Good morning Angels fans! I smell a bright future ahead for the team! wait, no that’s the links.
Angels News
Arte Moreno is actually going to sell the team! Seriously, he is going to do it!
But it won’t be fast, he does not have a buyer lined up yet. And with the price, this may take a while.
It does make people happy, not just fans, but former players, like Rod Carew.
Mike Trout does seem bummed for some reason. But his wife liked the announcement so…
What could have been, I could have owned the Angels damn it. (No wait, wrong John Hnery.)
Oh yeah, the Angels also played baseball. They still suck.
Around Baseball
Albert Pujols has been good for St. Louis. How good? He has had one of the best seasons ever by a player over 40 in MLB history. Stupid Devil Magic.
Walker Buhler has Tommy John surgery, again. He won’t pitch again until late 2023 at the earliest.
Tatis Jr is having shoulder surgery due to being suspended anyway for being a cheating cheater who cheats. “But it is a skin condition.” -Tatis Jr. “Sorry.”
Pitch clock is working exactly as planned in the minors. Seriously, big difference, expect to see it in the majors soon.
Hitting is down across the board this year. It got so bad that the NL had their worst day of hitting since the 19th century.
Anything I missed? Post below for upvotes!
https://twitter.com/mlbbowman/status/1562493446354391042?s=20&t=qEqT4Nerw76lATEpFyYlSw
Geeeez…. he actually hit that too hard
the fielder could’ve let it bounce back to the first baseman.
Is that even visible with the naked eye?
game over….Adell with 2 K’s.
And a Goose Egg
Any starting lineup with Goose and Squid listed is comical. Thank goodness this represents the best on the roster, for it keeps the “Tank” vibrant and on schedule.
Free the “TANK”!
Blah blah blah line up blah blah Squidgoose blah blah blah pooh.
man – you threw me for a loup.
Angels schedule just released 2023:
We play every MLB team, in division games going from 19ish to 13.
https://www.mlb.com/angels/schedule/2023-04/
Opening at Oakland (again)
First Hime Series vs TOR
We play Memorial Day but vs CWS
Doyers here 6/20 & 6/21
We play 4th of July in SD (day game)
July 11th All Star Game in Seattle
MFY in town 7/17
We play Labor Day at home can BAL (yay)
Close out the season vs OAK 10/1
Maybe Bezos will buy the team!
That way all the food you buy at the stadium will come in little Amazon boxes. Rename to Amazon stadium. The uniform will have that little Amazon smily logo on the front. And when you buy popcorn from the vendors, it contains packing popcorn. Launch a real rocket in the parking lot when the Angels win.
Even more amusing could be Musk. And you though Arte was an interesting character. The Twitter thing fell through, so he has money laying around, right?
At least there would be a lot more charging stations installed at the Big A.
With Bezos you could have your meal delivered by drone
Trout says Arte took care of him and his family. Sure he did as Trout got all that money but what about all those minor leaguers who got the exact opposite? This comment grates on me I guess.
Would be great for kiiiid to take accountability/ownership of a team and be the leader we need ala hunter.
Very tone deaf. I got mine and I don’t care about the rest.
I know. Trout is soooo rich. It makes me mad and that makes me sad, which makes me sooooo mad! And why aren’t all the cannon fodder hanger on non-bonus MiLB wash outs who are chasing a dream paid 100K a year in our org the way they are in other orgs? Or the way artists and musicians get paid when they want to chase their dream? Or like me? I’m not particularly good at anything, but I want more money than I have. It’s not fair. Trout needs to give me some stuff. I can’t get mine, we need to worry about his, just like James Brown said.
Trout was talking about his own relationship with Arte. It seems unreasonable for him, when asked, to veer off to a discussion about other aspects of Arte’s ownership.
That’s true. However, it seems as the team leader he might want to consider how his comments sound to other people in the organization.
💯… that would entail him actually leading. Something to improve on
Maybe this is him leading, just not leading the way some folks want him to. Maybe he’s just failing to lead via certain folks’ mindset. Maybe what he’s actually saying is “Hey guys, want to get that bag like I did? How about, instead of blogging and instatoking about lunch meat you learn to hit a f***ing curve ball? Or don’t, and go get a job at Target. Baseball’s a privilege not a right pussies.” So. Very. Grit.
If that’s him leading, is it working lol
In Alabama? Apparently yeah.
Wow, Trout has been nothing but great for the Angels and their fans, he has been everything you would want in a superstar player, And folks here are giving him sh*t for not calling out Arte, Trout has never called out anyone, he plays the game the way it should be played, treats fans with respect and courtesy, is great with the kids signing autographs and even playing catch with them, never complains no matter how bad the team is, never shows up opposing players or his own teammates, he is what I would call a quiet leader, someone that does not have to be all rah, rah but leads by the way he conducts himself. When he is on the field gives 110% yea let’s all call him out for not giving Arte a blast with both barrels, for being tone deaf, not taking leadership of the team whatever that means. You guys are a trip, you are calling out the best player that has ever played for the Angels, you are all showing your asses to the crowd by complaining about how Trout is reacting to Arte selling the team. Congratulations, you don’t deserve to have a player like Trout on the team.
Other than healthy.
Yea I did not when he is on the field he give 110%. And with proper care and on going physical therapy, he will be able to play 130 to 140 games a year.
bubble wrap. that’s the proper care of which you speak.
Man, fat fingers today, I meant to say Yea, I did say when he is on the field he gives 110% and hopefully with proper car and on going physical therapy, he will be to play 130 to 140 games a year. And maybe a bit of bubble wrap will help.
😂
$500 million total lifetime payment from a team comes some scrutiny (to some!). He does everything you mentioned and probably more… but he has failed to evolve from being a do as I do quiet leader (his early years, that was commendable) into a leader the team needs (making those around him better, including the owner). Everyone defines leadership a little different. That’s why there’s this forum, to discuss, debate and agree to disagree at times! It’s all good and I enjoyed reading your comments about troutie
Can I please see the list of players who made THE OWNER better?
Can you think of a single player in all of sports? I can. But I can also just ask questions and never invoke my own opinion on things too.
That’s me. No opinions. My opinion is that players don’t really change owners. So which MLB guys are out there changing owners?
I just don’t think it is in his personality to be a vocal team leader. I see Trout as kinda like Lou Gehrig he was quiet and unassuming but his teammates and opponents respected him. I think Trout is the cut from the same cloth, he is quiet and unassuming maybe even humble, but his teammates and opponents respect the hell out of him.
He’s a great person, teammate and a lot of other things… including leading in his own way. When I say he can improve on his leadership it’s really going from a B to B+. He’s still well above average, just could use a little of what he’s learned from other leaders over the years (Hunter leads different than Pujols)
He gets crap here because he does not display GRITTY VETERANESS!!!!!
Which just isn’t his personality. He’s never gonna be Darin Erstad. Yet, he is expected to take his grit and scrappy to the clubhouse, and make these professional baseball payers play over their heads because he is a TOUGH GUY!!!!
Do you think if Erstad had just been a little grittier with himself he would have wound up being an above average hitter? Maybe an above average college coach? Maybe something other than a kicker in football?
That’s how friggin sad the legend of Ersty was. When he was playing they had to reach way down and talk about how he played football at Nebraska and was this gritty hard nosed dog…. he was the one guy on the field you COULDN’T hit.
Apparently Ersty spent a whole bunch of time pumping grit into other players…. honestly I think Trout’s focus on his game is pretty gritty, and if Ersty had a little more of said grit he may have had an OPS+ over 100 the last 8 years of his career.
Adding onto his legend is that he was actually from NORTH DAKOTA.
Jamestown, ND broadcast Angel games for a long time. Must have been a big market for Arte to pillage. Imagine the per caps in that place.
I think it’s y’all who come up with the “grit” terms or comparisons to Erstad. I don’t think anyone is asking trout to play with chew or to continue to grow out his “beard” (when I think grit I think beard for sure). Has trout’s leadership changed much from 19 to 30 y/o? I would say it hasn’t, much, and if he did learn things from Hunter leadership style I’d like to see it more. It’s totally fine he’s him. These are, again, just like my opinions man
Oh yeah. The Errrrsteeeee moaning mostly comes from online comments. It’s just a long running joke around here. Like Ersty’s a mix of Pete Rose and Wolverine.
He did kind of show up Elvis. I still like the guy. He was obviously frustrated at that point.
I sure don’t remember that, but if he got in someone’s face he must have been really frustrated as that seems so out of character.
He showed up a pitcher in the outfield which it totally fine, he’s human! And maybe that was motivating for the coaches/players!
What I truly wish for is an Organization and team that can compete year after year with the Dodgers’ for So Cal dominance. Right now, it reminds me of the 70s where the Angels were the Dodgers beee-atch. I would love to see these two teams competing year after year for playoff position and possibly even meet each other in an all So. Cal. World Series to really shove it up the arse of the East Coast folks.
I would settle for just the dominance of the teams in our division.
I just want team that competes.
I feel that passion but we can’t have that mindset that we need to dominate so we can be better than LAD. We just have to make a commitment to playing elite level baseball and the rest will take care of itself, even maybe an all southland WS. We can make inroads on the market by winning as that 2002 title run created a lot of fans. So Cal just gravitates to whoever is winning, always has.
Which makes the Angels prospect of new ownership so interesting. Between the 2 NL teams in SoCal, there is a ton of talent. The Angels have TWO generational talents, but leave us wanting. Just think of all the fun to watch games when/if the Angels get into that mix. It would be heaven indeed for a baseball fan, and so my optimism is also tempered by the clear memory of Arte beating out a guy from Boston named McCourt when he purchased the Angels.
The more I read about Joe Lacob, the more I’m warming up to him. Seems to have a genuine, fan interest, but is wise enough to keep his distance and let his experts do the work. I’m no fan of the Warriors, but I grudgingly admire their winning culture, and how he built them back to being champions after what seemed like their peak.
All I want are those Angels teams back when Arte initially purchased the team, those 2004-2010 teams that had an amazing run, some heartbreaking at times, a consistent winner, perennial playoff/championship contender. It’s really amazing how Arte had those types of teams already in the palm of his hand, and then proceeded to drive them to the ground.
If it is him…he will need some help financially. He only has a net worth of 1.5 billion.
He’s so poor, even he can’t afford this shitty team.
I doubt he would ever buy the team alone. He would lead a group of buyers. That is typical strategy today for these mega purchases.
agree, but that group will have to foot most of the bill.
Wasn’t this how the Dodgers were purchased? Not a single owner, like Steve Cohen, but a group of owners that included MJ?
Yes, Guggenheim Baseball Management group. Get a local hero to be the face for a small piece of the pie.
I want the new Angels owner to be from a family that amassed a fortune sending red heads and brown skinned people into dark holes to dig stuff out of the ground and either die slow or fast for slave wages. Then increased their fortunes by renting those miner’s grandkids and cousins slum apartments in major US cities.
And I want Michelle Obama to own 0.5% of the team so I can feel good about it when the new owners buy me some World Titles.
Enough with this self made billionaire crap. Viva la raza! Viva la maquina!
thank you for the autobiography
Hell if that happened everybody on this site would be nominating Arte for a Nobel peace prize.
Hell, that’s happening now. For years there has been wailing and gnashing of teeth from the intelligentsia around here that Arte has to go. Now that he’s exiting stage left, the tribute posts about “how much Arte wanted to win” and how “he was a good guy” litter the landscape. WTF people!
It’s almost as funny as all the love Reagan got when he died because not Trump.
All right. Let’s go easy on the politics. I don’t mean just you. There are a bunch of comments below that I thought were pushing at the boundary. I think they are the same comments the Senator is referencing.
What does Trump have to do with anything? Reagan died on June 5, 2004. Toward the end of W’s first term.
Doy… should have unlumped that thought. After Trump got into office and eventually (it was the anniversary of Reagan dying I think) a bunch of news heads were pining for the gravitas and teamwork that Reagan would have provided when most of these people had spent 30 years declaring Reagan was Satan.
It’s just funny how all kinds of people will flip the swich on one person.
But would it be a Nobel Peace Prize for the wars we all assume Arte is not going to fight in future years? Then will we let him keep it when he gets us out of zero wars, gets us tangled up in a few more “not quite wars”, and blows up a bunch of women, kids, and US citizens while watching it in real time on video feeds?
THAT is power. THAT will get us any free agent we want at the prices we want.
You’re right. I think the day of the individual owner is over. Who can get out a pen and write a $2 billion check.
Does Lacob even have controlling interest in the Warriors? He may be the most vocal but I think Peter Guber may have more ownership in the Warriors.
Just hope we don’t get some clown like A-Rod interested. Although, I think he just got the T-Wolves.
Maybe we get a rich Japanese tycoon. Revamp the food offerings. Bring on the beer girls will min-kegs on their backs pouring nice premium drafts. Suntory Malt Whiskey girls as well. I had GREAT times at ballgames over there. No friggin brawls break out unless the squid on a stick treats sell out.
Improbable, but this made me think: one Japanese tycoon with baseball connection is Masayoshi Son, the chairman of Softbank and the owner of Japanese professional league team Softbank Hawks (he is also an ethnic Korean and has CA connection–he studied at Cal). He has indirect Ohtani connection–he’s brother founded Gung Ho Entertainment, that has been advertising heavily on Ohtani at bats. Prob not very likely if at all, though.
I would love to try out Japanese style baseball with Japanese owners… that would be kind of cool…. though, um, the “THEY NEED TO GO OVER THE LUXURY TAX CAP!” crying will only get louder.
Love Suntory Whiskey
I love lamp.
20 years of the Arturo regime and pretty much all we have to show for it is a $2 billion profit for him. Don’t let the door hit your fat wallet on the way.
I know. He is a business man AND made money. But it was so much money! This makes me so mad that it makes me sad! And then I get mad, because I’m sad! I hate when people get rich and I am not rich! No fair! Give me some!
The masses got cheap beer that was bottled at Santa Anita after the day’s races. Be happy.
We need to get a new owner before the draft lottery. If we not, TrAdition dictates that we will get the lowest or second lowest draft slot that is statistically possible
Look who’s hitting, finally, sort of…
https://www.milb.com/player/kevin-maitan-670867?stats=gamelogs-r-hitting-mlb&year=2022
Crazy that he’s still only 22. Maybe his multiple fat signing bonuses have ran out and he’s motivated again?
Hitting .224 with a .308 OBP in August.
Since July 1st I show splits of .281/.369/.430 but hes definitely been much hotter the last week . In his last 26 PA’s hes hit .435/.500/.913 . That whole team is en Fuego though. the trash pandas scored 16 runs yesterday in route to their 5 th straight win.
I hear it is inspiring to play on a winner.
We got two or three players on the 24 man roster with stats less than that. Promote Maitan now!!!!
This reminds me, did anyone notice that the Rays basically have a bunch of Squid in their lineups?
The Batoidea have been playing a bunch of cephalopoda for quite a few years now.
unpossible!
What a beautiful day it is indeed. 😎 😀 🙂
Woke up to the thought that Arte wants to sell before any decision needs to be made on Shohei. Let new management make that tough decision while he is counting his billions. That looming decision actually may be part of the motivation to sell. He will have nearly maximized his return on the player and then managed to avoid the difficult choice.
Because of the uniqueness of his talent and his International fame and marketing appeal, I believe Ohtani has to be a huge factor. the only problem is the timeline to complete the sale , or at the very least, move the transaction far enough along that the new owner can be part of this decision.
Unfortunately, unless this thing moves quickly (which, without the spectacle of a bankruptcy ( McCourt/Hicks) or a scandal (Sterling) is doubtful) I would think the sale process would preclude the Angels from making any move to trade Ohtani, or, for that matter, make any other significant moves this off season.
So if we need to gin up a scandal to move this thing along, lets hope that the Anaheim Mayor rats out Arte for offering him a huge bribe confirming what the FBI already has on tape. A scandal like this would be a large enough black eye on MLB that they would force Arte to sell the team pronto and we wont get stuck in team owner purgatory.
Yes. I suspect that Ohtani’s contribution, so to speak, to the team sale value will be maximized if the next owner has the maximum chance to negotiate with him, ie earlier the better.
Earlier the better but is there time? These deals take a while. Like the Nationals with Soto, better for the old regime to move the superstar to start afresh.
It can happen very quickly if the team’s current ownership is embroiled in a scandal. This is what we need to root for.
Lets hope this transaction doesn’t take the standard year or two, if you think this season was brutal just wait until 2023/2024.
Quicker the better but I just think the dude wants to cash his chips in.
With Ohtani on the team, the team is more valuable. The next owner can maintain that value for a while if he can extend him. The trade will destroy near term value and make the future value depend on all sorts of risky factors that the current regime is not good at. If I were a buyer, I’d pay extra for a chance to negotiate with Ohtani, not on faith that the current FO got real future value by dealing Ohtani now
If the MLB wants to force a sale, but can’t find a new owner all that fast, maybe we can end up being run by the MLB itself for a couple years. Man, the CtPG Festival of Continues Self-Pity will take off like a rave when the MLB finds a way to trade Ohtani to the Red Sox.
It had to be done.
This is not a good thing, if the sale ends up taking a year, which I’ve seen suggested a lot, combined with the possibility that Arte doesn’t want to deal with Ohtani.
Because that could possibly lead to this: Arte does nothing with Ohtani this offseason. New owner takes over, and then decides to trade him next summer.
Which is the dumbest and worst thing they could have done with Ohtani, except just letting him walk away for a draft pick at the end of 2023.
New owner or not, completely wasting the value we have in Ohtani would be one of those once-in-a-franchise moments that would live forever. Like the whole “we can sign two 8-7 pitchers instead of Ryan” things.
Sorry if I seemed to overstate this. But I see the haul that Soto got. And I see how incredibly good Ohtani is, and what a draw he is. And then I think of 2024 starting and we have neither of those things. And we easily could have.
But that draft pick…. extremely valuable. Who ever gives it up will likely be set back years by losing that 2nd round pick.
What can we do to expedite this process? Na-na-na-good-bye chants every night at home games to feast on Arte’s insecurity?
Knowing Arte he will spite the franchise and drag it out an extra 6 months just to squeeze an extra million out of the new buyers in negotiations.
The lads did “Team Tank” proud last night. Talk about a real crapfest – that was a keeper in Tampa.
The fellowship of losses continues. Mordor (ie. Arte’s palatial estate) or bust!
Wait until tonight, they will really do team tank proud with Mike Mayers as the starter!
Your favorite sports radio host just said the new owner should immediately change the name back to California Angels, “own the state” he says. And also have a Japanese owner in order to keep Ohtani.
F-it, why own the state when we could seize the world. Take the brand global.
“Earth Angels”
We’d already have a team song (pending negotiations with Marvin Barry’s estate), a new logo would have endless possibilities, and a vast media market to exploit.
Just sayin’……
/s
https://youtu.be/VJcGi4-n_Yw?t=1
Thinking to small.
Galaxy Angels!
Our lineup already contains a black hole
Only one?
California Angels if allowed would be a universally enjoyed re-rebrand.
I mean one of the guys possibly interested owns the Golden State Warriors. Why not?
The OC people who seem to think it makes sense to call them the Anaheim Angels will not enjoy it.
The first thing a new owner should do is light Roger Lodge on fire on the mound outside the front gate.
The indian burial ground must be appeased.
Make him go on a blind date.
I wonder if the Samuelis would be interested in buying the team? The city council seems to be a lot warmer toward them and would probably work with them in a land development deal. And, for some reason, the FBI, the State of California and the People’s Homeless Task Force of Orange County don’t seem to have any problem with THEIR backroom deals to buy land for even less than Arte was going to pay. So, I mean it could be the best chance of keeping the Angels in Anaheim….
I like them as the Ducks owners, they do a great job with scouting and player development over there. Also appear to have hired the right GM after their search.
But I suspect their usual spending habits (among the lowest payrolls in the league every year) would frustrate Angels fans.
Apparently not interested, according to LA Times.
Ballmer and Cuban also not interested.
Kroenke is apparently 50-50.
Lacob seems to be the one most enthusiastic about it.
I’m good with all that.
Apparently Lacob (Warriors owner) grew up in Anaheim being an Angels fan and was a peanut vendor at Anaheim Stadium for 7 years. Seeing what he has done with the Warriors, I would gladly open my arms with him being the owner. Same with Kroenke. Both the Rams and Avalanche seem to be in good shape.
Just an unreal day today… woke up to the news of the interest in selling the team and then hopped on a bus to the DMZ. Didn’t have the best reception today but read that whole thread on the way back and man, what a ride.
So many emotions over the news. Excitement, fright, worriedness… never thought I’d see the day happen. Pretty much hand in hand with being up at the 38th parallel.
Ya’ll know I’ve met Arte on a couple of occasions… opening day of ST in 2009 when I was (for whatever reason) asked to be a ball boy, again a couple years later at ST with my wife, and then just last summer when I ran into him in NYC. By all accounts super friendly and easy to come up to/talk with. Perhaps he was just in love with the thought of owning a team but not actually providing the necessary tools to allow it to be successful (besides just trying to play fantasy baseball owner and [attempting to] sign the biggest FA at the time). No fault of his own in my eyes. Dude lived a dream that barely any of us alive will ever fulfill. Good for him. But, clearly, the last decade has proven that perhaps he was in over his head and rightfully has admitted that it’s likely the right time to move on. I’ll give him that, instead of giving the fans another decade+ of playoff less baseball in Anaheim.
I’d say good luck in his future endeavors, but with that expected 2-3 BILLION ROI I’m not sure there’s anything else to say except enjoy retirement because there’s not a single reason left to do a lick of work after this.
With that said, #TheQuestFor100 continues!
Stay safe and enjoy the Quest for 100!
Thank you for your and your families Service!!
Let’s be real, alot of the hate he receives here is because his political affiliation, which is wild to me.
Seriously, this is the first time I’ve ever thought about it. I don’t know what it is, although I suppose I could guess.
I don’t care who he votes for. Same goes with the yorks and buss family.
Agree. Not too sure that is why he is highly disliked on this site. if that is the case, people of other ulterior motives.
Don’t care who he voted or supported. Not really my business. I care that he dragged this team to the ground after initially building a winning team and culture, mostly to feed his own ego and get his way.
He’s had alot of bad luck as an owner. You sign mvp caliber players and they turn into injured zombies or shitty players their first season here isn’t his fault. Kendrys, adenhart, and the endless tj surgeries he had zero control over.
he skimped on operational stuff. like any good corporation – someone leaves, 5 other people take on that guy’s job instead of hiring the 2-3 people required to re-fill that position.
I’m sure that operational stuff is a minor percentage to what he spends on players for the team. I think he’s just had some really bad luck. I’m sure some of it falls on him, but overall I think he’s been a great owner
Really? I thought it was because the team has sucked for the last 12 out of 13 seasons.
He spent lots of money on the team and as a fan that’s all I can ask for. His family ran a charity and donated millions of dollars, and by all accounts, he was a great person. The hate he gets here is uncalled for imo.
Arte seems like a caring charitable man. The first time I met Arte he sat next to me at charity luncheon when he first took ownership of the team. But as the teams fans should we tolerate indefinite & continual incompetency and failure just because the Owner genuinely cares about the downtrodden and disadvantaged?
I was going to say, most wealthu people, even the wealthy omes donate to charity or do philanthropy so they can get a tax write off.
A lot of oligarchs donate millions to charity, thats nothing new, it’s called a tax write off. But like I told gitcho in another thread, Arte will always be in your heart and he will always be a mentor to you.
By the way, spending a ton of money doesn’t always result in good, most of the time it’s the equivalent of trying to put out a fire with gasoline. People think you can just correct an issue or mess by just throwing more money at it, instead, they should root out the cause I try to figure out how to solve the problem, even if it’s some sort of restructure.
I missed that.
I guess I haven’t given you the standard boilerplate “you love Arte” disclaimer.
It’s not that I love Arte. Hell, try and find a time where I argue he’s a good owner rather than “not the worst” and also “what we are stuck with”.
It’s not that I love Arte. It’s probably that I hate what you have to say because it’s stupid.
Here’s the USA Today version for you….
No Love Arte. Hate Stupid. You Stupid?
Most PEOPLE Donate to charity. Thats nothing new. its called a tax write off for a portion of the moneys donated (why shouldn’t they?) but this is also called an act of humanity
It’s also not like said evil richy riches don’t pay any taxes other than the taxes they get out of by donating to charity. Hell, I write off charitable donations and I’m poor AF.
You need to shut up and play stupid. Sure, when person X types out what ever “thought” they are going to type out about Arte you can tell how they vote politically about 80% of the time…. but they say they aren’t motivated in the least by politics, and don’t bring up politics, especially when they bring up politics.
When they say “what politics?” just nod.
Though, to be fair, it is actually REALLY difficult for a lot of people to not tip their politics when they write just about anything. There are some really interesting studies on that….how strongly readers pick up signals from really indirect political tones in an article. People’s antennae are pretty tuned in.
I think the issue is separating the two. You can dislike Arte as the owner because of the many many many questionable decisions he has made over time. But you can also like his humanitarian side. I feel like as an owner he was too hands on with the baseball side of it and just didn’t understand how to build a true winner. Development lacked and well the rest followed. But what he did outside of the game is obviously far more positive.
I can see both sides here. I don’t know that is ever good to harbor hate towards anyone, but I can see why people would be frustrated with the direction he took this team in.
Noooooo…. unpossible!