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7 hours ago, mmc said:

I don’t think that what anyone says in these things hold much merit but I’ll maintain that this is a dumb thread.  The team has been a joke for awhile and it’s very telling that Arte has dodged the media for the last few years.  I don’t find it odd that anyone, especially fans would want to hear from ownership on the teams direction.  Not sure why that’s something to mock.

For some reason people here get offended when "outsiders" criticize arte and the org.

No fucking clue why. We're an embarrassment.

Maybe I should've said columnist instead of reporters. Not sure if we have any.

1 hour ago, True Grich said:

Hell, yeah! Writing critical stuff is just what will make this franchise strive for greatness!  This is brilliant! 

Nice strawman. wow

6 hours ago, ukyah said:

look at jeff fletcher as a local example. he's not a fan of the team. he's not particularly invested in their success. i'm sure it's more fun/interesting to write about a winning team/organization. he's not going to hold arte's feet to the fire and demand answers. he's going to write about the issues at hand with an even mannered approach to ensure a good story while allowing for continued access. i'd bet he's very thankful to get to write about ohtani from an insider's perspective. i'd also bet that's what has kept him here for a bit longer than his predecessors.

Nothing against that approach, but it's just not something that interests me.

All our reporters have no backbone. Every fucking year we stink and they would rather gargle arte's balls than to call out what a disgrace of an organization we are. 

Imagine if this was the Yankees or Dodgers.

Republicans had the midterms on lock and they threw it all away lmao

How many double plays did we hit into today. That was so painful

Not gonna lie I feel like this team is starting to get it together. Ohtani getting hot at the right time. If he can give us some of that 2021 magic and Trout does Trout things. We might be able to sneak into a wild card spot.

idk. I haven't watched a game in weeks and the pen is atrocious. I just wanted to post something positive for once.

He's ass 

Just look at his away numbers 

Literally works everytime 

bump

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

Build a farm will take time that is why a rebuild should start now. Long Beach deserves a winning team.

Agreed, but I've been saying that here for 8+ years now and was laughed at. At this point it is too late to rebuild unless you trade both trout and ohtani. If we rebuilt years ago like we should have, we'd be competing for a title right now.

On 6/12/2022 at 9:52 PM, Mark68 said:

How does a team build depth without getting a free agent for every position (which doesn't always work out: see GMJ, Pujols, Hamilton, and now Rendon) without good scouting? There is a reason why teams like Tampa always seem to always be competitive with a modest payroll--it's because of their scouting.

 

Teams like the Dodgers, Astros and Yankees have been perennially successful because they have scouted well, drafted well, and then spent money to fill the few holes necessary (and even then have done their homework). 

 

Sure, Arte's willing to spend the money, although he seems to covet certain players who haven't worked out for us in the past, or now (Rendon). That's obviously done jack shit for this franchise.

why is this such a difficult concept for people here to understand? 

just build a sustainable farmsystem. 

all these no name garbage prospects couldn't continue to outperform. nothing new.

The farmsystem is ass and will always be ass under arte.

bad farmsystem=bad team

eh yo Silseth kind of dope. He throws a pitch like every 5 seconds. At least he's trying to make a difference to this dying boring ass sport.

Still love it tho

Trout playing game 2 I'm assuming?

how does someone even injure both abductor muscles? Jeez

who the fuck dis Chase Silseth is?

He kind of sucked in college and barely pitched in the minors lmao

You know what I hate the most about rich white zoomers? How damn friendly and nice they are..

My gym is filled to the brim with these creatures and I want to hate them, but they make it so damn difficult.

Rendon

@Angel Oracle

lmao

53 minutes ago, failos said:

Such a boring team to watch. They’re the Benadryl of teams. People next to me woke me up in the 9th

That's just baseball mate. Very boring slow sport that refuses to change.

1 minute ago, ukyah said:

albert pooholes is the current active hit leader in mlb with cabrera second to him and about to cross the 3k barrier. there are 3 angels in the top 24 list of all active players career hits. i'm counting justin upton as one of them. who are the other two?

 

mlb hit leaders

without looking.. Trout and Rendon?