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Peter G. Angelos became the owner of the Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 2, 1993, leading a group of investors in purchasing the Major League Baseball team for $173 million -- a record price at the time. Angelos' group, which included prominent Marylanders such as novelist Tom Clancy, comic book mogul Stephen A. Geppi, producer and director Barry Levinson and broadcaster Jim McKay, among others, bought the team from Eli S. Jacobs by submitting the winning bid during a bankcruptcy auction. Angelos was born in Pittsburgh on July 4, 1929. He came to Baltimore at 11, was elected to the City Council at 30 and ran unsuccessfully for mayor at 38. Angelos graduated from University of Baltimore Law School...
Peter G. Angelos became the owner of the Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 2, 1993, leading a group of investors in purchasing the Major League Baseball team for $173 million -- a record price at the time. Angelos' group, which included prominent Marylanders such as novelist Tom Clancy, comic book mogul Stephen A. Geppi, producer and director Barry Levinson and broadcaster Jim McKay, among others, bought the team from Eli S. Jacobs by submitting the winning bid during a bankcruptcy auction. Angelos was born in Pittsburgh on July 4, 1929. He came to Baltimore at 11, was elected to the City Council at 30 and ran unsuccessfully for mayor at 38. Angelos graduated from University of Baltimore Law School and went on to a lucrative career in trial law, specializing in cases involving harmful products, professional malpractice, and personal injury. His firm, the Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, has attorneys and locations in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The Orioles enjoyed some success early in the Angelos era, making the postseason as a wild card team in 1996 and winning the American League East division title in 1997. But Angelos fired manager Davey Johnson after the '97 season, and 10 straight losing seasons followed ('97-'07). Angelos went through five different managers during that period. The organization's continued struggles and competition from a new franchise in Washington, D.C., the Nationals, led to increased frustration with the Orioles owner among many fans and declining attendance at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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Orioles on the verge of ... something
The Orioles have reached the mathematical halfway marker in this transitional 2009 season, and we've learned as much about ourselves as we have about this maddening team. We've learned that we want to be patient but aren't really equipped for that...Tags: Pies and Tarts, Chicago Cubs, Renovation, Felix Pie, Major League Baseball
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Orioles' Johnson working through struggles
Jim Johnson has been so solid since assuming a setup role in the Orioles' bullpen that when he struggles, it becomes a topic of conversation around the club. That has been the case his past two outings. In Wednesday's gut-wrenching loss to the Boston Red...Tags: Funk, Major League Baseball, Miguel Tejada, Cesar Izturis, American League
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'Yankee Doodle' 3 Marylanders' birthday tune
Peter Angelos is taking a rare day off. Pam Shriver is leaving the television spotlight and making a dash from England to California to be with her three children. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend will spend a civilized day in Towson instead of enjoying the...Tags: Holidays, Robert F. Kennedy, Medical Specialization, Foods and Beverages, Celebrity Mothers
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Johnson working through struggles
Jim Johnson has been so solid since assuming a setup role in the Orioles' bullpen that when he struggles, it becomes a topic of conversation around the club. That's been the case over his past two outings. In Wednesday's gut-wrenching loss to the...Tags: Funk, Major League Baseball, Miguel Tejada, Cesar Izturis, American League
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Too fast, too soon for Guthrie
It wasn't that long ago that Orioles fans -- and the media -- viewed right-hander Jeremy Guthrie as the steal of the century, which wasn't hard to do since the century was only a few years old anyway.
The Orioles claimed him off waivers in 2007 from...Tags: Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Jeremy Guthrie, John Lackey, Erik Bedard
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Up-and-down O's pushing the pace in the rear
News item: The Orioles open a three-game interleague series against the Washington Nationals on Friday night at Camden Yards after an up-and-down road trip through Philadelphia and Miami.
My take: I've got to believe that's the first time in recorded...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Brett Favre, Mike Miller, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers
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The least sought-after police job in the city
Baltimore Sun reporterThe police patrol area is called the Central District, implying center of the city, or downtown. But its borders stretch far beyond, north of North Avenue into Reservoir Hill, west of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard past the trendy enclave of Bolton Hill...Tags: Murder, Ed Hale, John Bailey, Martin Luther King Jr., Regional Authority
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Viewpoint: Angelos doesn't deserve the bad rap
Sports Illustrated recently named Peter Angelos, the owner of the Baltimore Orioles, as the worst owner in the game. Having played for the Orioles for 14 seasons, nine during the Angelos era, I feel I am qualified to speak about the topic. I find it...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Eric Davis, Major League Baseball, Bobby Bonilla, David Wells
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readers respond angelos' ownership of the orioles
An op-ed by former Oriole Brady Anderson in defense of club owner Peter G. Angelos published Tuesday on baltimoresun.com generated a tremendous response, with about half of the readers glad that someone is finally sticking up for the O's owner and the...Tags: United States, Brady Anderson, Major League Baseball, Sports Illustrated (magazine), Dining and Drinking
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After debut, Wieters is allowed to settle in
Matt Wieters was just another player when he arrived at the ballpark Saturday. The normal contingent of local news media stopped by for a few minutes. The weather permitted him to take batting practice with his major league teammates for the first time....Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Harmon Killebrew, Major League Baseball, Koji Uehara, Detroit Tigers
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Don't count out a repeat by Philadelphia Phillies
As was the case in most of the 1980s, this is proving to be a dynasty-free decade in baseball. There wasn't a lot of talk about the Philadelphia Phillies or Tampa Bay Rays being capable of a run after they went to the World Series in October, and the...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, A.J. Hinch, Chicago Cubs, National League, Philadelphia Phillies
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Orioles' new era is on the horizon
Orioles fans are growing restless, and why not? The O's are struggling - as everyone knew they would - and the clock seems to be running out on the stopgap options the front office employed to avoid rushing the organization's best prospects into the major...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, New York Mets, Major League Baseball, David Hernandez, Trips and Vacations
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