The Baltimore Orioles has finally made an agreement to move on…
David Rubenstein, like many baseball fans, had long wanted to buy his favorite boyhood team. The difference is that Rubenstein is one of the few persons on the planet capable of making that fantasy a reality.
Rubenstein, the co-founder of private-equity company Carlyle, announced Wednesday that he had struck an agreement to buy the Baltimore Orioles from John Angelos, the eldest son of Peter Angelos, the 94-year-old family patriarch who is suffering from dementia. The acquisition values the Orioles at $1.725 billion, which is roughly ten times what Peter Angelos and his group of investors paid for them in 1993.
Happy Monday, Camden Chatters! I hope you had a great weekend. If you enjoy football, perhaps watching the first round of the playoffs distracted you from the fact that another week has passed without the Orioles making any moves. Yesterday, I was at home fighting a cold, with a flurry spinning outside and my child visiting her grandparents. It seemed like the perfect time to see 101: The Story of the 2023 Baltimore Orioles, a movie published by the Orioles last week.
I had meant to see it when it came out on the 10th, but I backed out when I realized it was 1.5 hours long. That was too much for one weeknight.
I wasn’t persuaded on a movie about a team that never won a postseason game, but it turned out to be a pleasant way to spend a cold day indoors while I waited for the new season to begin.
It began in spring training and focused on key moments during the season.
It was a lovely walk down memory lane, and it did help to get me excited for the new season, even though I still have 73 days till Opening Day.
In addition to the chronology, the film featured vignettes of numerous players who contributed to the club. I particularly appreciated Ben McDonald confessing that he believed Mike Elias was insane for hanging on to Yennier Cano.
There were additional tales about Félix Bautista, Aaron Hicks, Tyler Wells, John Means, Gunnar Henderson, and others. Kyle Bradish, on the other hand, was notably absent.
