Good Morning, Birdland!
For at least a few minutes on Friday it seemed that the ever-lasting conversation around the Orioles’ lease of Camden Yards was coming to an end. Outlets were reporting that a “tentative” agreement was in place. All sides just needed to cross some T’s and dot some lowercase J’s. Hooray! But within the blink of an eye that story changed again.
Instead, it seems there remains work to do. Maryland State Senate President Bill Ferguson had some issues with the agreed upon deal. Specifically, he doesn’t love handing over a 99-year ground lease of public land to Orioles ownership, a situation that grew murky this week over the potential sale of the club.