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Is that when his suspension ends?

Definitely not any MASN ones or that awful Orioles Magic one that Hollander and Geoff Arnold did. Those all sound like forced, state-run media. Tough listens.

Below is list of 2023 DMA rankings from #21-30. Nashville looks pretty close to us (hello Indy above us at #25). Is Nashville "significantly smaller than Baltimore" based on the greater metropolitan area? I'm trying to understand. But if greater metro area, the greater Baltimore metro area is also not so clear MLB preference wise, as many parts of Howard County, Anne Arundel County and of course the counties below there are now split Orioles/Nats Charlotte also a much larger media market than Baltimore https://methodshop.com/nielsen-dma-rankings-full-list/ "Markets are ranked by population and change slightly each year based on regional growth or decline." Portland, OR (#21) Charlotte (#22) St. Louis (#23) Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) (#24) Indianapolis (#25) Pittsburgh (#26) San Diego (#27) Baltimore (#28) Nashville (#29) Salt Lake City (#30)

John would have a hard time ever running to be a US Senator when all of the cocaine stories come out

I can't locate if anyone after you corrected this, but I believe you are getting two point comingled and this article here talks about them https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/nationals/timeline-never-ending-nationals-orioles-masn-dispute -- 1) the "additional 1% per year" thing is that the National get 1% more of ownership in the network each year, for a certain amount of time. The Nats started with 10% ownership of the network and starting in 2009 they got an additional 1% equity until their equity/ownership capped at 33% 2) what I think you're referring to regarding "until 2012" was that the network's right payments to each team were $20 million each in 2005 and 2006, rose to $25 million in 2007 and then had $1 million annual increases through 2011". In the article I just mentioned as well Also, everyone remember that whatever rights fee the Nationals get, the Orioles get the same rights fee. In the deal. Parity. While that is somewhat moving money from one pocket to the other for the family, its still going to affect MASN and with decreasing carriage fees due to cord cutting, MASN could be on the verge of bankruptcy (or at least poor financial footing) in the near future. Oh well.

Cal Perry, is that you?

I agree. IF there was big bump in season ticket sales, the team would be out gloating about it and promoting that. The fact that they have been eerily silent on how season tickets are selling (let alone how all tickets are selling) is telling. The games last year (in an exciting season) that sold really well were those games with cheap priced tickets ($4/$8 offers) and/or multiple promotions. Some of the Saturday games with big crowds had 2 or 3 major promotions going on at the same time such as the deeply discount tickets + a bobblehead + a pre/post game event

John actually failed it not once, but three times.

I went to College with Paul Mancano. He's from Philadelphia and a massive Phillies fan (or at least was growing up / before he got this gig). His enthusiasm is definitely manufactured for the sake of the job

John actually took the bar exam 3 times. John failed the bar exam 3 times

And a new (slightly, not massively) larger one can still fit the architecture of the stadium.... you get rid of those static ad panels on the scoreboard and make that bottom board longer and it still fits on that same overall structure. Its just like what the Angels did

Well, the other thing with the video boards are that they are 2009 technology. Too low resolution, grainy, for what they should be at this point in time, now over a decade later

Orioles have the SMALLEST video scoreboard in MLB... and this article and graphic is from 2016 (!!!!) and it was the smallest then, six seasons ago https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-baseball-video-boards-htmlstory.html (so be sure to toggle to the "View boards in order of SIZE" button and ignore the 'installed by year button' info it provides, as alot of the boards added after the Orioles one from 2009 have been replaced since this 2016 article/graphic (i.e. the Angels now have a newer one that is massive).

You are right, as long as you sell it in the few weeks right after its given out. You see what some of the Orioles bobbleheads from the last few years are worth now (what they sell for)? Many of them sell now for $5 if you're lucky to find someone that will even buy them. I see posts all the time on Facebook of people selling the Orioles giveaway bobbleheads from the last few years for $1-$5 a piece. Remember how hot those statues were when they first came out? Pretty hard to sell now, and they're under $20 if you're lucky to find someone interested.

1.2 followers million on Facebook. 786k on Twitter. These numbers might be high (alot of baseball fans/media not necessarily fans of the Orioles follow the team on social media).... or they might be low (not everyone that is a 'fan' is going to follow them on FB, but when these high/low even out, its probably not too far off, so I really doubt its "millions". If you somewhat 'care' about the Orioles, you're probably going to click the old 'like' on FB