Most Frustrating Seasons

[fan_since79]

Pick one, or choose another one.

I didn't choose 1986 as the season itself was good, just the ALCS nightmare wrecked it.

1998: tied for first on Sept. 16, then lost five games to the eventual division winner Texas. Three of those games at home by scores of 9-1, 9-1, 7-1.

1995: 11-game lead in mid-August followed by extended collapse, ended with 9-1 loss to Randy Johnson and Mariners in Game #163.

2001: just plain bad. Angels lost 19 of their final 21 games, finished 41 games behind Seattle.

2023 could end up on the list.

 

[Taylor]

Yes

[Justin]

Not even Top 10 for me. 

[TroutField]

Any season aside from 02? 

[diamondclub]

The most recent one

[AngelsLakersFan]

Most of them

[fan_since79]

8 minutes ago, TroutField said:

Any season aside from 02? 

02 was starting out frustrating and demoralizing until David Eckstein hit those grand slams in back-to-back games in late April, and the team blasted off. 

[Angelsjunky]

Hard to beat 1995.

[fan_since79]

26 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Hard to beat 1995.

The image of Mark Langston sprawled over home plate with Luis Sojo celebrating in the background. That was a killer.

Yeah, 1995 was the worst.

[stormngt]

95,

Sosh last year.  2018 We started hot and then the entire Starting lineup went on DL 

Last year was pretty damn frustrating with the losing streak.

This year is does belong in the conversation

[ELEVEN]

57 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

The image of Mark Langston sprawled over home plate with Luis Sojo celebrating in the background. That was a killer.

Yeah, 1995 was the worst.

Ye Olde Broken Bat Grand Salami.

[Docwaukee]

2012 is up there.  

This year is pretty high up there for me.  

[CaliAngel]

5 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

02 was starting out frustrating and demoralizing until David Eckstein hit those grand slams in back-to-back games in late April, and the team blasted off. 

David Eckstein was the shit. 

With what we had and where we're at...looked so different in April. 

Teams cursed, no way around it. 

[nando714]

I’ll never forget 1998 

I was 11 years old and thought angels were primed for the post season 

[PattyD22]

There have been so many frustrating years but 1995 has to be at the top.  

After winning it all in 2002, I thought we had a chance to win it all again very soon.  The team teased us with several division titles, but just couldn’t get over the hump.

Last years losing streak was absolutely brutal and I rank that in the top 3, but nothing tops 1995.
 

[Chuck]

11 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

Hard to beat 1995.

No season comes close to the collapse of '95. 

The story has not been fully written about this season so we should pump the breaks on 2023. 

[Erstad Grit]

Thing with 1995 was the team was outplaying their projections. Yes it was a collapse, but we weren't really supposed to be there. I still maintain Disarcina going down was the deathblow, as Neto was this year.

My big ones would be

2005 and that stupid call giving AJ the chance to run to 1B.

2009 and the Fuentes 0-2 pitch

 

[Angelsjunky]

1 minute ago, Erstad Grit said:

Thing with 1995 was the team was outplaying their projections. Yes it was a collapse, but we weren't really supposed to be there. I still maintain Disarcina going down was the deathblow, as Neto was this year.

My big ones would be

2005 and that stupid call giving AJ the chance to run to 1B.

2009 and the Fuentes 0-2 pitch

 

I did my best.

[Angelsjunky]

16 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

No season comes close to the collapse of '95. 

The story has not been fully written about this season so we should pump the breaks on 2023. 

True, true. And I always appreciate your eternal optimism - or at least hope. I mean, it certainly feels better than being miserable. 

[Erstad Grit]

2 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

I did my best.

To be fair I have respect for AJ with that play. My beef is with Eddings

[arch stanton]

The most frustrating season for me was '92 because the offense was so bad. Just a bunch of castoffs playing out the string. Not even worth watching

Most frustrating moment was game 5 of '82 ALCS. Took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the 7th and blew it and missed out on the WS

 

[Angelsjunky]

4 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

The most frustrating season for me was '92 because the offense was so bad. Just a bunch of castoffs playing out the string. Not even worth watching

 

The Johnny Ray era.

Scratch that - he retired after 1990. The Luis Polonia Era.

Edited July 6, 2023 by Angelsjunky

[fan_since79]

I went to a game in late August of '95 against the Orioles. The collapse was already underway. I think we were still 6-7 games up at that point. It was a promotion, "Turn back the clock Night". 

Angels wore their 1961 uniforms, fans got a vintage L.A. Angels cap. Hot dogs were a dollar, sodas 25 cents. Attendance was over 60,000 (before the stadium was reconfigured) Of course we lost, and I recall having an uneasy feeling.

 

[arch stanton]

15 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

The Johnny Ray era.

Scratch that - he retired after 1990. The Luis Polonia Era.

Gaetti, Von Hayes, Hubie Brooks, Junior Felix, Ken Oberkfell

[fan_since79]

3 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

Gaetti, Von Hayes, Hubie Brooks, Junior Felix, Ken Oberkfell

LOL