1-2-3-4 PRESSURE! ANGELOS DENIES REPORT OF STRONG-ARMING

          Orioles Owner Peter Angelos "pressured" accounting firm
     PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) "to pull out of contract
     negotiations to do work" for the VA Baseball Stadium
     Authority (VBSA), an organization trying to bring MLB to the
     Washington, DC/Northern VA area, according to VBSA Exec Dir
     Gabe Paul, who was cited by Thom Loverro of the WASHINGTON
     TIMES.  PwC is also working for Angelos "in his legal
     battle" against the MD Stadium Authority "to change the
     Orioles' lease" on Oriole Park at Camden Yards.  Paul said
     that when Angelos "found out" that PwC was negotiating to
     conduct the VBSA study, he "told the firm to back out or
     risk losing his business."  Although PwC "backed out of
     talks" for the VBSA study, the firm "denies it responded to
     pressure" from Angelos.  Paul: "It was very small of Peter
     Angelos, and Pricewaterhouses' ethics leave something to be
     desired.  Peter Angelos stuck his nose into this, and it is
     very petty what he is trying to do."  Angelos did not return
     Loverro's phone calls on the matter (WASH. TIMES, 8/10).