Wow O's fans

[Lintyfresh85]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Sources-say-Orioles-turned-down-Cal-Ripken-for-job-041610

Angelos, what a dummy.

Angelos, however, nixed the idea in a separate conversation with Ripken, telling him, according to three sources, that he did not want Ripken to receive credit once the team returned to prominence.

[Dice]

Re: Wow O's fans

Why does it matter who gets credit when the team returns to prominence? From a GM's perspective(as with most team oriented people) it shouldn't matter. JUST GET THERE! And looking at the O's, they got a long way to go.

[wwharton]

Re: Wow O's fans

No surprised that Angelos is a *******. It almost makes me want them to fail but they are my team. The O's are taking a serious hit from it's neighbors down south too. The new stadium in DC, and many people that turned to the O's when DC didn't have a team are now becoming Nats fans. I think last weekend the 3 game total attendance was around 30,000 (for comparison, opening day was over 48,000 alone).

You'd think the owner would realize that having Cal Ripken as a part of anything right now would be a very good thing.

[Beantown]

Re: Wow O's fans

And the other side of the story, per ESPN:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5104464

[wwharton]

Re: Wow O's fans

Sounds a bit better, but honestly, Ripken is bigger than the Orioles. Taking a job in the organization at this point in his life would be a step down. Angelos needs to take the offer to "help" however he wants and leave it at that. Trust, Angelos is a slimeball. This shouldn't even be news. Ripken should just be helping without anyone outside of the clubhouse knowing about it... if the man wanted ANY job (including leading a group to buy Angelos out) I'm sure he'd have no problem getting it.

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: Wow O's fans

As I said in the other thread, I'm about as disgusted as I've ever been to be an O's fan. This is worse than 2005.