Angelos slowing trade talks?

Wednesday, July 20, 2005 | Feedback | Print Entry

Peter Angelos is not the kind of owner who secretly wants to become a player personnel director. He's not scanning box scores and hitting his general manager at 8 a.m. with 36 names as possible acquisitions. The business of George Steinbrenner's life is the Yankees, first and foremost; the Orioles' owner, on the other hand, is a lawyer, first and foremost, and he works very hard at his chosen profession.

But Angelos does not fully delegate authority, either, and that is how he becomes a factor in the personnel decisions made by the Orioles. As Jorge Arangure Jr. writes, he's perhaps the reason why the A.J. Burnett trade talks with the Marlins have slowed to a crawl.

 
 

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