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I remember that.  He wanted to get Bobby Bonilla and Danny Tartabull, but they signed elsewhere so he ended up signing Brooks and trading for Hayes.

Arte's poor feelings got hurt.

Lol.
"A staple of that montage has been the inclusion of Angels owner Arte Moreno. A video of Moreno holding his own jersey up at a press conference has long been mixed into other highlights that include no-hitters, playoff wins, celebrations of the franchise’s all-time greats and even just nostalgic images of fans twirling stuffed monkeys in the air.
On Friday, loud cheers erupted whenever Trout came up — his Rookie of the Year, his cycle and his three MVPs, all noted. Voracious boos accompanied Shohei Ohtani’s inclusion, his Rookie of the Year, cycle and MVPs all met with disdain, surprisingly loud, even in light of Ohtani’s departure to sign a $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Then, there was Moreno, the man who is perhaps most logically to blame for Ohtani’s departure. His appearance was and always has been brief — no longer than a few seconds. If this were a Tuesday night in mid-May, it would have come and gone, not internalized long enough to even be noticed and forgotten.
But on Friday night, the home opener, the fans let him hear it. The crowd’s anger was unambiguous. And he was in attendance to witness it, likely from his second-floor suite.
The next night, in front of a much more subdued Saturday evening audience, Moreno’s place in the montage had been nixed. The same held true on Sunday. The rest of the montage appears largely untouched." 

My biggest issue with Hicks is that he went to Wilson High School.
Their school colors and cardinal and gold.  Same color scheme as USC...
Yet...
Their mascot is the Bruins.  Same as UCLA.
WTF?
That alone should get him benched or DFA'd.

Hello, this is my first new topic since signing up.
I was thinking about when Taylor Ward faceplanted into the wall.  Obviously everybody knows that he wasn't the same after that.
But then I started thinking about how he got hit in the face with the ball last year and whether he'd ever be the same again, being traumatized twice in 2 years like that.  Strangely, it would almost appear like getting hit in the face has reverse-concussed him, if that's even a thing!  Like it somehow knocked him back into his old self.

Btw, fun random fact:  Taylor Ward's wife's name......is Taylor.

Great first post, @UBstrange!! Welcome to AngelsWin.com. 
To respond to your post, I'll take it.
Maybe the players literally RAN THROUGH A WALL for Ron Washington after his closed door meeting and it knocked some good sense and on the field success into them.

I never once doubted Garcia.

I like that he carried his great spring over into his first start of the season. 
His changeup looked a lot like it did in 2022 with the Dodgers. He's throwing strikes too. 
The Barry Enright factor?
Let's just hope he can get into Patrick Sandoval's thick skull. Hoping for a good start tomorrow. 

He hit the ball really hard tonight so maybe it's a sign of good things to come. 

I don’t care if the Marlins aren’t a good team.  The Angels showed some heart and clawed their way back after a dreadful first inning.  They could have absolutely derailed, but they didn’t.
It wasn’t perfect by any stretch, but I’ll take it.

Can we call Houston the Lastros again?  At least for now?  It’s been a while..

Can we call Houston the Lastros again?  At least for now?  It’s been a while..

Can we call Houston the Lastros again?  At least for now?  It’s been a while..

Can we call Houston the Lastros again?  At least for now?  It’s been a while..

If his legs aren't shot, he's not done.  If they are, they should consider eating the contract.

New graphic! 
 

Nice pitching today, against a damn good offense. 
Have a closed-door meeting after every loss, please. 

Frankly, with how bad the team looked in the first two games, Detmers + Soriano + Estevez pitched tremendously well for a victory. Let's win the series against Miami por favor.

Good inning from Estevez

He looked good today. Had a couple of minor hiccups, but man, that kid has good stuff and a live arm for sure.

Not only is 1 game nothing close to a big enough sample size to use to say someone is showing signs of a turn around, but implying Walsh’s poor 2023 has anything to do with a “culture issue” is really dumb, we all know he was dealing with thoracic outlet syndrome 

Good for JW!

3 runs on 2 hits is actually good production. Unfortunately giving up 11 on 10 hits kind of negated that. 

as soon as I saw that quote from Trout, that's what I immediately thought of

Mike "Scioscia" Trout.