Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis met with principal owner Peter Angelos Thursday afternoon to discuss the team's future. Markakis recently criticized the team's approach. "I wanted to give him my input and tell him the things I thought we lacked and needed, and what we needed to change," said Markakis. "He was completely open to anything. He was listening, and he was a lot easier to talk to than I anticipated. You know me, sometimes you'll have a better conversation with the wall than talking to me. But it went a lot better and it was a lot smoother than I thought it was going to go. If I can strike up a conversation and talk to a guy like him who owns the team, I think it is a good situation."