I have never been more thankful for this place than now

[HaloOnFire]

Discovered this site earlier this year in the spring and it has been a wonderful place to get my info and join in conversation.  Thanks for this site!  Better days ahead!

[Chuck]

10 hours ago, CaliAngel said:

If it wasn't for this site I definitely wouldn't be the fan I am today, so I am thankful for it as well, especially through these trying times. 

That’s awesome @CaliAngel. 

It was great to virtually meet you on zoom for Lou’s online memorial. Hope to see you in Tempe next March. 

[Angelsfan1984]

2 minutes ago, Chuck said:

That’s awesome @CaliAngel. 

It was great to virtually meet you on zoom for Lou’s online memorial. Hope to see you in Tempe next March. 

Let’s do another one without someone passing away of course. 

[TroutField]

This place has not only made me a more informed, more reasonable (thanks strad and Lou), and better overall fan. It’s a great website and while the angels sucking for the last 10-15 years has been difficult, it’s still fun to come here and read, talk, argue, laugh, etc. 

 

it’s a great community 

[tdawg87]

I think AW is a community I have taken for granted over the years. But stopping to think about it, it's the best thing I've ever been a part of.

Honestly I can count on one hand the number of friends I have in real life. But I definitely consider a great deal of you as my friend. I've even met some of you and regularly shoot the shit on social media.

We don't all agree on politics or whatever. But we're all united under the big A. That's basically purgatory, but we suffer together.

[ELEVEN]

10 hours ago, greginpsca said:

I can't  wait for the first page of AW to not have a single Ohtani thread. Anyone twho starts a new thread should have a 2 week ban.

I love that Chuck liked your post!

[FabulousFabregas]

I don't post here that often anymore but I'm thankful to always come on here during these rough last several years and read everybody's great takes. AngelsWin is never an echo chamber, and everyone here has joint sense of loyalty. The AngelsWin podcast is great too Chuck, the best sports podcast I've seen.

[EDinTUSTIN]

10 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

MLB clearly set up Ohtani to the Dodgers by giving them a total refund on the Bauer deal, legalizing their use of the DH, then sneaking in an incredibly player friendly change to deferred money rules without asking the MLBPA for any concessions. All that happened roughly in the last year or so.

The Dodgers are also already opening up the ‘24 season in Korea. Shocking.

Truer words have not been spoken. I absolutely hated seeing the NL granted the DH rule. It is absolutely ridiculous to even have interleague play, why? Some fabricated 'regional rivalry' bs. The leagues need only to meet during the All-Star game and the World Series. It once was fun having to juggle lineups and see how AL pitchers fared at the plate. Facing teams you don't play often. The strategic nuances of the WS is gone. Seeing NL teams adjusting to the AL rules in three or four games, and seeing how the AL managers juggled their lineups when at the NL ballpark all added to the whole WS experience. That is now ruined. It is time to end that stupid experiment already. Plus, I would prefer not seeing Ohtani coming to our ballpark during the 'freeway' series. 

[greginpsca]

6 hours ago, ELEVEN said:

I love that Chuck liked your post!

It's just that I knew Ohtani was leaving, and have moved on. Others haven't. I really think the team will be better for it, if they get a couple of good starters and a couple of good relievers.

[Inside Pitch]

"Im a maybe" - @Lou

[fan_since79]

I'm becoming more of a fan of AngelsWin than of the actual team. This forum is more interesting than most of the games.

Sad...and a little weird.

 

 

[Chuck]

8 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

I'm becoming more of a fan of AngelsWin than of the actual team. This forum is more interesting than most of the games.

Sad...and a little weird.

Nah, a good fellowship of friends and community for discussion will always trump the team you root for because they'll let you down at times and they don't play every day of the year.

[Dtwncbad]

Hope and Thanks.

I am very thankful for this place.  It is a great place to get the pulse of other fans and get some other perspectives.  

It’s also sort of starts to feel like home with family members. . . people with opinions you don’t even like but they ARE part of your family so you end up feeling connected to them.

I will also say this site gives people a chance to learn a bit about themselves with an opportunity to at least try to make some improvements/grow up, etc. in the context of being functional in this kind of environment.  A repeat of thanks to the site.

The Angels hopefully have also learned about themselves and are hopefully committed to their own self improvement, for the good of the franchise and hopefully to the benefit of all of us.

I hope.

 

Edited December 14, 2023 by Dtwncbad

[EDinTUSTIN]

2 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

Hope and Thanks.

I am very thankful for this place.  It is a great place to get the pulse of other fans and get some other perspectives.  

It’s also sort of starts to feel like home with family members. . . people with opinions you don’t even like but they ARE part of your family so you end up feeling connected to them.

I will also say this site gives people a chance to learn a bit about themselves with an opportunity to at least try to make some improvements/grow up, etc. in the context of being functional in this kind of environment.  A repeat of thanks to the site.

The Angels hopefully have also learned about themselves and are hopefully committed to their own self improvement, for the good of the franchise and hopefully to the benefit of all of us.

I hope.

 

I sure hope so. I know that I am not getting any younger. As I get deeper into my 60's, I want to hope that I get to see a postseason-caliber team again. LOL  Yeah, a bit melodramatic maybe, but it has been a while. I, too, am very thankful for AngelsWin and enjoy being a part of everything here and 'talking' to everyone here.

[Chuck]

I felt this image was appropriate to land here as social media reminded me how awful it is to check in there from time to time. 

It's Dodgers this, Ohtani & Yamamoto that. 

[fan_since79]

Looking forward to the Dodgers collapsing again in the playoffs. That'll be a hoot.

[Chuck]

18 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Looking forward to the Dodgers collapsing again in the playoffs. That'll be a hoot.

 @fan_since79!!

[Support The Local Team]

The Angels had mostly operated in the shadows until the Pujols deal, winning the lottery with Trout, and the Ohtani signing. I am looking forward to some good old-fashioned baseball without the media pressure for once. The Angels have felt like the Diamondbacks trying to be the Yankees for the last 15 or so years.  Press on. 

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

It could be worse. You could be an Angels fan living in a city that is building a stadium for the A's and wondering if your new home team will continue to do things on the cheap.

I intend to stay even after we get a team. This place makes it worth it all.