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Jim Williams: Nationals may be in line for bigger TV deal – The Wash. Examiner
Every five years, the Washington Nationals get to review the deal (*cough* corrupt bargain) they have with MASN, the cable channel that is owned by the Baltimore Orioles/Peter Angelos. My objections to the arrangement both historically and currently are well established, [...]

Nats hire media consultant to improve MASN deal – Nationals Journal, The Post
Every five years, the Washington Nationals get to renegotiate their “deal” with MASN, the subpar cable channel they are forced to be on because Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos is a coward. As you may recall, Angelos voted against D.C. getting a baseball [...]

Once again, a Washington Nationals player, this year its Michael Morse, is a candidate to be the last National League player voted into the All-Star game by fans. Last year it Ryan Zimmerman. MLB is doing a promotion (which I won’t bother linking to because I disagree with it) to link a fanbase from each [...]

Let’s see, if Peter Angelos and the Baltimore had their way, the following would have never happened:

Nationals debut in 2005 at the Philadelphia Phillies
Brad Wilkerson hitting for the cylce in the team’s second game
The President throwing out the first pitch at the first home opener at RFK Stadium.
The 3rd base stands boucing during a Nats [...]

Thomas Boswell has hurt his credibility by covering the Baltimore Orioles over the last 6 years. A native Washingtonian writing for The Post shouldn’t be rewarding the owner of the team that voted against the Washington Nationals and kept them off of most cable systems for nearly 2 whole seasons.

Nats TV ratings double in 2010 – DC Sports Bog, The Post
The Washington Nationals television ratings have been trending upward for two seasons and are now 1.4, double what they were last year. The ratings were actually greater than the NBA’s Washington Wizards and the hated Baltimore Orioles. Credit goes to HD, Stephen Strasburg and [...]

EXCLUSIVE: It was Peter Angelos vs. Steve Bisciotti in latest skirmish over MASN & Ravens TV rights – WNST
While it is well established that Baltimore Orioles and MASN owner Peter Angelos hates the Washington Nationals and the greater Washington D.C. region, it is less well-known that he hates the Baltimore Ravens too. The wannabe megalomaniac [...]

Rob Dibble Likes the Nats More Than You Do – CityPaper
No, he doesn’t.
Another week, another article about the awfulness that is Washington Nationals “analyst” Rob Dibble. In addition to quotes from Chris Needham and Jamie Mottram, this article has the completely non-shocking revelation that Dibble was recruited to MASN by John Angelos, son of [...]

Angelos says Nats’ success is good for O’s – The Sun
Failed baseball team owner and noted Baltimoron Peter Angelos has changed his tune about the Washington Nationals.
“What’s good for the Nationals is good for MASN,” Angelos said. “That makes me happy…
The Baltimore Orioles being last in the standings makes me happy.
The one upside of historically [...]

MASN loses feed from Wrigley – The PostIf thought Rob Dibble was bad, just wait until you hear him without video. MASN (the network that hates Washington, the Nationals and their fans) had no video for a good chunk of last night’s game. We don’t know if it was malevolence or just Baltimoron incompetence that [...]