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Thursday, August 18, 2005

O's, Nats battle over Harrisburg

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The battle between the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals is not taking place just between the Beltways. There is another front in this fight about two hours northwest of RFK Stadium in the state capital of Pennsylvania.

Harrisburg has been nearly as much of a source of contention for the Orioles as Washington, D.C. The Orioles want their Class AAA affiliate in Harrisburg, but there is a Class AA affiliate already there: the Senators, the Eastern League farm club of the Nationals.

That is galling to Orioles owner Peter Angelos. Not only does he want that area for his farm team but of all teams, the rival Nationals are blocking him.

It's bad enough that the Orioles have competition near their major league home. But it is insult to perceived injury to have that same competition represented in the central and southern Pennsylvania area -- up the Interstate 83 corridor -- in which the Orioles must market their team in order to grow.

Angelos is so frustrated he asked Major League Baseball to intervene, but MLB refused, according to industry sources.

The Orioles, with the permission of the Class AA Eastern League and the Class AAA International League, struck a deal to make Harrisburg their Class AAA affiliate, according to mayor Steve Reed.

"The Orioles have a signed agreement with us to bring a Triple-A team here," he said. The Orioles did not respond to a request for comment about the agreement.

One of the hangups, though, is what to do with the Class AA franchise playing at Commerce Bank Park on City Island.

"We have to find a buyer for the Double-A team here," Reed said.

That would seem to put the future of the Nationals in Harrisburg in doubt. However, there are options to consider once the Nationals are sold and the club's new owners are in place: make a deal to have the Potomac club, which is scheduled to move into a new ballpark in two years, go up to Class AA or hook up with the proposed minor league team Maryland Baseball is trying to establish in Charles County.

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