Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Bird Watching
Here's a surprise: Rob Miech of the Las Vegas Sun got Peter Angelos to say that MLB shouldn't move the Expos to Washington, D.C.
"Consequences have to be expected when you do that to any major league franchise," Angelos, who turns 75 on July 4, said of territorial infringement. "You'll cause some serious problems, and we don't want to see that happen to the Orioles.
"It's been a great franchise with a long tradition, and (the Orioles) deserve to enjoy the territory that's been allotted to them without any intrusions."
When the Orioles arrived in Baltimore, Washington already had a team. The "territory that's been allotted to them" by the Major League Constitution consists of the City of Baltimore, plus Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Howard, Carroll and Harford Counties in Maryland, together with the right to exclude another team from playing within 15 miles from the outer limits of that territory. Much of the District of Columbia, and all of northern Virginia, lies outside that 15-mile zone of protection.
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Here's a surprise: Rob Miech of the Las Vegas Sun got Peter Angelos to say that MLB shouldn't move the Expos to Washington, D.C.
"Consequences have to be expected when you do that to any major league franchise," Angelos, who turns 75 on July 4, said of territorial infringement. "You'll cause some serious problems, and we don't want to see that happen to the Orioles.
"It's been a great franchise with a long tradition, and (the Orioles) deserve to enjoy the territory that's been allotted to them without any intrusions."
When the Orioles arrived in Baltimore, Washington already had a team. The "territory that's been allotted to them" by the Major League Constitution consists of the City of Baltimore, plus Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Howard, Carroll and Harford Counties in Maryland, together with the right to exclude another team from playing within 15 miles from the outer limits of that territory. Much of the District of Columbia, and all of northern Virginia, lies outside that 15-mile zone of protection.
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