Victor Rojas Appreciation Thread: Resigns as Angels play by play announcer

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Did you really get banned from Twitter?

That would be amazing if he did.  

[Docwaukee]

total bummer.  

What happened to Dontrelle?  Maybe we can get him back.  

[IEAngelsfan]

2 hours ago, Taylor said:

His teeth?

Maybe halonatic is a dentist.

Best wishes to Victor and his family.

[Chuck]

As a huge fan and good friend of Victor Rojas this is sad news. We're all really going to miss him from the booth. 

But I get it. My priorities have taken a sharp turn ever since my grandson was born a year & a half ago.

The past three years have been tough in losing Tim Mead and now Victor Rojas from the organization. 

[Angels 1961]

Gubie staying so that's good, I need my Gubie Tuesdays

[Lou]

I miss Dontrelle.

[Taylor]

Guys, the solution is obvious.

[Chuck]

Victor Rojas has been a friend of mine personally, a big supporter of AngelsWin.com and a great play by play announcer for the Angels. 

What are some of your favorite calls or memories of @VictorRojas?

Here's some of our greatest moments as a website with Victor. 

2010: The OC Miracle League Charity Event with Victor Rojas

2011: AngelsWin.com with Victor Rojas and Dennis Kuhl at Hail Marys.

2012: Victor Rojas smashes a long home run in our annual charity softball tournament

2012: Full highlights including Victor Rojas in the field and with the bat

2013: Victor Rojas is interviewed at our OC Miracle League Softball event.

2013: AngelsWin.com Spring Fanfest Media Round Table with Victor Rojas and more (**A must WATCH**)

2020: Victor Rojas fireside chat with AngelsWin.com & the fans

 

 

 

[ukyah]

with victor out, i'd replace the whole booth, not a fan of gubi. 

and i agree with the consensus, victor was good at his job. bummer to see him go, but i'm not surprised he definitely has other interests he's pursuing. i wonder if his apparel company was seen as a bad look after the dodger's championship? i wouldn't be surprised if that was an issue behind the scenes.

[Inside Pitch]

23 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Guys, the solution is obvious.

[failos]

14 minutes ago, ukyah said:

with victor out, i'd replace the whole booth, not a fan of gubi. 

and i agree with the consensus, victor was good at his job. bummer to see him go, but i'm not surprised he definitely has other interests he's pursuing. i wonder if his apparel company was seen as a bad look after the dodger's championship? i wouldn't be surprised if that was an issue behind the scenes.

I thought the same thing at first, but I doubt he’d leave his full time job over a side hustle.

[Lazorko Saves]

I consider Victor the 2nd best PBP guy in baseball, after Duane Kuiper.  Which is high praise.

I will miss him greatly.

[BTH]

5 minutes ago, ukyah said:

with victor out, i'd replace the whole booth, not a fan of gubi. 

and i agree with the consensus, victor was good at his job. bummer to see him go, but i'm not surprised he definitely has other interests he's pursuing. i wonder if his apparel company was seen as a bad look after the dodger's championship? i wouldn't be surprised if that was an issue behind the scenes.

I think him moving on made sense due to a culmination of reasons. Some were said publicly while others weren't. The reasons that were public were so that he could spend more time with his family and on his own business. Those are both very respectable, and you can't blame him. I do wonder if some of the other public reasons had to do with what his company was selling, as you mentioned, and the fact that he didn't get the GM job.

[Pancake Bear]

Geez...that sucks. All the best to Victor and his family, but from a fan's perspective, this really bites. I dunno how you replace a play by play guy like Victor. Not the news I wanted to see this morning. 

[Lou]

I heard that Bauer doesn't like Vic. This may be the first step in signing Bauer. 

 

 

 

By "I heard", I mean I made it up. 

[T.G.]

End of an era. Victor brought great energy and his love of the game was obvious. He’ll be missed. 

[failos]

Just now, T.G. said:

End of an era. Victor brought great energy and his love of the game was obvious. He’ll be missed. 

I dub it the Victorian Era.

[Stradling]

I can’t imagine that any of this has anything to do with him selling Dodger gear on his apparel site.  

[Taylor]

14 minutes ago, Lazorko Saves said:

I consider Victor the 2nd best PBP guy in baseball, after Duane Kuiper.  Which is high praise.

I will miss him greatly.

I love Victor, and agree that he is/was an excellent PBP guy. But unless you regularly listen to every team's commentators, how can you possibly rank them?

[T.G.]

I just appreciated his enthusiasm and energy. He wasn’t boring and he didn’t take himself too seriously. Just a great professional and was always great with fans. He had his own unique style and was very authentic.

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, failos said:

I dub it the Victorian Era.

[Stradler]

Erstad will somehow become an announcer

[Lazorko Saves]

10 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I love Victor, and agree that he is/was an excellent PBP guy. But unless you regularly listen to every team's commentators, how can you possibly rank them?

Some of us get good use out of our mlb.tv subscription.

[Lou]

12 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I can’t imagine that any of this has anything to do with him selling Dodger gear on his apparel site.  

It's such a ridiculous notion.

[tdawg87]

Definitely a great announcer and was always fun to listen to. He was clearly an Angels' announcer, but he never sounded like a homer and just seems to legitimately enjoy the game.

I also like that he'd occasionally call out the team or questionable decisions by management. He's obviously not going to go @Angel Oracle on them, but it was refreshing to hear some emotion. The fans need that sometimes.

As I said in the other thread, Vic is going to be hard to replace. But I wish him all the best wherever he goes.