Angelos' management doesn't make any sense It is...

Angelos' management doesn't make any sense

It is unbelievable, but the reality of the completed debacle and the ultimate in absolute idiocy has come to fruition at the B&O warehouse.

Mike Mussina is a New York Yankee because the emperor has decided to put his head in a cloud of misconception and fantasy.

How can Peter Angelos ever convince the fans of Baltimore that he knows a single thing about baseball? Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has been elevated to the level of genius.

Angelos ran Davey Johnson out of town just as he won Manager of the Year. He hired a proven loser in Ray Miller and kept him for two full years of losing. He got a proven winner in Mike Hargrove and stripped him of bona fide players. The result: losing again.

Does this make sense to anyone out there?

Nathan Fletcher, Baltimore

Angelos' bad moves destroying `Oriole Way'

Peter Angelos has once again proved that he doesn't care about the team and has all but destroyed the "Oriole Way."

Having been a longtime fan of the Orioles, I never thought I would see the day when, although I will remain a fan, that I hope the record gets so bad that there is a fan rebellion against the owner. I am a firm believer that many of the problems seen the past several years have trickled down from the top.

It's no wonder that the team has no drive. It seems that Mr. Angelos, or as I call him, Mr. "Angeloser," wants to destroy the team.

I would not be surprised to hear Angelos decide to force Cal Ripken to leave. Maybe this is what is needed to get the fans angry enough to try and force Mr. Angelos to hand over the reins to someone who really cares about the "Oriole Way."

Jeff Embry, Gaithersburg

Continued bashing of Angelos unjustified

Welcome to another year of Orioles/Angelos bashing by the sports staff of The Sun. Give yourselves an "A" for continuity and inconsistency. Let me do a quick review.

For two-plus seasons, The Sun's writers criticized the club for being old, slow and lacking fire. Going nowhere at midseason, the Orioles decided to move their older players and give youth a chance. This is what you clamored for, and if Brady Anderson and Mike Mussina had waived their no-trade clauses, they, too, might have been traded.

The outcome? The writers spent the rest of the year praising ex-Orioles after every two-hit game or scoreless inning, while criticizing the newly acquired group. Your attempt at micromanaging trumped any accusations made toward the owner on many occasions.

Now we come to the Mussina saga. It strikes me as odd that having criticized Mr. Angelos for exorbitant spending on the free agents and signing players to too-lengthy contracts, you do an about-face and advocate breaking the bank and guaranteeing six years to a 32-year-old pitcher.

Sheldon K. Caplis, Baltimore

Fans shouldn't forget Mussina's past loyalty

As an avid Orioles fan, I was saddened by the departure of Mike Mussina. To see other Orioles fans turn on Mussina because of his departure sickens me.

How quickly we forget that in Mussina's last contract negotiation, he signed for much less than the market would bear to show his loyalty to the Orioles. Other players condemned him for this, the most vocal being Tom Glavine of the Braves.

We as fans do have the right to boo certain players or teams, but as loyal as Mussina was to us, I think he deserves respect when he returns to Camden Yards.

As for Peter Angelos, please do us all a favor and sell the team to a new owner, preferably the new owner of the Ravens, Steve Bisciotti. With Mr. Bisciotti, we know he would let the baseball people, not his sons, run the team.

Gary W. Collins, Kingsville

Mussina was great Oriole, but not worth $87 million

I'm disappointed with the fans who have been critical of Peter Angelos for the loss of Mike Mussina.

Without a doubt, Mussina has been the best pitcher on the Orioles' staff for many years, but is he worth $87 million on the assumption that the quality of his pitching would endure for six more years? I doubt that as an Oriole he would win 87 games in that time period.

We are talking about paying a pitcher a million dollars for each win. What has the game come to when winning is that important?

Ralph Wittman, Forest Hill

Make a bold statement: Stay away Opening Day

Orioles fans should show Peter Angelos and Syd Thrift what we think of their recent moves by staying home on Opening Day. An empty stadium would get through to these guys, but we all know as fans (lemmings), that this won't happen.

One thing we can do is this: When the Yankees come to town and Mike Mussina takes the mound, stand up and give him an ovation that shows old Pete and Syd that they were wrong. It would be the classy thing to do.

Mussina wanted to stay, so let's show him that we as fans respect and appreciate what he did for this team. And, for once, let's stand up to Pete and Syd.

Greg Small, Hagerstown

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