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I love all these people complaining about a product they say they hate (while reading for free), that is now charging. "There's an old joke: uh, two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know, and such small portions." Woody Allen, Annie Hall

I'm just telling you what I read: Here it is: In 2012, newspapers lost $16 in print ads for every $1 earned in digital ads. And it's getting worse, according to a new report by Pew. In 2011, the ratio was just 10-to-1. The digital ad revolution, always "just around the corner", remains tantalizingly out of reach for most newspapers, which explains why some stalwarts like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have moved to subscription models for their websites to bolster digital ad growth. Just today, the Washington Post announced a paywall. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/this-is-the-scariest-statistic-about-the-newspaper-business-today/274125/ I'll stand by my statement. Newspapers don't make shiat from online ads.

None of them make shiat from advertising on the web.

Agree. I like this message board, but there is no way I am listening to hour after hour of Angels talk. You talk about a niche broadcasting audience.

BTW, I applaud these newspapers for doing this. We can discuss whether we like (fill in the blank OC Register writer), but it is asinine to put sweat into a product and give it away for free.

My kid plays water polo and swims. The OC register prep coverage of those very niche sports is unique and exceptional. I'll pay. I can't get that coverage anywhere else. There is nothing in their Angels coverage or any other pro sports that I'd pay for.

I put AM 830 back on the presets this morning, and at 7:00am the station actually had someone who sounded professional at the mic - Travis Rodgers. Good move.

Dude is 21 years old, and played baseball all his life. Not everyone can be a chicken wing foodie like some of the fine denizens of Angelswin.com !!

Not unless he's becoming a gardener.

The Angels led the league in sacrifice bunts with 49 in 2002. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2002.shtml

Are the guys getting a huge round of high fives and congrats in the dugout after their bunt outs?

Man I hate bunting. I am so ready for a new manager.

That was embarrassing.

Zubaz and sleeves.

haha, I never noticed that guy. The director and camerman deserve kudos as well. The camerman was sharper than hell. Deserves an Emmy for Best Coverage of a Dumbass Play.

The explanation is that they stink.

Good point, Lou. I guess I consider the Masters meet like a prelim in the olympics, where the top "x" amount of qualifiers move on. The goal in team sports is to win a CIF title, not lose in the semis, then get 'picked' to go to state tournament. Can you then tell me what I-AAA or II-AA divisions mean in basketball? Or D1 vs. Open? Because in wrestling or track, when you win the state title, you are the state champ. What is the D1 vs Open state champ?

The state wrestling meet sells out the 10,000 seat arena in Bakersfield every year, and I know the state Track and Field did the same in Cerritos (not sure where it is now - Clovis?) The state volleyball playoffs use the same fakakta set up as basketball and I doubt they draw much. Losing in the semis of the CIF, then making the state tourney is stoopid.

They are endless. They use confusing I-AA and I-AAA brackets that they do not use in any other sports I know of. Heck, teams from the same league can play in different 'divisions'. Some of the first round matchups are ridiculously one-sided. And they go on forever. A team can lose in the CIF semi finals, and then re-appear in the state playoffs. That makes no sense, and contributes to this ginormous blob of games that never ends. I turned on the TV friday night, watching Etiwanda beat Mater Dei. Awesome, MD is dead for the year, nobody likes them and their celebrity dads. Only come to find out, they are still playing in the state playoffs. The basketball CIF playoffs need some serious trimming. Best CIF state playoffs: Wrestling and Track and Field. No divisions, just Sections, Masters and State.

Rory is the new David Duval.

FYI, I dvr The Lights on NBC sports network and watch it when I wake up. Just sports highlights and no stoopid debates or Kobe-LeBron-Tiger marathon coverage.

I gave up on it years ago. Faux arguments Blathering 'experts' Their only way to give any sporting acheivement context is to compare to either a) Michael Jordan; Buster Douglas beating Tyson; or C) US Olympic hockey team from 1980. Who's Now Hammer a subject to death, like Kobe, Favre, Tebow, TO I read that now their latest "thing" is to play up social media/youtube videos and viral crap. They spent an hour discussing the Harlem Shake I abandoned SC years ago, and most of my friends have done the same. Yet I read nothing about dropping ratings. So who is watchong it? And why are you?

Why would you ask a question, when you were aware of the answer?