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25 minutes ago, Ripken said:

Give Elias a 10 year extension and full authority to run everything; spending whatever he wants on facilities, front office people, minor league teams, and whatever organizational administrivia there is.

Get the stadium improvement process started immediately.

Put money into improving and extending MASN personalities and functionality.

Sign Gunnar, Adley and Holliday to long term deals.  Sign Snell.

Let’s just try to get MASN on streaming service or even its own by opening day.  I will take that.

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18 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Some actual sports programming on MASN outside of O's games.  No poker is not a sport.

MASN should have a regional horse racing program, similar to what Fox Sports has with coverage of NY racing.

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Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Good this was the one thing I wanted to hear. I assumed Rubenstein would have control of the daily operations once getting approved by the owner's committee, but it's reassuring to know.

I wouldn’t bank on this just yet.   

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Biggest question:   Will the new ownership group allow Elias to manage the O's Baseball Operation without meddling.  Or will they meddle like Peter did.   

I read that Cal Ripken Jr is part of the ownership group.  I have read several times that he has certain theories that he would like to try if he was in ownership or management.

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1 minute ago, jabba72 said:

Well looks like the big day finally arrived. I bet Elias is smiling right now. 

I'll bet Scott Boras has an even bigger smile.  Probably doing a little happy dance right now at the thought of two more multi-billionaires to cozy up to.

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It's sad we basically already flushed FA down the drain for this coming season. Any trades out there to make? The windows you think are going to be wide open for  while can shut very easily. This team is young, good and (definitely) cheap, and primed to win (it all, not just a bunch of regular season games)  if they were actually allowed to bring in premium talent. 

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8 minutes ago, Remember The Alomar said:

Is this the best day in franchise history since October 16, 1983?

At some point I'll have to update the thread I did in the 2017-2018 offseason.... we've added a few and today will be pretty high.

 

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4 minutes ago, TradeAngelos said:

It's sad we basically already flushed FA down the drain for this coming season. Any trades out there to make? The windows you think are going to be wide open for  while can shut very easily. This team is young, good and (definitely) cheap, and primed to win (it all, not just a bunch of regular season games)  if they were actually allowed to bring in premium talent. 

I will take a nothing offseason in 2023-2024 for an infinitely brighter future. Also, you need to change your username. 

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