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Thirty-one years ago, Peter G. Angelos was his hometown’s hero — a tavern owner’s son who came of age in working-class Highlandtown, built a legal empire and used his fortune to purchase the Orioles. By all accounts, Angelos cared less about the mechanics of baseball than he did about restoring local ownership for a cherished civic institution. He knew how deeply the Colts had wounded his city ...

The news that the Angelos family has agreed to sell the Orioles for $1.725 billion to a group headed by Baltimore-born billionaire David Rubenstein reminded Stan "The Fan" Charles of a phone call he received 31 years ago.

We have reached the present day.

On Friday, the Minnesota Twins announced that former general manager Terry Ryan will go into the Twins Hall of Fame this summer, along with long-time bullpen coach Rick Stelmaszek. I’ve often said that Ryan is one of the best people I’ve had the chance to meet in baseball, and I thought it would be fun to share a few fun stories of interacting with him.

One strike and they’re out