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January 14, 2026
John Henry Weitzel
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Morning Angels fans, have some links.

Angels News

There is no Angel news. There never was going to be any Angels news. Seriously, all I could find is the Voice of OC pondering about the future of Angel Stadium.

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Nolan Arenado was traded. To Arizona. St. Louis eats most of the contract. And all it cost was an 8th round prospect.

Marlins continue their semi annual fire sale with trading Ryan Weathers to the MFY. 4 prospects for a pitcher who can’t pitch 100 innings a year.

KC is bringing in the fences. See, this is why the three true outcomes is so prevalent. Everyone wants the DINGRZ.

Venezuela players are now opting out of the WBC. Not for injuries, but for, you know. If you don’t know, you really have been living under a rock.

Man Ram is unofficially officially NOT gonna make the HOF. He is in his final year and enough ballots are known to see that he isn’t making it. The cheater, who got caught with PEDs TWICE after testing, will next have to appease the Vet committee on why they should let him in. SUCK IT.

FA signings are a bit underwhelming this year. So far, these are the top 10 FA contracts. Bellinger, Bo, and Tucker are not topping Dylan Cease if the latest news is to be believed.

MLB Network is going over their Top 100 right now. I miss when Trout was #1. Now he is 82nd. Behind Altuve.

Rob Manfred is still trying to push a Salary Cap. Enjoy 2026, there may not be MLB baseball in 2027.

Anything I missed? Post below for upvotes.

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Turk's Teeth
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Turk's Teeth
1 month ago

Red Sox land a big one in Ranger Suarez, filling out their rotation nicely.

It’ll mean losing their second rounder, but they’ve had some very nice drafts of late. Oakland and Boston took a healthy serving of my draft targets in 2025.

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HalosFanForLife
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HalosFanForLife
1 month ago

Largest spend:

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HalosFanForLife
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HalosFanForLife
1 month ago
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#2 ranked

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HalosFanForLife
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HalosFanForLife
1 month ago
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#3 Ranked

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HalosFanForLife
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HalosFanForLife
1 month ago
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#4 Ranked

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HalosFanForLife
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grichmanpoorman
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1 month ago
Reply to  HalosFanForLife

MLB doesn’t list the OFs on their Top 50 but does have Fana at No. 46… the top RHP on the international market, according to them. https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026/international/kendri-fana-836621

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Turk's Teeth
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1 month ago
Reply to  grichmanpoorman

Positional always nabs more than pitching in the intl class, but it was a thinner year for pitching in this specific class. No big bonus babies – no pitchers at all in the top 50 by $ amount per Baseball America.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis
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gitchogritchoffmypettis
1 month ago
Reply to  HalosFanForLife

All I’m getting from these comments is that the Angels have no international scouting. AmIRight?

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Turk's Teeth
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1 month ago
Reply to  HalosFanForLife

He’s the one of this quartet that intrigues me the most. Good bloodlines, more power than their usual draft profiles. Video looks good.

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RexFregosi
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RexFregosi
1 month ago
Reply to  Turk's Teeth

speaking of bloodlines and since pops was mentioned in today’s links, what’s your prognosis for Lucas Ramirez?

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Turk's Teeth
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1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Still purely a lotto ticket, but he had a solid debut in the ACL, and showed up on defense in the OF. Had some nice contributions in the playoffs.

I don’t think anyone mistakes him for Manny, but there’s a fourth outfielder profile there, a la Raudi and Rio (poor kid), if everything comes together. Still a long way to go.

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grichmanpoorman
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grichmanpoorman
1 month ago
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The lack of lower leg definition scares me. Kid needs to stop skipping leg day.

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1 month ago

MLB Network is revealing their Top 100.
#82 Mike Trout
#87 Zach Neto

Neto is still underrated. Not sure Trout deserves his ranking 😞

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grichmanpoorman
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grichmanpoorman
1 month ago

Here’s a link… to the conspicuous absence of a link. Man, the Halos really MUST be non grata, to be the one MLB franchise out of 30 that doesn’t warrant a team page at SB Nation. Was the Halos Heaven experience simply that toxic for them? Salted the digital earth, so to speak? https://www.sbnation.com/

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grichmanpoorman
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1 month ago
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Oops, I was wrong… the Marlins don’t have one, either. Losers table.

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Marcotor
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Marcotor
1 month ago

I still don’t understand the perception the Angels “missed out” on Arenado.

Was there ANY evidence anywhere, he wanted to come here? And if a trade was worked out, WHY would he want to come here? Because he went to HS in El Toro? Mike OMFG-Used-To-Be-The-GOAT-And-Yes- We-Can-Continue-To-Decline-Together Trout? The monkey and the beach? Altho, his .237BA would fit in with the Angels lust for fading .240 hitting former Cardinals

Yeah, that worked out SO well for the Angels and Cole right? Right?

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Jeff Joiner
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1 month ago
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Nobody really wanted Arenado. Nor did it appear he wanted to come here.

He’s just the latest in a string of third basemen that were acquired below expected cost.

And the Angels didn’t land a single one.

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Roy Hobbs
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Roy Hobbs
1 month ago
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This could be the year for a 100 losses.

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RexFregosi
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1 month ago
Reply to  Marcotor

I don’t feel we missed out, but on the other hand, (as Mr. Teeth said yesterday) getting him for Yoan Moncada money I wouldn’t be upset at all.

Perry said he’s in the market for a 3B (definite need according to him). Let’s see what he comes up with. I’d be happy also for Yoan back at $5M. My guess is he will spend much less than that.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis
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gitchogritchoffmypettis
1 month ago
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Wrong. The Frisch boys didn’t bring up juju and magic at all. They totally failed to address the most important issue.

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Pineapple12
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Pineapple12
1 month ago
Reply to  WallyChuckChili

Well-written article and I couldn’t finish it out of anger and sadness.

Don’t drink and drive is not a hard concept.

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AnAngelsFan
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1 month ago
Reply to  Pineapple12

Also, wear a seatbelt.

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1 month ago
Reply to  WallyChuckChili

Unfortunately, I’m not surprised given the franchise “leadership”. This reinforces that if given the option, don’t sign with the Angels while Arte, Kuhn and Carpino are in charge.

“But at no point have the Angels offered to cover any of Foster’s medical costs. And with the new season beginning in February, Foster is at risk of losing his insurance through the team. It’s up to the Angels, Cleveland said, to keep him covered or not.

Though a team official did visit in November, communication with the club has become minimal over the last three months. Oliver’s brother regularly refreshes Foster’s roster page online to make sure he hasn’t been released by the organization.”

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grichmanpoorman
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grichmanpoorman
1 month ago
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Horribly sad… and, of course, a tragedy that has/had nothing to do with Angels organizational leadership. Let’s hope they do the right thing and keep him insured, and maybe not use the poor guy’s misfortune to fashionably drape anti-Arte narratives until it becomes clearer.

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1 month ago
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Arte has earned all the retroactive and prospective negative narratives. The legacy of his actions is beyond clear after all this time.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis
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gitchogritchoffmypettis
1 month ago
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What Arte sucking at running a baseball team has to do with this I just don’t know. You sound like my mom bitching about how the Santa Ana winds have been getting worse because of the politicians she doesn’t like.

Clearly the wind sucks where we live. Arte also sucks at owning a team. Both are located in Southern California. Connection? Totally.

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AnAngelsFan
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1 month ago
Reply to  grichmanpoorman

I can’t think of a single business other than the Angels that would be expected to provide free medical care/insurance to a former employee for a non-work-related injury.

Unlike Skaggs, this one can’t even be blamed on another Angel employee.

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Jeff Joiner
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1 month ago
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About half a dozen other teams currently you have former players or prospects they sign on minor league deals each year specifically to keep them on insurance.

The Padres, Dodgers, and Red Sox are cited as examples in the article.

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AnAngelsFan
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AnAngelsFan
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

There is a difference between doing something voluntarily and being expected to do it. There’s even a difference between being encouraged to do something and being morally condemned if you don’t.

I admit, my “only the Angels” sentiment is an exaggeration. The point is we shouldn’t apply a different moral standard to the Angels and baseball prospects than we do to regular people.

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Jeff Joiner
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1 month ago
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Agreed. Normal people should also have access to healthcare that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis
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gitchogritchoffmypettis
1 month ago
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And why is medical care so expensive? Probably Arte.

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grichmanpoorman
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1 month ago
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Pfft. Yeah.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis
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gitchogritchoffmypettis
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

For DUI crash recovery? Or injuries from sports?

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Arte’s the alleged “marketing genius”, I’m confident he’s astutely reviewed the potential goodwill gained by back-stopping the kid’s healthcare costs. It’s probably best he ride the wave “great” publicity his business gained since the Skaggs outcome.

I guess the kid could go on Medicaid and let the taxpayers pay the bills.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis
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1 month ago
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No. Clearly this guy from another country and his friends were distantly influenced to drive drunk by the executive office of the team that Foster is years away from being anywhere near. Clearly, if this had been a prospect for a team like the Diamondbacks instead of the Angels, then these guys wouldn’t drink and drive.

These guys were all on drink #2 for the night with Uber opened up on all their phones, but then they remembered that Rio is an Angels prospect. So they shrugged their collective shoulders, ordered a few more rounds, and giggled as they all climbed into their car.

It’s similar to how Arte uses his magical evil to injure players and prospects, especially pitchers in the late 2010s.

Or why we know that, if you just dig deep into the information that is out there, most human trafficking is caused by the Dutch. And Arte.

Angels fanboy isn’t pathetic damn it! Arte is!

I feel bad for the kid, but you know who isn’t keeping me on the roster and paying my medical bills when I get in a car with a bunch of drunks? My boss. But when it comes to Arte our daddy issues toss realistic thinking out the window. The best part is, if they spent million rebuilding this kid like the bionic man we could just bitch about how the team wastes money on repairing a middling prospect for a system that won’t be able to develop him anyway.

Either way we hate our dad! We win!

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Jeff Joiner
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1 month ago
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Sad story all around. Young people make stupid mistakes. Most of us survived fine but some don’t.

Then you add the insane expense and bureaucracy of our healthcare system on top of the human tragedy and it just buries a family.

The Angels are under no legal obligation to continue his insurance but morally it is the right thing to do.

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AnAngelsFan
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1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

Why is it morally the right thing to do? If the kid worked for Joe’s plumbing, would you expect the small business to cover his medical insurance for life? What if the kid was employed by the Angels as a ticket-gate cashier?

Is there something special about a baseball player prospect that entitles them to greater benefits from their employer than non-baseball players? I guess there must be, because this article probably wouldn’t even exist if this person was a ticket-gate cashier. This is a tragedy, and I feel terrible for the kid, but being a baseball prospect shouldn’t give you a moral right to better treatment than other people.

If the Angels want to help, that’s praiseworthy, but if they decide not to, they should not be condemned for that decision.

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Jeff Joiner
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1 month ago
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The cash flow for the Angels vs. Joe’s Plumbing is quite the difference.

I’ll rephrase it. If I was worth anywhere near Arte’s net worth and the cost to keep the kid on insurance was 20 grand a year or so it would be an easy decision for me to help his family. At least for a couple of years while they navigate the mess that is Medicare and get him onto it.

Being a prospect doesn’t give you the right to better treatment but the fact of the matter is the treatment the average citizen gets from our “health care” industry is atrocious. We should demand better for everybody.

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BruinsAngelsKings
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1 month ago
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Totally get it, but where does it end? Once you provide it to one, you know there will be others seeking the same thing.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis
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gitchogritchoffmypettis
1 month ago
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I’m just kinda grossed out by a pile of grown men telling another grown man what he should feel and then do with his money. Sure. “The System”. Whatever. That’s a pretty wide zig-zag.

It’s only 20K a year. I bet if every guy on here that’s got a little sap up over this starts donating to a GoFundMe for this kid now and keeps it up for a good long while they can collectively cover that.

Hell, if they all just put their money where their estrogen is, and then crow about it like I am 100% sure they will, maybe some players or the team itself will get on the feels bandwagon.

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1 month ago
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GoFundMe = the new American healthcare plan, if you can garner enough sympathy, that is. Quite the system we got going.

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Jeff Joiner
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1 month ago
Reply to  BruinsAngelsKings

I’m no expert but from the article it reads as though he could transition to Medicare after being declared disabled.

If I’m the Angels I extend the insurance for a year or two with the understanding the family has exactly that long to get the transition handled.

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1 month ago
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That’d be the easy/sensible mix option

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gitchogritchoffmypettis
1 month ago
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Sure. I’d do it too. But I’m not gonna shit on somebody for not doing optional things I would do.

And as long as I’m applying CtPG logic to it, fk that kid and his friends. Why? Cause I’m still mourning Nick Adenhart. Maybe Arte is too.

See. My hand fits into the bullshit bucket too. Weeeeeee….

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Jeff Joiner
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When I was 20 years old I woke up to news my 19 year old cousin crashed his car, wasn’t wearing his seat belt, was ejected, and in the hospital with critical brain injuries.

He died. He was the only one in his car and the only one hurt, but he died.

So this story probably hit home a bit harder for me.

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1 month ago
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That’s the thing. I’ve been in bands forever. I was a drunk for a long time. I have a long list of dead friends. If I want to make it about me, especially if I want to make it about my ArteFeelz, then Arte needs to pay for this kid.

Otherwise, this is a talented young man who squandered an opportunity that the Angels gave him. It’s really sad. But it’s not “evil” for the Angels to not cover this kid. The kid fked them. And to bring up instances where prospects get insurance extensions from other circumstances, the way that article did, is manipulative.

Arte would still be smart to extend the coverage for a year just to look good though, like you said. But sadly, the only villain in all this is Rio himself. And Arte’s not his dad.

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1 month ago
Reply to  AnAngelsFan

A really good narrative to end this sad story would be Anthony Rendon donating $500k to this former prospect. After milking millions from an organization he did zero for it sure would be put a positive spin on him.

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