Baltimore Orioles selling for $1.725 BILLION!?! Is the Angelos family moving on!?; Why is Ben Johnsons staying in Detroit? (Episode 980)

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David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘hunt for orange October’ as in Tom Clancy as in the Baltimore Orioles as in the Angelos family as in selling time! The Baltimore Orioles will reportedly be sold for $1.725B for David Rubenstein. What does this mean for the team? What does the transaction look like? What are the details? (13:20) Ben Johnson is choosing to stay in Detroit. He reportedly told the two remaining teams (Commanders, Seahawks) he’s out on head coaching to be the OC with the Lions. Why? (27:36) Review: Bobi Wine - The People’s President. (31:45) We have another update on the NHL players and the sexual assault in Canada. It turns out the reports of the players was true and they had to turn themselves in. The Calgary Flames released a statement about their statement on Dillon Dube and his mental health. (35:45) NPPOD. (36:20) It’s time for an update! Just yesterday we talked about Embiid and the 65-game limit. And later that day it became news! (39:40) Roger Goodell had to be deposed in court. Why? What did he say? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	go. go. Hunt for Orange October. That's the nothing personal word of the day for Wednesday, January 31st, the final day of the first month of 2024.
0:56.0	Hunt for Red October, the Tom Clancy book slash great movie that many of you have seen.
1:02.0	Tom Clancy back in 1993 became a minority partner
1:07.0	owning the Baltimore Orioles.
1:10.0	And yesterday it was announced,
1:12.0	as we've told you,
1:14.0	the Baltimore Orioles have been sold, but wait,
1:17.0	there are several parts to this story that fascinate me.
1:20.0	David Rubinstein, you'll read about him,
1:24.4	you're gonna hear hedge fund, billionaire,
1:27.6	private equity, partners.
1:31.0	There's a second name that you've heard, but I'm not going to mention his name, Mike, because his name will never be mentioned again. It's not like John Henry and Tom Warner. In baseball circles, John Henry's number one, Tom Warner's number two.
1:43.8	They call themselves co-owners,
1:45.5	but John Henry is the principal owner of the Red Sox.
1:51.0	David Rubinstein will be the control owner, the principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles, but not tomorrow.
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