On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept.Submitted by DfcukinLite t3_1266gy4 in baltimore
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Reply to comment by Morrigane in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
It was kept so under wraps that the Colts didn't even hire the local Mayflower franchise. Despite that fact, they were given the blame for it.
jabbadarth t1_je8c43g wrote
I've always been curious what this did to mayflowers business in the area.
goetzecc t1_je965en wrote
Pretty sure it decimated it. I never saw them after that.
OGkateebee t1_je9b7w9 wrote
My mom would get mad when she saw a Mayflower box or truck when I was a kid and that was like 10 years later.
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