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3 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

I guess.  I know @TonySopranoand I have gone to the mattresses about Rosenthal.  I prefer to think of those guys as credible and above trying to mess with the Orioles.  Maybe Rosenthal did when he was a young punk covering the team back in the 80s but if he's going home every night and sticking pins in an Orioles voodoo doll, I'd be very surprised.

He's certainly never been shy about sticking pins in the Eddie Murray voodoo doll.   His infamous article about going to another training camp to interview Eddie years after Eddie had left the Orioles, shows he is more than capable of holding a grudge.

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2 hours ago, atomic said:

I am no fan of Angelos son's but I don't think you should be calling them "Boys" in a professional written article.  

This is the worst thing from the article:
"But the order came down for no official goodbye or recognition for Jones from the team, as management is still sore about his refusal to waive his 10-and-5 rights to be traded at the deadline this season."

Seems the sons might just be worse than their father. 

People that were there -- there was no scoreboard tribute with highlights of Adam?

That is some completely utterly petty BS.   Wow.

Thanks to Buck for taking him out in the 9th inning the way he did, I'm sure TPTB were fuming about that.

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2 hours ago, Ruzious said:

I heard Lovero on the radio the other day, and he's convinced MLB won't let the Angelos sons own the team.  Personally, I think he's nuts on this one.    

He started crawling out on that limb earlier in the season and no other major journalists that I know of have joined him.   Either he's one to something no one else is or the branch is about to break and he has too much pride to backtrack on it at this point.

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I would like to know how, exactly, MLB could compel the Angeloses to sell.  I know this has been asked before on this site.  The last time it was brought up, it was basically shot down as highly unlikely.  I tend to agree with that.  And knowing the Angeloses it would wind up in yet another court battle... effectively shutting the team down for years while everything was decided.  I think that might be worse for baseball and us... despite being able to say goodbye to them for ever.  Good Heavens!  It's the worst of Catch 22's.  We rid ourselves in the long run of the Angeloses, but in the process see our beloved Birds become still more broken.

We're like an old barn blown down in a storm that might have fallen half on a neighboring property and the neighbor and owner both claim some ownership.  Meanwhile the POS sits there and rots while nitwits argue over it.

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Chicken Little smfh

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22 minutes ago, SteveA said:

People that were there -- there was no scoreboard tribute with highlights of Adam?

That is some completely utterly petty BS.   Wow.

Thanks to Buck for taking him out in the 9th inning the way he did, I'm sure TPTB were fuming about that.

He was presented MVO before the game by Brooks.  Then got about seven standing ovations, it was probably better without anything on the scoreboard.

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2 minutes ago, VaBird1 said:

He was presented MVO before the game by Brooks.  Then got about seven standing ovations, it was probably better without anything on the scoreboard.

OK, doesn't sound as bad as Loverro makes it seem. 

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52 minutes ago, SteveA said:

He's certainly never been shy about sticking pins in the Eddie Murray voodoo doll.   His infamous article about going to another training camp to interview Eddie years after Eddie had left the Orioles, shows he is more than capable of holding a grudge.

Isn't that article like 30 years old?

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