Orioles Owner John Angelos Gets Real

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2015

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Orioles Owner John Angelos Gets Real, Son of Nun Raps In-Studio In April, protests in Baltimore over the police murder of Freddie Gray reached the gates of Camden Yards during a game. In response, Orioles front office chief John Angelos refused to vilify the protesters, instead offering a nuanced history of public policies that sapped cities like Baltimore of their well-paying jobs, tax base and working-class opportunities. As Baltimore braces for the accused officers' trials, we speak to John Angelos about his bold statement, the healing comments of O’s manager Buck Showalter and star outfielder Adam Jones, and the role of sports in shaping our society. We also hear Baltimore rapper, activist, educator, and former medic ‘Son of Nun’ spit a verse about awareness and social justice. Finally, a personal note about how global terror visited Dave’s own neighborhood. This show is dedicated to the memory of Anita Datar. Article text: http://thenation.com/article/on-the-death-of-takoma-parks-anita-datar-in-mali/Anita Datar’s organization, Tulalens: http://tulalens.orgJohn Angelos twitter: http://twitter.com/johnpangelosSon of Nun twitter: http://twitter.com/sonofnun7Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle: http://lbsbaltimore.com Songs: “Treegossip” by David Marston & Life On Planets (Better on Foot Records) [https://soundcloud.com/davidmarstonja | http://lifeonplanets.com | http://betteronfoot.org] “Baltimore” by Nina Simone [http://ninasimone.com] “It’s Like That” (live acapella excerpt) by Son of Nun [http://sonofnun.net] If you like the program, please subscribe, tell a friend, tweet us https://twitter.com/edgeofsports, or email [email protected] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Welcome to Edge of Sports the podcast here on the Panoply Network. I'm Dave Ziren. This week, we are talking to a pro sports owner, which is not normally how we roll.
0:11.2	But I have wanted to speak to this individual on the record for quite a few months. He is Baltimore Orioles front office chief John Angelos. Why John Angelos? Well, for me, it was during the first
0:22.8	days of the Baltimore protests following the police murder of Freddie Gray. The protests reached the
0:28.1	gates of Camden Yards where the Orioles and Red Sox were playing. John Angelos was asked to condemn the
0:33.3	property damage and defend the fans who were at the game and felt their personal safety threatened
0:38.6	by those outside. Instead, Angelo said this. My greater source of personal concern, outrage,
0:45.7	and sympathy beyond this particular case is focused neither upon one night's property damage
0:51.3	nor upon the acts, but is focused rather upon the past four-decade
0:55.8	period, during which an American political elite have shipped middle-class and working-class jobs
1:01.5	away from Baltimore and cities and towns around the U.S. to third-world dictatorships like China
1:07.5	and others, plunged tens of millions of good, hardworking Americans into economic devastation,
1:12.9	and then followed that action around the nation by diminishing every American civil rights protections
1:19.0	in order to control an unfairly impoverished population, living under an ever-declining standard of living,
1:26.1	and suffering at the butt end of an evermore
1:28.7	militarized and aggressive surveillance state.
1:31.8	The innocent working families of all backgrounds whose lives and dreams have been cut short
1:37.1	by excessive violence, surveillance, and other abuses of the Bill of Rights by government
1:42.5	pay the true price and ultimate price, and one that far exceeds the Bill of Rights by government pay the true price and ultimate price and one that
1:46.1	far exceeds the importance of any kids game played tonight or ever at Camden Yards. We need to
1:52.3	keep in mind people are suffering and dying around the U.S. and while we are thankful no one was
1:57.2	injured at Camden Yards, there is a far bigger picture for poor Americans in Baltimore and everywhere
2:02.6	who don't have jobs and are losing economic, civil, and legal rights.
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