AngelsFanSince86

Before today's game, yes. Afterwords, we went back to day 1. If we win tomorrow it's day 2. If we lose tomorrow, it's straight to day 5. 

Before today's game, yes. Afterwords, we went back to day 1. If we win tomorrow it's day 2. If we lose tomorrow, it's straight to day 5. 

Arte inherited a WS team and rode the success and great farm system built by Stoneman. As soon as Arte had to fill the GM position it was a quick slide from yearly to contention yearly mediocrity.
Autry was the founding owner and didn't meddle like Arte. It's also much harder to build a winner as a young franchise, especially one being built in the shadow of the dodgers. 

Snell has been amazing but not really known for pitching deep into games, if I remember correctly. The thought process was probably to get a good starter that can go deep into games and minimize the use of the bullpen. 

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My thoughts are this:
1) The trade clearly makes them better. 
2) I said it before and I'll say it again: I think they should have traded Ohtani. They have won 6 out of their last 7 and gained like 1 game. Their schedule only gets harder. 
3) If they don't make the playoffs and/or don't retain Ohtani, they will go from a position of being able to gain 1-2 top prospects to instead losing 1 top prospect (and their top 2) for literally nothing. 
Last, but not least:
4) None of that matters because what is done is done. I'm an Angels fan and have been disappointed in this organization for so long. I'm letting it all go for the rest of the season and going all in. I'll be there 8/3/23 cheering them on per usual with a little more optimism this time.

My thoughts are this:
1) The trade clearly makes them better. 
2) I said it before and I'll say it again: I think they should have traded Ohtani. They have won 6 out of their last 7 and gained like 1 game. Their schedule only gets harder. 
3) If they don't make the playoffs and/or don't retain Ohtani, they will go from a position of being able to gain 1-2 top prospects to instead losing 1 top prospect (and their top 2) for literally nothing. 
Last, but not least:
4) None of that matters because what is done is done. I'm an Angels fan and have been disappointed in this organization for so long. I'm letting it all go for the rest of the season and going all in. I'll be there 8/3/23 cheering them on per usual with a little more optimism this time.

My thoughts are this:
1) The trade clearly makes them better. 
2) I said it before and I'll say it again: I think they should have traded Ohtani. They have won 6 out of their last 7 and gained like 1 game. Their schedule only gets harder. 
3) If they don't make the playoffs and/or don't retain Ohtani, they will go from a position of being able to gain 1-2 top prospects to instead losing 1 top prospect (and their top 2) for literally nothing. 
Last, but not least:
4) None of that matters because what is done is done. I'm an Angels fan and have been disappointed in this organization for so long. I'm letting it all go for the rest of the season and going all in. I'll be there 8/3/23 cheering them on per usual with a little more optimism this time.

My thoughts are this:
1) The trade clearly makes them better. 
2) I said it before and I'll say it again: I think they should have traded Ohtani. They have won 6 out of their last 7 and gained like 1 game. Their schedule only gets harder. 
3) If they don't make the playoffs and/or don't retain Ohtani, they will go from a position of being able to gain 1-2 top prospects to instead losing 1 top prospect (and their top 2) for literally nothing. 
Last, but not least:
4) None of that matters because what is done is done. I'm an Angels fan and have been disappointed in this organization for so long. I'm letting it all go for the rest of the season and going all in. I'll be there 8/3/23 cheering them on per usual with a little more optimism this time.

My thoughts are this:
1) The trade clearly makes them better. 
2) I said it before and I'll say it again: I think they should have traded Ohtani. They have won 6 out of their last 7 and gained like 1 game. Their schedule only gets harder. 
3) If they don't make the playoffs and/or don't retain Ohtani, they will go from a position of being able to gain 1-2 top prospects to instead losing 1 top prospect (and their top 2) for literally nothing. 
Last, but not least:
4) None of that matters because what is done is done. I'm an Angels fan and have been disappointed in this organization for so long. I'm letting it all go for the rest of the season and going all in. I'll be there 8/3/23 cheering them on per usual with a little more optimism this time.

My thoughts are this:
1) The trade clearly makes them better. 
2) I said it before and I'll say it again: I think they should have traded Ohtani. They have won 6 out of their last 7 and gained like 1 game. Their schedule only gets harder. 
3) If they don't make the playoffs and/or don't retain Ohtani, they will go from a position of being able to gain 1-2 top prospects to instead losing 1 top prospect (and their top 2) for literally nothing. 
Last, but not least:
4) None of that matters because what is done is done. I'm an Angels fan and have been disappointed in this organization for so long. I'm letting it all go for the rest of the season and going all in. I'll be there 8/3/23 cheering them on per usual with a little more optimism this time.

My thoughts are this:
1) The trade clearly makes them better. 
2) I said it before and I'll say it again: I think they should have traded Ohtani. They have won 6 out of their last 7 and gained like 1 game. Their schedule only gets harder. 
3) If they don't make the playoffs and/or don't retain Ohtani, they will go from a position of being able to gain 1-2 top prospects to instead losing 1 top prospect (and their top 2) for literally nothing. 
Last, but not least:
4) None of that matters because what is done is done. I'm an Angels fan and have been disappointed in this organization for so long. I'm letting it all go for the rest of the season and going all in. I'll be there 8/3/23 cheering them on per usual with a little more optimism this time.

He’s leaving the mess for the next guy.

Meanwhile, everyone enjoy watching Ohtani on the Angels for the remainder of the season.

Arte:

Eff it. Let's do it

Sure. Why not.

Luckily, Ohtani pitches Friday. Hopefully he can also go 7+ innings. That would take a lot of pressure off the pen.

He had one year where he missed significant time. One out of 6 years. Only other stuff I found was in 2018 he fouled a ball of his toe and missed a few games. Still played 136 games that year. So maybe I'm missing something, but that doesn't seem like much of an extensive injury history. 
I'm not saying he's faking the extent of this injury. Merely pointing out that what his coaches and/or teammates say about his desire to play doesn't really mean anything. And also pointing out the fact that he hasn't been able to play even half a season (with the exception of a short 2020) since he got here. 
I was listening to MLB radio the other day and they were talking about how a lot of players used to just play through injuries. I think at this point in his career, Rendon doesn't play through one ounce of discomfort. The second he feels something he's on the IL and he won't come off until he's 100% comfortable. That's just my opinion. 

He had one year where he missed significant time. One out of 6 years. Only other stuff I found was in 2018 he fouled a ball of his toe and missed a few games. Still played 136 games that year. So maybe I'm missing something, but that doesn't seem like much of an extensive injury history. 
I'm not saying he's faking the extent of this injury. Merely pointing out that what his coaches and/or teammates say about his desire to play doesn't really mean anything. And also pointing out the fact that he hasn't been able to play even half a season (with the exception of a short 2020) since he got here. 
I was listening to MLB radio the other day and they were talking about how a lot of players used to just play through injuries. I think at this point in his career, Rendon doesn't play through one ounce of discomfort. The second he feels something he's on the IL and he won't come off until he's 100% comfortable. That's just my opinion. 

I don't know either way what Rendon wants. What the coaches/media says it's irrelevant though. You really think a player would say, "I'm not really that injured, I just don't feel like playing!"? He gives off those vibes, but he also has to deal with the coaches and fellow teammates. It's not that hard to over exaggerate an injury while still acting like you care.
That being said, there's no way to tell with rendon. All we know is that he's a guy who almost never dealt with injury, chose to go to the Angels to avoid "the Hollywood lifestyle", and then has been consistently injured.

I definitely understand not liking the name change, even after all this time. However, attributing the Angels shortcomings to the name change is just dumb and speaks volumes about the average Angel fan. 

Obviously..that's a mans leg!