ORIOLES FINANCIAL REPORT GETS A SAVE FROM '96 PLAYOFFS

          Orioles Owner Peter Angelos "informed his fellow
     investors" that the team lost between $4M and $5M last year,
     and would have lost nearly $4M more "if the team had not
     recouped about half its regular-season financial losses with
     the proceeds from post-season play," according to Peter
     Schmuck of the Baltimore SUN.  Angelos held his annual
     spring training weekend for his investors to brief them on
     the status of the club.  Orioles VP/Business & Finance Joe
     Foss said the club made "nearly" $4M in extra revenue from
     the five postseason games that were played at Camden Yards. 
     That came from concession sales, parking and the team's
     share of gate receipts.  The Orioles "hope that the club's
     recent increase in ticket prices will allow the team to
     break even" in '97.  Foss estimates that in a "best-case
     scenario," the club "could realize another" $7M in ticket
     revenue, plus added concession revenues if the club's
     attendance exceeds projections (Baltimore SUN, 3/09).