Posted on Fri Sep 22, 2006 at 02:24:33 PM EST in MLB
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A sports talk radio station in Baltimore, WNST organized a protest against current owner Peter Angelos for making the Orioles a terrible team.

WE, the lifelong fans of the Baltimore Orioles, demand new ownership. We want someone other than Peter G. Angelos and his group owning, making decisions and fortifying the baseball team and civic treasure that is the Orioles.

After 13 years of bad management, fan apathy (and in some cases fan abuse) and horrible baseball, we feel it is time for a fan revolt and we will use this website and "rally" day as our only means of unifying, coordinating and, hopefully at some point, taking back a tremendous source of civic pride, joy and community formerly known as the Baltimore Orioles.

Well, apparently the protest got about a thousand orioles fans to buy the cheapest tickets in the house and walk out at 5:08 PM. Baltimore averages only about 27 thousand fans a game so a thousand folks is somewhat significant but hardly as much of a dent as this photo would indicate.

Sure it's a PR embarassment for the ownership group of the Orioles but is the rally going to do anything but be a black eye for a couple of days and some free press for the radio station that organized it? Probably not. Still, kudos to the thousand or so Orioles fans who felt passionate enough about their team to get out there. A thousand folks isn't that much but it beats the usual attendance at Braves playoff games...

Links:
[Oriole Magic]: THE RALLY
[Yahoo]: Orioles protesters walk out on team

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