In fact, it’s a pretty safe bet that none of the veterans of the 1983 Orioles team, who were celebrated last weekend for their World Series victory 40 years ago, have ever plotted to show up in similar suits unless it was the team uniform. You think he was thinking WWJAS (What Would John Angelos Say)? We don’t recall Brooks Robinson ever dressing up as “Tinky-Winky” or “Laa-Laa” or any of the other plush creatures on the popular BBC children’s show. Now compare that to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle and his futuristic Teletubbies. Wasn’t Brown serving that quite enjoyable narrative by pointing out the contrast? Does Orioles Chairman John Angelos think Baltimoreans are Balti-morons? One of the joys of the franchise’s turnaround has been the contrast to how they played before - from 47 wins in 2018 to 52 in 2021 to a possible 100-win pace this season. But there’s something highly insulting to O’s fans to somehow expect them to have conveniently forgotten that the Birds have been losing games (including at Tropicana Field where they recorded just two wins against seven losses last season).

Brown isn’t a journalist, he’s paid by the Orioles to be an entertainer. Ordinarily, we would be inclined to ignore internal disputes within the local baseball franchise, particularly when it’s so unrelated to the product on the field.

A townships tale