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Stay healthy
Hit well for the entire season
Pitch better
Play defense better
 
Anything else?

He gone
When angels management talks about a player's injury, they are always wrong.
If Maddon says water is wet, I'm not sure I'd believe him. 
 

The team sucks.

The team sucks.

If the new owner hires competent management, and manages to keep his/her nose out of personnel decisions, the new owner would have a tremendous advantage over Arte.

This is a frigging mess.
The most (seemingly) obvious solution is to throw money at big name FAs.  
Our track record doing this has been less than stellar.

This is a frigging mess.
The most (seemingly) obvious solution is to throw money at big name FAs.  
Our track record doing this has been less than stellar.

The problem is that the angels need more than a free agent splash.  Which, they absolutely do need in the short term.  They have to get a couple of good pitchers in free agency.  That’s been true for like 3 years.  They’ve failed miserably in that area.  Fucking pathetic.  They literally can’t even throw money at guys that aren’t useless.  But more than that the organization fucking sucks - they’re bad at building a winner.  The whole organizational infrastructure needs to be changed.  The problem there is Arte.  What I’m saying is that the vibes are fucked. 

From a fan's point of view (mine), it just seem like the Angels are a disorganized mess.  Before the season we were fed lines about defense and the importance of a good catcher, and playing 1985 style baseball, but not much about the season reflected any of that.  Then came the injuries (lots of them and to key players) and what appeared to be miss-information about how long players would be out, etc. 
Along the way, we learned the scouting department was reduced dramatically and then we had issues come to light in the media with how the minor leaguers were supposedly being treated.  The Skaggs stuff resurfaced.  Calloway happened.  Renigfo's issues made the news.  The trade deadline came and went and players many thought would be traded for prospects - didn't get traded for one reason or another.  The inactivity was alarming to some.
From a fan's point of view - there's nothing happening that gives us much confidence that things will get better.  When one of the season's bright spots was releasing Albert Pujols, you know it's not a great season.
In the back drop is this belief/notion that Arte meddles with the front office.  There's the poor track record of acquiring top of the rotation pitching via free agency and the lack of developing that from within (although that seems to be a bit better now).
We watched the defense implode.  We watched the pitching suffer.  We saw more new names in the lineup than we can ever remember. At times it felt like the Angels were having open try-outs for guys who were playing in some beer league.
You know your team sucks when Jack Mayfield makes the most headlines of late...
Just for fun, we saw Darron Sutton dismissed and a guy with zero previous play by play experience fill in for a mid-season acquisition - who spends his weekends announcing football games (I can't even remember his name).
We spent game after game, wondering what in the heck Joe Maddon is doing.  Granted, we do that with every manager - but this season it seemed like that was happening more than ever before.
I'm probably leaving some stuff out - but it's enough to make us all wonder... "What's next?"
I'm still a fan, but my interest in the team was less than I can ever remember.  It seems like uncertainty surrounds the future.  That's not fun.

The Angels medical staff sees the Angels players and they get timelines wrong practically every time.

The Angels medical staff sees the Angels players and they get timelines wrong practically every time.

The Angels medical staff sees the Angels players and they get timelines wrong practically every time.

haha, I hadn't even noticed.  THE WHOLE CITY IS UPSIDE DOWN.
Clemente played most of his career at Forbes Field.

haha, I hadn't even noticed.  THE WHOLE CITY IS UPSIDE DOWN.
Clemente played most of his career at Forbes Field.

and me. 

Sigh....
I will say this.  The Roberto Clemente days/events/celebrations are a tenth of Jackie Robinson's...
Otherwise, I got nothing. 
It will never stop.
 
I swear, Kobe Bryant has like three days a year in LA.

lolz
 
We'd have a lot less stupid patches if everyone followed my lead, I tell ya.

lolz
 
We'd have a lot less stupid patches if everyone followed my lead, I tell ya.

I donated to whatever cause Chuck listed here.
But in reality, its the yacht-owner's responsibility to invest in his product.  

I donated to whatever cause Chuck listed here.
But in reality, its the yacht-owner's responsibility to invest in his product.  

that was knocked out of the park

Yeah, but he looked sideways at one of our posters.  Does this U9 team do any vetting at all?
 

Yeah, but he looked sideways at one of our posters.  Does this U9 team do any vetting at all?
 

Detroit???