Angels#1Fan

Absolutely no fight in this team whatsoever.  Massive leadership void!  Complete waste of talent.  MS should retire to spare the players and fans another year of this garbage...

LOL...couldn't agree more.  The Angels are a captain-less ship.  These last 3 losses have been nothing short of embarrassing to say the least.  Scioscia continues to have that stupid puzzled look on his face like he has no idea why his team keeps losing.  Hopefully he is thinking about retirement...

All I know is, is that whenever our bullpen comes in late in the game, especially in the 9th with less than a 3 run lead, I cringe on every pitch until the final out. It seems more often than not we end up losing that game.
How about losing games that aren't close enough to be a save opportunity? Tonight's game wasn't a blown save only because the game was tied when the big blow happened.
The eye test says our bullpen is terrible and most sport shows agree.

Forget about blown saves and research blown leads

I think our problem has more to do with lack of a strong back end who can reliably hold leads

Did I see someone post cat?

A lot of you got the line up you wanted yesterday.  It scored one run courtesy of the one guy you didn’t want in the line up.  

I agree with just about every thing you said but we just can't be afraid to make some kind of move, otherwise we just stay where we are and more time just passes with a marginally talented and injury prone starting rotation and bullpen.
I wish I knew the answer also because the frustration level isn't getting any better at this point. I'm afraid the season is spiraling towards another mediocre finish that will leave the Angels in the middle of the pack without any good draft picks that can help in the future.
BTW..I wouldn't be interested in any high priced rentals either. That usually winds up being a waste.
 

Strad, over the course of a couple of years we have lost the equivalent of an entire starting rotation that was already devoid of a true # 1. We haven't had a true number one starter since Weavers last good season several years ago. Richards was supposed to be that guy but it hasn't worked out. It's no ones fault for some of the injuries to our rotation but there comes a point that in order for the franchise to move forward a move needs to happen. It's been rumored that the Mets are shopping DeGrom and Snydergaard..will the Angels make any effort to land one of these guys? Will we "stand pat" a while longer? For those that say we can't weaken the minor leagues by trading any more talent, I say WHAT TALENT?  Are we afraid to give up some minor leaguers for a proven ML starter?
I realize the problems with our entire pitching staff can't be addressed all at once but DO SOMETHING. We are treading water with people that can't go more than 5 innings due to either pitch counts that are a result of injuries or pitchers that just plain and simple aren't good enough. Our bullpen is killing us in the late innings. This just can't continue to go on as is.

Strad, when our pitchers started dropping like flies a couple of years ago we got virtually nothing in the way of replacements or help.
Shoemaker went down twice..who did we get?
Heaney went down..who did we get?
Trop went down..who did we get?
Skaggs went down..who did we get?
Street went down and was replaced by Bedrock and then he went down and was replaced by Bud Norris a blowout patch that actually pitched ok for a short time and when he became ineffective there was nothing!
Even the most casual fan knew that our bullpen was suspect during the off season, so what did the organization do to address this glaring problem? Answer..nothing. The Angels did just what they've been doing..they stood pat with a crappy bullpen that is burying us with many late inning blown games so far!
Richards went down a couple of times, who did the front office go out and get to take his place?
Ohtani went down what has the front office done to address this? Answer, the same thing they've been doing for several years when players go down..nothing! 
Etc Etc Etc.
Chone Figgins left..who replaced him at third base? Answer..several years have passed and we're still waiting for a third baseman.
Howie Kendrick was traded for Heaney who did we get to play second base? Answer no one! We've tried to replace injured players or players that left with minor leaguers that were a part of one of the worst systems in the league at the time that were of little or no help at all.
During the off season the starting rotation had many question marks because of so many players returning from TJ surgery..what help did we get? Answer none the Angels stood pat with an injury plagued starting rotation.
And on and on it goes.
OK, you're right we did sign Upton.
 
 

Strad, when our pitchers started dropping like flies a couple of years ago we got virtually nothing in the way of replacements or help.
Shoemaker went down twice..who did we get?
Heaney went down..who did we get?
Trop went down..who did we get?
Skaggs went down..who did we get?
Street went down and was replaced by Bedrock and then he went down and was replaced by Bud Norris a blowout patch that actually pitched ok for a short time and when he became ineffective there was nothing!
Even the most casual fan knew that our bullpen was suspect during the off season, so what did the organization do to address this glaring problem? Answer..nothing. The Angels did just what they've been doing..they stood pat with a crappy bullpen that is burying us with many late inning blown games so far!
Richards went down a couple of times, who did the front office go out and get to take his place?
Ohtani went down what has the front office done to address this? Answer, the same thing they've been doing for several years when players go down..nothing! 
Etc Etc Etc.
Chone Figgins left..who replaced him at third base? Answer..several years have passed and we're still waiting for a third baseman.
Howie Kendrick was traded for Heaney who did we get to play second base? Answer no one! We've tried to replace injured players or players that left with minor leaguers that were a part of one of the worst systems in the league at the time that were of little or no help at all.
During the off season the starting rotation had many question marks because of so many players returning from TJ surgery..what help did we get? Answer none the Angels stood pat with an injury plagued starting rotation.
And on and on it goes.
OK, you're right we did sign Upton.
 
 

For starters, Soria can’t cost a lot.   Granted, he may be a rental due to the team option of $10 million for 2019.  He has the extensive closing experience.  
Not as much now, but in the upcoming off-season for starters, he can sign Herrera and not lose a 2nd round pick due to mid-season trade.  He can also convert some of those 3rd through 10th round pick college pitchers to relief.
This org has ZERO late innings relievers.   After 2.5 years, that’s on Billy.
Most of all, this org needs to STAT reverse the 10 years of mostly bad late innings bullpen work.
Important thing is, they have now built org depth.   Except for true rentals, they need to start using a little of it and not be like stand pat Stoneman while also not being like deplete the farm Dip*ssy.

I'm not.
It's been the Angels MO for several years..there's no help coming guys.

Someone has to do it.

@Angel Oracle Babe Dalhgren

Thank you AnaheimBob.

@Blarg you gotta remember that a bunch of AW posters were either crapping their diapers or Dodger fans prior to 2002. They have zero knowledge of the history of this franchise.

Maybe there’s a reason his staff has been raided in manager searches over the years

The game went quickly and Heaney gave the Sad Sacks almost no reason to endlessly whine.

Miserable people projecting their own misery onto Trout

For those that missed the postgame interview with Luis Valbuena, allow me to summarize . . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Light up the Halo!

The team from Mexico gets more attention here than team USA!
The whole soccer thing is a mystery to me. I get that it's popular in other places but geez..

I think it's pretty obvious why baseball attendance is on the decline. Just go look at what the kids play today, they don't play baseball anymore like they used to, they play soccer. When I was a kid (I know a long time ago) no one played soccer and all of the fields were busy after school with Little League practice. It's literally hard to find youth baseball anymore. This has been happening for many years now with baseball is losing it's youth fan base little by little. Then factor in what it cost to actually go to games now and it's no wonder why attendance is suffering.
People can talk about the mound, lack of offense, stats, etc. baseball is losing it's fan base because there are just other things people like to do. They'd rather sit at home and play computer games or bury their face in their smart phone waiting with baited breath for the next text message!

I have a friend that has had season seats at Anaheim for a couple of decades and the last five years he's had to sell off close to half of them because he can't afford the seats anymore. And as you said some of those games are a tough sell. When you add in $10.00 or $8.00 or whatever for a f'n Coke it gets to where I feel that I'm being ripped-off. I had access to the Diamond club at one time and it was $50.00 a plate!!!!!!!! Who are they trying to kid? $50.00 for some potato salad and piece of chicken? Take your wife and two kids to that a couple of times a week. lol No more.