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Lou is the MOTO poster of AW 
Irreplaceable 

I asked about Stoneman once at a fanfest (next to Percy, so it was a while ago) and Tim Mead (I think) said
yeah hes still around just a more limited role
I guessed that Stoneman didnt want to work so much

When people age the hate for them dissipates 
That's what Floyd Mayweather was saying about Muhammad Ali.   He was widely unliked initially but when he was all old a shaky everyone thought he was alright.
 
Hmm but Moreno is already old 
I guess if he actually sold the team and we saw him 10 years later we wouldn't hate

Ohtani to DL is the next move
Angelspin PR team will mask it as per usual
 

When people age the hate for them dissipates 
That's what Floyd Mayweather was saying about Muhammad Ali.   He was widely unliked initially but when he was all old a shaky everyone thought he was alright.
 
Hmm but Moreno is already old 
I guess if he actually sold the team and we saw him 10 years later we wouldn't hate

Not for what Angels have on the farm

Wait a minute, what's this about the farm being decimated? I thought we drafted 20 pitchers last year. I would think at least some of them will be okay. 

Ohtani to DL is the next move
Angelspin PR team will mask it as per usual
 

Arte is the primary reason our team struggles.  He injects far more than an owner should.  This organization doesn't make "organizational decisions," but is instead driven by Arte's business ($) approach.
Think about it.  We took Ohtani off the market (when he should have been shopped last year at this time) a week early, with multiple starters out indefinitely, while 3 games out of the wildcard and a very difficult schedule ahead, in one of the biggest "sellers" markets in recent history.  Just think about that.
Perry, whose job is on the line, then dealt what little we had in the way of the farm in an effort to go "all in."
What I feel is lost on people is this.....what if it works?  We make the playoffs AND sign Ohtani (assuming everyone understands the odds of making, much less winning, the World Series is extremely unlikely).  We "succeeded" with our plan to make the playoffs AND Ohtani decides to sign with us.  Wonderful.
Bear with me.  With Arte as owner and unwillingness to increase payroll beyond the threshold (it's been 20 years since he's owned the club and it's NEVER happened, even with Mike in his prime years), what the hell is the plan?  We have a baren farm system with Ohtani, Rendon, Mike and Anderson combining to 138+ million and they will all be 30 or older.  FFS, when will this team learn?
IF, IF, IF Arte was willing to spend as he hasn't in two decades, I would be behind it.  But this notion of "going for it to only make the playoffs because as fans we really have that as an end-goal" just doesn't resonate with me.  I wish my team was run organizationally with the idea they would compete every year.  Yet, here we are, with "stars" on our roster every single year for the past 20 with nothing to show for it.  
Just exhausting.
We have some wonderful young talent.  O'hoppe, Neto, Moniak, Detmers, Sandoval and many more.  I would have much preferred we traded Ohtani in an effort to acquire more farm/cusp talent, kept Bush/Quero, and build organizationally.  I honestly believe this pathway would have surely gotten Mike to the playoffs, rather regularly, in last half-decade than the current approach.  More importantly, it would have jived with the parameters the owner has set for the past 20 years in terms of salary limitations.  
Arte's fault from a baseball fans perspective isn't in his willingness to spend, but rather in his requirement it be on "stars" that will put people in the seats.  
I've been a Rams (and Angels) fan since '78.  Stan's approach to owning a team should have a book written about it.  Nothing gets done without his stamp, but he trusts the people he hires to the degree he almost never intercedes.  
My rant is over and I'll continue to have my mood change with the results of every Angels game as I have for the past few decades.  I'll do my best to go "all in" with the current club, which I honestly feel is as "put together" as any in recent memory (injuries aside).  I just don't understand the end game, but I will worry about that this winter!
 
 
 
 

Ohtani to DL is the next move
Angelspin PR team will mask it as per usual
 

Not the 60 day IL, the 60 day RL. Going on the rendon list will be the way to go in the very near future. Can come off of it whenever you feel like and can actually go back on it mid game. 

I guess being 3 games over .500 really charged Perry

I guess being 3 games over .500 really charged Perry

well, he sure took his sweet fucking time doing it. trout's an old man and ohtani is one foot out the door.

Armenians get boners from weird things.  

Much more bummed that Urshela is out than Rendone

Much more bummed that Urshela is out than Rendone

Much more bummed that Urshela is out than Rendone

Much more bummed that Urshela is out than Rendone

Much more bummed that Urshela is out than Rendone

I made this video a long time ago after his passing. 
I miss him. 
 

Y'all know I like my charts. Well, I think I've created one that really illustrates Angels history as a whole.

What you're looking at is Angels history, from 1961 to 2023 (through tonight's game, though you can barely see it...forgive the tiny size of the cells...wasn't sure how best to depict this in a way that was translateable).
Anyhow, the bars are seasons - purple is losing, green is winning -- each is as many cells as games above or below .500 (there are a couple .500 seasons which you can't really see that are blue). The gray line near the top is .500. Every time the team has a losing season, they go further below .500, every time they have a winning season they go up.
As you can see, the Angels historical trajectory was rather clear for the first four decades. There were a few minor winning seasons early on, and then a period in the late 70s to late 80s where they basically alternated good and bad years (more or less). Then the 90s were a return to the form of the 60s and 70s.
Finally, 2002, and then 2004-09, and then 2011-15 happened, and the Angels "peaked"--in terms of franchise games above .500--after the 2015 season.
It has been downhill from there. As a franchise, the Angels went above .500 in 2014, then slipped below again in 2019.
So that's where we are, and where we've been. 

except the Mets

except the Mets

They should trade him regardless but man I hope this leads those Dumbfucks to the correct decision