Doug Van Oort Sr

And that I believe is the way most Angel players and fans feel about now. The baseball season is very long, after almost 5 months of losing and not just losing but getting you ass kicked it's not as easy for the player to be focused, they are just going thru the motions and counting down how many games are left. Time for football HTTR!

These crappy statements about Trout and the money he makes gets old. Trout plays baseball because he love playing the game and competing He is not the type of player that goes home at the end of the season and says we lost 95 games but I made a lot of money. He is going to make a lot of money on whatever team he plays for, and the thought of playing for the Angels with no future due to a crappy farm system and an owner that has decided he is not going to spend money anymore has to be nauseating.

You may be taking me wrong. I still watch the games, I look at the box scores every day, and I will be disappointed when the last game of the season is over. I would also like to feel the excitement of that 2002 season again, see the players celebrate, the fans going nuts.

and I am sure the Angels sit around and talk about how proud they are of the 2014 season when they won the most games in baseball but got swept in the playoffs. Losing is part of sports, but I don't know a lot of athletes that are happy losing. I have been an Angel fan since 1965, so I have seen my share of bad baseball and losing. I will never be happy watching them lose.

Depends on how you want to look at this. Baseball is a team sport that requires several individuals to perform. If the team loses, your individual performance does not mean much unless he is on your fantasy team.

I don't see him smiling when he walks off the field lately. You tell me how he feels .

Sports is all about playing hard and doing your best, if you lose the game you did not achieve your goal and that is to win. Yes, you can have the greatest season ever and lose in the world series, ask the players if they had a successful year. Most will tell you no, they did not reach the goal they set out to achieve, no one plays just to make it to the world series, except losers.

I really hope you did not find enjoyment in watching the Angels play like they did over the weekend in Houston. If you did, you have no idea what sports are all about.

That's about as stupid as his theory of a curse.

Not saying they have an obligation to him, if they are not going to contend for 3 or 4 years, trade him, rebuild the farm system, and yes you would be doing him a favor also.

Sounds like you come from the everybody gets a trophy generation. You play sports to win championships, at the end of the year there is only one team that reached their goal.

I could care less about having an Angel hat in the HOF. I waited 38 years for the Angels to win a world series and I would like to see another before I die. Getting into the HOF is an individual achievement, and I think Trout will take care of that.

I love watching Trout play, in fact it's the only the only reason to watch Angels games this year. I don't want to watch him waist his time for the next 4 years on a team that rebuilding. If this team has no intentions of contending for the next 3 years do him a favor and trade him, rebuild the farm system and let the long rebuilding process begin.

I know we changed pitching coaches this year and It may not have anything to do with all the pitching injuries but you have to wonder is there something he is doing different with the pitching staff? I have never seen this many injuries to a pitching staff in one season.

What great memories that song brings back. Listening to Dick Enberg on KMPC on a transistor radio.

Poor Mike. Play on a crappy team for the next 5 years while they try to rebuild. I would hate to see Mike traded, but I would like to see him get a chance to play for a winning organization.

I have been an Angel fan for 50 years and I think this might be the first year that I live on a budget and don't open my wallet and attend games. Art wants to save money and not fill obvious holes with quality players, he seems happy to waste Trouts years on the Angels. I know it's a small amount to Art but the few thousand I spend a year on Angel baseball can be used somewhere else.

I'm ok with not winning the offseason, but it would of been nice to have participated in it.

Say what you want, we had a huge hole at 3rd while he was out. Angels record while Freese was on the DL 11 and 26 Since he was activated 13 and 8

OBS does not exist in Angel hitting philosophy. I don't think it taught at any level in the organization.

Not much else to do at this point in the season.

And the one thing that remains the same is the dinosaur in the dugout.

I don't blame Dipoto, I don't think he was ever allowed to actually be a real GM. Dipoto had his hands tied and could only make moves if MS approved them. Time for Mike to go, find another young GM that has fresh ideas and allow him to run the team.

Good to see Shoe back and pitch well. Not getting to excited about taking a series against a team below 500.. Our performance against the Dodgers, Kansas City, Toronto and Houston is hard to forget.

the entire stadium should be netted, with safety nets under each level for the fan the leans to far forward and falls off. My grandkids are in more danger walking to the car with all the drunks leaving the game. Seriously, watching the game is not the part are worry about.