Kevin Brown absence explained?

[Yardball85]

2 minutes ago, CallMeBrooksie said:

The 2001 Orioles were garbage anyway 

You didn't like rooting for left fielder Delino DeShields?  Ooops, now I'm suspended too. 

[Yardball85]

1 minute ago, Tony-OH said:

Let's stay away from the name calling. Questioning his intelligence is fair game as long as name calling is not included.

Fair enough.  Just very emotional and riled up about it.  Will abstain from name calling. 

[Sports Guy]

18 minutes ago, 2001OriolesFan said:

So a reporter for the Athletic has reliable spies inside the Orioles organization.  Got it.

 

Do you even know who Britt Ghiroli is?

[Tony-OH]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

Do you even know who Britt Ghiroli is?

Of course John, and mean this poster, knows who she is.

[LookinUp]

28 minutes ago, ChuckS said:

Maybe John Angelos was six martinis deep in his owner's suite, upset over who knows what else and Brown was just the outlet for his aggression. 

I kind of wish this was the likely case, but it's even worse. He can't even (likely) blame this on alcoholism. He's just a small, petty man who is absolutely unrelatable to the every man.

Modern social media is trash in so many ways, but this is the type of thing it's good for. Angelos has gotten massively dragged by this. It's the type of story that will stick in the minds of people for as long as he's here. He'll never have a positive image unless he either 1) has a total public mea culpa or 2) does so many good things that people let this go.

But he doesn't seem like the type of person who's capable of either 1 or 2. Winning will help, but this isn't 1980. People will literally boo him when he hoists the World Series trophy at Camden Yards. I hope to be one of them.

[Baltimorecuse]

31 minutes ago, CallMeBrooksie said:

Just because Rob Long (not a MASN employee, btw) doesn't have first-hand knowledge, doesn't mean we're all just guessing.

You're ignoring an overwhelming amount of reliable reporting to make a statement like this.

"Reliable reporting"?  Could you please direct me to a quote by anyone who actually knows, and I'll withdraw my opinion with apologies.  In the meantime, I smell something else in the air.  Now, Brown could go public and clarify everything.  

[ThisIsBirdland]

1 minute ago, Baltimorecuse said:

"Reliable reporting"?  Could you please direct me to a quote by anyone who actually knows, and I'll withdraw my opinion with apologies.  In the meantime, I smell something else in the air.  Now, Brown could go public and clarify everything.  

Contractually he probably can't go public, nor should he. Potential future employers probably respect that he's keeping his head down and not out there on a media crusade looking for self-promotion. Angelos has done the PR work for him anyway.

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, Baltimorecuse said:

"Reliable reporting"?  Could you please direct me to a quote by anyone who actually knows, and I'll withdraw my opinion with apologies.  In the meantime, I smell something else in the air.  Now, Brown could go public and clarify everything.  

Brown is a class act. By all account, a good guy. He’s not going public with anything. There’s no upside in doing so anyway. 

[Yardball85]

4 minutes ago, Baltimorecuse said:

"Reliable reporting"?  Could you please direct me to a quote by anyone who actually knows, and I'll withdraw my opinion with apologies.  In the meantime, I smell something else in the air.  Now, Brown could go public and clarify everything.  

So could Angelos/the Orioles.

And we've been over this.  Britt is extremely reliable.  Tony and Roy Firestone have reported on it.  The Athletic and ESPN have reported on it. Other broadcasters are talking about it.  Thjese people have sources...

[CallMeBrooksie]

2 minutes ago, Baltimorecuse said:

"Reliable reporting"?  Could you please direct me to a quote by anyone who actually knows, and I'll withdraw my opinion with apologies.  In the meantime, I smell something else in the air.  Now, Brown could go public and clarify everything.  

So what you're saying is that you don't consider Britt Ghiroli to be reliable. Are you familiar at all with Britt's work?

You're also saying you don't consider Roy or Tony to be reliable, as they've both independently confirmed the rumor as true.

 

[Baltimorecuse]

3 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:

So could Angelos/the Orioles.

And we've been over this.  Britt is extremely reliable.  Tony and Roy Firestone have reported on it.  The Athletic and ESPN have reported on it. Other broadcasters are talking about it.  Thjese people have sources...

Then Quote the sources.  

[Yardball85]

2 minutes ago, Baltimorecuse said:

Then Quote the sources.  

Serious question: do you know how journalism works? 

[CallMeBrooksie]

1 minute ago, Baltimorecuse said:

Then Quote the sources.  

Just say you have no idea how journalism works

[ThisIsBirdland]

The other head-scratcher here is how the O's somehow thought this suspension wouldn't get picked up on. They literally hired a high-profile, dedicated PR specialist to handle media and content integration this past off-season, someone who ironically enough had a history of bashing Angelos on Twitter.

[glenn__davis]

16 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

You do realize "eviscerating" the front office moves vs going after ownership has two different reactions from John Angelos, right? 

 

OK...but who went after ownership?