That is fair, but a little too harsh. The Orioles, even under Angelos, were willing to spend when appropriate. It was clear they would not spend just to have a better team.
There is no reason to assume the team in its current situation, will not spend more, especially given the new ownership. But when you couple that with more profits, lower payroll, the Orioles are going to spend more. The only real question is will they spend beyond their profitable limits. It is fair to assume that until they do, they won't.
There is no reason to assume that because the new ownership group is filthy rich, that they will fund expenses beyond what profits will be. They might, but until they do, it would be foolish to assume they will.
Once again.
No need to run play before 2 minutes. Make them call a timeout. Then after we get 4th down play we let 40 seconds run off and then call a timeout at own 25 with 49 seconds left on 3rd and 10.
These are fireable decisions.
It’s somewhat supporting two teams but it makes the team furthest away from the larger, richer population a small-mid market team. You can much more easily fit a team in Brooklyn or Newark than in Washington.
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