Roy Hobbs

also thanks for starting the Game Day Threads

You do realize you come off as the biggest douche on the board bragging about betting against our favorite team, right? It's like you have no awareness of what a complete ass you are. 

Just want to make sure I have this in perspective.
A .500 season with the pleasure of watching one of the greatest seasons ever by any player in the history of the  major leagues, along with fun watching some other good young players giving us things to look forward to. . .
. . . is the “Titanic”  for some fans.
OK.

Say what you will about Strad but at least he doesn’t willingly choose to live in Arizona.

PJ, I am so sorry to hear about your brother's passing.  I haven't spent much time around here lately, and I am just floored to hear about your brother (and Brandon).  I knew your brother (and others here) going on 20 years.  Get togethers, softball games, etc.  But mostly a shared quip about something Angels-related, something about another poster, or just something in pop culture.  Now that your brother has passed, it is shocking how those seemingly innocuous little messages can be so treasured.
Your brother was sharp, quick, smart.  It was pretty hard to get the better of him.  He was almost smug, but in a good way.  There was a tad of self-deprecation as well.  So enjoyable to read his posts and messages.
The message board community is I am sure a tad bizarre to someone from the outside.  But to the people here, Lou was on the Mount Rushmore of posters here.  And that means something to a surprisingly lot of us here.

RIP, Lou

I remember Game 1 of the 1979 ALCS. Jim Palmer vs. Nolan Ryan. Nolan out pitched Palmer, but Bobby Grich made a rare error which led to 2 unearned Orioles runs and the Angels lost in extra innings. If the Angels won that game, it would have been a different series.

I don't know about HBP but I read where it was 12 guys he walked with the bases loaded. He said he would unintentionally intentionally walk a guy to face a different hitter who he thought he could get out. The story also said that Palmer almost gave up a Grand Slam to Rico Carty but Al Bumbry went over the wall to bring it back. Palmer was a beast.

Lou Johnson, halos never gave him a fair shot.

My name it's Patrick (known as PJ) to my brother Lou. My family and I have been following this since it was first posted and even created accounts. Most know by now that Lou passed peacefully in his sleep on August 8th at approximately 5pm while The Ocho was on TV (c'mon, you know he loved all sports even the weird ones, like Cricket). He constantly bragged about AngelsWin, all the fun times he had here and the trips to watch The Halos play, home and away with you guys. You all were his extended family and loved every minute he spent on here. To see him spend his last several days reading your posts and thoughts about him brought a smile (and tears) to his face, as it did his brothers and sister. All of us have also been keeping up with this post and you will never know how much we appreciate the love, memories, thoughts and especially the pictures you have shared. Our greatest memory with him was being in the front row at the left field foul pole for the Angels 2002 World Series win. All of us hugging and crying tears of joy at the site we thought we would never see. Close 2nd was Barry Bonds flipping us off during the game because Lou kept leading our entire section in a "sterrrroooooids!" chant while we were jamming a Thunderstick into our arms. Honor him by keeping his memory and stories alive. Celebrate his life. "LouDogg" was a smartass until the end and continued to make us laugh until his last breath.
Sincerely, 
The Garcia Family 
GO HALOS

The more things change the more they stay the same.  RIP legend.

To all you newbies, @Stradlingjust quoted a post from @Lou.  He was a legend here.  
 
Do yourself a favor and just go back 3-4 pages on this thread to get what his posting style was.  He was the best, and this is just some recent shit.
He was way more prickly back in the day 

I'm a maybe.

This is why I've been silent so far, though I've read and thought about this thread and Lou a lot ever since it was posted.  I haven't known him nearly as long as many as you but this has devastated me all the same.  I've had an amazing time meeting many of you in person the past couple years and Lou was always someone I was hoping I'd get the chance to meet some day.  I'm heartbroken to know I'll never get that chance, but blessed to have experienced the joy he brought to the site.  It won't be the same.
RIP

Really hurts even though I've only ever known him online, but we're talking 20 years.  All my best wishes to his family.  All the love on here shows what an indelible impact he had on so many.  

Rest in peace @Lou. I love ya and we will all miss ya dearly my friend. 
He went peacefully today.
I will let @mrwicked fill everyone in tomorrow. 

Hey everyone 🙂 

I'm Swilly, I've been a Halo fan since the early 2000s but really fell in love with baseball around 2011. I was born & raised in Orange County & played softball for about 9 years. My love of softball & wanting to get better at the sport is what turned me from a fan of baseball into a super fan.

I've recently started keeping score when I go to Angel games & it's been a blast. I also love playing slow pitch softball & have become super obsessed with integrating analytics into the game of baseball. I find it fascinating 🙂 I would love nothing more to work in sports one day, it's been a goal of mine that never really felt like an attainable one until the last year or so. I make a lot of sports content both on TikTok & Twitter. I've met so many awesome people & other Halo fans in the last year, it's been a huge blessing!

A few of my favorite Angels (in no particular order) include Jered Weaver (ok this one is in order, he's my favorite Angel OAT), Torii Hunter, Chone Figgins, Vladdy, Kole Calhoun, & of course Trout & Ohtani. There are so many guys on the roster this year that I've enjoyed watching, I'm excited to see the season continue & to see these young guys grow into their roles.

Cheers! & GO HALOS!

What's happening Halos?
So, yeah, I am a very long time AW lurker, must be over 10 years or something. Yes, I am a die hard Ranger's fan. 
No, I am not a troll. If I were, I would save all that energy for the Astros forums. Anyway, I figured it might be time to say hi to all of you. Of all the non-Ranger fan forums I find myself lurking here most.  I will admit, I enjoy this one the most. Whether the Angels are winning or losing, y'all are quite entertaining. 
I get just as frustrated after a loss and refuse to watch MLB highlights until the next Rangers win. Getting swept by the sorry Reds was a long week. SMH
As for why I lurk here? Simply for the love of the game. As much as I wish I could, I can't watch every game and keep up with the goings-on of every team. It's just more fun to keep up to speed on the ALW from the fans perspectives. Besides, it probably goes without saying, that the Rangers forums are just a big circle jerk right now. 
Seattle fans are too depressing to read.
Astros fans are....well fuck them. Who cares? It's Houston. They can all DIAF.
The A's? Hmmm. The less said the better.
So, here I am, lurking AW. I'll admit, for me, anyway, that baseball is more fun when the Rangers and Angels are competing for the division and we are all looking down at Houston.
Feel free to ask me anything...or just tell me to fuck off. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hi All,
I'm not new here, I have been around since 2013 (according to my profile) but am I right in saying there was a previous forum? I'm sure I have been around way longer. Like back to the early 2000s. Then most of my baseball consumption was via the gameday on MLB.com, streaming KLAA and forums. Due to the fact we got very little MLB coverage in Australia then outside of playoffs. Thank god for MLB.tv, I have been a subscriber since I had internet capable of streaming it.
I'm a Angels fan since 1992 here in Australia. Pretty much it was by dumb luck. I had just started playing baseball in under 16s for my local club after a friend took me down to training one night, which got me interested in baseball. I watched a game late one night (they used to just show one game per week on replay at like 11pm) and it happened to be the Angels. They won (I think can't quite remember) and I decided they would be my team.

This coming September I will finally be getting to Angel Stadium for my first time for the Orioles games on the 4th and 5th. I'm super excited for it as it has been a long time coming. This trip is actually a family trip to WDW and Universal Orlando, but I insisted in a 2 day stopover in Anaheim.
 

Moose! 
I’ll water the lawn tomorrow night.

Or the same person 10 times.
I do not believe I ever won an argument with Lou. In fact, I am sure of it. I may just miss losing more arguments to him. 
I'm a maybe. 

You could not have said it any better than that, I don't post a lot but it too used to give me a kick when he liked my post.Cancer is just a bitch and it touches everyone someway. This news just made this day worse than it was.

Sonovabitch. @Lou messaged me a while back to tell me and I didn't see it until now.
This is an absolute gut punch. 
Lou is by far and away one of my favorite people on here. He reached out to me several times when things were bad on my end. He's an absolute good guy.
Maybe not everyone is an fan, but his wit and sense of humor were top notch. 
Lou, if you're seeing this, you hang tough brother. We love you. All us idiots are pulling for you, my friend.

You could not have said it any better than that, I don't post a lot but it too used to give me a kick when he liked my post.Cancer is just a bitch and it touches everyone someway. This news just made this day worse than it was.