A general aerial view of Oriole Park at Camden Yards is seen, June 27, 2020, in Baltimore. A Maryland official on a powerful state board says there’s “too much foot-dragging” between the Maryland Stadium Authority and the Baltimore Orioles to renew the team’s lease at Camden Yards. Treasurer Dereck Davis, who is one of three members of the Maryland Board of Public Works, expressed his concerns at the end of a board meeting Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (AP News photo)
On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:
#1 Amaury, the Baltimore Orioles are in first place, have the best ballpark in Major League Baseball and are getting a $600 million commitment from the state of Maryland and Orioles owner John Angelos is not satisfied. He wants deal similar to what the Atlanta Braves got in Cobb County stadium improvements (in the case of the Orioles) Braves had their stadium paid by the county also the Orioles want prime downtown real estate in Baltimore.
#2 Camden Yards was built in 1992 and is the tenth oldest park in MLB and it has so many nuances with it’s wide concourses, lots of food varieties, it’s throw back look and rated as one of the best parks in the majors. It’s hard to imagine that anything needs to be added to improve Camden yet the Orioles want improvements and if they don’t get it they could ask to relocate.
#3 The Milwaukee Brewers were ordered by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to do stadium improvements on American Family Park and the state of Wisconsin is offering up $290 million towards those improvement as approved by Governor Tony Evers.
#4 The Brewers have also threatened to move out of Milwaukee if they don’t get financed for improvements for their ballparks. If the Brewers don’t get funded to their satisfaction it would take years to prepare their move.
#5 To name some of the cities that would like to have MLB and welcome the Brewers and Orioles two that come to mind Charlotte and Nashville. It would be ashamed if Baltimore and Milwaukee would lose their teams due to relocation. Also chances are they would not have to pay a relocation fee.
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