BSL: John Angelos Is A Fragile Child

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John Angelos is to the manor born; he is very much the beneficiary, and not the originator, of his family's fortune. Inherited power is fraught with peril.

Take your ball (team) and go home. Wherever you chose that home to be.

Take your ball (team) and go home. Wherever you chose that home to be.

Just sell the team, to root for them to move is insane.

The Peter situation has to resolve itself before we have any hope of a promising next step on that front...

Just sell the team, to root for them to move is insane.

However, if Angelos insisted on owning the team I would absolutely trade 3 yrs with no baseball to get an expansion team and keep the team name under new ownership.

Me too.

Well, depends on which three years we're hypothetically giving up.  I think the next three years are going to be pretty fun, so I'm not giving those up. 

Actually, screw that, I'm not going three years without a team no matter what.  I outlasted Dan Snyder, and I can outlast the Angelos family, too.

There were two large articles in the Baltimore Sun this morning about the Brown fiasco.  One just reporting on what happened and the other a series of quotes from various broadcasters/writers in the industry and what they thought about it.  Definitely not complimentary about the Angelos family and virtually every one of them trashed them for such an idiotic decision. This story has some serious legs and is still buzzing in social media circles.  And Brown declined to comment on it.  It still looks like he'll be in the booth Friday. 

Just sell the team, to root for them to move is insane.

Well sure, selling would be preferred. But that doesn't seem to be the direction he wants to go in. So for me, in a scenario where the Orioles stay in Baltimore, but are owned by the Angelos family indefinitely, I prefer relocation. And I don't think that's any more insane than the idea of someone willingly subjecting themselves to rooting for a team run by this family, for an indeterminant period of time. 

Well sure, selling would be preferred. But that doesn't seem to be the direction he wants to go in. So for me, in a scenario where the Orioles stay in Baltimore, but are owned by the Angelos family indefinitely, I prefer relocation. And I don't think that's any more insane than the idea of someone willingly subjecting themselves to rooting for a team run by this family, for an indeterminant period of time. 

I think you've said before that you prefer relocation with no replacement team to keeping the O's in Baltimore with Angelos family ownership.  To me, anyone who feels that way is either 1) crazy, 2) not a baseball fan, or 3) both.

I have no interest in wanting the Orioles to move even if we were guaranteed a team.  The Orioles are Baltimore, and JA needs to sign a long term deal.  

I have no interest in wanting the Orioles to move even if we were guaranteed a team. The Orioles are Baltimore, and JA needs to sign a long term deal.

I think you've said before that you prefer relocation with no replacement team to keeping the O's in Baltimore with Angelos family ownership.  To me, anyone who feels that way is either 1) crazy, 2) not a baseball fan, or 3) both.

You're close to what I said. And I remember the post you're referring to. It shared this same sentiment, but I didn't add the requisite "as long as this and that happens". To clarify, I said I'm willing to watch the O's leave, with no promise of a replacement team. Because I have every faith that a team would replace them in Baltimore, either expansion or relocation. If that makes me crazy in your eyes, I'm OK with that. If you think I'm not a baseball fan, that's fine too. I know who I am, I don't need validation from strangers on a chat board. 

I'll also share my opinion on how people fan. Anyone who intentionally subjects themselves to being a die hard fan of a team whose owner doesn't reward that type of dedication, needs to reevaluate that relationship. If you want to have an "I'm a bigger fan" dick measuring contest, have fun with that. I love baseball. I couldn't and wouldn't ever be able to attach myself to any other baseball team than the Orioles. But for me, it's just entertainment. 

We get the name and history. Just an expansion team and new ownership. I dont get wanting this asshat to own the team the next 20 or 30 years. Im too old and some of you are older than me

15 years ago I would have jumped at that chance.

Now, I don't know. This team, despite the blockhead owner, is set-up for some great things.

But ask me again in a year or two. Things could change quickly when the owner is a spoiled Large Adult Son.

I have no interest in wanting the Orioles to move even if we were guaranteed a team.  The Orioles are Baltimore, and JA needs to sign a long term deal.  

It's just laundry