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Thread: OT: Nashville Orioles?
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08-13-2019, 04:44 PM #14Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: OT: Nashville Orioles?
Baltimore's population was the lowest it had been in 100 years two years ago as seen in the Sun March 23rd, 2017. Also according to Bizjournals & CBS13 Baltimore was ranked 2nd in the nation for largest population decrease in the nation last year. People may not want to face the music but a lot of people have finally had the shits of the city. And yes that has effected both franchises and many businesses.
As far as the Orioles go the Angelos family has pissed off MLB, the fans, The Ravens and anyone else they can screw. I'm tired of hearing "oh the sons have taken over, its going to be different". Guess what reports have been widely circulated for years that his sons had taken over the operation. This is just another attempt to lure people back in. Wouldn't surprise me if they started this rumor to gain leverage.
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08-13-2019, 04:46 PM #15
Re: OT: Nashville Orioles?
Shitty owners tend to have shitty teams. Baltimore isn't NYC LA Chicago or St
Louis where ppl will show up no matter what.
O s have been bad for years that's the only reason ppl aren't showing up
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08-13-2019, 04:58 PM #16
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st louis just moved to LA
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08-13-2019, 05:26 PM #17Pro Bowl Poster
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Total speculation and no one has any clue. These are all clickbait articles.
Here's the rebuttal
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybr.../#38da35a82a11
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08-13-2019, 05:42 PM #18Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: OT: Nashville Orioles?
Most people that attend Oriole & Raven games are not from Baltimore City they are from the suburbs, fans are not going to drive distances to watch a sub par team. The owner has to at least make an attempt to put a competitive team on the field to draw fan interest, put crap on the field you get crap attendance.
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08-13-2019, 05:50 PM #19
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It's so frustrating to me when people pull this: Seriously, you think a sports team only draws from those residents who live inside the city limits?
The Baltimore Metro Area has a population of 2.8 Million, the 21st-largest in the nation. It also has a median household income of $77K
By contrast, the Nashville metro area has a population of 2.0 Million, with a median household income of $62K
This is the same BS people - like Tagliabue - pulled to try to justify why a city like Jacksonville deserved an expansion franchise over Baltimore. "But the city is larger!" So damn what? The population of the area that the fanbase is ACTUALLY drawn from was (and is) less than half the size of ours.
When the O's and Ravens start checking people's licenses at the turnstiles to see whether they live in Baltimore City or Baltimore County, then I'll start to worry."Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but NOT to their own facts" - Daniel P. Moynihan
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08-13-2019, 05:50 PM #20
Re: OT: Nashville Orioles?
And when I was a kid (and the Colts were NFL Champions) Edmondson Village was a place on the West side of the City and East side of the County nobody thought twice about to go shopping. Recall my father stating he ran into Governor McKeldin one time while shopping at Edmondson Village.
The City has been ill served by it's elected leadership since Donald Schaffer resigned to become Governor of Maryland in 1987.
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08-13-2019, 06:09 PM #21Hall Of Fame Poster
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08-13-2019, 06:13 PM #22Hall Of Fame Poster
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08-13-2019, 06:14 PM #23Hall Of Fame Poster
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The whole point to bringing up population was to reinforce the notion that Baltimore is screwed location wise. So city population should come into play with them.
Because outside of the city, if they aren’t competitive, people have an option to choose a different team because they are within a stones throw of another team/city/stadium.
Having the Nationals and Phillies so close does the Orioles and generating fans absolutely no favors. Especially when they are among the worst teams.
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08-13-2019, 06:42 PM #24
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