LA Angels Tuesday News Crash: Win This

Well i’m certainly no longer upset we got Mike Clevinger out of the organization years ago.

Ownership change is healthy. Ownership change brought back the Rams and they were winning and will again. Ownership change was good for the Dodgers and Clippers as they became winners. Keeping it in the family…hmm…Lakers, Chargers, well you see where this is headed.

Winning solves a lot of problems, but it’s been 9 years since the playoffs, so the tribe is looking for new leadership which is sadly not going to happen now as we all know. Ironic maybe that fans of the team can readily point to what is holding back the team, but Kuhl and Carpino and Morono really are making big bucks to be losers. Oh, I am sure that they believe their bumbling ways look good to them, but the time to sell was really a long time ago.

No direction, no upper management,

Soon no town to collect the rent,

No money for two hours of pushing a broom,

Tough there is no town or city with acreage and the room,

They stand around watching the circling of the draino,

What didn’t we do ask their esteem leader Morano?

We don’t renegotiate with them idiots, we abort.

With the fans they don’t come out and support,

Scott Rolen? Guess it should be the Hall of above average.

Wow, Ausmus for GM?

Mike Clevinger’s domestic behavior apparently (Allegedly) seems he should be playing in the NFL or with Trevor Bauer.

With a little time and reflection – the failed sale is a bummer but is not worth anger. It’s like one corporation failing to buy another one. It’s completely out of our hands and it’s a failed business transaction. We can speculate as to the “why” – for me it is likely that Arte did not get offered anywhere close to what he wanted – but again that does not matter. We will never be told the true reasons and are left with the weak “unfinished business” claim and his statement concerning a sudden realization that he cares about the team.

What we can do as fans is vote with our wallets. If this current Organization has failed on almost every level (as I believe it has) and shows little chance of improving (see keeping the current Organization in place with Carpino and Kuhl in key positions) then do not give the Organization your hard earned money. If you are frustrated by the ineptitude and dysfunction of this Organization from a scouting, player development, strength and conditioning and treatment of its minor league players standpoint as I am – do not go to games. Do not buy jerseys. Do not pay for overpriced gear, food and drinks.

You all have a genuine say – it’s just not with words. The only thing that matters to the guys like Arte are your dollars. He wants what is in your wallet – he wants those few dollars that you save for entertainment. He does not care if you are having trouble making ends meet – he wants you to spend on the Angels. He is a businessman and you cant blame him for that. What you can do is to choose to no longer provide him access to your money. Do something else with your time and money. As long as you keep supporting the team with your hard earned $$$$ by going to games and spending on overpriced food, gear and drinks – he cares nothing about what you have to say.

I have made a resolution to stay away. I am not buying any gear. I am not going to any games. I am not buying $7 hotdogs or $15 beers or $20 disgusting pizza. I will listen on the radio and watch on the TV. While that still provides Arte with some dollars, it’s minimal compared to the huge $$$$ I was dropping on 4 season tickets, parking and food/drink at the games. That is how I am expressing my frustration. I welcome all of you to join me in your own form of protest that works for you.

teams (no matter what sport) are either good at spotting and developing talent OR THEY’RE NOT…….thanks for sharing Niners.

Seems to me this non-sell is Artie continuing his Veruca Salt ways: I want it now! Just like the canceled Stripling/Pederson trade (that ironically worked out better for the Angels).
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Impatient cow
Imaptient-
Moo!

From Sam Blum:

“Moreno’s statement addressed unfinished business and his desire to win a World Series. Doing that requires spending money, and not just on three superstars.

It’s appropriate to wonder if he’s actually the right person to lead the Angels to the playoffs or a championship. But for now, the team and its fans are left with no other option.“

Getting an onslaught of snow right now in OK… so no work today for me. Good thing there’s no crazy Angels news to think about today.

Agree with Hernandez that Arte doing a press conference where he has to face some of the music and answer some specific questions would be a small token to the fans.

No doubt Arte views the local media as biased against him. Not wrong to an extent (Hernandez, recently Blum) but their agenda is *awfully* similar to what most of the fan base wants – accountability and answers for some questionable/failed management decisions and some assurance the course is correcting?

I’m sure some “LoL FaNz QuEStiOnS WoNt KeEp TrOUt hEalThy” comment looms telling me Arte is never to blame for anything but forcing this guy with all his thin skin to actually face down and explain some decisions they’ve made–with the player development budget, scouts, international signings, the broadcast, Carpino’s lack of scrutiny–that directly deteriorated the product is exactly the kind of stuff that pressures failed decision making in a new direction.

Maybe Arte got the abacus out of the closet and did the math on the state and federal taxes he’d owe on selling the franchise and decided it would be better to ride it all into the ground?

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Its like he reads CtPG. Not bad from a former dodgers beat writer.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2023-01-24/angels-arte-moreno-hernandez

Good morning.

I blame Andrew.

Have a good day.