Late last night the saga that was the sale of the Dodgers finally concluded. Magic Johnson’s ownership group agreed to purchase the club for a North American record $2 billion.
Here in Baltimore, the twitterverse exploded with disappointed Orioles fans that continue to await the day that their beloved franchise gets reclaimed. As we talked about yesterday, the O’s are viewed as one of, if not, the worst franchises in Major League Baseball.
FOXSports.com’s Jon Morosi really summed it up beautifully in a tweet he posted after the news broke. “Frank McCourt just sold the Dodgers to one of the most popular athletes in world history,” he wrote. “Yes, it will help McCourt’s legacy.”
For a city begging for Cal Ripken Jr. to take the reigns on their baseball franchise, Morosi’s comments definitely hit close to home. I just don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Cal Ripken buying this team is a pipe dream. Angelos isn’t selling and his sons will eventually inherit the team.
I love this team and I wish someone would force Angelos to relinquish the team, but I don’t see it happening.
MGW… you do know that Angelos kids said they didn’t want the team right?
Dustin,
I’ve heard nothing of the sort. I do know they are very involved with the team and with MASN so that would really shock me. Show me an article that talks about that, otherwise it’s just wishful thinking on another Cal Ripken Fan Boy’s part.
Leave Angelos alone. Lets face it whether he is the owner or not no way the Orioles can compete with the millionaire Yankees year in and year out. The BIG ticket items for professional teams are television contracts and corporate sponsors who buy luxury suites. The Orioles have low ball MASN and Ollie’s supplementing their ability to built a better team. Now there’s talk of a new arena in Baltimore- for what, the basketball and hockey team if they get one that no one will support. Face it Baltimore is a one sport team and right now it’s the Ravens. People will suck it up for ten games per year versus 81 or 41 for basketball…the economy is bad. Been to the inner harbor on a week night lately, besides the homeless, you’ll own it.