The Good Ole Days, May Not return..

[fan_since79]

7 hours ago, FabulousFabregas said:

It's funny by 2009 it felt like we'd be perennial winners indefinitely, but that was the end of an era. It feels like yesterday, and a lifetime ago. There have to be good days ahead at some point.

I was sky high after that walk-off double by Mathis in the ALCS.

Yes, a long time ago...

[Angels 1961]

10 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

We drank water out of garden hoses, rode in cars without seat belts, rode our bikes without helmets or those ridiculous bike lanes, played football or wiffle ball in the street, and did all sorts of 'dangerous' things. 

 

School were safe but we did have duck and cover drills on Friday at 10. 

[Angel Oracle]

[fan_since79]

29 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Wake up and sell the team! Take your billions in profit and enjoy your retirement. 

[Angels 1961]

12 hours ago, Angels 1961 said:

School were safe but we did have duck and cover drills on Friday at 10. 

I always wondered if attacked during my lunch at school my last meal would be a bologna sandwich.

[m0nkey]

Good ole reagins 

[disarcina]

Cue up Bob. Seger : "Still the Same". --  second fiddle in S. Cal. 

That's the Halos history and future.

After this season, I just don't see the Halos doing much the next ten years.

best players in all of MLB and we're a second division team.  Next year Ohtani won't be in an Angels uni and Trout may be gone as well.

New stadium?  Angels will be fortunate if they can negotiate a new lease with the City 0f Anaheim after all the shenanigans that went on with the prior lease extension effort.

[fan_since79]

Fourth place as far as the eye can see.

Hopefully they'll add a couple more wild cards to make us more competitive.

[ten ocho recon scout]

It's crazy to remember that era, when this Org was literally one to be proud of (like that ESPN article mentioned) and to see how bad we screwed it up.

And we managed to do that by securing a huge revenue stream, drafting the best player in decades, and signing the best player in a century. 

[BTH]

4 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

It's crazy to remember that era, when this Org was literally one to be proud of (like that ESPN article mentioned) and to see how bad we   Arte screwed it up.

And we Arte managed to do that by securing a huge revenue stream, drafting the best player in decades, and signing the best player in a century. 

FIFY

[disarcina]

On 9/24/2023 at 9:45 AM, fan_since79 said:

Hopefully they'll add a couple more wild cards to make us more competitive.

Only if MLB goes to the recently announced NBA format of an 'in season tournament' -- not sure how that's going to work in the NBA but it sounds like the NBA is trying to replicate -in some fashion - the excitement generated  by March Madness.   My query about whatever. the NBA format will be -  is what do the teams that go out in the first round of the 'in season tournament' do for the rest of the tournament ?   Mid-season vacation?   Play in a 'second chance' consolation round?

[ettin]

On 9/22/2023 at 11:13 AM, Taylor said:

We are what?

"WE ARE! ... FOX SPORTS!"?

[Chico]

I may take a long break from MLB and not return after 53 years an Angels fan until after Moreno sells the team. It's an exercise in futility being a fan of this organization with Moreno pulling the strings.

[khouse]

I'm just hoping that when Arte decided not to sell, it was because he has a plan in mind/has recommitted himself to doing whatever it will take to win...

[jsnpritchett]

4 minutes ago, khouse said:

I'm just hoping that when Arte decided not to sell, it was because he has a plan in mind/has recommitted himself to doing whatever it will take to win...

[khouse]

7 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

[fan_since79]

20 hours ago, Chico said:

I may take a long break from MLB and not return after 53 years an Angels fan until after Moreno sells the team. It's an exercise in futility being a fan of this organization with Moreno pulling the strings.

I feel the same way.

[EDinTUSTIN]

On 9/22/2023 at 8:42 PM, fan_since79 said:

We drank water out of garden hoses, rode in cars without seat belts, rode our bikes without helmets or those ridiculous bike lanes, played football or wiffle ball in the street, and did all sorts of 'dangerous' things. 

 

Yep. And we scadoodled our arses home post-haste when those old street lights started to buzz and flicker. LOL

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

I’m waiting for the Angels National cover and Angels Baseball Digest cover.