Spirit_of_02

I don't think Vegas is on the table. Moving them there would cut the value of the franchise significantly simply based on market potential/population compared to LA/OC. Who knows though, maybe Arte doesn't care so much about the value of the franchise now that he's decided to keep it?

I agree. The current stadium location is the ideal spot from a business standpoint and for the vast majority of the fan base. It's just hard to see Arte successfully negotiating a new stadium deal after the events of the last 3 years. Long Beach or Carson has to be on the table and LA county is the place he could take the team that wouldn't significantly decrease the value of the team. It'll be an interesting season on the field and off it.

My fear with any new ownership group was that they would come in and move the team into LA County, as difficult as that would be to do. But I at least thought new ownership would be able hit 'reset' with the City of Anaheim. Arte's relationship with the city seems terrible and I'm almost more worried about the Angels staying in Anaheim/OC long-term with him at the helm.

If you can share, does this mean that the interested parties are still trading competitive bids or are those parties starting to pull back/out?

Honorable mention for Shea Hillenbrand.

Agreed. What he said wasn't wrong but probably should've remained unsaid. Doesn't excuse the Angel's mismanagement just comes across as a back-handed shot at Ohtani and Trout.

The Angels were rolling at the time but that walk-off 3 run homer in Oakland against Iglesias stands out. That one hurt. They won the next two against Oakland after that to win the series but I think they then went on to get swept by Texas and then the 14 game losing streak happened.

Did Perry also call down to the dugout and tell Maddon to walk a run in with the bases loaded?

But how will those rule changes impact climate change?

A Balmer/Irvine Co. partnership is interesting. If Irvine is involved the likelihood of keeping the team in OC goes way up. Odds are that that any new ownership group with enough cash to buy the Angels will be smart enough to manage the baseball side of things better than Arte has. Keeping the team here is what I care about most now.

True. The challenge that new ownership will have with moving to LA/LA county will be proximity of the fan base. Granted, that didn't stop the Chargers but the Chargers aren't playing 81 home games/year. There would be so much unknown with the Anaheim/stadium land situation that it's impossible to predict. What's not impossible to predict is that the Angel's fan base is highly concentrated in Orange County and the IE. Any new owner would have to tear off the band-aid of leaving that fan base for Los Angeles and begin the process of establishing a sizable new one in Dodger territory.

I'm completely ignorant when it comes to the details of the Samueli family's finances but would they have the interest or financial ability to buy?

This isn't a major league line up. Outside of Ohtani, it's arguably not a AAA lineup.

I will also be out for the rest of the week (temporary blindness).

Make sure to stop by guest relations to get a "my first game" certificate.