SARASOTA, Fla. -- Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette disputed a published report that owner Peter Angelos was "incensed" that Major League Baseball disallowed the signing of Korean teenager Seong-Min Kim.
"Why would he be mad at Major League Baseball,'' Duquette said. "We made the mistake and I apologized for it. Major League Baseball didn't make the mistake. I did, and I apologized for it and I apologized to Peter Angelos."
The signing was disallowed because the Orioles failed to make an appropriate status check on Kim through MLB and the Korean Baseball Organization. The deal was put on hold -- and not completely voided -- so the Orioles may still get the opportunity to sign him at a later date.