Mark68

I don't think it really matters who the GM is. There will always be constraints as long as Arte is in charge. Always. 
No experienced GMs with a lengthy track record will want to touch the Angels with a 10-foot pole, as they will not have the control that they will want/need to make player personnel decisions.
We have an owner who is stingy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he'll bring in shiny objects that he thinks will put butts in seats, but will he REALLY sign off on something that the team sorely needs, and has needed, for at least the past decade? No, he won't, because that only puts butts in seats every 5th day. For a supposedly successful businessman, he can't really see the forest for the trees--getting the players that are needed to make the team successful--even if they start once every five days--will sell more tickets overall, as the team becomes more exciting, generates more buzz, which sells more tickets, concessions, and merch, which generates more revenue--not to mention how much more revenue is generated by teams that actually make the postseason.
Instead, he's OK with with the level of money he's making now, OK, with having yes men providing a rubber stamp on every decision while they're in their box watching anything other than the on-the-field product because it's more entertaining than the horseshit product he sells (granted, playoff hockey IS exciting--but Carpino should be excited about watching the team he has a hand in running), and a state media that echoes that everything that he believes and does is the absolute gospel--or else!
The problem is, always has been, and always will be Arturo Moreno. Nothing will change as long as Arte has control.
The nameplate on the door of the GM's office doesn't matter. 

When they find a new owner...
 
Sometime before I die, hopefully.

This start should raise Sandoval's trade value.

Fuentes?

Does anybody on here REALLY think it actually matters who the GM is? We've had, what, 4-5 GMs in the last decade or so? And this team has continued its downward spiral. 
 
What is the common denominator?
 

Does anybody on here REALLY think it actually matters who the GM is? We've had, what, 4-5 GMs in the last decade or so? And this team has continued its downward spiral. 
 
What is the common denominator?
 

I guess we should be prepared to lose a shit-ton more games, then...
 
I honestly don't know where this improvement is supposed to come from.

I guess we should be prepared to lose a shit-ton more games, then...
 
I honestly don't know where this improvement is supposed to come from.

Round is a shape.

Round is a shape.

He said "pencil in", not write in ink.

He said "pencil in", not write in ink.

He said "pencil in", not write in ink.

Sano brought his glove...and arm.

Apparently, they used their quota in the first four innings last night.

Sano brought his glove...and arm.

Sano brought his glove...and arm.

I think that was one case where the head-first slide was warranted. I get that it's also dangerous, especially at home plate. 

OK, Hunter, don't F this up.

WTF? Why was Goins ejected? "Make him stop"? JFC, these umps have thin skins.

Soooo...who got 9th?

They need to be roomies on the road.