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He Took Money and Ran: What’s Wrong With That?

In a Morning Briefing item (June 7) about Baltimore Oriole owner Eli Jacobs contemplating selling the team, Julie Cart asks: “Where else but in baseball would someone unload a business whose value increased by $10 million a year?”

My response: Who else but a sports journalist would criticize an investor for cashing in a $30-million profit after three years?

PAUL M. THIELE, Los Angeles

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