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1960 Dodgers vs Pirates at the Coliseum. Pirates win 4-2. Dodgers scored both runs on a Wally Moon moonshot over the lf screen. Pirates had 2 2-run hr's by Bob Skinner & Bill Mazeroski.

6 hours ago, Second Base said:

The thing about the 80’s and 90’s was that there wasn’t an expectation of winning and so the losing wasn’t as big of a disappointment. 
 

The last 15 years have been singularly the worst because they spent enough to win, there was an expectation of winning and they simultaneously had two of the greatest players ever in the lineup and they still lost. Every time it has been a disappointment and now we’re left with a fan base that expects the worst.

Two tragic unexpected deaths. Uniforms 20 years outdated? Stick with it. Need a new stadium? Nope. Relocate? No. Need to rebuild the farm? Never. 

The 80'sup to 86, there was an expectation to win. In 82 they were up 2-0 against the Brewers in the playoffs and lost. In 86 i felt they were the best team in baseball, but the Donnie Moore pitch to Dave Henderson ended that. There were times that they had a former all star at most every position except pitcher.

I hope they stay away from trading with teams that have farm systems similar to ours, Cough, cough Yankees, cough. And guys like Anderson, Canning, Sandoval have another year of control, that should bring back much more than someone like Drury who is on an expiring contract. I would probably trade only one of those 3 starters at the deadline unless the return was so go that Tdawg would need some bunk time.

 The only guys that would be untouchable to me this season would be Dana, Rada, Kent, and Flores [IE].

Hey Arte! Welcome to LAST PLACE!

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Well guess what sir

A guy can dream, can't he.

3 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

It's May 6th and we're already looking forward to the trade deadline. Crazy.

Focus should be on both the draft and the trade deadline. Both will be a large determining factor as to how soon the talent pool of the team improves. Botching one or both will make things even worse long term.

As a fan who has followed this team since its inception in 61, i have never seen fan's looking at this team with such negativity. In the 60's,the teams were understandably poor. But those teams could at least pitch and play good defense. They just couldn't hit. Today, this team looks like  a really bad expansion team. They can't hit, pitch, or play defense. The negativity today incorporates every aspect of the organization. Jeff Fletcher's multi piece article he did about a year ago was a really good illustration of the slow detering of the Angels as a whole. Currently, i don't see the negativity dissipating in the near future. The only way i see this organization climbing out of this whole is for the team to be sold. There will not be any optimism until Arte bails. If and when that happens, that is when a shift from the negativity to optimism can start.

When is the surgery. The sooner he gets the surgery, the sooner he get back to playing. I hope it doesn't  take a month to get it done.

Now, maybe they will move him out of cf.

Arte was probably waiting on Sano to get knee surgery, so he could get a 2 for 1 price deal.

Mlb may have to implement a mercy rule for Angels games.

I have no interest in paying good money to watch a team that couldn't win in a beer league game. I was in Huntington Beach a month or so ago for a funeral. It took me 2 hours just to get to Riverside, and 3 hours total to get home. If they were actually competitive, I would have no problem dealing with traffic to watch a game. Until they are competitive, I am staying home.

If Tucker can catch a ball and make  good throws, it will be an upgrade.

Totally irrelevant. Dombrowski was  never going to come here. He wanted full authority.  Something Arte would never provide.

17 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Not to nitpick but it’ll be his 4th draft. 2021 was his first as GM

Yeah, you are right. I knew he was hired in 2020, but it was right after the season ended. My bad, but still no improvement.

On 4/26/2024 at 4:23 PM, Taylor said:

I agree that it's hard to accurately judge a GM until 5 to 6 years after his first draft. 

I remember so many Angel fans hating Bill Stoneman, but now he's remembered as arguably the best GM they've ever had.

This july will be his 5th draft. Currently, all but AA are in last place in their divisions. AA is in next to last place. And the Angels are about to drop to last place. Aside from a half dozen guys in the minors, there isn't much talent. Wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't make it till the end of the season.

14 minutes ago, ScottM said:

Fontenelle having a really great year in Rocket City. Maybe the long look at the big league club in Spring did him well. 

Striking out a bunch.

Is this going to be one of those games where the Angels strike out 18 times?

11 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

You want to burn the franchise to the ground. Got it. 

Arte is already doing a pretty good job on that part.

Suarez is worse than Shitchek

merry go round.

This team is so bad, they are starting to attract flies.

This is a big part of why this team sucks. 3rd strike looking, way too many times. No baseball IQ.

I have direct tv, and the game is on channel 692-1