Orioles ownership has been a punching bag for years. Media personalities arranged stadium walk outs as a protest, and radio callers have routinely blamed the Angelos boogieman anytime things went wrong.
Some of that ire was deserved. After all, the major league team was really bad during the first decade of the 21st century. They were AL East cellar dwellers, and there were almost no signs that the organization had any intention to change its ways.
Even the club’s recent resurgence and return to relevancy wasn’t enough for many fans to let the warehouse off the hook.