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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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With no playoffs in 2008 and a new stadium opening in 2009, the New York Yankees are trying their hardest to make the three top free-agent starting pitchers extremely rich. But it takes two parties to finish a deal. Imagine the horror in the Big Apple if...Tags: Albert Pujols, New York Yankees, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, American League
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What if Yanks whiff on all three?
Chicago TribuneWith no playoffs in 2008 and a new stadium opening in 2009, the Yankees are trying their hardest to make the three top free-agent starting pitchers extremely rich. But it takes two parties to finish a deal. Imagine the horror in the Big Apple if the...Tags: Derek Lowe, A.J. Burnett, Barry Zito, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox
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Will city schools get the same attention?
As a Bolton Hill resident, it pleases me to see the University of Baltimore and the Maryland Institute College of Art prosper ("Visions of new UB law building," Nov. 16). The planned new UB law building is sure to add to the aesthetics of the area, as its...Tags: Bolton Hill, Mount Royal, Charter Schools
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Orioles need to treat Teixeira like real blue-chip recruit
Sun StaffThe Orioles have taken the first step in their pursuit of Maryland-born first baseman Mark Teixeira. "We have had discussions with his representative," club president Andy MacPhail said yesterday. The Orioles contacted Teixeira's agent, Scott Boras,...Tags: A.J. Burnett, Mike Flanagan, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, B.J. Ryan
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A bright new face for UB law school
A German architecture firm with a reputation for creating visually striking buildings that are also environmentally friendly has won an international competition to design a $107 million law school for the University of Baltimore.
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Visions of new UB law building
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Those are a few of the concepts that architects have proposed for...Tags: Road Transportation, James Stewart, Moshe Safdie, National Government, Colleges and Universities
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10 free agents who could interest O's
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Orioles change wardrobe
Baltimore Sun reporterOne long wait ends tomorrow for Orioles fans, who will no longer be able to gripe about the absence of the city's name from the team's road uniforms. At a fan rally tomorrow at noon at The Gallery at Harborplace, attended by some of the organization's...Tags: Jim Palmer, Major League Baseball, Nick Markakis
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Give Angelos a hand for being hands-off
This might make your buddies gag on their Cheerios this morning, but fair is fair. Some might subscribe to the theory that unless you have something negative to say, it's best to not say anything at all. But not you. Half full or half empty, you've always...Tags: A.J. Burnett, Brian Roberts, Major League Baseball, Brooks Robinson, Atlanta Braves
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Neighborhood cleanup
For years, Harry Jennings and his neighbors on Summerfield Road put up with bad-tasting, corrosive water that ate through plumbing and ruined appliances. They also endured a dark, gritty dust wafting in the wind that would coat their cars and clothes...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Metal and Mineral, Vehicles, John R Leopold, Water Pollution
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Constellation, Gambrills residents settle fly-ash suit
A group of Anne Arundel County residents whose drinking water was contaminated with coal ash reached a multimillion-dollar settlement yesterday of its class action lawsuit against Constellation Energy Group. The deal, estimated at $45 million, gives...Tags: Constellation Energy Group, Court Administration, Metal and Mineral, Mining, Environmental Cleanup
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Springing into action?
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...Tags: Air Transportation, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Spring Training, Boston Red Sox, Transportation
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