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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: mountn man

LOL!


101 posted on 02/24/2017 6:05:22 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: mountn man

LOL!


102 posted on 02/24/2017 6:05:34 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: stocksthatgoup

I don’t watch the NFL and MLB is on the caution list.


103 posted on 02/24/2017 8:29:49 PM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: BatGuano
maryland is THE Freak state. The lunatic owner fits - in well in that LIB hellhole.
104 posted on 02/24/2017 9:00:09 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: detective; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Maryland "Freak State" PING!

105 posted on 02/24/2017 9:07:16 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Life was so much better before Hart-Cellar.)
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To: detective

Wish they’d keep the effing politics out of sports.


106 posted on 02/24/2017 10:35:10 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: detective

Don’t hold your breath a$$hole!!


107 posted on 02/25/2017 3:14:27 AM PST by ontap
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To: PSUGOP

“Why would Trump care about throwing out the first pitch? Why would the American people care? Get over yourself.”

Excellent point, spend the time draining the swamp.


108 posted on 02/25/2017 6:21:39 AM PST by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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To: silverleaf

After he wipes away his tears, and they move the pitchers mound towards home plate by half.


109 posted on 02/25/2017 6:23:43 AM PST by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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To: Shane

That’s no pitchers mound! It’s Barbara Mikulski!


110 posted on 02/25/2017 6:31:42 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: detective

No owner in American baseball history has ever made such a statement, and; no owner tells the President what he is allowed to do or isn’t. Only Congress has traditionally had that oversight.


111 posted on 02/25/2017 7:18:11 AM PST by Lumper20 (Muslims, Latinos, Asians etc. Assimilate means learn English plus OUR WAYS!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Oy, such chutzpah.


112 posted on 02/25/2017 12:20:52 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: tomkat

It’s getting to be more like Detroit on the Chesapeake.


113 posted on 02/25/2017 12:53:03 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Life was so much better before Hart-Cellar.)
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To: jch10

Apart from the politics, Maryland is a very nice state. Just make sure you’re simply passin’ through instead of movin’ in.


114 posted on 02/25/2017 12:54:14 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Life was so much better before Hart-Cellar.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Yes, i’m sure.


115 posted on 02/25/2017 5:04:32 PM PST by jch10 (President Trump, President Trump, President Trump! I just love saying that!)
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To: DoughtyOne; sauropod

I know, right? I live in Maryland, but damn it to hell...if they haven’t realized by now that Trump is not a hoop-jumper, they’re just freaking stupid!


116 posted on 02/25/2017 6:04:59 PM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: hellinahandcart

I think it’s time to call them personally. I can be quite persistent.


117 posted on 02/25/2017 6:14:32 PM PST by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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To: hellinahandcart

Exactly!


118 posted on 02/25/2017 6:36:48 PM PST by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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