Month: August 2023

Another example of Trump’s racism

He wouldn’t want to offend the racist portion of his cult.

It’s the whole GOP

More tweets on Larry Doby

James Buckley had a boa constrictor in his dorm

I am not an fan of the late James Buckley’s politics but I think having a boa constrictor in his dorm was cool.

The above text is from the Post obituary

More tweets in support of physical media

I’m a big believer in keeping DVDs, Blu-rays and CDs.

More tweets on racism and Black maternal health

Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”By @deldeib.bsky.social(Published Dec. 2022)

— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2024-12-27T03:00:01.460Z

*The NIH-grant cancellation in late March followed the release of data from the CDC revealing that Black women were the only race or ethnic group who didn’t experience a decline in deaths from pregnancy related causes in 2023."

— Soraya Nadia McDonald (@sorayanadiamcdonald.com) 2025-08-02T19:05:46.051Z

Terrible New York Times article on John Angelos

Tyler Kepner, an excellent writer, should know better.

I posted comments on Twitter. Like mine, most of the comments on the article were negative. Here are my thoughts in more detail.

  1. The Orioles were the fourth most profitable MLB team in 2022. Angelos is already making lots of money and can spend more on players. I don’t expect them to keep both Rutschman and Henderson. We’ve already seen this when the Orioles traded Manny Machado instead of paying him what he was worth. The window for winning is about four more years.

2. Angelos says that the way Kevin Brown’s absence from the team was handled was wrong and it won’t happen again. He’s the boss. He could have stepped in and stopped it while it was happening. He had many days to do this and chose not to.

3. Angelos is making unreasonable requests and we don’t know why. The state offered both the Orioles and Ravens $600 million for stadium improvements if they signed a long-term lease extension. The Ravens did and the Orioles haven’t so far. The lease runs out on 12/31/23. It is unlikely that the team would be moved but remember we in Baltimore worry about this since the Colts left in 1984.

You probably can’t read this article unless you are a Baltimore Sun subscriber but the main points are:

Angelos wanted the rights to build on three parking lots which are also used by the Ravens.

Angelos wanted $300 million more in addition to the $600 million.

4. I like Angelos’s goal of building an entire entertainment district but there isn’t enough room near the stadium. I worry that ultimately, they will build a stadium in the suburbs where they could get the land.

5. The Times article says:

But Angelos mentioned several other possibilities: an elementary school located in the warehouse, a health and wellness clinic, internship and mentorship programs for local youth.

These are fine ideas but I don’t see how they make money for the Orioles which I assume is his main goal. I think this is just to get support from the community.

The Orioles are having a great season on the field and it’s a shame to have Angelos distract from it.