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Post by pickle20 on Aug 7, 2023 21:45:50 GMT -5
For mentioning previous losing seasons. awfulannouncing.com/mlb/kevin-brown-baltimore-orioles-masn-suspension.htmlThis is why Kevin Brown has been absent for the last few weeks. Because he had the gall to say the Orioles have already surpassed the the wins in TB from the last 3 seasons. And the shoe has dropped. John Angelos will ruin this team. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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Post by soulflower on Aug 7, 2023 22:38:14 GMT -5
Really bizarre and it makes no sense (assuming they’re being honest about the reason he was suspended).
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Post by ivanbalt on Aug 8, 2023 5:09:55 GMT -5
Pretty sure anyone who's remotely followed the team knows they struggled in TB. Pettiness from a garbage owner.
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Post by pickle20 on Aug 8, 2023 5:37:20 GMT -5
Really bizarre and it makes no sense (assuming they’re being honest about the reason he was suspended). The Angelos family is a toxic one. Daddy Angelos ran this team into the ground in the late 90s with micromanagement that cause a 14 year long losing streak and now it looks like John Boy will do the same. At least everyone in sports media is hammering him on this decision (and there were some other petty decisions that came out in this story). Not that it makes a difference to a know it all adult baby like John Angelos. I want to make a comparison to someone in politics but people get all upset when you mention his name in unrelated threads so I won’t. But John Angelos is a a pea from that pod.
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Post by pickle20 on Aug 8, 2023 5:38:21 GMT -5
Pretty sure anyone who's remotely followed the team knows they struggled in TB. Pettiness from a garbage owner. When I saw him in the box with Elias on Sunday night against the Yankees sipping his tiny beer and acting like he was an important person I knew we were screwed.
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Post by soulflower on Aug 8, 2023 6:47:10 GMT -5
Yankees announcer sticking up for Kevin
Stuff like this doesn’t usually make national news but I think most people are shocked that he was punished for doing his job.
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Post by ivanbalt on Aug 8, 2023 7:01:52 GMT -5
Elliot on DC101 was crapping on Angelos this morning.
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Post by alienrace on Aug 8, 2023 7:08:55 GMT -5
Wow, this is completely ridiculous. Brown is a great announcer too. This team needs to be Dan Snydered.
Speaking of the WFT, I saw some very interesting comments regarding the new owners and the name. Seems they are not enamored with the "Commanders" and have been referring to the team as the Redskins, and minority owner Magic Johnson said during an interview they were "open" to changing the name. There is also an online petition I've seen that has a ton of signatures. I doubt (seriously) they go back to being the Redskins, but I wonder if they don't meet somewhere in the middle on that and return to their original logo and uniforms.
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Post by pickle20 on Aug 8, 2023 7:38:55 GMT -5
In a few years they'll be the Commanders and no one will care what the name used to be.
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Post by pickle20 on Aug 8, 2023 7:39:49 GMT -5
Elliot on DC101 was crapping on Angelos this morning. There is no way to spin this story positively. Angelos should be shamed into selling the team or at least getting out of the damn way before he tanks the organization like daddy did.
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Post by alienrace on Aug 8, 2023 7:44:50 GMT -5
In a few years they'll be the Commanders and no one will care what the name used to be. I don't have a prediction, or any care in what they call themselves at all. Just found the new owners' stance a bit surprising.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 9, 2023 11:08:35 GMT -5
This is the kind of crap Peter used to pull. I'm still bitter he ran Jon Miller out of town. Sad to see John following in his father's footsteps in this regard.
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Post by alienrace on Aug 9, 2023 12:46:18 GMT -5
To be fair, there is probably more to this story than we are being led to believe. I have no doubt that Brown was admonished for his on-air comments (of which he was just speaking what he was told by the MASN production crew). My guess is that he (rightfully so) took exception to that since he was just doing his job, and maybe he lashed out, or said something that got him into hot water with Orioles brass/ownership. Otherwise, if he was suspended for just those on-air comments, which he was told to say by staff, he'd have a pretty slam dunk lawsuit to pursue.
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Post by pickle20 on Aug 9, 2023 12:52:49 GMT -5
To be fair, there is probably more to this story than we are being led to believe. I have no doubt that Brown was admonished for his on-air comments (of which he was just speaking what he was told by the MASN production crew). My guess is that he (rightfully so) took exception to that since he was just doing his job, and maybe he lashed out, or said something that got him into hot water with Orioles brass/ownership. Otherwise, if he was suspended for j ust those on-air comments, which he was told to say by staff, he'd have a pretty slam dunk lawsuit to pursue. I don't know if there is. This sounds like something an Angelos would get angry about. I heard MASN broadcasters have been instructed not to mention that Machado was an Oriole when the Padres come to town.
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Post by ivanbalt on Aug 9, 2023 13:04:42 GMT -5
Since we're in an Angelos bashing mood, what the hell is up with concessions this year? Ridiculous prices and self service crap are one thing. But two games this year the upper deck ran out of hot dogs. And last night I managed to get two hot dogs for me and my mom, yet the upper deck was completely out of mustard. What the hell? Even during the worst of the 14 straight losing seasons the concessions were still decent.
Hot dog race should have been cancelled due to no mustard.
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Post by pickle20 on Aug 9, 2023 13:12:45 GMT -5
Since we're in an Angelos bashing mood, what the hell is up with concessions this year? Ridiculous prices and self service crap are one thing. But two games this year the upper deck ran out of hot dogs. And last night I managed to get two hot dogs for me and my mom, yet the upper deck was completely out of mustard. What the hell? Even during the worst of the 14 straight losing seasons the concessions were still decent. Hot dog race should have been cancelled due to no mustard. Angelos is trying to milk every cent he can out of this team and stadium which is why he wants "Camden Crossing" mixed-use area built around the stadium and is trying to bring in more concerts. Beers and food in Baltimore are slightly more expensive than at Yankee games. It's insane.
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Post by alienrace on Aug 11, 2023 7:06:55 GMT -5
Brown returns tonight.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 11, 2023 13:08:37 GMT -5
New York Times called this an unforced error. I hope John Angelos is paying attention. But I doubt it. He seems like a chip off the old blockhead.
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