Orioles News: David Rubenstein's new book, Samuel Basallo's "bony growth", and MLB admits the Orioles got screwed

David Rubenstein's tenure as the owner of the Baltimore Orioles has not been as glorious as many Orioles fans hoped when it was announced that he was buying the team from the Angelos family. At the time, the Orioles were coming off their best regular season of the 21st century and had an exciting group of young players on rookie contracts. With an owner who promised that there was no limit to what he would spend on the Orioles, it was easy to dream of the Orioles becoming a force in the AL East in a way that they were never going to be able to under the Angelos.

To Rubenstein's credit, the Orioles have spent a lot more money than they did under the previous ownership. They signed a free agent to a nine-figure contract, and they've handed out multiple extensions, both of which seemed impossible before Rubenstein arrived. However, the team has been on a steady decline ever since Rubenstein took over, which has caused some fans to sour on the new owner.

David Rubenstein's book announcement raises some eyebrows amidst Orioles current slide

If you were wondering what Rubenstein is thinking and doing as the Orioles owner, then you're in luck because yesterday it was reported that Rubenstein is coming out with a book called "Inside the Owner's Box: Conversations on Power and Leadership in Sports" in late September. So right around the time that the Orioles' season is ending, fans can find something to read to pass the time in October.

You might point out that Rubenstein is one of the least experienced owners, and with the team having taken a nose dive as soon as he took over, he might not be the most qualified to "write the book" on owning an MLB team. However, based on the early reviews of the book, it seems like the bulk of the book is Rubenstein interviewing more experienced baseball people and asking them questions. So hopefully he's learned enough in the writing process to figure out that his team needs a new President of Baseball Operations.

Samuel Basallo is playing through pain

Samuel Basallo has been missing from the Oriole starting lineup over the last few games, but has been available to pinch hit in all of them. When asked about what was going on with Basallo, the Orioles revealed that he is dealing with a "bony growth" in his wrist, which is something that he has dealt with for a long time.

Basallo has had a few injury scares this year. Against the Blue Jays, he clutched his shoulder area after a strikeout, which caused some concern but ended up being fine. He was lifted from a different Blue Jays game with abdominal pain, and when the Orioles called up Sam Huff, it seemed like that might end up being more serious, but he appeared in the very next game as a pinch hitter. Now he's dealing with this bony growth situation, which is causing him enough pain and discomfort to the point where he isn't starting games, but not so much that he can't come in and pinch hit and catch multiple innings off the bench.

Basallo and manager Craig Albernaz appear to be having something of a back-and-forth about the situation, as Albernaz stated in one of his media appearances that Basallo needed to learn to play through pain, and Basallo, in a later appearance, stated that he does know how to play through pain and is playing through a lot of pain. Not great all around.

Orioles fans get some vindication in regards to Sunday's controversial call

Becuase the Orioles have added two additional gut punch losses since they got screwed over by the umps in Toronto, fan may be tired of hearing/talking about that game but it is noteworthy that the Baltimore Banner reported that MLB met with the Orioles and umpires and confirmed that the rules were not properly enforced and that the Orioles had indeed been the victims of a costly missed call on the parts of umpires Nic Lentz and Hunter Wendelstedt.

Knowing that the league has acknowledged the incompetence of their umpires provides little comfort to the Orioles, as the result of the game will not change. It is nice, though, for Orioles fans who were condescnedingly told that they needed to "understand the rules" by various pro-Toronto media members online to get it officially confirmed that Orioles fans were right all along, and it's in fact those defending Ernie Clement's base running that need to "better understand the rules".

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