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I assume this means they'll be compensated for the lost time, but what does "whole" mean in this context? I'm not familiar with that phrase.

Good question, and since the food people work for a vendor and not the team, I guess the team has to work through the vendor to make sure they are taken care of.

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I assume this means they'll be compensated for the lost time, but what does "whole" mean in this context? I'm not familiar with that phrase.

It sounds like they will be reimbursed for all lost wages. I would guess they will tabulate this based on some sort of average earnings for each particular night of the week?

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The Angelos family have for years been staunch defenders of workers rights and remarkably generous philanthropists. Say what you want about Peter's reputation as an owner, he has ALWAYS put this city first.

We are VERY lucky to have the Angelos family. Between John's comments about the riots, and his commitment to reimburse those affected at Camden Yards, he has been doing a lot of right things in this very tough situation.

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Also good PR. CVS is also doing this.

From the Sun:

Many of them have already been working in other nearby CVS/pharmacy stores and we are ensuring that all of these employees who want to work in one of our other CVS/pharmacy stores in Baltimore will have a place," DeAngelis said. "Also, given the extraordinary circumstances, we are paying our Baltimore store employees for their regularly scheduled hours this week."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-cvs-riot-update-20150430-story.html

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John was very impressive in an interview on MSNBC as well. I know there has been a ton of criticism of the sons, but given what we have seen of John it sure seems he at least has the capacity to make proper hiring, firing and management decisions for the Orioles to be successful.

Starts at 4:25

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/historic-day-at-baltimores-camden-yards-436718659955

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