Making Peace With Peter Angelos
Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos isn't always wrong?
A few annuals ago namely notion would have seemed unfathomable. The Orioles have reeled off 11 straight losing seasons and appear brained as a 12th. Frustration grew so tall in fans in the Charm City in 2006 namely nearly 1,000 fans walked out of Camden Yards in late September of that season.
Baltimore was once a pride baseball town. Earl Weaver. Brooks Robinson. Cal Ripken Jr. Jim Palmer. We all understand the labels. But that reputation has discolored over the final decade as the team has transform one afterthought in the loaded AL East.
Given that his reign as Orioles owner has coincided with one of the darkest times in the franchise's history aboard the field, it probably isn't many of a wonder that Sports Illustrated recently named him the worst owner in baseball.
Only that nomination earned the ire of former Oriole megalopolis fielder Brady Anderson,
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Still, Anderson collected over $41 million worth of paychecks from 1993, while Angelos bought the team, to 2001, his last season in Baltimore, so his words might ring a tiny hollow.
If someone gave me that many money, I might be disposed to write a pleasing letter or 2 in their ward too.
The basic reproof leveled opposition Angelos is that he is a "meddler," that he fostered instability with the team over the last decade along running via a series of managers and front bureau executives, allowing for little continuity.
It's probably been true in the past, but it hardly seems like it is anymore.
Since Andy MacPhail took over for common manager in June 2007,
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He has opened up his checkbook in back-to-back years in the draft to sign elite first-round picks Matt Wieters and Brian Matusz. And this elapse offseason he signed Baltimore mainstays Brian Roberts and Nick Markakis to long-term extensions.
Perhaps he's studied from past blunders,
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Even whether all that weren't true, it's hard to penetrate Angelos as extra meddlesome than Astros owner Drayton McLane or more remiss of his fans than Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria.
He's hardly faultless,
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Flexibility and introspection certainly don't seem favor character features of the worst owner in the important leagues.
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