Monica Pence Barlow RIP

[MrOrange82]

Yeah, this.

It's hard to tell what "not baseball related" means, but I would guess that means it doesn't involve any FO people or current or former players. Maybe a family member of a player. That would be my guess.

I don't like guessing about these things. I also don't like being forced to guess. Norris' tweet was irresponsible, IMO...made worse by retweeting and acknowledgement by certain media outlets without explanation.

If details are known, and of interest to the Orioles' public, they shouldn't be made known in cryptic pieces.

All or nothing would be my preference.

[brooks1083]

I don't like guessing about these things. I also don't like being forced to guess. Norris' tweet was irresponsible, IMO...made worse by retweeting and acknowledgement by certain media outlets without explanation.

If details are known, and of interest to the Orioles' public, they shouldn't be made known in cryptic pieces.

All or nothing would be my preference.

I agree with your sentiment completely. It's just the unfortunate world of twitter we live in today.

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[scottguz]

Andrew Steka just tweeted something similar to Norris and responded to someone's question about whether it is serious with "it is".

[weams]

Thanks. Still looking forward to ##s 5 and 20 throwing out first pitches in the World Series . . . one of these years.

Yes. They know and the speculation is unnecessary. Not baseball or Angelos related.

[Flacco Machado]

I really hope it's not Brooks.

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[claudecat]

Roch:

"I'll have more details later but a member of the Orioles' front office passed away this morning after a long and courageous battle with cancer. We're devastated here. "

[weams]

Yes. They know and the speculation is unnecessary. Not baseball or Angelos related.

Yeah. I don't know why Bud tweeted. But I know that the retweets are out of respect.

[Redskins Rick]

Roch:

"I'll have more details later but a member of the Orioles' front office passed away this morning after a long and courageous battle with cancer. We're devastated here. "

Sad to hear, but at least we heard something.

[bird watcher]

Oh no. My first thought is Monica Barlow who has been dealing with lung cancer for years. Sad, whoever it ends up being.

[Saintbird]

Roch:

"I'll have more details later but a member of the Orioles' front office passed away this morning after a long and courageous battle with cancer. We're devastated here. "

Whoever it is, my prayers are with their family and the Orioles family as well.

[claudecat]

Oh no. My first thought is Monica Barlow who has been dealing with lung cancer for years. Sad, whoever it ends up being.

Seems likely, as Roch has just referred to the person as "she". Best of everything to everyone involved. Very sad.

[mdbdotcom]

Maybe we should all respectfully stop talking about this until the club releases info.

[UpstateNYfan]

Irresponsible is a bit strong...poor timing, yes. If news from Baltimore reached Sarasota, a player may have surmised that it was general knowledge. If the O's released it to the players before they should have, then they should have known better. But, for all the folks that live by Twitter and IM all news has the potential to go viral with sometimes unfortunate (but not deliberate) consequences.

[Hank Scorpio]

I hate Twitter.

[claudecat]

Maybe we should all respectfully stop talking about this until the club releases info.

Here here. I feel bad even having passed along what Roch has divulged.