Lawyer and former owner of the Baltimore Orioles, Peter Angelos, died at the spry age of 94.
Angelos made his money as an attorney who sued the makers of asbestos… or the people who used it? …the installers of it? Maybe Franklin J. Asbestos, the inventor? I’m not really sure, nor do I have the will to research it further.
But he sued somebody over asbestos. He walked away with $100 million in his pocket from that.
In 1993, he bought the Baltimore Orioles (a team that I have often stated that has one of the dumbest names in all of sports) for $173 million.
During the 1994-95 baseball strike, Angelos refused to hire scabs to play for his team. This action led to Cal Ripkin, Jr’s ability to break Lou Gherig’s consecutive game record.
Lou Gherig was unavailable for comment.
Earlier this year, the team was sold for $1.7 billion. So: pretty good investment.
This hit goes to: Tailgating w/ Jesus! Bean makes it on the board with a whopping 10 points!
Happy Pooling,
SPMI
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