Baltimore Orioles as we know them today, actually started in Milwaukee in 1901, moved to Saint Louis in 1902 (as Browns) before going to Baltimore.
There was a Baltimore Canaries 1872 -1874 as part of the National Association, not recognized as a major league by MLB. There was also a Baltimore Monumentals in 1884, that was ML. Neither of these became the current Orioles
Detroit had a ML team, Detroit Wolverines 1881 - 1888. But like the Baltimore team, it is not actually associated with the current Tigers.
(above info from MLB Teams and Baseball Encyclopedia | Baseball-Reference.com)
My guess is the game just is associating any early teams with a city pre-1901 as part of the city/team prehistory. But that's just a guess.
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