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The Peter Principles

In the end, Angelos family made $1 million every week they owned the Orioles – plus the actual profit

Baltimore Positive

After Nestor broke out a cocktail napkin and did the math on the $173 million price tag of the Baltimore Orioles in 1993 (that came with $45 million in cash) and the recent sale price of $1.7 billion to David Rubenstein (that comes with $600 million in free money from Maryland taxpayers), he wanted to confirm his Dundalk math with our financial advisor Leonard Raskin as to just how much money the Angelos family actually made while attempting to destroy the franchise for the fan base.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 13): Mi$ter Angelo$ & $on$ Network change$ everything for two citie$

Nestor Aparicio

Peter G. Angelos threatens MLB and gets his every wish fulfilled in 2005 and the Orioles – and Washington baseball – would never be the same. The story about how MASN lined the family with cash for a generation of awful baseball and even worse television coverage of it.

Debunking the local media myth: Peter Angelos did not “save” the Orioles for Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer’s real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 12): Selig vs. Angelos – trust, antitrust and billions of dollars

Nestor Aparicio

Washington baseball was the worst nightmare of Peter G. Angelos. Until it happened and he was about to cash in with a television network that would be a spigot of fresh cash when he was piling up bad baseball debt.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 11) – Letting The Moose Loose in pinstripes

Nestor Aparicio

Peter Angelos hated losing to George Steinbrenner. But somehow he had no problem with a Hall of Fame pitcher getting fed up with the awfulness of Orioles ownership and leadership. This story sheds lots of new light on the Orioles biggest loss to Yankees when Mike Mussina walked to The Bronx.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 10) – Syd Thrift, Confederate money and the new Oriole Way of 21st century

Nestor Aparicio

Peter Angelos was once called a “windbag” by a rival politician during his City Hall-aspiring days and six years into his reign of terror with the sputtering Orioles, his many words and lack of success with people would lend some credence to that claim.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 9) – Albert was not the Belle of Baltimore

Nestor Aparicio

Dinner with Fidel Castro in Havana, breakfast with Albert Belle in Baltimore and many years of losing ahead for King Peter as the Great Orange Malaise sets in on a generation of awful Orioles baseball led by poor ownership.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 8) – That time Peter Angelos tried to buy the Washington Redskins

Nestor Aparicio

Intent on buying the Washington Redskins and watching baseball in Cuba with Fidel Castro, Peter G. Angelos was enjoying his new found fame and dalliance in sports after spending a lifetime not caring much about the local teams. The Orioles owner was enjoying destroying the franchise on the field at the turn of the century.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 7) – A Ray of darkness, not zen for Wren and a Frank malaise sets over Orioles

Nestor Aparicio

Peter G. Angelos was developing a well-earned reputation as a supreme meddler, an intimidating life force and a bad guy to work for in Major League Baseball. He was making the antics of George Steinbrenner circa 1978 look like a sick, reprised role in Baltimore.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 6) – Wire to Wire, champagne and the Dumb Dumb divorce

Nestor Aparicio

Davey Johnson faxed The Baltimore Sun. Peter Angelos faxed The Washington Post. Both of their letters were published. Life was never the same for Orioles fans at Camden Yards. Read the history of the Angelos era and learn…

The Peter Principles (Ch. 5) – King Peter silences Jon Miller and anyone else who doesn’t bleed Orioles orange

Nestor Aparicio

Peter Angelos never cared for Hall of Fame broadcaster Jon Miller. Angelos thought Miller was too critical of the Orioles. But mostly, his old world sensibilities didn’t like the style of Jon Miller as the voice of his baseball franchise.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 4) – The Dumb Dumb error begins in Baltimore

Nestor Aparicio

The Ballad of Davey Johnson begins in Baltimore in 1996. All he ever did was win baseball games. He and Peter Angelos never agreed on much. And then he was gone. Here’s the whole story through the eyes of the journalists who covered it.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 3): Giving Peter The Ball, Scabs and The Angelos NFL Franchise in Baltimore

Nestor Aparicio

Peter Angelos did everything in his power to give Baltimore the NFL ball in 1994. Here’s the whole story…and the 2131 Cal Ripken night when Orioles fans booed him off the dais and he was never to be seen in front of Baltimore fans ever again.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 2): The error of tyranny at Camden Yards

Nestor Aparicio

This is Chapter 2 of The Peter Principles, a book chronicling the Baltimore Orioles ownership tenure of Peter G. Angelos. In the early days, getting rid of DeWitt and Lucchino was easy but winning proved to be much more difficult for King Peter.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 1): So, just how did Angelos become ‘King’ of Baltimore baseball?

Nestor Aparicio

Chronicling the history of the Peter Angelos era of Orioles baseball, local sports radio host, author and historian Nestor Aparicio presents “The Peter Principles,” a book on the history of Baltimore baseball in the modern era. This is Chapter 1, an incredible tale of how King Peter found the throne of every local kid’s dream.

Dear John Angelos: You’re a civic disgrace just like your father, now sign the lease!

Nestor Aparicio

With the news of the bizarre suspension of MASN broadcaster Kevin Brown making national headlines, Nestor Aparicio inks a personal letter to Baltimore Orioles owner John Angelos in #ColumnNes.

Dear John and Louis Angelos: Are you a Rocky – or a Bullwinkle?

Baltimore Positive

The sons of Peter Angelos got a “Dear Orioles” letter from Nestor back in July 2018 encouraging them to step forward and run a legitimate local baseball franchise. Now in the aftermath of the Kevin Brown suspension fiasco at MASN, any sensible fan would realize what we’re up against as a community with a born-on-third and thinks he hit a triple Fredo with a penchant for punishment like his old man.

What is future of Baltimore and Washington baseball living together in ugly MASN deal?

Baltimore Positive

Longtime baseball executive Marty Conway joins Nestor for a a deep dive on the future of MASN and Orioles and Nats in the aftermath of many familiar faces being axed at the once-wealthy television network. Cutting the cord on the fiction…

Dear Peter G. Angelos: Time will not dim the awfulness of your deeds

Nestor Aparicio

Recapping 25 years of the worst ownership imaginable, Nestor opens up in a #DearOrioles letter to Peter G. Angelos and asks him “What is next?” for a wayward Orioles franchise…

Being Thrift with mounting debt and wringing the Belle with an insurance policy

Nestor Aparicio

Bleeding money, Mussina gone, Belle dug in and MLB labor war looming, Angelos loses the fans of Baltimore and gets fired by a minor league owner

MASN Money For Dummies (Part 2): Understanding MASN, Orioles history and big money for Chris Davis

Nestor Aparicio

If you’re wondering whether Orioles can “afford” Chris Davis, our in-depth series breaking down MASN profit is required reading…

Orioles, Nats and MASN Money for Dummies: A complete primer on how Peter Angelos has lied and pocketed your dough

Nestor Aparicio

Hey Nats and Orioles fans: here are the facts in adding up where your missing cable TV dollars have gone. Hint: search pockets of Mr. Angelos

My Dinner With Peter G. Angelos (Part I)

Nestor Aparicio

Nestor is writing a book in March called “The Peter Principles.” He’s stumbling onto some Baltimore Orioles gems…

In the end, Angelos family made $1 million every week they owned the Orioles – plus the actual profit

Baltimore Positive

After Nestor broke out a cocktail napkin and did the math on the $173 million price tag of the Baltimore Orioles in 1993 (that came with $45 million in cash) and the recent sale price of $1.7 billion to David Rubenstein (that comes with $600 million in free money from Maryland taxpayers), he wanted to confirm his Dundalk math with our financial advisor Leonard Raskin as to just how much money the Angelos family actually made while attempting to destroy the franchise for the fan base.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 13): Mi$ter Angelo$ & $on$ Network change$ everything for two citie$

Nestor Aparicio

Peter G. Angelos threatens MLB and gets his every wish fulfilled in 2005 and the Orioles – and Washington baseball – would never be the same. The story about how MASN lined the family with cash for a generation of awful baseball and even worse television coverage of it.

Debunking the local media myth: Peter Angelos did not “save” the Orioles for Baltimore

Baltimore Positive

Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer’s real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 12): Selig vs. Angelos – trust, antitrust and billions of dollars

Nestor Aparicio

Washington baseball was the worst nightmare of Peter G. Angelos. Until it happened and he was about to cash in with a television network that would be a spigot of fresh cash when he was piling up bad baseball debt.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 11) – Letting The Moose Loose in pinstripes

Nestor Aparicio

Peter Angelos hated losing to George Steinbrenner. But somehow he had no problem with a Hall of Fame pitcher getting fed up with the awfulness of Orioles ownership and leadership. This story sheds lots of new light on the Orioles biggest loss to Yankees when Mike Mussina walked to The Bronx.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 10) – Syd Thrift, Confederate money and the new Oriole Way of 21st century

Nestor Aparicio

Peter Angelos was once called a “windbag” by a rival politician during his City Hall-aspiring days and six years into his reign of terror with the sputtering Orioles, his many words and lack of success with people would lend some credence to that claim.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 9) – Albert was not the Belle of Baltimore

Nestor Aparicio

Dinner with Fidel Castro in Havana, breakfast with Albert Belle in Baltimore and many years of losing ahead for King Peter as the Great Orange Malaise sets in on a generation of awful Orioles baseball led by poor ownership.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 8) – That time Peter Angelos tried to buy the Washington Redskins

Nestor Aparicio

Intent on buying the Washington Redskins and watching baseball in Cuba with Fidel Castro, Peter G. Angelos was enjoying his new found fame and dalliance in sports after spending a lifetime not caring much about the local teams. The Orioles owner was enjoying destroying the franchise on the field at the turn of the century.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 7) – A Ray of darkness, not zen for Wren and a Frank malaise sets over Orioles

Nestor Aparicio

Peter G. Angelos was developing a well-earned reputation as a supreme meddler, an intimidating life force and a bad guy to work for in Major League Baseball. He was making the antics of George Steinbrenner circa 1978 look like a sick, reprised role in Baltimore.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 6) – Wire to Wire, champagne and the Dumb Dumb divorce

Nestor Aparicio

Davey Johnson faxed The Baltimore Sun. Peter Angelos faxed The Washington Post. Both of their letters were published. Life was never the same for Orioles fans at Camden Yards. Read the history of the Angelos era and learn…

The Peter Principles (Ch. 5) – King Peter silences Jon Miller and anyone else who doesn’t bleed Orioles orange

Nestor Aparicio

Peter Angelos never cared for Hall of Fame broadcaster Jon Miller. Angelos thought Miller was too critical of the Orioles. But mostly, his old world sensibilities didn’t like the style of Jon Miller as the voice of his baseball franchise.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 4) – The Dumb Dumb error begins in Baltimore

Nestor Aparicio

The Ballad of Davey Johnson begins in Baltimore in 1996. All he ever did was win baseball games. He and Peter Angelos never agreed on much. And then he was gone. Here’s the whole story through the eyes of the journalists who covered it.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 3): Giving Peter The Ball, Scabs and The Angelos NFL Franchise in Baltimore

Nestor Aparicio

Peter Angelos did everything in his power to give Baltimore the NFL ball in 1994. Here’s the whole story…and the 2131 Cal Ripken night when Orioles fans booed him off the dais and he was never to be seen in front of Baltimore fans ever again.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 2): The error of tyranny at Camden Yards

Nestor Aparicio

This is Chapter 2 of The Peter Principles, a book chronicling the Baltimore Orioles ownership tenure of Peter G. Angelos. In the early days, getting rid of DeWitt and Lucchino was easy but winning proved to be much more difficult for King Peter.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 1): So, just how did Angelos become ‘King’ of Baltimore baseball?

Nestor Aparicio

Chronicling the history of the Peter Angelos era of Orioles baseball, local sports radio host, author and historian Nestor Aparicio presents “The Peter Principles,” a book on the history of Baltimore baseball in the modern era. This is Chapter 1, an incredible tale of how King Peter found the throne of every local kid’s dream.

Dear John Angelos: You’re a civic disgrace just like your father, now sign the lease!

Nestor Aparicio

With the news of the bizarre suspension of MASN broadcaster Kevin Brown making national headlines, Nestor Aparicio inks a personal letter to Baltimore Orioles owner John Angelos in #ColumnNes.

Dear John and Louis Angelos: Are you a Rocky – or a Bullwinkle?

Baltimore Positive

The sons of Peter Angelos got a “Dear Orioles” letter from Nestor back in July 2018 encouraging them to step forward and run a legitimate local baseball franchise. Now in the aftermath of the Kevin Brown suspension fiasco at MASN, any sensible fan would realize what we’re up against as a community with a born-on-third and thinks he hit a triple Fredo with a penchant for punishment like his old man.