Topic - Peter Angelos

MASN began in 2004 when, at the last minute before the Montreal Expos moved to the District, Orioles owner and super litigator Peter Angelos, who claimed Washington as his territory, bullied MLB officials into a one-sided deal that gave him control over Nationals television rights.

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He shouted to Major League Baseball and anyone who would listen that his team would lose 25% of their fan base from the Washington area because of the presence of the Nationals.

Nationals' presence causing Orioles' demise is an Angelos family myth →