The Baltimore Orioles have issued an apology for the on-air comments made during a broadcast of their flagship radio station 105.7 The Fan.
During a show this past Saturday on the station, Baltimore sports host Bruce Cunningham brought guest Benjamin Neil, a local lawyer, which turned into a discussion regarding Neil’s comments that an anonymous buyer had put a $3 billion bid on the table for the Orioles and that this mystery person planned on moving the team to Las Vegas, which you can listen to right here.
Naturally, this sent the fanbase into a panic and 105.7 The Fan Director of Sports Programming Chuck Sapienza issued the following apology, while dismissing the report as a baseless rumor, on Twitter.
Yesterday during @Bruce45Sports Saturday show, Bruce had attorney Benjamin Neil as a guest. Mr Neil mentioned a rumor involving the Orioles. It should be taken as just that, a rumor. There are no facts to back up his claim. (1 of 3)
— Chuck Sapienza (@chucksapienza) May 5, 2019
. @1057TheFan allows our guests a platform to speak on their areas of expertise. Guests that choose to use that platform to throw out non-credible rumors, “heard through the grapevine” fail to meet that level.
— Chuck Sapienza (@chucksapienza) May 5, 2019
I apologize to the #Orioles and their fans. We will do better.
— Chuck Sapienza (@chucksapienza) May 5, 2019
The rumor was believable considering just how terrible the Orioles have been in recent years, and how their only marketable star during the past decade, Manny Machado, was eventually traded in yet another rebuild.