LA Angels Wednesday News Crash: Top 5 Ward

And we still don’t make the playoffs?

Yeah, averaging only 30 hr in the outfield?

Well yeah, duh. I’m not going to get all optimistic cause then I might be fooled again.

I want some of what you’re drinking.

Does that read like a serious comment to you?

You know what my actual thoughts on the team likely are…. I have no idea how well they are gonna do, too many variables.

accept Rendon…. obvious MVP.

When the Royals had a highly rated farm system, they did make 2 WS. Asstros farm was highly and produced and it continues. Dodgers, Brave, Jays, Rays, Red Sox, Padres sort of, so yes Virgina there is a Santa Claus.

When in the late nineties the Yankees and Braves were led by home grown.

Having a highly rated farm and producing results is really how the minor leagues are coached and teaching skills of the coaches. The draft is important sure, but no team racks up a lot of talent without scouting and connections. But truth is this team never has had all the pieces put in place. Trouty wasn’t even the first choice when drafted, so there is some luck involved.

Hint: click on the article, hit Ctrl&A, then open a word or other document and type Ctrl&C. You can read the article Arte and Crapino are POS’s

Yes. That stupid apparently.

Not to touch off any boomer sadness around here…. plus this is based on absolutely NOTHING but my Lylin eyes….. but

I work with and around a lot of rich baby boomers of various ages.

One thing they all have in common is they can’t let go of anything. A few of them actually handle their business fairly well, but in most cases things erode pretty fast under their feet and in a lot of cases their businesses and finances are trash because of it.

It always starts with details. Little advancements they would have sought out when they were 55 are a pain in the ass that they don’t want to try and grasp at 65 and a threat at 75. And they sure as fk aren’t gonna just let someone else in the company (or household) run wild with it. Often times they are even a little hostile or dismissive of these things they don’t want to deal with. They also, almost to a man/woman, waste a lot of time, money and meetings on shit that doesn’t matter but they seem to be fixated on. And, of all these folks, I have only seen ONE of them just suck it up, really retire, and GTF out of the way.

I kinda wonder if Arte is in this boat. He had a lot of energy AND control when he first got the team. He could manage details and his image etc etc etc. But stuff has slid, especially the last 5 years, starting with the edges. I still think he’s a C grade owner and we could have done a lot worse, but I have to wonder of he’s just too old to herd all the cats he has to the last few years but he’s still trying.

The MiLB thing was so simple. Buy three apartment buildings. Even if all you do is give players free rent they can eat off their MiLB salary.

It doesn’t matter what his personal politics are, hell, most of the Mexican Americans I know are pretty conservative. Los Doyers literally had Latinos killed so they could get the land they wanted for Chavez Ravine. All they had to do was bring up a toady Mexican hick pitcher that had an incredible rookie year and all was forgiven, dey go for duh Doyers. The team was still owned by McCourt and the THE FRIGGIN GUGGENHEIMS. Arte could have totally worked that. A LATINO OWNER in LA people. A guy who literally picked fruit. But he just ignored that…. then he sort of started giving it the stink eye, like a lot of things, because the Spanish market is just another detail he can’t juggle himself.

Combine being the first Latino owner AND have a solid MiLB program with your own housing….. do you think that might have maybe helped attract top international talent? That whole steak just slid off Arte’s plate.

I still think Arte’s the best owner we’ve had. I don’t suffer revenge nostalgia for “the singing cowboy” the way some do around here and, though they won a title, the general direction that Disney was headed would have sucked. The Downtown Disney Angels of Dickwing Periwinkle was not gonna be fun by say 2004. If the Angels had become the Mighty Movie Ducks of Baseball I would not still be a fan.

But Arte’s been past it for a while, you can tell by the opportunities he doesn’t take advantage of. I even like that he seems to have mostly gotten out of they way since hiring PTP…. and yet so many other areas are just rot. This is actually a good reason to hope that the Angels are bought by a nameless faceless group and NOT some single loudmouthed unicorn. Age/Control will be less of a long term factor.

If I were “insert new owner”….redo the Big A. With them staying and playing “underwhelming” baseball in it for another 25 years or more.

Redo completely the entire outfield, foul pole to foul pole. Plus redo to about sections 106 and 130. The rest, refurbish, upgrade, add, improve, but keep the basic features……And, get the original Big A out of the parking lot and inside the stadium, as the main attraction.

It would be nice to have it done in time to see Trouts son roaming the same CF that his fat father roamed….with the same 78-84 record.

Dont count out Long Beach. especially if the new owners have the financial wherewithal and commitment for their own new facility.

The City is motivated to redevelop the Arena property. Of course parking would be a megabitch.

Si Si Si

He’s the 9th best 3B… 8 WAR behind #8 Brooks Robinson. You should probably get used to the idea that he’ll be in the HOF.

Pappy had better PR but his career revival without significant injuries attributed is a huge flag for me. Smells like PED/HGH and likely was since he already had tested positive before.

You dont think its just because you’re 2GA2Visit?

You show em sparky! Have no fun!

Sure, Big Poopi is lame. So are a whole bunch of Yankees players stretching back to the 40s that are in the HOF as well as some Cubs and other guys.

It’s still a great place. I wana see Honus Wagner’s wooden dentures and the silver dollar that Bob Gibson threw across the Mississsippi, etc. Nothing good stays 100% good if it involves people. Might as well enjoy what there is to truly enjoy rather than sit around patting yourself on the back for being huffy. I’m not gonna let Big Poopi stop me from getting a look at the cleats Willie Mays wore when he outran a Cheetah.

isn’t it that game with Kevin Bacon?

We may have the best outfield on paper, right? Now if all 3 can play 145-150 games we will do well enough to be a winning team this year.

If I were offered something like 100-1 that the Angels make the playoffs or 250-1 that the Angels win the WS, I’d probably lay down $100.

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