A few months ago, general manager Mike Elias said the Baltimore Orioles would keep their "foot on the gas pedal” after winning 101 games and the AL East title. When they acquired All-Star right-hander Corbin Burnes on Thursday night, the Orioles sent a message to their own fans — not to mention the rest of baseball — by making it clear they weren't resting on their laurels after such a successful 2023. Baltimore used its deep pool of prospects to trade for a 29-year-old ace who now joins promising young starters Grayson Rodriguez and Kyle Bradish atop the rotation.
Thirty-one years ago, Peter G. Angelos was his hometown’s hero — a tavern owner’s son who came of age in working-class Highlandtown, built a legal empire and used his fortune to purchase the Orioles. By all accounts, Angelos cared less about the mechanics of baseball than he did about restoring local ownership for a cherished civic institution. He knew how deeply the Colts had wounded his city .
BALTIMORE — Baltimore native David Rubenstein said Wednesday he hoped to help “bring a World Series Trophy back to the City of Baltimore” by buying the Orioles and that his partnership group includes team icon Cal Ripken Jr., former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke. The Angelos family — whose ailing patriarch, Peter Angelos, purchased the club in 1993 .