At what point did you realize the season was over?

[mmc]

What moment made you resign yourself to the fact that this was going to be yet another season without playoffs?  For me, it was after getting swept by Baltimore.

[Blarg]

When they didn't fire Maddon in the off season. 

[rafibomb]

Off the top of my head it was that disaster series in Philadelphia

[Taylor]

Somewhere toward the end of the 14-game losing streak.

[Redondo]

4 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Somewhere toward the end of the 14-game losing streak.

It was the losing streak for me

[Angels 1961]

When T G put me on ignore

[jsnpritchett]

When they committed $42.5M for 2022 to Syndergaard, Lorenzen, Loup, and Tepera without upgrading the offensive depth.

[m0nkey]

The road trip that included the Yankees/Phillies disaster sweeps

[Vlad27Trout27]

the losing streak..

[mmc]

11 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

Off the top of my head it was that disaster series in Philadelphia

I almost said this, but I know I still had some hope during that losing streak that that streak would be the worst of the season and would wake the team up.  Once that sweep happened though, I knew they just didn't have it.

[BTH]

Stott walkoff against Herget in Philly.

That also likely sealed the deal for Maddon.

Stott had horrible numbers vs. high velocity and he took out Iglesias and brought in Herget to face Stott.

[Swordsman78]

1 hour ago, mmc said:

What moment made you resign yourself to the fact that this was going to be yet another season without playoffs?  For me, it was after getting swept by Baltimore.

Same.  But we didn't know Baltimore was going on a hot streak at the time 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

1 hour ago, Redondo said:

It was the losing streak for me

Same here. The Angels were in first place in June, next thing that I know they're 15 games out. A lot of people ripped the New York writer who said that their start was fool's gold, but it turned out to be spot on.

Edited October 2, 2022 by Vegas Halo Fan

[tdawg87]

Game 12 or so of the losing streak. That was when I realized it wasn't just a rough spot and the 24-13 start was the fluke.

[gurn67]

The Harper walkoff. The realization that they spent a ton of money to hold leads after the 6th inning, and Loup, Tejera and Iglesias kept sh*tting the bed in high pressure situations.

[Justin]

The last game I watched was May 29 - game 5 of the losing streak, the 11-10 loss to Toronto. 

I had not intended to give up on the season but I had zero desire to see the team roll over against the Yankees (which they did, getting outscored 17-3). 

Then I went out of town over the weekend for the Phillies series (swept again) and suddenly it was an 11-game losing streak with series against the Sox, Mets, and Dodgers coming up. 

I started going for a 4-mile hike every evening (with a weighted pack) after work when I would otherwise be watching baseball and before I knew it, I was down three waist sizes. 

I always assumed I would miss Angels baseball too much to give it up. It turns out what I miss is good Angels baseball. I do not miss the mediocrity of the last few years. Not one bit. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

I expect it to set in sometime Wednesday afternoon.

[Jason]

That long losing streak 

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

About halfway through the losing streak. 

[Stradling]

Around game 10 of the losing streak 

[TooCool]

When the losing streak was at the 7 game mark or so. I remember when the Halos were winning all those games in April, the Astros were winning the same amount and we didn't gain ANY ground. Then the losing streak happened and the Astros kept winning. That's when you know it was basically over.

I mean sure, there was still hope after the losing streak ended, but when the team showed they weren't even good enough to play .500 ball, you knew we were dead in the water.

[Inside Pitch]

Watching them get beaten by the dugout in that Jays series was when I stopped caring.  It was less a belief the season was lost than thinking there was no way they could overcome the decision making that was dragging them down.

[fan_since79]

4 hours ago, m0nkey said:

The road trip that included the Yankees/Phillies disaster sweeps

Yep, I agree.

[UndertheHalo]

When they shit canned Maddon. 

[jsnpritchett]

7 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

When they shit canned Maddon. 

Yeah, probably would have been a playoff team if he stuck around.