Mark R. Millikin

Mark R. Millikin''s newest book available on Amazon is "Baseball Fever in Baltimore: Frank, Brooks, Boog, Earl and the 1969-1971 Orioles." It is the follow-up to his book, "The Glory of the 1966 Orioles and Baltimore." Together those two books describe the six years that superstar Frank Robinson was on the team and led them to four American League pennants and two World Series wins.

He has also written the book, "The Joy and Heartache of Our 1960s Music" and "Jimmie Foxx: The Pride of Sudlersville." Mark's 50th Anniversary Edition of "The Glory of the 1966 Orioles and Baltimore" is a first-time hardcover edition. Mark wrote a new introduction for the hardcover edition that contains new information about the 1966 Orioles that he learned during his recent book talks and book signings for his paperback edition.

Millikin has given many book talks and book signings for each book. He gave the keynote address at the Centennial celebration of Jimmie Foxx's birth in Foxx's hometown of Sudlersville, Maryland in October 2007.

Mark is a native Baltimorean and predicted in March 1966, that the Orioles would win the American League pennant. However, he admits that the Orioles World Series sweep in 1966 over the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers was extra special. He worked in downtown Baltimore the three summers of 1969, 1970 and 1971 when the Orioles were the best major league baseball team.

He worked as a fishery biologist for NOAA's National Marine fisheries Service for 37 years, and more recently as a fisheries consultant.

He's published articles related to the 1966 Orioles in Oriole Magazine, and articles on Jimmie Foxx, Jackie Jensen, Ted Williams, and Earl Wilson in Red Sox Magazine. He's written articles about Brooks Robinson and Jimmie Foxx for Scribner's Encyclopedia.