ANALYSIS/OPINION:
BALTIMORE | He arrived undercover, his hiring quietly covered in a Baltimore Orioles press release that was issued on the day before July 4th of 2018.
“The Orioles announced today that John Vidalin joins the organization as Chief Operating Officer for Business Operations. Vidalin will oversee day-to-day operations of the Orioles’ business departments, including revenue (ticket sales and corporate partnerships), branding, customer experience, ballpark operations, and event development.”
He was the specialist brought in to save a dying franchise, an experimental drug the Angelos family hoped would breathe life into what had become a baseball corpse.