On the bright side...

[halonatic13]

On the bright side, all this losing with definitely give Eppler a reason to let Sosh walk.  There is just no way you resign a manager with 500 record over an 18 year span and 1 championship.

Lots will be changing for 2019.  Everyone just stop complaining about this years team and have some patience.  It can't get any worse...can it?  

[Dick B Back]

3 minutes ago, halonatic13 said:

On the bright side, all this losing with definitely give Eppler a reason to let Sosh walk.  There is just no way you resign a manager with 500 record over an 18 year span and 1 championship.

Lots will be changing for 2019.  Everyone just stop complaining about this years team and have some patience.  It can't get any worse...can it?  

Oh it can always and has been worse dude. Off the top of my head, 1980 comes to mind.

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, halonatic13 said:

On the bright side, all this losing with definitely give Eppler a reason to let Sosh walk.  There is just no way you resign a manager with 500 record over an 18 year span and 1 championship.

Lots will be changing for 2019.  Everyone just stop complaining about this years team and have some patience.  It can't get any worse...can it?  

I agree, but he’s much better than a .500 guy over the last 19 seasons.  There were a lot of Angel fans that never thought this team would have a franchise record above .500.   Now we do.  

[DMVol]

16 minutes ago, halonatic13 said:

..... It can't get any worse...can it?  

You must not have lived through Jackie Autry and early Disney....

[Dick B Back]

Just now, DMVol said:

You must not have lived through Jackie Autry and early Disney....

There are a lot of youngsters on AW that have not lived through the real pain of being an Angels fan.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, DMVol said:

You must not have lived through Jackie Autry and early Disney....

Don't even mention the Gene Autry days 

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Dick B Back said:

There are a lot of youngsters on AW that have not lived through the real pain of being an Angels fan.

No kidding. 

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

There are a lot of youngsters on AW that have not lived through the real pain of being an Angels fan.

This is so true. 

[DMVol]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Don't even mention the Gene Autry days 

Gene not the same as Jackie......The Cowboy wanted to win....

[Lou]

Just now, DMVol said:

Gene not the same as Jackie......The Cowboy wanted to win....

But rarely did. 

[fan_since79]

36 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

Oh it can always and has been worse dude. Off the top of my head, 1980 comes to mind.

Yep.

Then there's Randy Johnson...Luis Sojo...Mark Langston...you get the picture.

At least this year there won't be a closing nightmare to haunt us like '95.

Edited July 22, 2018 by fan_since79

[Billy_Ball]

30 minutes ago, halonatic13 said:

It can't get any worse...can it?

 

[GrittyVeterans]

Jeez, even a season like 2001 was way worse than this. Obviously we won it all the next year but that team performed awful when you look at it. 

Things have been way worse even in somewhat recent history

i havent been a fan nearly as long as most people here but even I remember worse seasons

[DMVol]

13 minutes ago, Lou said:

But rarely did. 

Were you around in 79, 82 and 86? 

[fan_since79]

8 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Jeez, even a season like 2001 was way worse than this. Obviously we won it all the next year but that team performed awful when you look at it. 

Things have been way worse even in somewhat recent history

i havent been a fan nearly as long as most people here but even I remember worse seasons

Lost 19 of our final 21 games that year.

[Lou]

17 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Were you around in 79, 82 and 86? 

lol really? 

35 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

There are a lot of youngsters on AW that have not lived through the real pain of being an Angels fan.

this is the topic. 1982, and especially 1986, were by far more painful than anything we as fans have had to endure in the last two decades. 

it's not even close. 

[Inside Pitch]

20 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Were you around in 79, 82 and 86? 

So.... 3 wins in 35 years as owner...     Sort of made his point, didn't you?

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

So.... 3 wins in 35 years as owner...     Sort of made his point, didn't you?

[wopphil]

Sosh ain't coming back next year. That much should be obvious at this point.

[tdawg87]

I actually kinda hope he gets an extension because I want to see the reaction. 

I mean, it's definitely time to move on. No question. But the entertainment value over the few months post-extension would be almost worth another 10 years of futility.

[Lou]

8 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I actually kinda hope he gets an extension because I want to see the reaction. 

I mean, it's definitely time to move on. No question. But the entertainment value over the few months post-extension would be almost worth another 10 years of futility.

it would be like Trump winning the election.

good times 

[tdawg87]

Just now, Lou said:

it would be like Trump winning the election.

good times 

This is terrifying. 

 

I agree.

[DMVol]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

So.... 3 wins in 35 years as owner...     Sort of made his point, didn't you?

Tough crowd....he tried hard, spent a lot of money..

 

[fan_since79]

50 minutes ago, wopphil said:

Sosh ain't coming back next year. That much should be obvious at this point.

I keep thinking my toenail fungus won't be coming back too...

[DMVol]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

this is the topic. 1982, and especially 1986, were by far more painful than anything we as fans have had to endure in the last two decades. 

it's not even close. 

They were painful, for sure....but it’s a relative thing....I’ll take the pain of being on the cusp of the World Series....far better than figuring out who to sell at the All Stat break.....As for Autry, he and Arte weren’t/aren’t perfect but they were willing to spend to try to win (with a few exceptions)....I can’t forgive Jackie Autry and Disney (with a few exceptions and extenuating circumstances) for refusing to....