August 17, 2004
Crossing all the S's
Don't blame Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos for the glacial pace of the Montreal Expos relocation saga, says MLB COO Bob DuPuy. "The main obstacle is sorting out the complexities of the various offers," DuPuy told USA Today. Yeah, we know just what complexities you mean, Bob.
Meanwhile, Angelos is still insisting his territorial rights aren't for sale, saying yesterday: "My position hasn't changed. That's for sure. That's exactly where we are." That Angelos doesn't actually own territorial rights to Washington, D.C., hasn't stopped him from threatening to block an Expos move - and for that matter, given that a three-quarters vote of team owners is sufficient to approve either relocation or overriding a team's territorial rights, it may not matter that much in any case, especially given that Angelos knows his way around a courtroom. Poutine in April, anyone?
