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2 hours ago, Tx Oriole said:

Wish I knew what it's like to have an owner and a GM like the Stros do. The indecision by the O's FO is driving me up the wall. 

I don't see any indecision. The Orioles have been very consistent for several years. 

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On 2/5/2018 at 2:05 PM, jsbearr said:

I guess I would have painted it more into the exploitation category if the money was a sure thing as opposed to probability based.  For instance, what that buy out company did to Freddie Gray and similarly impacted kids is pretty horrific because it paid immediate money on a certain future pay schedule.  As evidence by the other players, the pay schedule for this group needed one player to break out for the company to pull a profit off this portfolio.  I have a hard time calling this one exploitation.  Maybe I am wrong.

Something terrible happened to Freddie Gray besides dying in the back of a cop van???

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