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Williams: The Latest Example MLB’s Massive Difference For Big and Small Markets

In one of my final years as an Orioles fan, I was sitting in my dorm room, getting ready to leave for winter break, when I saw the news: the Orioles had signed Miguel Tejada.

I quickly grabbed my phone, jumped up on my couch, and called my roommate to exclaim: We got Tejada!

I was part jumping for joy, and part jumping because our phones would only work if you held them up high in the corner of the room.

The Orioles were trying to go big that offseason. They were trying to mimic the Yankees and build a team through free agency.