Angels fans: Of all the players who has played for the Angels, who do you dislike/hate the most?

[Angel Dog and Beer]

12 hours ago, totdprods said:

Josh Hamilton. There isn't anyone within the same stratosphere.

This, for me. 

[Inside Pitch]

39 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Didn't Schoeneweis pull something shitty or say something dickish at some point too?

In August 2002..    There was talk of a potential strike, and prior to the vote Angels fans disrupted the game by throwing beachballs and crap to stop the game -- I guess to make the game last longer, this grew to include foul balls -- people were throwing them back and causing the umps to go chase after the balls -- they also chanted don't strike, don't strike during the 7th inning stretch too, I remember it well.  So after the game Schoeneweis called them out -- questioned their class and made a few other smarmy comments, the big one comparing them to 4 year olds who get mad and throw stuff.   Then to double down, he said something along the lines of he expected to work the next day, but he guaranteed that if they voted to strike he wouldn't.

So yeah -- SS basically won a spot on a lot of people's shit list.

 

[NJHalo]

59 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Didn't Schoeneweis pull something shitty or say something dickish at some point too?

He blasted the fans for going a little crazy the night before a strike deadline. A lot of guys said stuff, but for whatever reason, he got singled out.

Must be racism....

http://articles.latimes.com/2002/aug/30/sports/sp-angels30

[California Cajun]

Josh Hamilton 

[Angelsjunky]

Nick Gorneault. That guy offends me on a deep level - such a worthless piece of human garbage, I can barely stand thinking about him and what he did to this franchise.

[fanfromday1]

Surprised that Brendan Donnelly's name hasn't been brought up. Not that Angel fans disliked him, but most of the players in MLB had no respect for him. Donnelly was a replacement player during the 1994 and 1995 baseball seasons. He was considered a 'scab' player, and was disrespected by most players in the MLB (including some hard nose, toe the line, Angel players). As a result of his participation as a replacement player, Donnelly is permanently barred from joining the MLB Players Association.

As for me, the Angel player that I disliked the most was Alex Johnson. I'm sure that many of you were not around at the time Johnson played for the Angels, but I'm sure that most of you have heard some of the stories about him. Johnson played for the Angels for two seasons (1970 & 71). But he played for seven other teams as well. And he was an Azz-hole for each and every one of them. Johnson was known as a very good hitter. But he was also a huge loafer on the field. If he knew that his batted ball was not going to be a base hit he rarely ran to first base. He just held onto his bat and walked straight to the dugout. Lefty Phillips, who was the Angel manager at the time often punished him by removing him from the game. By the end of the season he had been suspended for five games and removed from 29 others.

During the 1971 season, Johnson refused to take outfield practice before any games. And he often loafed on balls hit to his outfield position. Later that season Johnson claimed that Chico Ruiz, who had been a close friend and was the godfather of Johnson's daughter, pointed a gun at him while the two were in the clubhouse. Ruiz denied the claim. There are so many conflicting reports on this gun incident that I don't know if it's true or not. But whether it happened or not, Alex Johnson is still my most disrespected and hated Angel player.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

40 minutes ago, fanfromday1 said:

Surprised that Brendan Donnelly's name hasn't been brought up. Not that Angel fans disliked him, but most of the players in MLB had no respect for him. Donnelly was a replacement player during the 1994 and 1995 baseball seasons. He was considered a 'scab' player, and was disrespected by most players in the MLB (including some hard nose, toe the line, Angel players). As a result of his participation as a replacement player, Donnelly is permanently barred from joining the MLB Players Association.

As for me, the Angel player that I disliked the most was Alex Johnson. I'm sure that many of you were not around at the time Johnson played for the Angels, but I'm sure that most of you have heard some of the stories about him. Johnson played for the Angels for two seasons (1970 & 71). But he played for seven other teams as well. And he was an Azz-hole for each and every one of them. Johnson was known as a very good hitter. But he was also a huge loafer on the field. If he knew that his batted ball was not going to be a base hit he rarely ran to first base. He just held onto his bat and walked straight to the dugout. Lefty Phillips, who was the Angel manager at the time often punished him by removing him from the game. By the end of the season he had been suspended for five games and removed from 29 others.

During the 1971 season, Johnson refused to take outfield practice before any games. And he often loafed on balls hit to his outfield position. Later that season Johnson claimed that Chico Ruiz, who had been a close friend and was the godfather of Johnson's daughter, pointed a gun at him while the two were in the clubhouse. Ruiz denied the claim. There are so many conflicting reports on this gun incident that I don't know if it's true or not. But whether it happened or not, Alex Johnson is still my most disrespected and hated Angel player.

Well, to be honest Brendan crossing a labor dispute really has no bearing on how I feel towards him. And if he figured he may not have had a chance at the show previously then he got his fifteen moments of fame and a made a little coin along the way!

[Stradling]

On 1/23/2017 at 0:04 PM, Inside Pitch said:

In August 2002..    There was talk of a potential strike, and prior to the vote Angels fans disrupted the game by throwing beachballs and crap to stop the game -- I guess to make the game last longer, this grew to include foul balls -- people were throwing them back and causing the umps to go chase after the balls -- they also chanted don't strike, don't strike during the 7th inning stretch too, I remember it well.  So after the game Schoeneweis called them out -- questioned their class and made a few other smarmy comments, the big one comparing them to 4 year olds who get mad and throw stuff.   Then to double down, he said something along the lines of he expected to work the next day, but he guaranteed that if they voted to strike he wouldn't.

So yeah -- SS basically won a spot on a lot of people's shit list.

 

Angels played the Devil Rays that night, I was there with my ex wife.  We were sitting out in the RF seats.  Ben Grieve hit a home run to right that my ex wife caught, she promptly threw the ball back on the field.  This was seen by everyone in the area and for obvious reasons they all went crazy and were cheering like crazy for her.  The usher Frank (I am pretty sure that was his name, cool dude that was hearing impaired) came down to escort us out.  He walked us up the aisle, my ex high fiving everyone.  Frank, got us up to the tunnel, then told us to wait a minute or two and come back down and he will look the other way.  That was a crazy night.  People were throwing toilet paper and basically anything they could onto the field.  My ex to this day brags about saving baseball because she threw the ball back onto the field that led to cheering and then the don't strike chant.  

[Stradling]

On 1/23/2017 at 1:23 PM, Angelsjunky said:

Nick Gorneault. That guy offends me on a deep level - such a worthless piece of human garbage, I can barely stand thinking about him and what he did to this franchise.

No idea what you are talking about.

[Angelsjunky]

Just now, Stradling said:

No idea what you are talking about.

That's because deadpan humor is hard to detect via the written word.

[Stradling]

Just now, Angelsjunky said:

That's because deadpan humor is hard to detect via the written word.

I figured you were joking, but when you called him human garbage, that is when I lost you.  

[Angelsjunky]

Just now, Stradling said:

I figured you were joking, but when you called him human garbage, that is when I lost you.  

Because "human garbage" is a phrase I've seen a lot recently that tends to be an expression of hyperbole. I would have thought it would have been the tip-off in which you realized I was just fucking around.

As if Nick Gorneault could have offended anyone.

(I know nothing of him as he only played a few games for the Angels, but that's kind of hte point)

[Stradling]

Yea, fuck Shawn Abner and Adam Riggs.

[Stradling]

And that prick Eckstein with his pompous, "I can beat you with one kidney" bullshit.  

[NJHalo]

AJ; Still pissed at Jim Abbott for not shaking your hand?

[Ohtaniland]

Josh Hamilton and I don't need to explain.

[tdawg87]

4 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

AJ; Still pissed at Jim Abbott for not shaking your hand?

He's still stumped about that one.

[Ohtaniland]

7 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

AJ; Still pissed at Jim Abbott for not shaking your hand?

 

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

He's still stumped about that one.

Jim Abbott jokes???

All of you are going to HELL !!!!

 

 

 

with me and Lou

[Angelsjunky]

10 minutes ago, CALZONE said:

 

Jim Abbott jokes???

All of you are going to HELL !!!!

 

 

 

with me and Lou

Yes, but we won't be in the Gay Section.

[NJHalo]

1 minute ago, Angelsjunky said:

Yes, but we won't be in the Gay Section.

I recently found out that I am a racist, so I'll be with them.

[JAHV76]

On January 23, 2017 at 6:40 AM, Chuckster70 said:

Brian Fuentes.. We should have went all the way in 2009.

True but without him AW would not have known of the Dirty Fuentes.

[Lou]

On January 22, 2017 at 11:16 PM, totdprods said:

Josh Hamilton. There isn't anyone within the same stratosphere.

yeah, he's pretty much a given. others:

Eric Owens

 

Kent Bottenfield, Robb Quinlan, Jeff DaVanon

Pretty much any dorky white guy. 

 

 

[tomsred]

Josh Hamilton.

[Tank]

steve finley says hello!

and that giant turd crooked hat. can't even think of his real name right now.

Jeff juden needs some appreciation in this thread, as does esteban yan. 

surprised no one has mentioned ol' squatty himself, jeff mathis.

there were a lot of guys from the 80s that need to be mentioned, but don't want to crash the website trying to list all of them.

[Angelsjunky]

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