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Orioles exec: Trump apology before first pitch
MSN News ^ | February 24, 2017

Posted on 02/24/2017 2:30:59 PM PST by detective

A Baltimore Orioles executive says he'd prefer President Trump not throw out a first pitch at Camden Yards without first apologizing for statements that could be viewed as problematic "from a race, ethnicity, religious, gender, disability" standpoint.   John Angelos, son of owner Peter Angelos and the Orioles' executive vice president and chief operating officer, said on a Baltimore-based podcast that divisive rhetoric and actions during Trump's campaign and since his swearing-in require that the president re-double efforts to embrace all members of the community.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: angelos; antitrump; apology; baltimore; baltimoreorioles; baseball; donaldtrump; first100days; johnan; johnangelos; mlb; orioles; shutupandsing; trump; trump45; urban
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To: PSUGOP

Prez should tell them he’s too busy to participate in such foolishness.


81 posted on 02/24/2017 3:39:42 PM PST by onehipdad (Tell us who poisoned the monkeys and we'll give you a cigarette)
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To: detective
The Orioles should use one of baseball's veteran first pitch throwers.


82 posted on 02/24/2017 3:55:41 PM PST by C210N
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To: detective
I can see the Twitter message from Trump already:

"The Orioles suck bigly anyway."

83 posted on 02/24/2017 4:04:49 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: PSUGOP

Long tradition, sort of. Most presidents since Harding, have thrown out first pitch on opening day. But Obama only did it once or twice, occasionally someone else does it. Personally, I think while Trump has every right to do it, it is too much of a security risk, in the current political climate. Maybe people are searched before entering a ballgame. I don’t know. But it is a slap in the face for this owner to demand an apology from the POTUS. These hate-filled people need to STOP!


84 posted on 02/24/2017 4:06:34 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: detective

Did Trump ask to throw out the first pitch?


85 posted on 02/24/2017 4:14:14 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: detective
Trump could offer to throw the first pitch . . . at Angelos's head. (Trump was a baseball pitcher at NYMA, as I recall.) If the guy can dodge the pitch, Trump apologizes.

For missing.

86 posted on 02/24/2017 4:21:14 PM PST by SamuraiScot
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To: detective
...slime ball Peter Angelos...

I have some relatives in the greater Baltimore area that were O's fans since moving there in the 1950s.

It killed them when Angelos took over, and they eventually stopped going to the games.

87 posted on 02/24/2017 4:23:52 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: toldyou

OMG he played Soccer?!?!?!?!?!

A lot of Freepers won’t want to hear that.


88 posted on 02/24/2017 4:25:19 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Made In The USA
Hope the team’s ownership looks out into the stands on opening day and only sees one guy in the stands.

"Maybe we ought to do one of those waves."

89 posted on 02/24/2017 4:26:48 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: detective

I have been a long time supporter - and for years (when I lived in Balt.) a season ticket holder.

But now . . . . what are they thinking???


90 posted on 02/24/2017 4:27:53 PM PST by impactplayer
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To: detective

They’ve sure hit the skids since Boog Powell’s day.


91 posted on 02/24/2017 4:33:16 PM PST by onedoug
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To: inchworm

You’re right.

If you’ve broken the law, what difference is it what your skin color is?

Silly isn’t it.


92 posted on 02/24/2017 4:45:57 PM PST by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: KC Burke

I have visions of Floyd Rayford dancing in my head


93 posted on 02/24/2017 4:46:59 PM PST by technically right
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To: detective

Trump can throw out the first pitch for the Yankees. You know...a REALLY team.


94 posted on 02/24/2017 5:18:13 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: dfwgator

Yes lots of fans are from outside of the DC-Baltimore pit, such as PA. Not good warm fuzzies for gun clingers from PA...


95 posted on 02/24/2017 5:29:03 PM PST by smileyface (Things looking up in RED PA!)
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To: dfwgator

Absolutely.


96 posted on 02/24/2017 5:32:00 PM PST by Bellflower (Dems = Mat 6:23 ....If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!)
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To: detective

Make him document, in context, the statements he is referring too. I haven’t the foggiest.


97 posted on 02/24/2017 5:35:28 PM PST by Bellflower (Dems = Mat 6:23 ....If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!)
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To: Flaming Conservative
But it is a slap in the face for this owner to demand an apology from the POTUS.

Trump:" John here's your apology. I'm sorry...you're such a loser".

98 posted on 02/24/2017 5:37:43 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: madprof98

These idiot are chokng themselves to death.


99 posted on 02/24/2017 5:47:58 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Tijeras_Slim
"Or Lindsey Graham... but he’s more of a catcher."...

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Oh snap!

100 posted on 02/24/2017 6:01:17 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of The Great King! Forgive my misspelling when on my tablet)
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