And maybe I have been conditioned, but you didn’t answer my question. Was it…TOO TOUGH FOR YOU!?!?!

Yes, I agree that it’s stupid that the Orioles have blacklisted you. Although, I dunno, this is most likely a case of both sides being wrong and neither willing to admit it. There’s certainly more than a little bit of anger on both sides, and more than a ton of badmouthing to go around. It’s too bad, is what it is. So it goes.

But I’m satisified with the questions being asked. I don’t listen to Anita Marks, so I get my question and answer info from Roch and Schmuck mostly, and what I get I’m satisfied with. I never walk away from the interview thinking “Why didn’t they ask about this?” or whatever.

So what aren’t they asking about that’s so important?

Close enough?

I’m sure you don’t care about “tough questions” but that’s because you’ve been conditioned – well, evidently – to not really CARE about the answers.

And it’s almost not even about answering tough questions.

It’s about their communistic style of not even allowing the questions to be asked.

If I ask a hard question and they dodge it, that’s one thing.

Not allowing anyone to ask a legitimate question is just bush league.

To me, that is.

Maybe not to you, though.

It would be, other than the team finally caving in and putting Baltimore back on the road jersey, the most glorious day we’ve had as baseball fans since 1997.

You remember that year, right? That’s the last year the Orioles played a game that mattered for all of us.

You could rub “O’s sign Tex” in my face from now until opening day and I’d gladly take it.

Gladly.

“Why won’t you spend money?” He’d just reply that the bidding got out of hand or whatever his excuse will be, which we’ll hear anyway.

“Why aren’t you spending the MASN money?” He’d just offer something akin to “We won’t discuss our budget” – and I sort of see his point. In a negotiation, it’s certainly better that your opponents, and whoever’s agent you’re talking to, not know how much money you have to spend.

So what would you ask him that won’t get asked anyway? And I still doubt that there’s any public excuse anyway…it’s hardly Andy’s style to be transparent in his dealings (which, ironically, is the only thing that has me clinging to hope today).

and over

and over

and over

and over

again.

And if I’m wrong…. then nothing changes since Drew is always right.