The Orioles plan to appeal a decision ordering their team-controlled regional television network to pay the neighboring Washington Nationals tens of millions of dollars more in broadcast rights fees, according to a court document.
In the appeal to New York State’s highest court, the Orioles and the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network — which broadcasts both teams’ games — intend to argue that Major League Baseball had a conflict of interest when its arbitration panel recently awarded the Nationals nearly $100 million in additional rights fees, the document said.
The panel’s award was sealed after Stephen R.