Tom Verducci Exclusive Interview with Arte Moreno

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

We're an INO team now. 

That was my key take away from the article as well.

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Sam Blum is still butthurt I see. 

 

Your hate crush for Sam Blum is kind of funny.

[AngelsLakersFan]

4 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I’m also correct. 

That's the thing. You usually are, but then sometimes it seems like DTCB must've hacked your account.

[Stradling]

26 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

That's the thing. You usually are, but then sometimes it seems like DTCB must've hacked your account.

Yikes. 

[Taylor]

3 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I always thought the purpose of the news media was to hold people accountable...

Only some type of people.

[Trendon]

3 hours ago, Blarg said:

Verduci had his questions and they were not about the minor leagues. So you are looking for a topic that you want to talk about, great, but it had nothing to do with the focus of this interview. 

If you’re doing an all-encompassing interview with Arte, I think the minor leagues should come up.

Even in mainstream media, the state of the Angels minor league system comes up.

- One of the worst farm systems in baseball. And at one point the worst.

- Not paying acceptable minor league wages during/around the pandemic.

- Furloughing staff during the pandemic.

- Subpar minor league housing.

- International players suing the team.

And I’d consider it an all-encompassing interview, given the interview took place during two games, per the OCR.

[Trendon]

4 hours ago, Docwaukee said:

If they don't make the playoffs, they lose ohtani and perry probably gets fired.  And we're starting all over again.  I really want to see what Minasian can do with a few seasons of similar control.  

Yep.

I figured it’d be the case even before I saw this article, but this cements it.

For once, Arte’s listening to his GM. But if it doesn’t work out, I have no doubt that he’ll essentially say “your way didn’t work either, so I’m taking over again.” He’s not patient.

Edited March 11 by Trendon

[Chuckster70]

2 hours ago, Taylor said:

Your hate crush for Sam Blum is kind of funny.

Hate? Never. Dislike, absolutely! 

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, Trendon said:

If you’re doing an all-encompassing interview with Arte, I think the minor leagues should come up.

Even in mainstream media, the state of the Angels minor league system comes up.

- One of the worst farm systems in baseball. And at one point the worst.

- Not paying acceptable minor league wages during/around the pandemic.

- Furloughing staff during the pandemic.

- Subpar minor league housing.

- International players suing the team.

And I’d consider it an all-encompassing interview, given the interview took place during two games, per the OCR.

But Verducci wasn't. He was doing the interview he wanted to discuss not what all encompassing topics you think he should have addressed. Limited time and access is always part of interviews so limit the scope of the topic and the most relevant topic that Verducci wanted was answers were the reason for putting the team up for sale and then backing out.

 

[Taylor]

I'm sure Verducci and Arte's camp agreed ahead of time on what topics were on and off limits.

 

[Revad]

Because answers are not in the article doesn’t mean questions weren’t asked

[Trendon]

11 minutes ago, Blarg said:

But Verducci wasn't. He was doing the interview he wanted to discuss not what all encompassing topics you think he should have addressed. Limited time and access is always part of interviews so limit the scope of the topic and the most relevant topic that Verducci wanted was answers were the reason for putting the team up for sale and then backing out.

The OCR said Verducci conducted the interview “during two games at Tempe Diablo Stadium.”

Doesn’t seem to me like time was limited.

[Trendon]

2 minutes ago, Revad said:

Because answers are not in the article doesn’t mean questions weren’t asked

Well, it’s impossible for us to know if he asked and Arte didn’t answer.

[Trendon]

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I'm sure Verducci and Arte's camp agreed ahead of time on what topics were on and off limits.

 

It seems to me that divulging details about the kind of offers you got to sell the team would be more off limits than answering a couple questions about the minor leagues.

[jsnpritchett]

5 minutes ago, Revad said:

Because answers are not in the article doesn’t mean questions weren’t asked

I'm about 99.9% certain that the article would have said something like, "Moreno declined to answer when asked about X," etc. if that were the case. 

[Revad]

2 minutes ago, Trendon said:

Well, it’s impossible for us to know if he asked and Arte didn’t answer.

Yes, but the article doesn’t include some tough questions many would like the answers to and it’s easy to be critical of it for that reason.  The questions or topics may be negotiated beforehand, and questions not answered.

5 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I'm about 99.9% certain that the article would have said something like, "Moreno declined to answer when asked about X," etc. if that were the case. 

Even if the topic was off limits to begin with?

[Trendon]

18 minutes ago, Revad said:

Yes, but the article doesn’t include some tough questions many would like the answers to and it’s easy to be critical of it for that reason.  The questions or topics may be negotiated beforehand, and questions not answered.

If that’s the case, then the publication should say that.

[jsnpritchett]

29 minutes ago, Revad said:

 

Even if the topic was off limits to begin with?

Yes

[Docwaukee]

I can't believe we're not talking about Arte rolling up in a Bugatti.  

[ten ocho recon scout]

If the reporter was smart, he would have started the interview after Arte finished the cooler of beers.

[Revad]

12 minutes ago, Docwaukee said:

I can't believe we're not talking about Arte rolling up in a Bugatti.  

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Trendon said:

It seems to me that divulging details about the kind of offers you got to sell the team would be more off limits than answering a couple questions about the minor leagues.

Verducci didn't want to talk about the minors leagues, thickhead. The rest of baseball doesn't care about the Angels minor leagues, they want to know why Moreno backed out of selling the Angels. This is a national audience story. 

 

[Taylor]

5 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Verducci didn't want to talk about the minors leagues, thickhead. The rest of baseball doesn't care about the Angels minor leagues, they want to know why Moreno backed out of selling the Angels. This is a national audience story. 

Yet some of the ghouls here think Sam Blum is an a-hole for reporting that Arte refuses to talk with Angels beat reporters.

[Stradling]

Just now, Taylor said:

Yet some of the ghouls here think Sam Blum is an a-hole for reporting that Arte refuses to talk with Angels beat reporters.

Gouls, haha. 

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Gouls, haha.