Justin

Stepping on the toes of Rendon would result in... ah, never mind. Too easy. 

If you're not listening to the Curt Schilling Baseball Podcast, you should give it a chance.  Curt says that if it's up to the manager to fix this crap, then it's a lost cause.  Teams with good clubhouse leadership take care of this themselves.  Multi-millionaire players are rarely motivated by the manager, but they ARE motivated by other established players.  IMO, we haven't had this type of leadership since Torii Hunter.
The Angels are an especially difficult group for someone to become that leader, because that would involve stepping on the toes of Trout, Rendon, and Ohtani.  It's unfortunate that our 3 biggest stars just don't have the tools to command a clubhouse (Ohtani's problem is the language barrier, he certainly commanded Team Japan.)

Firing Perry would be so brain dead I can't even stand the thought of it.

Remember in 2020 when they played without fans in the stands? Sure, it was still baseball, but it just wasn't the same. 
That's what AW is like without @Lou. I will still read it and still enjoy many of your comments, but I will always feel like something major is missing. 

Thank you for posting this. My condolences for your loss.
It freaking sucks what your family is going through right now but I promise you one thing: As time goes by, the dominant emotion will shift from sadness to My God we were lucky to have that man in our life. 
I would argue that Lou was not "an AngelsWin.com legend," but rather THE AngelsWin.com legend. 

I also want to add here that it makes me smile to know Lou saw what we were saying, and that his family was able to, as well.
Just wish Lou would have called us all dumbass one last time.

This isn’t really accurate. 
 
They were 2 different categories. One guy was just an All Star who had a 2.50 ERA and the other was a converted reliever who had just pitched half a season around an injury. 
 
The Angels signed Anderson and then they still tried to sign Lorenzen. I tried to press Lorenzen to see whose decision it was not to sign with the Angels and he stuck to “mutual.”
I believe it’s possible the Angels just didn’t pursue him as hard as the Tigers did. I also believe it’s possible that he decided it was better for his career to pitch for the Tigers (pitch in a great pitchers park in a bad division to set yourself up for a bigger payday in a year)

Thank you for posting this. My condolences for your loss.
It freaking sucks what your family is going through right now but I promise you one thing: As time goes by, the dominant emotion will shift from sadness to My God we were lucky to have that man in our life. 
I would argue that Lou was not "an AngelsWin.com legend," but rather THE AngelsWin.com legend. 

Thank you for posting this. My condolences for your loss.
It freaking sucks what your family is going through right now but I promise you one thing: As time goes by, the dominant emotion will shift from sadness to My God we were lucky to have that man in our life. 
I would argue that Lou was not "an AngelsWin.com legend," but rather THE AngelsWin.com legend. 

Thank you for posting this. My condolences for your loss.
It freaking sucks what your family is going through right now but I promise you one thing: As time goes by, the dominant emotion will shift from sadness to My God we were lucky to have that man in our life. 
I would argue that Lou was not "an AngelsWin.com legend," but rather THE AngelsWin.com legend. 

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!
(I wanted to post this as a separate topic but I'm new to this and I stink at it. I'm sure Lou is calling me a "dumbass" right now 🤷🏻‍♂️) 
Update: I think I figured it out but I'll leave this here just in case. 

Remember in 2020 when they played without fans in the stands? Sure, it was still baseball, but it just wasn't the same. 
That's what AW is like without @Lou. I will still read it and still enjoy many of your comments, but I will always feel like something major is missing. 

Howie Kendrick. 
9 seasons. 28.5 bWAR. 28.9 million dollars total salary. 
And some people complained because he never hit .350 in Anaheim like he did in the minors. 

Remember in 2020 when they played without fans in the stands? Sure, it was still baseball, but it just wasn't the same. 
That's what AW is like without @Lou. I will still read it and still enjoy many of your comments, but I will always feel like something major is missing. 

Remember in 2020 when they played without fans in the stands? Sure, it was still baseball, but it just wasn't the same. 
That's what AW is like without @Lou. I will still read it and still enjoy many of your comments, but I will always feel like something major is missing. 

Remember in 2020 when they played without fans in the stands? Sure, it was still baseball, but it just wasn't the same. 
That's what AW is like without @Lou. I will still read it and still enjoy many of your comments, but I will always feel like something major is missing. 

Remember in 2020 when they played without fans in the stands? Sure, it was still baseball, but it just wasn't the same. 
That's what AW is like without @Lou. I will still read it and still enjoy many of your comments, but I will always feel like something major is missing. 

Remember in 2020 when they played without fans in the stands? Sure, it was still baseball, but it just wasn't the same. 
That's what AW is like without @Lou. I will still read it and still enjoy many of your comments, but I will always feel like something major is missing. 

Remember in 2020 when they played without fans in the stands? Sure, it was still baseball, but it just wasn't the same. 
That's what AW is like without @Lou. I will still read it and still enjoy many of your comments, but I will always feel like something major is missing. 

Remember in 2020 when they played without fans in the stands? Sure, it was still baseball, but it just wasn't the same. 
That's what AW is like without @Lou. I will still read it and still enjoy many of your comments, but I will always feel like something major is missing. 

Goodbye Lou.  I’m gonna miss you, brother.

Howie Kendrick. 
9 seasons. 28.5 bWAR. 28.9 million dollars total salary. 
And some people complained because he never hit .350 in Anaheim like he did in the minors. 

Howie Kendrick. 
9 seasons. 28.5 bWAR. 28.9 million dollars total salary. 
And some people complained because he never hit .350 in Anaheim like he did in the minors. 

Remember in 2020 when they played without fans in the stands? Sure, it was still baseball, but it just wasn't the same. 
That's what AW is like without @Lou. I will still read it and still enjoy many of your comments, but I will always feel like something major is missing.