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17 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I wouldn't say it's a ruse.

Just that everything he's done to build up the franchise goes hand in hand with slashing payroll and building up the type of infrastructure a franchise is supposed to have.  If I were going to spend a billion on an asset I'd want it to at least be up to date in their processes.

Are the O's actually leading the industry in any of this?

But didn't John nix a sale? So that doesn't jive with the idea that the Elias rebuild functions as a way to lean up/update the franchise specifically as a sale precursor. Right? It's a nice side benefit though, just in case John changes his mind.

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Here is a link to the court docket: https://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inquiryDetail.jis?caseId=C03CV22002262&loc=55&detailLoc=ODYCIVIL Looks like a copy of the complaint is

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The Nashville comment may also be desired hyperbole. 

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Hey John, if you’re reading this, no one gives a chicken fried f*** about your wife’s country music production company. Move to Nashville, sell the team and leave it here. Everyone wins, you ****

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3 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

Genuinely no guess here, what do you suppose even Elias' awareness of this situation was before yesterday?

How frequent are his interactions with John?    

I'm sure there's a budget process, and probably frameworks for 1, 3, 6 years, etc.   But every July GM's have the ritual of making recommendations to ownership about renting this player or that.   My overall understanding is October/November is when GM's get next year specifics from ownership teams.

This seems like it could be anywhere in four more months.    Whatever bandwidth John might have had to weigh in on whether Trey can be traded or not may have just evaporated some.

Also, as this is apt to become an inner circle HOF length thread, do we want to undo the FUED typo at some point?

I tried changing it but can only delete the thread. Sort of  like FUED now Has an abbreviation meaning.

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Just now, interloper said:

But didn't John nix a sale? So that doesn't jive with the idea that the Elias rebuild functions as a way to lean up/update the franchise specifically as a sale precursor. Right? It's a nice side benefit though, just in case John changes his mind.

If the team sells before Peter dies, won’t that create a serious tax burden for his sons?

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3 minutes ago, waroriole said:

Roch and Melewski are still mostly silent. Roch published his daily article taking mailbag questions but somehow didn’t answer the question we all want to know. 

I don't envision we will see much mention from Roch other than snarky retorts to people in his comment section.

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2 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Roch mixing it up by posting a Q&A column today while ignoring the 500 lbs gorilla in the room. It's not working though almost every comment is asking about the Angelos family drama and Nashville. 

https://www.masnsports.com/blog/because-you-asked-1

Do people still get surprised about this? Roch is not a journalist and we shouldn't expect him to be one.

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9 minutes ago, waroriole said:

If the team sells before Peter dies, won’t that create a serious tax burden for his sons?

In the article, it says: "A sale of the team prior to Mr. Angelos’ death would have resulted in a sizeable tax hit, but a team official conceptualized a two-step sale that would enable the Angelos family to realize significant tax savings."

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2 hours ago, Just Regular said:

Druw Jones will be the personification of human greed if he wants $9mm dollars.   Only $8.8422 is fair.

I’d be dumbfounded if Dru Jone’s agent had not already told the Orioles not to draft him before this came out.  You are 110% looking at overslot  again.  Any player that  believes they have a chance to be great will be avoiding this POS franchise like the plague.  

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1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:

Yep.  They may be able to revitalize things down the road but businesses are leaving and will continue to do so.  The cops aren't allowed to fight crime and the corruption is terrible.  Its nothing but sh!t running downhill and that isn't going to change or get better anytime soon.

And it is an absolutely awful state to run a business or retire.  Anyone with any wealth or a decent size business is foolish to run their business out of MD or retire in MD when there are multiple better options.  

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1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:

The thing is, its not just Baltimore.  Its all cities.  The American inner city is dying in a lot of ways.  The crime, politics, corruption, etc...are pushing more and more people away from the cities and rightfully so.

I just sold my house and I live in a very nice neighborhood in a good area of Balt County.  But even out here, we are seeing the crime spill over from the city.  Schools are getting worse.  Its just time to get away and go further out.  It sucks but its the reality, especially if you have kids.

Ah, so that is why Real estate prices in US cities are plummeting like a rock in water.  Got it.  

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18 minutes ago, interloper said:

Do people still get surprised about this? Roch is not a journalist and we shouldn't expect him to be one.

I waffle on whether or not Roch has an easy job.  On one hand, he doesn't have to dig too far for information, work hard to gain access, interviews, etc.  Probably isn't held to a specific word count.  As long as he stays in his lane, he's fine.

On the other hand, he constantly has to make chicken salad out of chicken **** and has to avoid hard questions such as this.  

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10 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

I’d be dumbfounded if Dru Jone’s agent had not already told the Orioles not to draft him before this came out.  You are 110% looking at overslot  again.  Any player that  believes they have a chance to be great will be avoiding this POS franchise like the plague.  

I'm not sure how you arrived to 100% overslot.  And any player that's coming out in the draft who's slated to go high is going to be stuck in a POS franchise no matter what.  Tell me the Pirates are significantly better.  

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1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

I waffle on whether or not Roch has an easy job.  On one hand, he doesn't have to dig too far for information, work hard to gain access, interviews, etc.  Probably isn't held to a specific word count.  As long as he stays in his lane, he's fine.

On the other hand, he constantly has to make chicken salad out of chicken **** and has to avoid hard questions such as this.  

People, to this day, have no concept of Roch has to deal with.  The constant bashing of him is done out of pure ignorance.

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