Nationals are worth more than the Orioles

However, we are worth more than the White Sox!! MLB says that forbes "makes these numbers up".

	Team	in mil
1	New York Yankees	1026
2	Boston Red Sox	617
3	New York Mets	604
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	482
5	Chicago Cubs	448
6	Washington Nationals	440
7	St Louis Cardinals	429
8	Seattle Mariners	428
9	Philadelphia Phillies	424
10	Houston Astros	416
11	San Francisco Giants	410
12	Atlanta Braves	405
13	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	368
14	Baltimore Orioles	359
15	San Diego Padres	354
16	Texas Rangers	353
17	Cleveland Indians	352
18	Chicago White Sox	315
19	Arizona Diamondbacks	305
20	Colorado Rockies	298
21	Detroit Tigers	292
22	Toronto Blue Jays	286
23	Cincinnati Reds	274
24	Pittsburgh Pirates	250
25	Kansas City Royals	239
26	Milwaukee Brewers	235
27	Oakland Athletics	234
28	Florida Marlins	226
29	Minnesota Twins	216
30	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	209

Good news, bad news

On the second day of the Orioles season, they continued their offensive dominance by pouncing the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays 16 to 6. Gibbons, Mora and Markakis (his career first) hit homers. Oddly enough, this the the first time in 9 years that the Orioles have won their first two games.

Now to the bad; Mora and the Orioles have seized talks. Asked if he wants to be back with the Orioles next season, he said "I don't know". He was seeking $27 million over 3 years and the Orioles wouldn't budge from their $24 million offer over the same period. More likely than not, it will mean the end for Mora's career with the Orioles. The Orioles are on a stretch of bad public relations; from letting go of Ray Miller while he was sick, reassigning Hendricks without giving a clear direction to his role in the organization, and to spatting with Tejada and Lopez over the off-season.

And now looms the possibility that the next casualty could be Mora. And who knows how Tejada might react to this? I would not be surprised if his complaints start up again and this may very well happen if the Orioles start to lose.

Orioles do it for the sixth time in a row

By defeating Tampa Bay today, the Orioles have now won on opening day six times in a row. If only they could win 6 games in a row in a single season!