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The owner of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team, Peter Angelos, died over the weekend at the age of 94.
Famous as a labor rights lawyer, Angelos had been ill for several years. His death comes amid the process of selling the Orioles to a group led by Carlyle Group Inc. co-founder David Rubenstein.
Born in Baltimore on July 4, 1929 and raised by Greek immigrants, Peter Angelos emerged from a blue-collar background to found a company under his own name after graduating with a law degree from the University of Baltimore in 1961, a biographical profile of the agency describes American AP.
In August 1993, Angelos led a group of investors who purchased the Orioles. Along with the baseball business, he remained active in a law firm specializing in personal injury cases.
Peter Angelos, in ailing health for many years, died about three weeks after the law firm he built from nothing was sold, and as his baseball franchise’s sale is being finalized. A look back at his life in politics, law and sports
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) March 23, 2024
Lawyer Angelos
In 1996 his company filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state of Maryland against tobacco giant Philip Morris, obtaining a settlement for $4.5 billion.
The Law Offices of Peter Angelos also won millions of dollars by settling asbestos cases, including a class action lawsuit on behalf of steel workers, shipyards and manufacturing plants.
Inhaling asbestos fibers can cause, many years after initial exposure, breathing difficulties, lung cancer or mesothelioma, another form of cancer associated with the coexistence of asbestos.
Likewise, true to his ethical creed, Angelos was the only one of 28 baseball team owners who in 1995 refused to adhere to a plan to use replacement players during a union strike that began during the 1994 season.
“We have a duty to provide Major League baseball to our fans, and that cannot be done with replacement players,” he said then.
The Orioles never won a World Series with Angelos as owner. They broke a streak of 14 negative seasons in 2012, qualifying for the playoffs under the direction of manager Buck Showalter. Baltimore reached the American League championship series in 2014.
Fidel Castro along with Bud Selig, commissioner of the Major Leagues, and Peter Angelos, owner of the Baltimore Orioles. Photo: Roberto Borea/ AP.
Cuba-Orioles Series
With his usual tenacity, Angelos also worked for years to create an exhibition series between the Orioles and the Cuban national team, a goal that came to fruition in 1999.
On March 28, the Orioles played in Havana while Angelos sat next to Fidel Castro in the VIP boxes behind the home of Latin American Havana.
The visiting team won by the minimum in a heart-stopping match that lasted eleven innings with a score of 3-2.
The national team retaliated in the second leg and on the Orioles’ own field, Camden Yard in Baltimore, they comfortably won 12-6.
2024-03-26 01:56:59
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