the National League Cardinals in attendance, pulled up stakes, moved to Baltimore, and became the Orioles. You can look it up.

While in St Louis from 1902 to 1953, the Brownies usually came in last place fighting the Washington Senators every year for the cellar. Actually, it is a trivia fact that when Hitler reached the end of the line in 1945, the Browns were the defending American League champs, losing to the Cardinals in the 1944 World Series. The only reason the Browns won in 1944 was because most of the regular ballplayers were off fighting the war, and the Browns finally were able to compete. In fact, the Browns even had a one-armed center fielder in 1945 named Pete Gray. Needless to say, the Browns never won another pennant in St Louis. 1944 was the only year they appeared in the World Series. 

Eddie Gaedel- the St Louis Browns' most famous pinch-hitter

So here is the scenario for today's Hitler parody with some of the years out of kilter. The Fuehrer is in his Berlin bunker being briefed on the hopeless situation in the war. However, he is more interested in what the Browns  Brownshirts are doing in the young 1945 season. Taking some literary license here, the generals inform him that they have moved to Baltimore and are back in last place.