OCR talks up AngelsWin.com

[Spirit]

6 years ago today.

Angels fan website enjoying success

 

 

[Blarg]

Good times but I think we are looking at better times coming up. 

[Spirit]

It's kind of remarkable how long we've been doing this thing.  One year fades into another and pretty soon you have a legacy.

 

 

[Chuck]

Thanks for sharing, @Geoff.

Let the good times roll. 

To me my favorite time as a website & group was 2009. 

We made the playoffs and USA Today had us blog on the Angels during both the ALDS and ALCS. 

The Angels granted us as a fansite/blog full access media credentials.

We had an our hour radio spot during rush hour titled "The Richter Scale" that talked up the Angels and it's farm system/prospects. 

Produced content for preseason rankings and prospect lists for Fox Sports and Baseball Today magazines.

Forged a content partnership with the OC Register.

Had Rex Hudler and Terry Smith join our Spring fanfest. Rex was an absolute riot. We crammed about 75 of us into a small sports bar in Tempe and Rex chugged beers with us, shared stories and was high giving everyone. 

Turned down ESPN, Fox Sports, Scout to join their websites and Angels coverage to remain indy.

Many more website highlights, but finally beating the Boston Red Sox was my favorite part of that season. That was truly epic! 

The only downside to 2009 was that a rival Angels Blog was so jealous of our site's success that the lead guy there dragged my name through the mud on his blog and then tried to get me fired at work, claiming I was doing AW.com stuff on the job. To which my boss at the time said, "Chuck we love the work you do here and we love the success your website is having. Don't worry about this jealous creep."... My boss was an M's fan. 

Either way, 2009 was exciting times! 

It has equally been an exciting 14 years in totality. 

[ettin]

4 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Thanks for sharing, @Geoff.

Let the good times roll. 

To me my favorite time as a website & group was 2009. 

We made the playoffs and USA Today had us blog on the Angels during both the ALDS and ALCS. 

The Angels granted us as a fansite/blog full access media credentials.

We had an our hour radio spot during rush hour titled "The Richter Scale" that talked up the Angels and it's farm system/prospects. 

Produced content for preseason rankings and prospect lists for Fox Sports and Baseball Today magazines.

Forged a content partnership with the OC Register.

Had Rex Hudler and Terry Smith join our Spring fanfest. Rex was an absolute riot. We crammed about 75 of us into a small sports bar in Tempe and Rex chugged beers with us, shared stories and was high giving everyone. 

Turned down ESPN, Fox Sports, Scout to join their websites and Angels coverage to remain indy.

Many more website highlights, but finally beating the Boston Red Sox was my favorite part of that season. That was truly epic! 

The only downside to 2009 was that a rival Angels Blog was so jealous of our site's success that the lead guy there dragged my name through the mud on his blog and then tried to get me fired at work, claiming I was doing AW.com stuff on the job. To which my boss at the time said, "Chuck we love the work you do here and we love the success your website is having. Don't worry about this jealous creep."... My boss was an M's fan. 

Either way, 2009 was exciting times! 

It has equally been an exciting 14 years in totality. 

Probably very true regarding Rex.

[Chuck]

3 minutes ago, ettin said:

Probably very true regarding Rex.

He's a great guy and a riot to hangout with. 

[m0nkey]

Oh man the Richter scale was back in 2009? That’s how I first heard about this place

[Chuck]

17 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Oh man the Richter scale was back in 2009? That’s how I first heard about this place

[Tyler]

Congrats

[Puget Sound Angel]

Let's have these kinda get-togethers when the Angels play in Seattle.

[Chuck]

9 minutes ago, Puget Sound Angel said:

Let's have these kinda get-togethers when the Angels play in Seattle.

Definitely need to coordinate one of those for sure this season.

[laagamer]

I get more of a prison yard vibe than a sibling rivalry. Excuse me, I'm gonna go puff out my chest in another thread so the others here still respect me. 

[Chuck]

2 hours ago, laagamer said:

I get more of a prison yard vibe than a sibling rivalry. Excuse me, I'm gonna go puff out my chest in another thread so the others here still respect me. 

I'm confused. Please explain..

[UndertheHalo]

Who’s the douche that tried to get you fired ? What site is this ? Still exist ?

[Chuck]

17 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Who’s the douche that tried to get you fired ? What site is this ? Still exist ?

Guess... Yes.... Yes...

[UndertheHalo]

3 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Guess... Yes.... Yes...

The Sb nation site ?

[nando714]

Thanks for all the hard work ! 

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, UndertheHalo said:

The Sb nation site ?

Yeah. Though the perpetrator was later fired for an unrelated incident years later. 

Now HalosHeaven is run by a couple young kids heavily into stats from what I understand.

[Chuck]

34 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Thanks for all the hard work ! 

Thx mang!

[UndertheHalo]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yeah. Though the perpetrator was later fired for an unrelated incident years later. 

Now HalosHeaven is run by a couple young kids heavily into stats from what I understand.

Figured it was that guy.  

[laagamer]

5 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

I'm confused. Please explain..

Article mentioned something about "poking fun at each other like siblings". Just making a joke on that. 

[Chuck]

9 hours ago, laagamer said:

Article mentioned something about "poking fun at each other like siblings". Just making a joke on that. 

ah, thanks for the explanation. I guess if I re-read the entire article I would have picked that up. lol

[John Taylor]

On 2/28/2018 at 2:06 PM, Chuckster70 said:

Definitely need to coordinate one of those for sure this season.

Count me in. Western Montana is practically Seattle right? Also I secretly love Safeco field....

[Chuck]

2 hours ago, John Taylor said:

Count me in. Western Montana is practically Seattle right? Also I secretly love Safeco field....

Absolutely! Pick up @mtangelsfan while you're at it.

[Stradling]

On 2/28/2018 at 9:59 AM, Chuckster70 said:

Thanks for sharing, @Geoff.

Let the good times roll. 

To me my favorite time as a website & group was 2009. 

We made the playoffs and USA Today had us blog on the Angels during both the ALDS and ALCS. 

The Angels granted us as a fansite/blog full access media credentials.

We had an our hour radio spot during rush hour titled "The Richter Scale" that talked up the Angels and it's farm system/prospects. 

Produced content for preseason rankings and prospect lists for Fox Sports and Baseball Today magazines.

Forged a content partnership with the OC Register.

Had Rex Hudler and Terry Smith join our Spring fanfest. Rex was an absolute riot. We crammed about 75 of us into a small sports bar in Tempe and Rex chugged beers with us, shared stories and was high giving everyone. 

Turned down ESPN, Fox Sports, Scout to join their websites and Angels coverage to remain indy.

Many more website highlights, but finally beating the Boston Red Sox was my favorite part of that season. That was truly epic! 

The only downside to 2009 was that a rival Angels Blog was so jealous of our site's success that the lead guy there dragged my name through the mud on his blog and then tried to get me fired at work, claiming I was doing AW.com stuff on the job. To which my boss at the time said, "Chuck we love the work you do here and we love the success your website is having. Don't worry about this jealous creep."... My boss was an M's fan. 

Either way, 2009 was exciting times! 

It has equally been an exciting 14 years in totality. 

We go on and on about replacing Scioscia because of our lack of success since 2009, well if 2009 was our peak should we consider replacing Chuck?  If so, who should replace him and why?  I’d probably choose AnaheimBob, he seems reasonable, well rounded, and he sat behind Bud Selig at a World Series game.