John Angelos continues to remind us how awful he is

[Ripken]

A terribly pathetic attempt to steal more money from the tax payers.  He's a detestable piece of s***.  

Edited August 21, 2023 by Ripken

[Aristotelian]

6 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

It's most likely that they're going to either trade Adley or extend him. 

He'll be 30 in his walk year if they don't extend him prior.... a 30 year old catcher isn't going to get $300MM from this organization.

With all the signals from Angelos I would be surprised if they extend a 30 year old catcher. They could do QO, like Wieters, if we are competitive in his walk year. 

[osfan83]

14 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

It's most likely that they're going to either trade Adley or extend him. 

He'll be 30 in his walk year if they don't extend him prior.... a 30 year old catcher isn't going to get $300MM from this organization.

Nor should they.....Gunnar is the higher priority in my opinion. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, TradeAngelos said:

You people are so far gone. Just like the franchise. 

What is actually your problem? Are you reading any posts here. I literally haven't read one positive Angelos post in this entire thread. So who are you actually talking about? We get it, you hate Angelos. Stop attacking posters on here for doing something they are not doing.

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, Os4days said:

He is the kind of owner who makes you not want to be a fan of the team any longer. I’ve been a fan of the Os since I was a little kid (having to put up with Peter and his antics) but John’s perspective makes me think twice about vesting any more time and emotion into the team.

We sit here this year having maybe the best turnaround in MLB history enduring 6 years of being the laughing stock of the league. I can kind of accept that we didn’t go out and get any higher priced players before the trade deadline and deciding to keep our farm system in place. Maybe we stay competitive for the next 5 years but then we see all of our core players (who by the way play hard and just seem like great guys) never being offered any type of long term contract and forcing them to leave and sign somewhere else. 
 

By the way how do you think the players and coaches feel about this interview?  

To be an Orioles fan, you always have to separate ownership from the baseball operations side of things when it comes to your fandom. 

[baltimoriole]

Snyder > Angelos? 

[Malike]

31 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

$9M, more than 10%. I'd call that signficant.

That's not significant. It's 1 WAR.

[Tony-OH]

50 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

 

The implication is that somehow John Angelos had nothing to do with taking Kevin Brown off the air...I find that hard to believe.

I saw that passing the buck statement as well. This is John Angelos on anything bad:

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

4 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

To be an Orioles fan, you always have to separate ownership from the baseball operations side of things when it comes to your fandom. 

At least George Steinbrenner spent money on free agents and traded for big contract players while causing constant embarrassment to the Yankees franchise. All the Orioles fans get is the embarrassment side of the equation.

I won't give too much praise to John Angelos for hiring Mike Elias. After 25 years of ownership meddling in the baseball operations the Orioles finally grant some degree of autonomy to the team's general manager.

That's what you are supposed to do as an owner who has no background in building a farm system and scouting players.

[CallMeBrooksie]

7 minutes ago, baltimoriole said:

Snyder > Angelos? 

What?? No... not even close. Snyder is on a whole other level of scumbag con-man. And now by bringing in Snyder to the convo you've put me in the position of defending Angelos. Yuck.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

9 minutes ago, baltimoriole said:

Snyder > Angelos?

(It's Angelos assuming he doesn't have any Snyder like scandals that haven't been revealed.)

Edited August 21, 2023 by OsFanSinceThe80s

[brucewayne]

Two things can be true. Angelos is a cheapskate. And yet at the same time, it is true, it's just flat out true, he cannot beat the Mets or Yankees in a bidding war. That's just a cold hard reality. Gunnar will sell himself to the highest bidder. And we can't outbid Steve Cohen. 

[Ohfan67]

1 hour ago, Malike said:

I thought when Peter passes his wife gets the team? I could quite possibly be wrong but I thought that would be the case. 

Yes, but as many have discussed on the board the Angelos family will not be able to afford the estate taxes associated with the Orioles. High probability they will sell the team. 

[CallMeBrooksie]

4 minutes ago, brucewayne said:

Two things can be true. Angelos is a cheapskate. And yet at the same time, it is true, it's just flat out true, he cannot beat the Mets or Yankees in a bidding war. That's just a cold hard reality. Gunnar will sell himself to the highest bidder. And we can't outbid Steve Cohen. 

eh, "sell himself" I feel like is too negative a phrasing.. as if it reflects upon his character. 

He absolutely should try to get the most money possible over his career. He could both sign an extension now with the O's and still leave in the middle of his prime to get a monster contract.