Kevin Brown absence explained?

[interloper]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Well, we don't agree.   This is just a distraction.

I do understand your view, and certainly the team deserves the vast majority of our attention. 

[TopGunnar]

15 minutes ago, interloper said:

I would happily donate like, hundreds of dollars to something like this. Whatever it takes. 

There’s surely a better way to spend your money.

[CallMeBrooksie]

1 minute ago, BMann said:

This is why, despite numerous reports confirming that the Tampa comments were the sole reason he was reprimanded, I still think there has to be more to this. Might not be *much* more, but KB must've done something previously to incite JA's ire.

I know, I keep making the mistake of assuming that JA is a normal, emotionally balanced human, who couldn't possibly have acted so rashly.

Yeah maybe... I just know that it doesn't matter. Whatever added context there is that contributed to this decision, there's no chance that it makes it any less unforgivable. 

[Moose Milligan]

5 minutes ago, 25 Nuggets said:

I like to say that when Snyder was caught stealing money from the other owners, that's when he really got in trouble. 

You're not wrong.  

[25 Nuggets]

39 minutes ago, dystopia said:

They’re more concerned about who leaked it than righting the wrong. There was s no help possible for them. They are beyond saving. 

Reminds me of a certain non-US country... can't say which w/o the politics hammer but I think y'all know which one

[interloper]

1 minute ago, TopGunnar said:

There’s surely a better way to spend your money.

Right now I cannot think of a better use of money than if it hurts John Angelos. 

[byrdz]

53 minutes ago, Orioles0615 said:

 

Shift the blame. Fire...meet gasoline.

[Os4days]

Such a black eye on the organization and Angelos

[Moose Milligan]

Man, if they lose tonight...

OMG TEH KEVIN BROWN SCANDAL IS SUCH A DISTRACTION!!!!!1111

[25 Nuggets]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Man, if they lose tonight...

OMG TEH KEVIN BROWN SCANDAL IS SUCH A DISTRACTION!!!!!1111

I guess they better win then!

no pressure?

[Moshagge3]

39 minutes ago, interloper said:

This is so sad man. Lowest I've felt about the Orioles in years. I'm not even looking forward to the game tonight. There's just a pall over everything right now. And you can extrapolate how this kind of behavior eventually chases Elias and Sig away, and it trickling down to the product on the field. The great development and drafting work will keep us afloat for awhile, but then what? Almost anywhere is a greener pasture than working for John Angelos. We got LUCKY Elias came here.

In an incredibly Orioles-ass turn of luck, we are stuck with a somehow worse version of Peter Angelos for the next SEVERAL DECADES if they don't sell. It's unbelievably dire to think about. What an insane, horrible turn of events. It makes me sick to think about this just absolutely ruining a magical season. 

The optimistic response to this is that plenty of teams have won on the field despite complete incompetence and buffoonery in the owner's box. The Reds won a World Series and Marge Schott was a Nazi sympathizing trainwreck. The A's won three straight titles with Charlie O. Finley as the owner. Talent is talent. 

[25 Nuggets]

1 minute ago, Moshagge3 said:

The optimistic response to this is that plenty of teams have won on the field despite complete incompetence and buffoonery in the owner's box. The Reds won a World Series and Marge Schott was a Nazi sympathizing trainwreck. The A's won three straight titles with Charlie O. Finley as the owner. Talent is talent. 

Oh man Marge Schott and her Saint Bernard... what a character

[Malike]

4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Man, if they lose tonight...

OMG TEH KEVIN BROWN SCANDAL IS SUCH A DISTRACTION!!!!!1111

It's all Kevin Brown's fault, if only he were a good boy, we wouldn't be looking at fighting for a wild card spot two weeks from now!

[25 Nuggets]

1 minute ago, Malike said:

It's all Kevin Brown's fault, if only he were a good boy, we wouldn't be looking at fighting for a wild card spot two weeks from now!

We could turn this into a "blame Kevin Brown for everything" meme, he might get a kick out of that

Rain on game day?  Kevin's fault

[Baltimorecuse]

12 minutes ago, CallMeBrooksie said:

Yeah maybe... I just know that it doesn't matter. Whatever added context there is that contributed to this decision, there's no chance that it makes it any less unforgivable. 

If you don't know the context how can you say that?  There could be reasons that are even less forgivable.  I can easily see Brown as a pawn in a MASN internal powerplay.  

Edited August 8, 2023 by Baltimorecuse