Rob Manfred: “I have confidence in the people that own and operate the Angels.”

[BTH]

Q: The Angels are being sued by the family of Tyler Skaggs, saying the team knew or should have known that former staffer Eric Kay was supplying players with drugs, a claim denied by the Angels.

The Angels’ stadium deal collapsed amid an FBI investigation into alleged corruption by the now-former Anaheim mayor. The FBI affidavit does not allege any wrongdoing on the part of the team. But the Angels have worked on a stadium deal for a decade, and now they are seven years from the end of their lease, with at least the possibility their ballpark situation could evolve into something like the ones in Oakland and Tampa Bay.

Without asking you to comment specifically on pending or potential legal matters, it is safe to say the Angels are dealing with off-field issues, as well as a continued inability to field a winning team despite the presence of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. Are you concerned about the direction of the Angels?

 

Manfred: I have confidence in the people that own and operate the Angels. You went through issues. Organizations face issues routinely. I think, over time, the Angels have done a really good job of putting a product on the field that attracted people. They had a run of 3 million in attendance for a number of years. I have confidence that they are going to make good decisions going forward.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-07-14/mlb-rob-manfred-trevor-bauer-rule-changes-tv-blackouts

[AngelsLakersFan]

We’re fucked!

[mmc]

Like I said before, as long as you guys keep going, the seasons are gonna be similar to the last 7

[Stradling]

8 minutes ago, mmc said:

Like I said before, as long as you guys keep going, the seasons are gonna be similar to the last 7

Don’t forget when people buy Padres jerseys. 

[AngelsFaninGA]

Arte and Manfred strike me as best friends. Probably hang out together at a cigar lounge and complain about how lazy and entitled players and fans are while sneering at everyone

[ukyah]

ask me a question about my ex, i'll say lovely things about her. want to know why? because we have a kid together.

point being, there's a common interest. that's all i care about.

[BTH]

29 minutes ago, mmc said:

Like I said before, as long as you guys keep going, the seasons are gonna be similar to the last 7

I’m not going, but apparently there were 34k+ fools who did go today alone, so my lack of attendance means nothing.

[fan_since79]

I feel so good when the team's attendance passes the 3-million mark. Who cares about playoffs and all that junk?

/sarcasm

[beatlesrule]

Manfred didn't have the balls to take away the Astros title. That's just one of many examples. He is an idiot. He is one of the worst commissioners of all time in ANY sport. What did you expect him to say?

[cals]

58 minutes ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

Arte and Manfred strike me as best friends. Probably hang out together at a cigar lounge and complain about how lazy and entitled players and fans are while sneering at everyone

Wearing top hats, to boot.

[cals]

48 minutes ago, ukyah said:

ask me a question about my ex, i'll say lovely things about her. want to know why? because we have a kid together.

point being, there's a common interest. that's all i care about.

@mmc you’re gonna need advice from this fella.

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

Dahmer:  "I'm a vegetarian."
Roger Waters:  "I get along with David Gilmour just fine."
Stephen King:  "I love what Kubrick did to my book."

 

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

1 hour ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

Arte and Manfred strike me as best friends. Probably hang out together at a cigar lounge and complain about how lazy and entitled players and fans are while sneering at everyone

[Angel Oracle]

I wouldn’t trust anything coming from ManLessFred’s mouth.

A disgrace as commish, makes Selig look like Ueberroth.

[cals]

Me when reading Cy’s posts:

[Angelsjunky]

2 hours ago, Trendon said:

Manfred: They had a run of 3 million in attendance for a number of years.

This one sentence speaks bucket-loads for the "business behind the game" that is baseball. We as fans only care about the game itself, not how much profit the team makes. The owners are mostly in it for the money. What team execs won't tell you is that half of them don't give a crap about how the team does on the field - just that fans keep showing up and buy useless merch so they can have their yachts in the Caymans.

If you're a Pirates fan, you might be angered by the fact that your team never spends money to get better, and you might see a contending team once very 20 years. Meanwhile, the owner rakes in tens of millions in profit each year.

This also implies that the only power fans have to improve the team is not buy tickets. Don't support a crappy product.

[T.G.]

Rays fans agree with you

[Puget Sound Angel]

Baseball's slide as into a regional  niche sport will be Manfred's legacy

[Jay]

Doesn't Manfred essentially work for the owners?

So who in their right mind would bad-mouth their boss to the media?

Weird how some see the commissioner as some sort of powerful guy who represents the fans.

 

[Lou]

I met Peter Ueberroth.

He was not a mess. 

 

[Slegnaac]

47 minutes ago, Lou said:

I met Peter Ueberroth.

He was not a mess. 

 

1984 Olympics!

[tdawg87]

Manfred can lick my nards. Worst commissioner ever. And that's saying something.

Edited July 15, 2022 by tdawg87

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

3 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Manfred can lick my nards. Worst commissioner ever. And that's saying something.

That sinister laugh months ago sealed it for me.  Not even Selig would stoop that low.

[ScottT]

Yall weird

[Mark68]

23 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

This one sentence speaks bucket-loads for the "business behind the game" that is baseball. We as fans only care about the game itself, not how much profit the team makes. The owners are mostly in it for the money. What team execs won't tell you is that half of them don't give a crap about how the team does on the field - just that fans keep showing up and buy useless merch so they can have their yachts in Newport Harbor.

If you're a Pirates fan, you might be angered by the fact that your team never spends money to get better, and you might see a contending team once very 20 years. Meanwhile, the owner rakes in tens of millions in profit each year.

This also implies that the only power fans have to improve the team is not buy tickets. Don't support a crappy product.