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1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Weird how you didn't bring up personal taste in your original post.  :)

I have seen many comments in OH about Boswell and from those posts, I am not alone in my high opinion.

I am sure those two you mentioned are great, but can't say I see them referenced too much here.

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2 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

I have seen many comments in OH about Boswell and from those posts, I am not alone in my high opinion.

I am sure those two you mentioned are great, but can't say I see them referenced too much here.

Lots of us discussed Passan's The Arm.  (Great book you should read it)

I've posted quite a few Posnanski pieces.

 

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/index.php?/search/&q=Posnanski&type=forums_topic

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As far as I can tell Peter Angelos has two main sources of his wealth.   His law firm and the Orioles/MASN.    Why would he or his heirs want to give either up if they have interest in them?

Most of the time MLB teams get sold for one of a few reasons.   1) Divorce, 2)Bad money management from baseball or other businesses they have interests in 3) the heirs have no interest in the team

That does not seem to be the case with the Angelos.

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Just now, andrewochs615 said:

I dream of a day when Kevin Plank is sold the team 

I dream more important dreams, like Kate Upton. :)

Not sure even Plank is the right answer.

He is behind the scenes making decisions at the Terps, and how is that working out?

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1 minute ago, wildcard said:

As far as I can tell Peter Angelos has two main sources of his wealth.   His law firm and the Orioles/MASN.    Why would he or his heirs want to give either up if they have interest in them?

Most of the time MLB teams get sold for one of a few reasons.   1) Divorce, 2)Bad money management from baseball or other businesses they have interests in 3) the heirs have no interest in the team

That does not seem to be the case with the Angelos.

Angelos was wealthy long before ownership of the Orioles.

Angelos's sons are going to inherit this team. IMO

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Just now, Redskins Rick said:

Angelos was wealthy long before ownership of the Orioles.

Angelos's sons are going to inherit this team. IMO

Is long really accurate?

I don't think he was own a team rich for all that long before he bought the team.  When were the big asbestos and tobacco settlements?

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3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Is long really accurate?

I don't think he was own a team rich for all that long before he bought the team.  When were the big asbestos and tobacco settlements?

Does it really matter how "long"?

My point was, he was a millionaire before buying the Orioles.

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5 minutes ago, wildcard said:

From the law firm he built.  He is a self made man from what I have heard.

Self made is correct:

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Angelos is the son of John (a bar owner) and Frances Angelos,[2] who immigrated to the United States from Menetes, Karpathos, Greece. Peter Angelos married Georgia Kousouris in 1966, and they had two children together, John and Louis. Angelos' family settled in the working-class neighborhood of Highlandtown, and lived in a row house. Angelos' father owned a local tavern, and his father mostly spoke Greek at home.[2]

After graduating from Patterson Park High School, Angelos attended the University of Baltimore, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He then attended law school at night at the University of Baltimore School of Law, studying so conscientiously that he was named class valedictorian. Angelos passed the bar in 1961 and opened an office specializing in handling product-liability cases for employees, almost always on a contingency basis. In one of his most celebrated cases, he represented some 8,700 steelworkers, shipyard workers, and manufacturers' employees in a consolidated-action asbestos poisoning suit that was partially settled in 1992. Angelos' take from that litigation alone has been estimated at $330 million.[2]

 

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