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I can confirm this is true. 

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So here's what I found out: Yes, this is 100% true including the statement that got him suspended. Lots of folks are not happy over this. KB was starting to pick up more and more national ass

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The irony here is that Angelos and the Orioles brass are getting far more negative publicity from this than any possible negative interpretation of what Brown said on the air could ever have caused.  

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30 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

Cringe worthy...yes.   Juvenile...yup.   But, did anyone get offended by that type of remark?   It was purely a joke, albeit a very bad one.

At worst there should have been a conversation with KB about being more careful with his commentary during games.

To allow this to spiral into an indefinite suspension for KB and blow up into being most talked about story in baseball can only happen with an owner as petty and vindictive as John Angelos. 

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6 minutes ago, LA2 said:

KB is awful in the Splash Zone--it's just not his mode of dealing with people. Loved seeing Adam Jones out there though. He wd have roasted Brown for that line (or at least pie-faced him).

If you remember in the game thread I was pretty critical of him out there and his comment about the wallet when he came back. Either way, I agree, that is not his strong suit. By the way, this is a good time to put out my extreme dislike of them broadcasting from the rooftop bar with a bunch of drunk people behind them (Including Angelos' wife who think she can just do what she wants). 

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If you’re required to regularly speak off the cuff you’re going to occasionally say something dumb or slightly cringey. 
 

play by play announcers are required to speak extemporaneously for 3ish hours a game, 162x a year. They’re also required to be entertaining while doing it. Every play by play person out there says multiple cringey things a season. 
As long as it’s not racist/sexist etc, sane people don’t make an issue of it. That’s especially true if they want to continue to employ them. They certainly don’t suspend them for two weeks over it. 

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37 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

Cringe worthy...yes.   Juvenile...yup.   But, did anyone get offended by that type of remark?   It was purely a joke, albeit a very bad one.

It wasn’t even a bad one.  Has there been a spate of people having their wallets lifted at OPACY?  It’s a common joke used by people in crowded spaces for years.  And to the extent people look at it as an issue because of crime in Baltimore, people scared of crime in Baltimore aren’t scared they are going to get their wallet lifted. 

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54 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Betcha  one comment was when he said he thought that his wallet was stolen while he was in the splash zone. That one was cringe worthy.

This would definitely qualify as "more to the story" which we have been assured repeatedly there wasn't. Not that it makes it much better.

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2 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

Exactly. And that's the biggest issue with American sports. Look at the damage Snyder did and it only took 2+ decades until he was finally "fired".

As someone who no longer has a favorite football team because of him, I feel this post. It cuts deep. 

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