Kampy

O'Hoppe may be new but he's already droppin a "LIGHT THAT BABY UP" during interviews... Love this kid! 😍

Ohtani notches a W, Halos start the season winning 2 series on the road... All is well... (except our bullpen)

It's been a pleasure chattin' w/ y'all in this live game thread for the first time... a much more pleasant experience than the Reddit threads. I'll be back

O'Hoppe may be new but he's already droppin a "LIGHT THAT BABY UP" during interviews... Love this kid! 😍

Ohtani notches a W, Halos start the season winning 2 series on the road... All is well... (except our bullpen)

It's been a pleasure chattin' w/ y'all in this live game thread for the first time... a much more pleasant experience than the Reddit threads. I'll be back

O'Hoppe may be new but he's already droppin a "LIGHT THAT BABY UP" during interviews... Love this kid! 😍

Ohtani notches a W, Halos start the season winning 2 series on the road... All is well... (except our bullpen)

It's been a pleasure chattin' w/ y'all in this live game thread for the first time... a much more pleasant experience than the Reddit threads. I'll be back

O'Hoppe may be new but he's already droppin a "LIGHT THAT BABY UP" during interviews... Love this kid! 😍

Ohtani notches a W, Halos start the season winning 2 series on the road... All is well... (except our bullpen)

It's been a pleasure chattin' w/ y'all in this live game thread for the first time... a much more pleasant experience than the Reddit threads. I'll be back

O'Hoppe may be new but he's already droppin a "LIGHT THAT BABY UP" during interviews... Love this kid! 😍

Ohtani notches a W, Halos start the season winning 2 series on the road... All is well... (except our bullpen)

It's been a pleasure chattin' w/ y'all in this live game thread for the first time... a much more pleasant experience than the Reddit threads. I'll be back

O'Hoppe may be new but he's already droppin a "LIGHT THAT BABY UP" during interviews... Love this kid! 😍

Ohtani notches a W, Halos start the season winning 2 series on the road... All is well... (except our bullpen)

It's been a pleasure chattin' w/ y'all in this live game thread for the first time... a much more pleasant experience than the Reddit threads. I'll be back

O'Hoppe may be new but he's already droppin a "LIGHT THAT BABY UP" during interviews... Love this kid! 😍

Ohtani notches a W, Halos start the season winning 2 series on the road... All is well... (except our bullpen)

It's been a pleasure chattin' w/ y'all in this live game thread for the first time... a much more pleasant experience than the Reddit threads. I'll be back

4-2 to start the year on the road is always good. 

I know he just flew out -- but i'm really impressed with O'hopee

My first trip to Anaheim Stadium came when I was 6 years old.
It was an afternoon game where the Angels hosted the Texas Rangers. Nolan Ryan was pitching. My dad thought it would be fun since his last name is the same as my first. It was corny, but hey that’s my dad for you.
Little did he know the impact he made taking me to that game. He introduced me to my favorite sport, my favorite baseball team and what would eventually become my career.
See, I knew I was never going to play professional sports, but I wanted to be as close to the game as possible.
Fast forward decades later here I am, angelswin.com’s newest writer with an opportunity to cover Major League Baseball on a daily basis.
My career has taken me all over, first getting my bachelor’s degree in journalism from Sacramento State and stops soon after in Ridgecrest, California, Ellensburg, Washington and Helena, Montana covering all sorts of high school, college, minor and major league sports.
My first opportunity to cover Major League Baseball came in 2018 reporting on the Seattle Mariners. It was brief but I was in heaven. Let me cover a baseball game over a Super Bowl any day. Most would say no, but not me.
Now back in Southern California and running my own high school sports website, socoprepsports.com, I have an opportunity to write about baseball again. Thank you Chuck Richter for this opportunity.
I take this profession very seriously, and my principles are simple and old-fashioned. Good journalism is good business.
I will make it a point to create content that will encompass game coverage, analyses, the hot stove, features and even some opinion.
My fandom will not get in the way and will compose each piece in a professional, accurate manner.
I look forward to interacting with all of you on the message boards and hope my articles will shine brightly under the halo.
Follow me on Twitter at @rskuhn

Time for a GIDP. 

Speedsters on 2nd and 3rd with no outs.... GOTTA get at least one of em home

Is that a debauched debacle? I like it.

Great introduction, @Kampy. Welcome to AngelsWin.com
I noticed you have Rod Carew as your profile picture. We had the chance to interview him a couple years back if you want to check it out. 
 

Kampy here...

Halo fan since the late 1970s when I was a little kid growing up a stone's throw from the Big A. My first year at Olive Little League tee-ball, I swung so hard I missed the ball and was embarrassed, and coach said: "Stop trying to be Reggie Jackson. Try to be Rod Carew." and explained what that meant. This was right after the Twins traded Carew to the Angels, and Rod Carew became my first sports hero (along with Pat Haden) and I still wear #29 Angels jerseys because of him. The best hitter ever. I'm still bitter they didn't bring him back for '86, and think that decision cursed us in the ALCS that year, and the 15+ year playoff drought that followed.

Spent a chunk of my life in the midwest (KC) and even worked a couple summers at Royals Stadium, but stayed a loyal Angel fan. After college, moved back to CA where my first job was working at the Big A as a graphic / signage designer in the merchandising marketing dept, during Disney's renovation of the Big A. (The "Clutch & Scoop" era! lol)

I was there in 2002 when we finally broke the curse and got our chip. My #1 favorite sports moment, and always will be... until Mizzou wins a national championship.

Compared to most Angel fans, I hold a couple very unpopular opinions, so might as well air them out here in my first post:
Despite my born-and-raised-in-OC roots and fondness for the city of Anaheim, "Los Angeles Angels" is the correct / best name for the team.
  Arte Moreno is NOT evil incarnate. Do I think he's a good owner? No. Do I wish he'd sell the team? Yes. But it's hard to deny that his first decade~ish of ownership coincided with the only sustained run of success the franchise has ever had, and almost all our division titles. I think Arte's early success with expensive FAs like Vlad, Bartolo, Torii went to his head and made him think he knew as much as his GMs and led to Pujols, Hamilton, CJW, Upton, etc's franchise-crippling contracts. I suspect that Arte cares and wants to win, but he sucks at it. I wish he and Carpino would just step into the background and let others run the organization... it just feels like that would clear out a lot of the bad mojo that's been festering for the past decade. But Arte and Carpino have been working together for over 40 years, way before he bought the Angels, so Arte will never ever let go of Carpino as long as he's owner. One more thing I want to add... 

I believe the most under-appreciated and unknown aspect of the Angels is their rich history in Los Angeles, and I'm not just talking about the fascinating story of the Autry-O'Malley rivalry that spawned MLB's first expansion franchise. Autry's expansion team adopted the name, logos, colors, and even a few players from the team that ruled L.A. baseball for 60+ years before O'Malley bought them and immediately banished them to Tacoma to make room for his Dodgers... the Los Angeles Angels that started professional sports in Los Angeles way back in 1892, were founding members of the Pacific Coast League in 1902, and were L.A.'s favorite sports team for over half a century, dominating the PCL before affiliating with the Cubs.

It's crazy to me that this part of the Angels' heritage... the 70 years leading up to 1961, is NEVER talked about. Someone should really write a book and/or make a documentary about this early history and the weird circumstances that led to Gene Autry starting the franchise... if anybody reading this has the resources to finance such a project, I've got my pitch ready for presentation!

GO HALOS! 

–Kampy

Kampy here...

Halo fan since the late 1970s when I was a little kid growing up a stone's throw from the Big A. My first year at Olive Little League tee-ball, I swung so hard I missed the ball and was embarrassed, and coach said: "Stop trying to be Reggie Jackson. Try to be Rod Carew." and explained what that meant. This was right after the Twins traded Carew to the Angels, and Rod Carew became my first sports hero (along with Pat Haden) and I still wear #29 Angels jerseys because of him. The best hitter ever. I'm still bitter they didn't bring him back for '86, and think that decision cursed us in the ALCS that year, and the 15+ year playoff drought that followed.

Spent a chunk of my life in the midwest (KC) and even worked a couple summers at Royals Stadium, but stayed a loyal Angel fan. After college, moved back to CA where my first job was working at the Big A as a graphic / signage designer in the merchandising marketing dept, during Disney's renovation of the Big A. (The "Clutch & Scoop" era! lol)

I was there in 2002 when we finally broke the curse and got our chip. My #1 favorite sports moment, and always will be... until Mizzou wins a national championship.

Compared to most Angel fans, I hold a couple very unpopular opinions, so might as well air them out here in my first post:
Despite my born-and-raised-in-OC roots and fondness for the city of Anaheim, "Los Angeles Angels" is the correct / best name for the team.
  Arte Moreno is NOT evil incarnate. Do I think he's a good owner? No. Do I wish he'd sell the team? Yes. But it's hard to deny that his first decade~ish of ownership coincided with the only sustained run of success the franchise has ever had, and almost all our division titles. I think Arte's early success with expensive FAs like Vlad, Bartolo, Torii went to his head and made him think he knew as much as his GMs and led to Pujols, Hamilton, CJW, Upton, etc's franchise-crippling contracts. I suspect that Arte cares and wants to win, but he sucks at it. I wish he and Carpino would just step into the background and let others run the organization... it just feels like that would clear out a lot of the bad mojo that's been festering for the past decade. But Arte and Carpino have been working together for over 40 years, way before he bought the Angels, so Arte will never ever let go of Carpino as long as he's owner. One more thing I want to add... 

I believe the most under-appreciated and unknown aspect of the Angels is their rich history in Los Angeles, and I'm not just talking about the fascinating story of the Autry-O'Malley rivalry that spawned MLB's first expansion franchise. Autry's expansion team adopted the name, logos, colors, and even a few players from the team that ruled L.A. baseball for 60+ years before O'Malley bought them and immediately banished them to Tacoma to make room for his Dodgers... the Los Angeles Angels that started professional sports in Los Angeles way back in 1892, were founding members of the Pacific Coast League in 1902, and were L.A.'s favorite sports team for over half a century, dominating the PCL before affiliating with the Cubs.

It's crazy to me that this part of the Angels' heritage... the 70 years leading up to 1961, is NEVER talked about. Someone should really write a book and/or make a documentary about this early history and the weird circumstances that led to Gene Autry starting the franchise... if anybody reading this has the resources to finance such a project, I've got my pitch ready for presentation!

GO HALOS! 

–Kampy

Kampy here...

Halo fan since the late 1970s when I was a little kid growing up a stone's throw from the Big A. My first year at Olive Little League tee-ball, I swung so hard I missed the ball and was embarrassed, and coach said: "Stop trying to be Reggie Jackson. Try to be Rod Carew." and explained what that meant. This was right after the Twins traded Carew to the Angels, and Rod Carew became my first sports hero (along with Pat Haden) and I still wear #29 Angels jerseys because of him. The best hitter ever. I'm still bitter they didn't bring him back for '86, and think that decision cursed us in the ALCS that year, and the 15+ year playoff drought that followed.

Spent a chunk of my life in the midwest (KC) and even worked a couple summers at Royals Stadium, but stayed a loyal Angel fan. After college, moved back to CA where my first job was working at the Big A as a graphic / signage designer in the merchandising marketing dept, during Disney's renovation of the Big A. (The "Clutch & Scoop" era! lol)

I was there in 2002 when we finally broke the curse and got our chip. My #1 favorite sports moment, and always will be... until Mizzou wins a national championship.

Compared to most Angel fans, I hold a couple very unpopular opinions, so might as well air them out here in my first post:
Despite my born-and-raised-in-OC roots and fondness for the city of Anaheim, "Los Angeles Angels" is the correct / best name for the team.
  Arte Moreno is NOT evil incarnate. Do I think he's a good owner? No. Do I wish he'd sell the team? Yes. But it's hard to deny that his first decade~ish of ownership coincided with the only sustained run of success the franchise has ever had, and almost all our division titles. I think Arte's early success with expensive FAs like Vlad, Bartolo, Torii went to his head and made him think he knew as much as his GMs and led to Pujols, Hamilton, CJW, Upton, etc's franchise-crippling contracts. I suspect that Arte cares and wants to win, but he sucks at it. I wish he and Carpino would just step into the background and let others run the organization... it just feels like that would clear out a lot of the bad mojo that's been festering for the past decade. But Arte and Carpino have been working together for over 40 years, way before he bought the Angels, so Arte will never ever let go of Carpino as long as he's owner. One more thing I want to add... 

I believe the most under-appreciated and unknown aspect of the Angels is their rich history in Los Angeles, and I'm not just talking about the fascinating story of the Autry-O'Malley rivalry that spawned MLB's first expansion franchise. Autry's expansion team adopted the name, logos, colors, and even a few players from the team that ruled L.A. baseball for 60+ years before O'Malley bought them and immediately banished them to Tacoma to make room for his Dodgers... the Los Angeles Angels that started professional sports in Los Angeles way back in 1892, were founding members of the Pacific Coast League in 1902, and were L.A.'s favorite sports team for over half a century, dominating the PCL before affiliating with the Cubs.

It's crazy to me that this part of the Angels' heritage... the 70 years leading up to 1961, is NEVER talked about. Someone should really write a book and/or make a documentary about this early history and the weird circumstances that led to Gene Autry starting the franchise... if anybody reading this has the resources to finance such a project, I've got my pitch ready for presentation!

GO HALOS! 

–Kampy

Welcome aboard @Kampy!  Looking forward to your posts on the board!

Kampy here...

Halo fan since the late 1970s when I was a little kid growing up a stone's throw from the Big A. My first year at Olive Little League tee-ball, I swung so hard I missed the ball and was embarrassed, and coach said: "Stop trying to be Reggie Jackson. Try to be Rod Carew." and explained what that meant. This was right after the Twins traded Carew to the Angels, and Rod Carew became my first sports hero (along with Pat Haden) and I still wear #29 Angels jerseys because of him. The best hitter ever. I'm still bitter they didn't bring him back for '86, and think that decision cursed us in the ALCS that year, and the 15+ year playoff drought that followed.

Spent a chunk of my life in the midwest (KC) and even worked a couple summers at Royals Stadium, but stayed a loyal Angel fan. After college, moved back to CA where my first job was working at the Big A as a graphic / signage designer in the merchandising marketing dept, during Disney's renovation of the Big A. (The "Clutch & Scoop" era! lol)

I was there in 2002 when we finally broke the curse and got our chip. My #1 favorite sports moment, and always will be... until Mizzou wins a national championship.

Compared to most Angel fans, I hold a couple very unpopular opinions, so might as well air them out here in my first post:
Despite my born-and-raised-in-OC roots and fondness for the city of Anaheim, "Los Angeles Angels" is the correct / best name for the team.
  Arte Moreno is NOT evil incarnate. Do I think he's a good owner? No. Do I wish he'd sell the team? Yes. But it's hard to deny that his first decade~ish of ownership coincided with the only sustained run of success the franchise has ever had, and almost all our division titles. I think Arte's early success with expensive FAs like Vlad, Bartolo, Torii went to his head and made him think he knew as much as his GMs and led to Pujols, Hamilton, CJW, Upton, etc's franchise-crippling contracts. I suspect that Arte cares and wants to win, but he sucks at it. I wish he and Carpino would just step into the background and let others run the organization... it just feels like that would clear out a lot of the bad mojo that's been festering for the past decade. But Arte and Carpino have been working together for over 40 years, way before he bought the Angels, so Arte will never ever let go of Carpino as long as he's owner. One more thing I want to add... 

I believe the most under-appreciated and unknown aspect of the Angels is their rich history in Los Angeles, and I'm not just talking about the fascinating story of the Autry-O'Malley rivalry that spawned MLB's first expansion franchise. Autry's expansion team adopted the name, logos, colors, and even a few players from the team that ruled L.A. baseball for 60+ years before O'Malley bought them and immediately banished them to Tacoma to make room for his Dodgers... the Los Angeles Angels that started professional sports in Los Angeles way back in 1892, were founding members of the Pacific Coast League in 1902, and were L.A.'s favorite sports team for over half a century, dominating the PCL before affiliating with the Cubs.

It's crazy to me that this part of the Angels' heritage... the 70 years leading up to 1961, is NEVER talked about. Someone should really write a book and/or make a documentary about this early history and the weird circumstances that led to Gene Autry starting the franchise... if anybody reading this has the resources to finance such a project, I've got my pitch ready for presentation!

GO HALOS! 

–Kampy

This is a solid point.
Terry hasn't had a whole lot to work with the past several years. He's in a position where he has to stay positive, with a team that's given him very little to work with (aside from Trout and Ohtani).

To those of you who thanked me or applauded me, I am really uncomfortable with all of this. I am not interested in taking a victory lap for simply doing something that was not that difficult. 
Once they set the precedent that they only want team-friendly reporters on their show, and once Sam told the world they did it, I certainly couldn’t keep going on the show without being accused (wrongly, I might add) of being some sort of team mouthpiece. 
 
I also feel bad for Terry Smith, who is just trying to do his job and put on a little show once a week to mix it up from the normal pregame stuff. 
 
This is not the first time this has happened. A beat writer for another team texted me today and said the same thing happened to him but he didn’t publicly announce it because he didn’t want to be the story.
 
I was told last year that a third party who didn’t like something I had written prevented me from going on a particular podcast to talk about my Ohtani book. Whatever. It happens. I do what I have to do and not everyone is going to like it, but I never want to make myself the story. 
 
But ultimately it’s the Angels who started all this with an obviously terrible decision, so here we are.