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

[Lou 42,735]

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 32,214]

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.

[JoJo26 578]

I wonder if he really just stepped away...or something else. After all, he did apply for the GM spot. Conflict of interest?

[Erstad Grit 2,238]

I really enjoy Langston and would love him paired with a new broadcast team.  That homophobic guy for the reds was good lol

[Angel Oracle 13,261]

5 hours ago, Billy_Ball said:

I'll miss Victor Rojas "Big Fly!" and "Drive...home..safely!" calls.  Best wishes for the future, family always comes first.

Oppo Taco

Jimmy Jack

[Lou 42,735]

15 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

I really enjoy Langston and would love him paired with a new broadcast team.  

Oh, please no. 

[Angel Oracle 13,261]

Ever since Victor came here from MLB Network, I saw nothing but good things for the org.   He was solid there.

Best wishes Victor!   And thank you 

Mario Impemba would be a nice reunion.

[ukyah 3,286]

39 minutes ago, Lou said:

It's such a ridiculous notion.

 

somebody wrote about it, so...

also, the gm rejection.

i'm not a conspiracist, maybe it's just as he said. family, yada, yada, yada.

 

[T.G. 11,368]

35 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

I really enjoy Langston and would love him paired with a new broadcast team. 

Langston is great.

[Lou 42,735]

Just now, T.G. said:

Langston is great.

[Revad 504]

That’s pretty distracting I forgot what I was going to say.

[Revad 504]

Could I just say pitching with being mean

[tdawg87 32,214]

4 minutes ago, Revad said:

Could I just say pitching with being mean

When did you become a bot

[Slegnaac 2,076]

I did not see this coming, but Victor has worn many different hats in his life.   I'm sure he will be as successful with his future career(s).

The Angels need to look for a FA PBP.

[Duren, Duren 386]

He had a good style. Informative.,cooly conversational, witty. Perfect for the pace and rhythm of baseball. 

I dislike the rabid homers who disrespect the opposition or meander into never ending stories.

Former team players are usually selected as full time team color broadcasters, but it isn't really a prerequisite. As long as it's someone smart, professional and knows strategy and has insight about MLB personnel.

[T.G. 11,368]

1 minute ago, Slegnaac said:

The Angels need to look for a FA PBP.

This takes priority over pitching!

Edited January 9 by T.G.

[T.G. 11,368]

42 minutes ago, Lou said:

[Revad 504]

14 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

When did you become a bot

I think it was when iI took too any Bayer aspirins but I not sure

[Inside Pitch 16,877]

1 hour 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?

That's just it, spending years in FL I had to get the MLB package to watch the Angels.  I'd always try to watch the opposing team's telecast at least once per series and seriously, Victor was great ... seriously great.   Kuiper has been mentioned and he too is pretty good but the only other guy I remotely saw as being as good as Victor is Orsillo.   Dude was with the Red Sox and while he was talking I didn't hate them -- he was that great for them.  

[jsnpritchett 2,710]

My guess is that the GM maneuver probably did factor into this in some way, whether on his side or the Angels'.  I imagine it would be somewhat awkward for the Angels to know that their PBP guy isn't entirely happy with that gig and had higher aspirations (and, in theory, any critiques of the team/management while broadcasting could then lead to speculation about motivations for those critiques).  And on his side, given that he pushed for an interview, but then didn't get the gig, going back to "just" announcing probably didn't seem all that fulfilling. 

Highly doubt his Big Fly clothing side gig bothered the Angels.

[SlappyUtilityMIF 2,022]

Probably partly due to his tweets and partly due to the GM gig. He was great! But, the Show must go on!

 

[AngelsLakersFan 8,763]

F'n Minasian! We're supposed to be adding pieces to the club, not losing them!

[Ray McKigney 2,845]

Well, this sucks. I wonder if he signed the letter "A Simple Man" as sort of a joke because that was the song that he was referring to when he mistakenly dropped the F-Bomb on the air? Pretty funny, if that's the case. In any event, I'm sorry to see him go. Hope they find a suitable replacement. Nothing worse than trying to watch 162 games, plus a long playoff run, when you can't stand the PBP guy.

[beatlesrule 2,107]

5 minutes ago, Ray McKigney said:

Well, this sucks. I wonder if he signed the letter "A Simple Man" as sort of a joke because that was the song that he was referring to when he mistakenly dropped the F-Bomb on the air? Pretty funny, if that's the case. In any event, I'm sorry to see him go. Hope they find a suitable replacement. Nothing worse than trying to watch 182 games when you can't stand the PBP guy.

162 games. I guess that's the typo you can expect from someone left with nothing but a claw that relies on cub scouts to feed him.

[ukyah 3,286]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

When did you become a bot

right after he got the covid vaccine.