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    The DBacks Series

    in Orioles Talk

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    I wonder if the weather will affect the Orioles, it has been scorching hot in Phoenix all summer and they're not used to play in such conditions. Maybe they got a little break, it looks like that this weekend the temperatures will be a little bit cooler but still really hot.

    Lucas Giolito on waivers?

    in Orioles Talk

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    3 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

    This actually does make a difference for the Angels for luxury tax purposes and I heard it could impact their draft pick compensation as well. Something about how the QO could impact if Othani leaves. Could make the pick higher I think I heard.

    If their former guys get picked up they can get a 2nd instead of a 4th.

    Angelos wanted two year lease extension

    in Orioles Talk

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    6 hours ago, spiritof66 said:

    Maybe piling on here, but the fact that posts about the Orioles moving keep popping up suggests that it might be useful.

    First, one of the pillars of MLB's business strategy is enabling teams to extract as much money as possible from local governments to build new stadiums and to maintain and renovate aging ones.  As one piece of that strategy, MLB has maintained that a team canl succeed anywhere if it has an appealing ballpark. That's why Oakland and Tampa Bay have been singled out and will be permitted to move if they want: MLB attributes their problems to their terrible ball parks. Unless and until Camden Yards falls into serious disrepair, the owners will not approve of the team moving. even if there's an appealing opportunity. (Nashville, by the way, is not available.) 

    The statement that MLB wants the Angeloses to sell the team is no doubt true, but I think it's a little more complicated than that. It's virtually certain that John/Lou will sell after their father dies and they inherit control of the team. But the owners had a chance to force a sale when Peter Angelos signed a power of attorney in favor of his wife, transferring control of the team to her. The owners could have voted not to approve that transfer, forcing a sale of the team and creating an obligation for Peter to pay probably hundreds of millions of dollars in capital gains taxes.

    There are three logical possibilities. There are three possibilities. Number one: MLB's owners have a generous spirit toward the Angeloses and are willing to forgive and forget, and in that spirit they will allow John/Lou own the team after Peter dies. Number two: When they learned of the power of attorney, the owners decided to be nice guys and they approved of control of the team passing to Georgia Angelos, but they have left open the approval of control passing to John/Lou when Peter dies.  Number three: there's a deal under which the Angeloses are permitted to retain ownership while Peter is alive but must sell the team after Peter's death, allowing the Angeloses to avoid capital gains taxes  while enabling MLB to get rid of the Angeloses when the inevitable happens.

    I know which one makes the most sense to me, and I can't think of any other explanations for what's happened.

    Why are you so certain that John and Lou will sell after their father dies?

    Rays Series III

    in Orioles Talk

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    35 minutes ago, Nightbird said:

    Without any MLB marketing: you'll have a World-Wide-Audience tonight!

    (@ least one viewer in Europe🤣)

    Won't get much sleep this weekend (next 2 games are 1am where i live 🥱).

    Hope Hyde goes with the hot hand (Jordan!) and holds Frazier @ bench (no Frazier rant ...). Gibson in game 1 gives me 😱 but my guts tell me he'll have a good game like he did 5/9 vs TB.

    Go O's. 🥳

    That makes two of us 😉

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