Angels minor leaguers blast Arte Moreno for terrible living conditions

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

I haven't heard from any other player. 

Read the article.  Another Angels player is quoted, as is a former minor leaguer who's now the director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers.

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

I haven't heard from any other player. 

So he is the only player living under these conditions?  Or what he says has no merit because he got a signing bonus 9 years ago?  

[Angels Fan Forever]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

I haven't heard from any other player. 

If you read the article you have...

[Lou]

Just now, Stradling said:

So he is the only player living under these conditions?  Or what he says has no merit because he got a signing bonus 9 years ago?  

I have no idea. All we have is one guy's story. Do you know more?

[tdawg87]

Just now, Angels Fan Forever said:

If you read the article

[Angels Fan Forever]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

I have no idea. All we have is one guy's story. Do you know more?

Shane Kelso.

[Homebrewer]

Look at the crappy team he's been throwing out there year after year after year..

Look at his many atrocious big name signings..

Arte has done nothing to prove himself a good owner of this franchise..

He should be run out of town

 

 

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, Angels Fan Forever said:

If you read the article you have...

My bad. I forgot about the guy who pitched in a whopping 21 games before quitting. I'm sure he developed some serious mental health issues. 

Thoughts and prayers.

[Homebrewer]

MLB front office should be strongly encouraging him to get out of baseball

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

MLB front office should be strongly encouraging him to get out of baseball

[Taylor]

36 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Props to those of you who can live off of $2500 a month. My first job out of college I got paid ~$60k and thought I was broke

Yeah, but the 60-somethings here worked two jobs to pay their way through college and then bought a house at age 23.

 

Of course, their house cost $65,000 at the time, and the same house today costs $650,000, but still, kids these days are lazy and entitled.

[Stradling]

12 minutes ago, Lou said:

I have no idea. All we have is one guy's story. Do you know more?

I know that there have been a lot of these stories this year about several teams.  This isn’t an isolated incident.  

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

Careful he is super sensitive if you don’t like his opinions.

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Yeah, but the 60-somethings here worked two jobs to pay their way through college and then bought a house at age 23.

 

Of course, their house cost $65,000 at the time, and the same house today costs $650,000, but still, kids these days are lazy and entitled.

Neither of my parents ever made over $25,000 in any year in which they worked.  They paid off their house when I was like 3.  Meanwhile, I made more than either of my parents in my first year out of college (just barely...)--but was only able to save up enough to put a down payment on a house out here when I was 36...It's actually amusing how much people seem to ignore things like inflation, cost of living, etc.

[Lou]

It isn't about the earnings, it's about the work ethic. 

My dad taught me that. 

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

It isn't about the earnings, it's about the work ethic. 

My dad taught me that. 

My dad also taught me a good work ethic, which is why I have one. Still, inflation is a thing.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

My dad also taught me a good work ethic, which is why I have one. Still, inflation is a thing.

I know.

I was saying people don't talk about the past to show how much money they made, they do so to show how working hard has it's benefits, at the time and in the future.

[jsnpritchett]

"When it came to the Angels, who had several distressed minor-league players reach out to the organization this season, the stories Marino and his colleagues heard put the club at the worst end of that scale.

“[They] were deeply disturbing to us, as I’m sure they were to anyone who read them,” Marino said in a phone call Friday, adding, “It’s really disturbing in terms of what it reveals about how the Angels feel about their minor-league players.”

 

[Lou]

I hope they get the mental health treatment they obviously need. 

[Dtwncbad]

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

I did not miss the point.  If you're happy to work for pennies, then yay, I guess?  But there's no reason it needs to be that way.

Well you clearly did.  I am happy to work for what the work is worth.

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Well you clearly did.  I am happy to work for what the work is worth.

You are happy to work for shit pay.  Cool.  Congrats.  Again, don't see why anyone would see that as a good situation.

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Taylor said:

Many boomers don't understand inflation.

What a stupid statement. We practically invented it. 

[jsnpritchett]

8 minutes ago, Lou said:

I hope they get the mental health treatment they obviously need. 

Honestly, man,  you and some other folks on here have a really shitty attitude when it comes to mental health.

[Blarg]

20 minutes ago, Lou said:

It isn't about the earnings, it's about the work ethic. 

My dad taught me that. 

Your dad obviously didn't understand inflation. 

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Honestly, man,  you and some other folks on here have a really shitty attitude when it comes to mental health.

I haven't seen any evidence that these guys are suffering any sort of mental illness.

I'll reserve my concern to those who are actually afflicted.