The public statement issued Monday by John Angelos, chair and CEO of the Baltimore Orioles, offered no ifs, ands or buts about the future of the baseball franchise: “As I have said before, as long as Fort McHenry is standing watch over the Inner Harbor, the Orioles will remain in Baltimore.” He goes on the explain his family’s deep roots in the city and how hundreds of millions of dollars in new state investment in Oriole Park at Camden Yards approved just two months earlier is a key factor to keeping the ballclub here for “generations to come.” The message is clear, the logic is sound, and Mr. Angelos is likely sincere.
