Just a Rumor

[Tryptamine]

So take it with a grain of salt, but a guy who has repeatedly proven to be accurate with his insider information regarding the Mets is apparently claiming that a deal has been made but wont be announced for a while where the Orioles have been sold to the Carlyle Group for 1.4B. Why he would have this particularly info as a Met fan(though he is from Balitmore), I do not know, but he's been tremendously accurate with this stuff in the past so I'm just throwing it out there. 

 

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Nothing reported officially yet but the Carlisle Group bought them. $1.4B sale price. Will be announced in the coming months. 

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What I heard is they were valued at 1.1 but they went to 1.4 because old man Angelos was refusing to sell (kids have wanted to sell for awhile), and they added another 300M to get him to agree.

Apparently it’ll be announced officially shortly after the announcement of the signed lease at Camden Yards.

 

[btdart20]

1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

So take it with a grain of salt, but a guy who has repeatedly proven to be accurate with his insider information regarding the Mets is apparently claiming that a deal has been made but wont be announced for a while where the Orioles have been sold to the Carlyle Group for 1.4B. Why he would have this particularly info as a Met fan(though he is from Balitmore), I do not know, but he's been tremendously accurate with this stuff in the past so I'm just throwing it out there. 

 

 

Why would JA be negotiating the Camden property so aggressively then?  Seems odd.

[interloper]

Interesting. I guess we'll see soon enough. Twitter link?

[Can_of_corn]

What makes me question this is the line about Angelos.  I don't think he's making those decisions.

 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, btdart20 said:

Why would JA be negotiating the Camden property so aggressively then?  Seems odd.

Didn't I read that the property wasn't linked to the team?

[Sports Guy]

Where is this even coming from?

[interloper]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

What makes me question this is the line about Angelos.  I don't think he's making those decisions.

 

Agree - by all accounts he's not really in any state to have a say. 

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

What makes me question this is the line about Angelos.  I don't think he's making those decisions.

 

If what I have heard is true, he literally cant make those decisions.

[Hank Scorpio]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

What makes me question this is the line about Angelos.  I don't think he's making those decisions.

 

Yeah I was pretty sure he's not conscious these days. 

[RZNJ]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

What makes me question this is the line about Angelos.  I don't think he's making those decisions.

 

Was just about to say the same thing.  The line about Peter Angelos being involved in the negotiations is enough for me to call this BOGUS.

[interloper]

A search on twitter for "carlyle group orioles" and various other combinations turns up nothing, so it's on the OP to link to this rumor or I think this thread is bound to get locked. 

[Sports Guy]

 

[LookinUp]

11 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

So take it with a grain of salt, but...

Do you have a link to the text you're quoting?

[Sports Guy]

Gotta post links to stuff like this. Message board 101.

[btdart20]

19 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Didn't I read that the property wasn't linked to the team?

Maybe, I haven't followed it very close.  But I'm pretty sure John Angelos has been pushing for more gov't funding and he's willing to sign a longer lease.  I suppose all of that could increase the team's curb appeal.  But the degree of JA involvement seems to be a bit more personal than if he were selling.