The Baltimore Orioles will "never leave" the City of Baltimore.
So says team chairman and CEO John Angelos, who made this declaration Monday in a strongly worded statement that comes in the midst of a family legal battle.
Last Thursday, Louis Angelos filed a lawsuit alleging his brother John was trying to seize control of the team and would relocate the franchise to Tennessee, where the CEO lives with his wife, a singer-songwriter who owns a Nashville-based entertainment company.
But John Angelos disputed his brother's accusation, saying that the Orioles will stay put "as long as Fort McHenry is standing watch over Inner Harbor.