Hey everyone, just a quick note before we get going.

The episode you're about to hear was recorded before the Baltimore Orioles traded for

Corbin Burns.

Yes, you heard that right.

The Orioles made a trade.

A notable trade.

A trade that vaulted them all the way up from 24th in starting pitcher war the last time we talked about it to 12th.

They just leapfrogged half the teams in front of them in a single burns.

They also vaulted, if you can call it that, over the pirates.

From the second lowest competitive balance tax figure to third lowest.

See that wasn't so hard.

I mentioned this because you're about to hear us talk about the Orioles ownership situation.

You will hear us express some cautious optimism.

Knowing what we know now, we might have been even more optimistic.

Orioles fans I give you permission to throw caution to the wins, at least for right now.

Be happy, your team made a trade.

We got an email after that trade from Patreon supporter J-Madad

who said, Ben, last week you went on a John Angelo's rant

and in the last two days we've gotten rid of Angelos and added Corbin Burns.

Is this real? I'm going to need you to

harness this new found power for even more good in the future. This is amazing.

Is it correlation? Is it causation? I'll let you be the judge. We will talk

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