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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
... the organization's pitching depth, which probably won't change. Mike remains a favorite of Peter Angelos, so I think he's probably safe in his current position.Radio Free Schmuck: I'll be talking sports from noon to 3 on The Peter Schmuck Show today on WBAL (1090AM). If you're out of the listening area, you can log on to and click on the "Listen Live" icon.Posted by on November...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Burnett was 18-10 with a 4.07 earned run average and led the league with 231 strikeouts last season, but he has been fragile too; last season was only the second in his 10-year career that he started more than 30 games. Peter Angelos, the Orioles’ owner, is fanatical about players undergoing detailed physical exams, and he might shy away from Burnett. In addition, Burnett could get a...
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The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... make history in the latter category but, as might say, his pitch was juuust a bit inside.In 1999, Peter Angelos arranged for . It was the first time a major league club had played in Cuba since the Dodgers and Reds played two games 40 years prior. But this delay wasn't due to a lack of effort.Let's go back in the history of sports diplomacy. In April of 1971, the United States Table...
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OTB Sports (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
... in a withering column in which he describes the Orioles (mis-)management of that era. Under owner Peter Angelos, the Orioles have lost one of the game’s top broadcasters (Jon Miller), one of the best managers (Davey Johnson) and the man who almost single-handedly transformed the franchise (Frank Robinson). They’ve lost many of the game’s brightest executives, from Cardinals owner...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
... grew up in Severna Park, Md., a Baltimore suburb, and has long been a favorite of Orioles owner Peter Angelos.Ability and image will make Teixeira's price staggering. He is a slugging (.552 percentage last season) and on-base (.410) machine whose boy-next-door demeanor and looks make him an ideal franchise face.He could become one of the richest players in baseball, based on two recent...
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Baseball Happenings by David Bloom (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... ever leaving Baltimore. The reason why Mussina left for the Yankees in free agency leads to Peter Angelos. The Baltimore farm system was decimated by many of the short sighted trades. It came down to where Mussina could best win a championship and he chose New York and Joe Torre. Who could blame him for taking the money and the chance to best win a title. In my eyes, Mussina was one...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
The former can’t-miss pitcher out of Rice University was 7-20 with a 5.48 minor-league ERA in 208 2/3 innings spread over three seasons – none above Double-A.Orioles fans surely remember the whole Townsend brouhaha. In 2004, the club was set to take high school shortstop Chris Nelson, when owner Peter Angelos intervened. He didn’t want another shortstop after signing Miguel Tejada to...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
... the state of Maryland."We just feel that now is the time to make a change," Bader said. "(Owner) Peter Angelos felt very strongly that we give the fans what they want, and that we do so in a manner that is also helpful to the club."The NFL's Baltimore Ravens have a logo that includes the Maryland state flag, and now the Orioles do, too. The pattern on the new patch is surrounded by...
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Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... just a gray version of the homies. But when DC got its own team - much to the chagrin of O’s owner Peter Angelos - the suits in the Warehouse no longer had to pretend that the Orioles belonged to both Baltimore and Washington. It took a few seasons, but the Birds are back representin’ Harm City. Coincidentally, the city’s four sports talk radio stations found themselves with hours...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG), The Murphy Firm and the Law Offices of Peter Angelos today announced that the parties have reached a settlement agreement regarding a class action lawsuit filed by residents in Gambrills, Md.
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
Club could approve agreement moving Fla. home to Vero Beach Vero Beach, Fla., and Indian River County officials are hopeful that Orioles owner Peter Angelos and the team's upper management will meet as early as next week and approve an agreement that would make Dodgertown the team's long-term spring training home starting in 2010.
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
... stopping the Orioles from pursuing all their needs this winter.There is some scuttlebutt that Peter Angelos has told Andy MacPhail to pay whatever he needs to pay for Teixeira (right), but I don't really believe that. It's consistent with the Peter Angelos of the late 1990s and the early 2000s, but not with the guy who has became a big-contract skeptic after the Albert...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
... stopping the Orioles from pursuing all their needs this winter.There is some scuttlebutt that Peter Angelos has told Andy MacPhail to pay whatever he needs to pay for Teixeira (right), but I don't really believe that. It's consistent with the Peter Angelos of the late 1990s and the early 2000s, but not with the guy who has became a big-contract skeptic after the Albert...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
Texas and Washington expressed strong interest the last time he was a free agent with the Nationals, the only team to offer a fifth year. Tired of losing and watching the Rays join the Red Sox and Yankees as AL East powers, Orioles owner Peter Angelos is talking about going after first baseman Mark Teixeira and Burnett. Each is from Maryland.
