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[You Play to Win the Game]

Maybe. I certainly could be being naive.

Agree completely with the JLC post.

I mean hopefully I’m just being paranoid.

If they leave, they’ll hang it on the riots just as much as attendance. I’ve heard John Angelos “types” already use that narrative to support BS decisions.

[mweb08]

Unless there's something about the lawsuit that scares players off, which I doubt, I don't see a confederate money situation here. Every player knows they are a team on the rise, and if they were to get a multi-year deal then they will likely be competing for a WS before the end of it. The offer just didn't meet the competition (or never existed in the first place).

Yeah, the confederate money thing is just a way to try to excuse the inexcusable.

[mweb08]

Years from now 2035 will be preaching about the lost cause, this time referring to how this offseason really was a noble and well intentioned effort by the O's.

[BSLMikeRandall]

Yeah, the confederate money thing is just a way to try to excuse the inexcusable.

Same with considering us small market as a reason.

[Mashed Potatoes]

Adley is about to be 25, we're wasting his prime cheap years.

[Mike B]

Adley is about to be 25, we're wasting his prime cheap years.

He just got here.  We have wasted nothing.

It is sad, we punted another off season, but let’s see how he and the rest develop.

[Slidemaster]

I can't imagine MLB approving a move out of Camden Yards when their attendance isn't embarrassing and they are improving dramatically on the field.

Miami and Tampa are far more likely to move first.

[mweb08]

Years from now 2035 will be preaching about owner's rights.

[dude]

You gotta read it (hit the STOP load button at the right time and anyone can)... there's a good 100 pages of forum fodder in that one article.

 

This deserves it's own thread, but 2 things...

 

1) We have heard nothing from Mike Elias since before the Frazier signing and there's almost no reference to him and none directly....not Christmas, not New Years, not any of the signings...not even comments on IFA...and the first time he shows back up is playing second fiddle in a puff piece trying to prop up John Angelos. 

 

2) ...and this quote is great....should definitely be in another (existing) thread...

“Everything that we’ve asked for since I’ve been here,” Elias said, “to carry out the stuff that we need do to rebuild the team on the field, but also the infrastructure of the organization, everything that we’ve asked for in that regard, hiring, building a Dominican academy, building new offices in the warehouse, all that kind of stuff behind the scenes has been a ‘yes’ from this partnership group.”

Hmmmmm.  Anything missing on that list?  We covered down to "new offices in the Warehouse". 

[weird-O]

This deserves it's own thread, but 2 things...

 

1) We have heard nothing from Mike Elias since before the Frazier signing and there's almost no reference to him and none directly....not Christmas, not New Years, not any of the signings...not even comments on IFA...and the first time he shows back up is playing second fiddle in a puff piece trying to prop up John Angelos. 

 

2) ...and this quote is great....should definitely be in another (existing) thread...

Hmmmmm.  Anything missing on that list?  We covered down to "new offices in the Warehouse". 

I noticed one glaring omission 

[BSLSteveBirrer]

They have done all those things that you do to make a place more attractive to work. And that's good.  But you know what really makes a sports franchise a good place to work? A franchise that is committed to putting a winning team on the field. THAT makes a place a good place to work!!

[Ravens2006]

La Confora and Whineman have absolutely zero journalistic integrity after that fluff job...

But I'm sure they appreciate the thank you email from the warehouse P.R. department they got afterwards.

[BSLMikeLowe]

Why has the stove been so cold these past couple days? Isn’t this the week of The Great Unveiling of the Orioles financials?

[You Play to Win the Game]

Why has the stove been so cold these past couple days? Isn’t this the week of The Great Unveiling of the Orioles financials?

No. This is the week that follows MLK Jr. Day Week, and so it isn't really cool to even bring this up. Shame on you, Mike!

[Pedro Cerrano]

Yea Mike, pretty ignorant, tone-deaf question IMO.

[BSLMikeLowe]

*hangs head in utter shame*

[Ravens2006]

I'm sure LaConfora and Whineman will get to see the financials, privately...

It's funny, if Bisciotti had done the same thing, LaConfora would be high pitched whine screaming about it constantly. While also roasting DeCosta and Sashi Brown who also apparently must have hit on his wife. Provided he could stop shining John Angelos and Mike Elias's shoes (see, I passed on the other option there; all class)...

[makoman]

Why has the stove been so cold these past couple days? Isn’t this the week of The Great Unveiling of the Orioles financials?

Congress finally took notice. No one will be taking away the O's stove.

 

https://www.congress...osed&format=xml

[BSLMikeLowe]

Congress finally took notice. No one will be taking away the O's stove.

 

https://www.congress...osed&format=xml

 

Wouldn't appear to help the Orioles though, since apparently their gas stove was powered exclusively by now-banned Russian gas.

[weird-O]

Remember, we still have 3 weeks until pitchers and catchers report. Elias has plenty of time to acquire those impact players he targeted. He wisely waited until things cooled down. Get ready, now that MLK day has passed, he's about to pounce.