The gap between Doyyer and the Angels hasn't been this wide in decades

[yk9001]

The Dodgers pulled a 7.0 rating the other night. 

 

http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/kcal-draws-best-local-rating-for-the-dodgers-in-15-years-1200570416/

 

It frigging looked like Oscar night at the Ravine the last couple nights, and with packed houses.

 

The Angels, on the other hand, offer overpaid, underperforming nags closer to the glue factory than the playoffs.  And they offer bunts.  Lots of them.

 

Arte, with his insane jealousy of all things Doyyer, must be hating it.  Hopefully, this is the impetus to s-can the Bunting Manager.

[fan_since79]

Sadly, I think we're in for four more seasons of bunts and productive outs.

[Jay]

Arte is insanely jealous of the Dodgers?  I think you're confusing him with Angels fans.

 

You're right about one thing though, Angels are in the toilet.

[kevinb]

The Dodgers are spending lots of money like our Angels. Only problem is their money is actually performing quite nicely where as ours is absolute garbage.

[gotbeer]

And to think.  They went through Fox and McCourts, and yet now it's the widest.  

 

Going to suck in my neighborhood wearing my Angels hat for the next few decades.

[Tank]

Um, the dodgers are in first plus they were playing the Yankees. Of course the ravine was full.

Other than that, nice little rant.

[sneaky_flute]

the dodgers are spending ridiculous amounts of money on every player they can get their hands on. there's nothing smart about the way their front office conducts business.

[m0nkey]

I wonder how low the angels tv ratings are

[Blarg]

I watched part of the game, the stadium was not packed full.

[nando714]

Red headed step child

Again

[Blarg]

I can live with not being the top franchise in the area for a while. It's not like the Angels didn't have a run of successful seasons while the Dodger wallowed in the mud. Tides change all the time in sports so getting your ego punctured over this means you never had any real self esteem to start with.

[yk9001]

so getting your ego punctured over this means you never had any real self esteem to start with.

 

Mods can probably be fired for disparaging Arte like that. 

[Blarg]

All in all, I think I would rather be a billionaire with a low self esteem problem. Imagine all the cool cars I could buy to cheer myself up.

[Amazing Larry]

the dodgers are spending ridiculous amounts of money on every player they can get their hands on. there's nothing smart about the way their front office conducts business.

Yet they're in 1st place.

[HaloMagic]

All in all, I think I would rather be a billionaire with a low self esteem problem. Imagine all the cool cars I could buy to cheer myself up.

If I wasn't at work I would Photoshop a Pinto with Hamilton's face on the hood.

[kevinb]

the dodgers are spending ridiculous amounts of money on every player they can get their hands on. there's nothing smart about the way their front office conducts business.

You mean like we did, except getting the complete opposite production that they are getting?

[Ohtaniland]

Yep when the Dodgers were down and close to bankruptcy Arte tried to steal the show by signing Pujols to take the Angels to another level. I'm not faulting Arte for trying but I do think that he hired the wrong GM to guide him. Dipoto had resources other GM's could only dream of and he failed to utilize them to build a winner. The GM's from the A's, Rays and Pirates wish they had that kind of money to burn. I doubt that any of those teams would hire Dipoto as their GM.

[rageous]

The Dodgers are spending lots of money like our Angels. Only problem is their money is actually performing quite nicely where as ours is absolute garbage.

This statement is complete bullshit.

They have crapload of underperforming overpaid players like Kemp, Ethier, Crawford and Beckett.

It's just that the Dodgers payroll dwarfs the Angels payroll and they can afford to absorb these underperforming contracts.

[kevinb]

This statement is complete bullshit.

They have crapload of underperforming overpaid players like Kemp, Ethier, Crawford and Beckett.

It's just that the Dodgers payroll dwarfs the Angels payroll and they can afford to absorb these underperforming contracts.

Ethier has a 742 OPS better than Hamilton and about the same as Pujols

Crawford has a 744 OPS 

Kemp has been terrible this year 

Becket ain't great

 

But they have other players not making a ton who are producing and they have pitching. Other than Trout, Kendrick, Weaver and Wilson no one on our team is producing 

[rageous]

Ethier has a 742 OPS better than Hamilton and about the same as Pujols

Crawford has a 744 OPS 

Kemp has been terrible this year 

Becket ain't great

 

But they have other players not making a ton who are producing and they have pitching. Other than Trout, Kendrick, Weaver and Wilson no one on our team is producing 

Did you see this?

Dodgers 2013 payroll 220,395,196

Angels 2013 payroll 127,896,250

[kevinb]

Did you see this?

Dodgers 2013 payroll 220,395,196

Angels 2013 payroll 127,896,250

That's nice, I somehow think that even if we had a 220 mil payroll we would still be in this position. It feels like the GM is just not picking the right players to play together properly.

[yk9001]

Angel fans complaining about payroll disparity is always hilarious.

[mtangelsfan]

Who the hell cares about what the Dodgers are doing?

 

Only thing that matters is that the Angels are much worse than the A's and Rangers and basically even with the Mariners and Astros.

[Ohtaniland]

Who the hell cares about what the Dodgers are doing?

Only thing that matters is that the Angels are much worse than the A's and Rangers and basically even with the Mariners and Astros.

I'm moving to Montana where there's obviously no Dodgers fans to annoy me.

[mtangelsfan]

Unfortunately since there aren't any local teams most are fans of the Twins, Yankees and Red Sox.