http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/2007/01/in-defense-of-baltimore.html William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 - Nats, Penn State, Redskins, greater DC , travel, more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:49:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/2007/01/in-defense-of-baltimore.html/comment-page-1#comment-1465 25 years ago, the Colts were taken from Baltimore | William World News Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:14:55 +0000 http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/2007/01/in-defense-of-baltimore.html#comment-1465 [...] I have said before that while I hope for nothing failure and misery when it comes to the Orioles, I have sympathy for the Colts fans who were on the wrong end of what was likely the worst sports team move ever. Why move out of a football crazy city to an irrelevant midwestern city? The Colts left because of the absolutely belligerent and incompetent Irsay (Sports Illustrated), a drunk who shopped the team for years despite strong fan support. The team only after he died. His son, Jim Irsay, still owns the team and missed an obvious chance to redeem the family legacy when he did not return the colors and logos to the city of Baltimore. Perhaps it was because he was high (Indy Star). The Indy side of the story is here if you care. [...] [...] I have said before that while I hope for nothing failure and misery when it comes to the Orioles, I have sympathy for the Colts fans who were on the wrong end of what was likely the worst sports team move ever. Why move out of a football crazy city to an irrelevant midwestern city? The Colts left because of the absolutely belligerent and incompetent Irsay (Sports Illustrated), a drunk who shopped the team for years despite strong fan support. The team only after he died. His son, Jim Irsay, still owns the team and missed an obvious chance to redeem the family legacy when he did not return the colors and logos to the city of Baltimore. Perhaps it was because he was high (Indy Star). The Indy side of the story is here if you care. [...]

]]> http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/2007/01/in-defense-of-baltimore.html/comment-page-1#comment-1449 "The Band That Wouldn’t Die" looks good | William World News Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:23:56 +0000 http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/2007/01/in-defense-of-baltimore.html#comment-1449 [...] my antipathy towards Baltimore’s baseball team is well documented, I have said on a few occasions that the Colts moving out of Baltimore is probably the worst franchise relocation in professional [...] [...] my antipathy towards Baltimore’s baseball team is well documented, I have said on a few occasions that the Colts moving out of Baltimore is probably the worst franchise relocation in professional [...]

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