Arte Moreno buys $60M office building to block project near Phoenix mansion

[EdmontonAngelsFan]

$60 mill he could've used toward free agents /s.

Boss move by Arte!

But he still sucks. 

[Taylor]

My friend works for a nonprofit that serves homeless people in Illinois. $60M could fund his organization for like 100 years.

[BTH]

If he can just throw $60M at a problem to have a better quality of life, I don’t see why he can’t also do that with his baseball team.

Even investing 10% of that into proper infrastructure in baseball ops would result in profits 10x that amount (between money saved through successful PD rather than having to sign mid-tier free agents, better team = more people going to games, etc.).

[Dtwncbad]

23 minutes ago, Taylor said:

My friend works for a nonprofit that serves homeless people in Illinois. $60M could fund his organization for like 100 years.

My friend works for a nonprofit that serves blind Siamese twin homeless people.  $60m could fund his organization for 500 years.

 

[Taylor]

41 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

My friend works for a nonprofit that serves blind Siamese twin homeless people.  $60m could fund his organization for 500 years.

 

Except I’m telling the truth. 

[Dtwncbad]

4 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Except I’m telling the truth. 

Yes.  That you are mentally trapped by being jealous of other people’s money, and really generous with other people’s money.

 

[Angelsfan1984]

1 hour ago, BTH said:

If he can just throw $60M at a problem to have a better quality of life, I don’t see why he can’t also do that with his baseball team.

Even investing 10% of that into proper infrastructure in baseball ops would result in profits 10x that amount (between money saved through successful PD rather than having to sign mid-tier free agents, better team = more people going to games, etc.).

He could literally buy apartment complexes for each of his minor league teams to have free housing if they chose to. 

[eligrba]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

My friend works for a nonprofit that serves homeless people in Illinois. $60M could fund his organization for like 100 years.

It's not your money.  What other people chose to legally do or not do with their money is not our business.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Who gives a shit?

 

This has ruined my day!

[TheLordofOuts]

It seems like our plan to get Arte to sell the team isn't quite working

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

20 hours ago, Stradling said:

Hey home owners, how many of you would want them to build apartments behind your house?  

If you had the ability to stop that from happening would you stop it?  
 

In mid 2018 we were looking to move from our townhouse to a house.  Didn't make the move but one of the houses we looked at was a modest single story house built in the 60's which is the norm for many of the tracts in our area.  About 3 years ago one of the neighbors next door to that house on the eastern side built a 2 story monstrosity that took about a year to build and blocks the sun until it's overhead.  Hindsight being 20/20 with where housing prices went I wish we made a move but not to that house because we would have had to deal with construction noise for about a year and lose sunlight for a lot of the day.  If I had f you money I'd definitely buy neighboring houses or property if it meant no one would obstruct my view, add high density housing, build an eye sore or do something else I wasn't a fan of.  Even if you don't have that kind of money I know people who live in areas where you can buy good size lots and they've purchased neighboring lots to ensure they keep a view, their peace of mind, etc.

[failos]

5 hours ago, Taylor said:

My friend works for a nonprofit that serves homeless people in Illinois. $60M could fund his organization for like 100 years.

How is that relevant?

[eligrba4ever]

Will the sympathy for Mr. Moreno evident in this thread survive into December?

[Stradling]

13 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Will the sympathy for Mr. Moreno evident in this thread survive into December?

“Sympathy”

[Dtwncbad]

28 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Will the sympathy for Mr. Moreno evident in this thread survive into December?

I think you spelled envy wrong

[Taylor]

7 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

Yes.  That you are mentally trapped by being jealous of other people’s money, and really generous with other people’s money.

 

Who says I’m jealous? You’re projecting. You wish you worked hard enough in your life to be a billionaire, but you didn’t.

[Taylor]

7 hours ago, eligrba said:

It's not your money.  What other people chose to legally do or not do with their money is not our business.

Yet this is public information. You don’t get any extra treasures in heaven by white knighting for uber rich people.

[eligrba]

25 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Yet this is public information. You don’t get any extra treasures in heaven by white knighting for uber rich people.

Thou shall not covet.

[Stradling]

39 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Yet this is public information. You don’t get any extra treasures in heaven by white knighting for uber rich people.

White knighting. Fuck, you truly are stupid. 

[Taylor]

lulz

[Stradling]

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

lulz

I appreciate you admitting to being a troll. 

[Taylor]

If you criticize someone it’s because you envy them.

[Vlad27Trout27]

Any one catch this part in the end?

"The L.A. Angel’s owner is now embroiled in a legal battle after he and his wife backed out of buying a New York penthouse for $34 million"

 

 

Imagine if Arte was willing to put even $30 million into the team, not on free agents, but on infrastructure. Our analytics department could finally step up, development would improve, and Perry might even get a few AGMs to support him.

[Tank]

On 11/28/2024 at 5:36 PM, Stradling said:

Hey home owners, how many of you would want them to build apartments behind your house?  

If you had the ability to stop that from happening would you stop it?  
 

my former B-I-L did that. they bought a house with a great view of the lake that went through an empty lot. decided they wanted to keep that view so they bought the empty lot as well. 

this was in very rural nebraska, so it was slightly less than $60 mil. 

[Tank]

14 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

My friend works for a nonprofit that serves blind Siamese twin homeless people.  $60m could fund his organization for 500 years.

 

so they serve homeless people to the blind siamese twins? why? and what do the blind siamese twins do with the homeless people that have been served to them? that's weird.