Twenty three years ago, Baltimore Colts owner Robert Irsay packed his team up in the middle of the night and relocated them in Indianapolis, Ind. He tried numerous times to get the city of Baltimore to build a new stadium for his Colts. The city refused on each attempt, and fearing that Irsay would move them out of Baltimore anyway, threatened him with eminent domain(a legal tactic used by cities to get what they want). So, he packed them up and moved out, before any legal attempts could be made.
There is still a lot of bad blood about that move, and any older Baltimore Colts fan will go on and on about the deceitful move that Irsay made.
Jim Irsay, Robert's son who inherited the team upon his fathers death, was still very young when that move took place. But that makes no difference to the Baltimore faithful, they dislike him almost as much as they do his father.Upon returning to Baltimore in 1998, Jim Irsay saw a Baltimore fan wearing a T-shirt that depicted a fan urinating on Bob Irsay's grave. Now, that's some serious anger.
The now Indianapolis Colts returned to Baltimore for a game in 2001 and lost 39-23. Then again they played in Baltimore in 2005, and won 24-7 To this day the ill feelings still exist in Baltimore, and the Baltimore faithful will be doing their share of heckling on Saturday.
There is still a lot of bad blood about that move, and any older Baltimore Colts fan will go on and on about the deceitful move that Irsay made.
Jim Irsay, Robert's son who inherited the team upon his fathers death, was still very young when that move took place. But that makes no difference to the Baltimore faithful, they dislike him almost as much as they do his father.Upon returning to Baltimore in 1998, Jim Irsay saw a Baltimore fan wearing a T-shirt that depicted a fan urinating on Bob Irsay's grave. Now, that's some serious anger.
The now Indianapolis Colts returned to Baltimore for a game in 2001 and lost 39-23. Then again they played in Baltimore in 2005, and won 24-7 To this day the ill feelings still exist in Baltimore, and the Baltimore faithful will be doing their share of heckling on Saturday.
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