Yikes....That ESPN Magazine blogger is a little harsh on our Angels

[Ohtaniland]

Geez....

 

 

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2014/02/angels_worst_franchise_baseball_america.php

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

I stopped reading after Anaheim Angels of Anaheim. 

[jshep]

So I kind of feel like this guy didn't quite get that Sam Miller ESPN magazine article he's quoting.

[laagamer]

Wow. That's what losing gets you.

 

How are we worse than the Marlins? 

[arch stanton]

When you sit upon the high horse of arrogance tinged with ignorance then talking out of your ass is the best way to be heard.

[Agalloch]

I was afraid he'd make some valid points, good thing I was wrong.

[Tyler]

This guy tries way too hard.

[Jason]

I'd like to say he's completly off base but this franchise has been headed in the wrong direction for a few years now. Not sure if we are the "worst" but it is ugly.

[ukyah]

When you sit upon the high horse of arrogance tinged with ignorance then talking out of your ass is the best way to be heard.

 

i read that in tuco's voice, which made the sentence just really come together.

[Brent Maguire]

This guy sounds unbelievably bitter. 

[markb]

The moment I saw that author's name and the "Anaheim Angels of Anaheim" reference I remembered this article posted last year:   http://www.ocweekly.com/2013-09-12/news/arte-moreno-angels-anaheim/

 

He wrote something on the Tustin move a few days ago as well.  It opened with the line "It's now officially the silly season for your Anaheim Angels of Anaheim, as owner Arte Moreno is now acting like the billionaire baby he is."

 

His work is like junior high newspaper-level quality.  How does this guy have such a visible platform?

[Punk]

Worst franchise? Mmmk

[nikkachez]

Eh, he writes for ESPN, knew he would be a jack-ass before I read it. 

 

Remember guys, what does ESPN suck?

 

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[Angelsjunky]

The knee-jerk reactions defending the franchise are worse, in my opinion. The truth is that the franchise has been sinking for five years. There are glimmers of hope, with Servais' approach, Arte's abstinence of a Big Bellyflop Splash this offseason and Dipoto's overall solid transactions this offseason, but let's not blindly defend them yet - the organization has been in shambles for years now.

 

Rather than argue whether the franchise is the worst or not, I'd rather see them prove ESPN wrong. Quite frankly the Angels don't deserve to be defended. They need to earn that back.

Edited February 22, 2014 by Angelsjunky

[RallyMo]

Arellano comes across as a bit of a whiner when commenting on the Angels.

[Blarg]

He was probably one of the 12 people protesting the name change 10 years ago and still has his picket sign in his closet.

[Inside Pitch]

This guy's articles are always the same, be it the Angels or his slant on everything Mexican and his perceptions of racism.   He's like a bad shock comic that think's he's offering deep insights..

 

To his credit he found a bankable shtick and has cashed in on it.

[Angel Oracle]

The franchise should use these articles as motivation and nothing else.

Continue to build the right way, continue to refrain from the mistakes of August 2009 (Kazmir) through 2012, and make the blogger eat his words.

[Inside Pitch]

How many of these ESPN guys picked the worst organization in MLB to win the AL West the last two years?

[mtangelsfan]

The knee-jerk reactions defending the franchise are worse, in my opinion. The truth is that the franchise has been sinking for five years. There are glimmers of hope, with Servais' approach, Arte's abstinence of a Big Bellyflop Splash this offseason and Dipoto's overall solid transactions this offseason, but let's not blindly defend them yet - the organization has been in shambles for years now.

 

Rather than argue whether the franchise is the worst or not, I'd rather see them prove ESPN wrong. Quite frankly the Angels don't deserve to be defended. They need to earn that back.

 

Please, you think that was a well written, well reasoned article by a good journalist?

[LBHalos17]

I wouldn't rely on OC Weekly for ANY sports news..

I read it for the section where people get to fire-off about the moron whip wronged them this week; hilarious!

[Angelsjunky]

Please, you think that was a well written, well reasoned article by a good journalist?

 

Did I say that? No. I don't care about the article either way but feel that knee-jerk reactions are misguided and somewhat telling, meaning what he said hit too close to home.

[IEAngelsfan]

Did I say that? No. I don't care about the article either way but feel that knee-jerk reactions are misguided and somewhat telling, meaning what he said hit too close to home.

But that is the point.  I don't think anyone here is arguing that the franchise hasn't been down the last few years, but this guy is writing as if he has a personal vendetta against Arte and the Angels.

 

If he had written something remotely near a balanced article, you wouldn't have this reaction.  He sounds like Arte kicked his dog.....a few hundred times.

[Docwaukee]

Did I say that? No. I don't care about the article either way but feel that knee-jerk reactions are misguided and somewhat telling, meaning what he said hit too close to home.

Actually, a lot of the reactions are more to the quality of the article as opposed to defending the halos.  I think we can all agree that this club lacked direction at the major league level for a couple of years with some bad decisions and unlucky ones to boot. 

 

The one thing that the author didn't really acknowledge is a general recognition of the problem and that the plan to fix it has essentially been implemented.  To rebuild the entire core of the franchise takes time.  The big money deals were to bridge a gap.  The idea had some merit although it was a bit misguided.  Honestly, I'd rather be where we are as opposed to the phils

 

The other thing to keep in mind is that the perception is very much based on how high we were recently.  Ex.  the White sox farm and mlb team is terrible.  They are going nowhere fast.  How are we worse than them?  Because we were recently much better. 

[Brandon]

You know your article sucks when we have so many negative people here towards the team that find your work terrible.