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2 hours ago, nevadaO said:

If MLB wants to punish the Orioles for the MASN dispute they should find another way. Having an All Star Game in the city would be incredible for the city and people in town, especially after what happened in the streets in 2015. Get the city excited and working together. "Petty" is, in my eyes, a nice way of putting it.

Maybe what happened on the streets in 2015 gives another reason NOT to have the game in Baltimore?  

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Legend_Of_Joey Hangout Grand Counsel

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1 hour ago, MurphDogg said:

Hopefully MLB used their leverage in awarding the All Star Game to Cleveland to get rid of Chief Wahoo.

Also, as a Baltimore city resident, I disagree that the Freddie Gray protests and its aftermath "tore the city apart".

I don't think it "tore the city apart" because...The city isn't all that great (this is coming from someone who worked on the front line during the riots), but it might have been an issue due to the incident right after the Orioles game that started a lot of the rioting. Then, also having to play in an empty stadium and switch locations of a series probably didn't help. Combine that with the infrastructure issues and the money issues...That could be a big reason for the lack of the game. 

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3 minutes ago, MDtransplant757 said:

He could have used MLB's own bi-laws against them due to Baltimore's distance to DC. I would have fought MLB tooth and nail if I were him so that this wouldn't have happened. 

My recollection is that the bylaws prohibited an AL team from moving within 40 miles, but didn't prohibit an NL team from doing so.

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1 hour ago, MurphDogg said:

Hopefully MLB used their leverage in awarding the All Star Game to Cleveland to get rid of Chief Wahoo.

Also, as a Baltimore city resident, I disagree that the Freddie Gray protests and its aftermath "tore the city apart".

I also agree with you.

Not like the President is threatening to send in the Feds, because of all the murders being committed, like Chicago is being faced with.

I dont think anybody has been killed in OPACY parking lot, unlike some west coast stadiums.

 

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6 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

I also agree with you.

Not like the President is threatening to send in the Feds, because of all the murders being committed, like Chicago is being faced with.

I dont think anybody has been killed in OPACY parking lot, unlike some west coast stadiums.

 

Or in the stands.

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6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Well, there was that poor guy who got sucker punched by a drunk fan and flipped over a railing.  https://www.google.com/amp/www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-orioles-fan-plea-20150316-story,amp.html?client=safari

 

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I had forgotten about that.

 

Still that pretty lame compared to people getting killed or savagely beaten, which has occurred at other parks.

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4 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

I guess. Why would it really matter? At the end of the day, we haven't had the All-Star game since 1993. Yes, other teams have longer droughts, but we get voted best fan experience quite often and it's starting to look petty that MLB won't grant us the game. I know the Dodgers haven't hosted the game since 1980, but they also haven't built a new stadium either. Just seems like more pettiness by MLB against Angelos due to the MASN thing with the Nats.

Totally agree with this, Tony.

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