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I love how he projects what a good owner should do, but totally fails to see that someone good at his job would get the interview, or at the very least wouldn’t be deliberately avoided.

I think Blum is actually a pretty good reporter, and I appreciate how critical he's been in Arte and the org overall. He has dogged them on things that they deservedly need to answer to. He has a good pulse on the fans, both casual and diehard, and he's written some great pieces on players and experiences that usually fall by the wayside.

But I also think there's a little Icarus flying too close to the sun aspect here. He's become a little too focused in trying to land some interview to ask the tough questions that I feel it's blinding him a little bit more than he realizes. It's turning into a perpetuating cycle, especially with Rendon and Arte. 

LOL...
Then....
"Unknown Reasons"
Dude is bitching (in the tweet thread), about how a good owner will talk to the fans, the community, and people he employs, while ignoring that someone else DID get the interview.
But yeah, totally self aware.
 

I have very often defended Moreno against lots of knee-jerk criticisms.  I don’t think he has been a terrible owner forever.  To me, he was doing fine for some time historically.
But his time has passed and he is no longer somebody I want to continue owning the team.  I am very disappointed that he is now saying he is here for the foreseeable future.
I am most puzzled by his current inability to craft and deliver a message/vision for the team that fans paying attention can digest and accept.
If he must stay as owner, I would at least hope he would be self-aware enough to know that he needs to display something to be significantly different going forward.
Instead we basically get “I’m still here and not going anywhere for more of the same.”
Fuck.

I pretty much only go now when we just want to have something to do together as a family.  Gone are the days when I would go to the game because I specifically want to see the Angels play in person.
Ohtani was an energizing factor though, as my kids would be more interested in going if Ohtani was pitching. . .
I doubt I am my going to increase my kids interest in going to the game by telling them that Tyler Anderson is pitching tonight.  Maybe I should try, “Hey you guys wanna go see the team that Moreno is saving an additional $40m in payroll on this year?”
That will probably fire them up.

I have very often defended Moreno against lots of knee-jerk criticisms.  I don’t think he has been a terrible owner forever.  To me, he was doing fine for some time historically.
But his time has passed and he is no longer somebody I want to continue owning the team.  I am very disappointed that he is now saying he is here for the foreseeable future.
I am most puzzled by his current inability to craft and deliver a message/vision for the team that fans paying attention can digest and accept.
If he must stay as owner, I would at least hope he would be self-aware enough to know that he needs to display something to be significantly different going forward.
Instead we basically get “I’m still here and not going anywhere for more of the same.”
Fuck.

I have very often defended Moreno against lots of knee-jerk criticisms.  I don’t think he has been a terrible owner forever.  To me, he was doing fine for some time historically.
But his time has passed and he is no longer somebody I want to continue owning the team.  I am very disappointed that he is now saying he is here for the foreseeable future.
I am most puzzled by his current inability to craft and deliver a message/vision for the team that fans paying attention can digest and accept.
If he must stay as owner, I would at least hope he would be self-aware enough to know that he needs to display something to be significantly different going forward.
Instead we basically get “I’m still here and not going anywhere for more of the same.”
Fuck.

What decade was baseball best for you as a fan?  I am not asking when it was best as an Angel fan.  I am asking when you thought baseball itself was the most fun to follow.
My answer is the 1980s.  When I watch clips of baseball from the 80’s it brings me back to what I now consider the height of my love of following the game.
I am aware that this could be age related.  I was in my late teens and early twenties at that time.  I was old enough to know enough about the game and players to really enjoy the game analytically, and still young enough to be a little naively enamored with it emotionally.
The algorithm on Instagram has somehow figured this out and is feeding me lots of clips from that era.   It has made me realize that there was something different about my relationship with mlb overall during that time, and I wondered if others feel the same way about that time. . . Or if THEIR best decade with the game maybe corresponds with THEIR age?

I agree with you technically.  I don’t think anybody can certainly conclude that he has no plan.  But he is being somewhat foolish if he fails to see how important it is for him to provide to the fans some sense that he is competent and capable of leading the organization.
He doesn’t seem to be doing anything to breed optimism that HE is the right owner going forward.
 

I pretty much only go now when we just want to have something to do together as a family.  Gone are the days when I would go to the game because I specifically want to see the Angels play in person.
Ohtani was an energizing factor though, as my kids would be more interested in going if Ohtani was pitching. . .
I doubt I am my going to increase my kids interest in going to the game by telling them that Tyler Anderson is pitching tonight.  Maybe I should try, “Hey you guys wanna go see the team that Moreno is saving an additional $40m in payroll on this year?”
That will probably fire them up.

The alarming part is I don’t trust him to know what would and what would not “substantially change the team.”
So if he is going to now be more of a miser, it seems like we should just expect to be terrible, but at a lower budget.  I am jacked to buy some tickets now!

The alarming part is I don’t trust him to know what would and what would not “substantially change the team.”
So if he is going to now be more of a miser, it seems like we should just expect to be terrible, but at a lower budget.  I am jacked to buy some tickets now!

With some of the details coming out, I feel like I have been kicked in the nuts but like if I had four nuts.

The alarming part is I don’t trust him to know what would and what would not “substantially change the team.”
So if he is going to now be more of a miser, it seems like we should just expect to be terrible, but at a lower budget.  I am jacked to buy some tickets now!

The alarming part is I don’t trust him to know what would and what would not “substantially change the team.”
So if he is going to now be more of a miser, it seems like we should just expect to be terrible, but at a lower budget.  I am jacked to buy some tickets now!

“Unknown reasons” by Sam Blum has the potential to be a permanent running joke.
 

“Unknown reasons” by Sam Blum has the potential to be a permanent running joke.
 

With some of the details coming out, I feel like I have been kicked in the nuts but like if I had four nuts.

Kate Beckinsale is not returning my phone calls for "unknown reasons".

“Unknown reasons” by Sam Blum has the potential to be a permanent running joke.
 

I hope the interview includes an update on the stadium situation.

Not putting up with him aggressively negotiating the best deals possible for his clients?
OK.

Not putting up with him aggressively negotiating the best deals possible for his clients?
OK.

Jeez dude.  Look it up.  You are arguing against a position I never took. Nobody defends wife beating.  I said I like how he treats the nasty agenda based media.

1980s for me as well. My first real Angel's memories are losing to the Brewers being up 2-0 in the 3 game series. I think I was 10... Being 1 strike away a few years later... Frustrating, but I loved it. Watching the games on KCal 9 (I think), beating my dad to the paper or at least the sports page and going straight to the box scores... Real life got in the way for me and I missed a lot of the Angels seasons where they were actually good - most of the post WS series run I only really saw a few playoff games on TV. Now life has slowed down and I can watch a lot of the games, try to go to a road game every year and we suck again, but I still love it.