ams ▁was ▁$ 2 ▁million ▁more ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁future ▁T ampa ▁Bay ▁Bu cc ane ers ▁owner ▁Hugh ▁C ul ver house . ▁I rs ay ' s ▁majority ▁share ▁in ▁the ▁Col ts ▁was ▁initially ▁ 5 1 %, ▁with ▁Will ard ▁K eland ▁of ▁R ac ine , ▁Wisconsin ▁ow ning ▁the ▁rest . ▁He ▁addition ally ▁announced ▁the ▁appointment ▁of ▁Joe ▁Thomas ▁as ▁Baltimore ' s ▁new ▁general ▁manager , ▁succeed ing ▁Don ▁K lost erman ▁who ▁accompanied ▁Rosen blo om ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁ ▁Move ▁ ▁In ▁January ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁I rs ay ▁appeared ▁before ▁the ▁Baltimore ▁media ▁and ▁exclaimed , ▁" This ▁is ▁my ▁team !" ▁He ▁re iter ated ▁that , ▁despite ▁problems , ▁the ▁rum ors ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁moving ▁the ▁team ▁were ▁un true . ▁With ▁negoti ations ▁over ▁improvements ▁to ▁Memorial ▁Stadium ▁at ▁an ▁imp asse , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ch amb ers ▁of ▁the ▁Maryland ▁state ▁legisl ature ▁passed ▁a ▁law ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁allowing ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Baltimore ▁to ▁se ize ▁the ▁Col ts ▁under ▁em inent ▁domain , ▁which ▁city ▁and ▁county ▁officials ▁had ▁threatened ▁to ▁do . ▁I rs ay ▁claimed ▁the ▁city ▁promised ▁him ▁a ▁new ▁football ▁stad ium , ▁something ▁they ▁later ▁denied , ▁cit ing ▁the ▁team ' s ▁poor ▁attend ance . ▁The ▁next ▁day , ▁fear ing ▁a ▁dawn ▁ra id ▁on ▁the ▁team ' s ▁O w ings ▁M ills