Orioles executive vice president John Angelos discussed the club’s statement on the widespread protests against racial injustice and police brutality in a radio interview with ESPN on Wednesday, and also expressed optimism for baseball to resume from its months-long coronavirus shutdown.
Angelos, the son of managing partner Peter G. Angelos, spoke of the club’s citation of author James Baldwin and the intention to provide a human perspective as they supported the Black Lives Matter movement in a sweeping statement Tuesday that also cited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Orioles also “committed to advocate for the change our country needs today and to root out racism and prejudice of any kind” following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, which sparked nationwide protests.