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1 minute ago, Blarg said:

He was obviously more a friend of mine than yours. 

That is soooo worth noting as you've been posting on baseball message boards for 20 years and I just barely showed up.

Imagine bringing up a deceased person to try to validate your point. Good shit Blarg flarg.

Just now, Blarg said:

I think at this point, Lou doesn't give a fuck about your activity as well. 

LOL, make better posts. You and Lou are the toxic shit of this forum.

3 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Let me channel Lou from the dead.

Quit playing the victim and make better posts.

I dgaf what Lou would have said. I actually became more active here after the fact.

I thought Dom Leone AKA "DOMINATOR" was gonna be a huge piece for this bullpen @Angels 1961

Yeah idk.

6 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I'm not a mod.  And I didn't "scald" you (nor did I scold you...).  I posted an emoji reaction.  No one said you couldn't post your opinion. 

That's true. Until Stradling shows up.

4 minutes ago, Sho Way That Was A Strike said:

Velazquez has no business being on a major league team. Unless he does the laundry. 

He's the team's spokesman. He said the team was "aloof" under Maddon last year. Big words from a small fry.

4 minutes ago, Duren, Duren said:

I wonder if Ohtani thinks it's worth the risk to keep playing and put his financial future in jeopardy with injuries. Or still try and rewrite the record books with his personal stats. Which will it be? 

Now that the playoffs are out of the mix all he has left for motivation are personal objectives. 

I think he will reduce his pitching starts and probably take a few more DH  games off. But I don't see him being passive and quietly drifting into free agency. 

 

I also said something to that effect and got scalded. Not allowed to have opinions here that the mods don't agree with.

@jsnpritchett Unreasonable or not, that's just my opinion bro. Why would he stretch himself for this team at this point when his FA looms. I'm with Inside Pitch on this one.

2 minutes ago, T.G. said:

so...why did Ohtani leave the game?  any word yet?

He's probably fine, but just exaggerating to the coaching staff so he doesn't have to risk actually getting injured playing with this worthless squad.

Great approach with RISP as usual.

I find it hilarious that a hitter as bad as Velasquez would even attempt switch-hitting. Just pick one side if you're that awful and maybe someday it clicks. Trying out both sides there's zero chance.

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

My point in my previous post was specific to Ohtani and my feeling that the team has given him too much leeway in determining what's best for him.

My response was directed at the nonsense Blarg posted that Ohtani "needs rest after his starts."

There's literally no sound proof that more rest is better than normal rest for the arm of a pitcher.

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

I'm going to say it because it's true. The Angels have mismanaged Ohtani by letting him determine his playing time and his pitch sequencing. There is no doubt he has been trying to put up another MVP season but he needs rest after each of his pitching outings. The Angels would not commit to managing his health over his appearences. 

Drunk posting at 2:10 PM?

Nevin had it right all along; needed to keep Schanuel available to potentially replace glass Ohtani.

-Swordsman

4 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

The Angels actually have a bit of a quandary for next year's outfield. They have an injury-prone aging star who hasn't played more than 70% of a season since 2019, a guy coming off a potentially career ending injury, and two busted prospects who are trying to reclaim their careers. They probably need to sign a guy.

Bellinger? Pederson? Renfroe? Grichuk? Check out the FAs this winter. Mostly garbage.

47 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Drunk posting at 9am? 

Lmao. I'm shocked you couldn't read the context. I was mocking them for how they post actually.

On second thought I'm not so shocked, you're one of the not so bright here.

I haven't been able to watch the game yet. So any word on why Schanuel isn't playing?

Maybe a 6 man rotation is very stupid. Maybe it's stupid to completely skip some of his starts. Maybe blisters are more likely to form if the fingers are less calloused from throwing less. Maybe a lot of pundits of pitch count and extra days of rest for starting pitchers have it entirely wrong. Maybe Ohtani has two years left tops of being a TWP, and teams suddenly get scared out of giving him 600 million dollars this winter.

That's such an awful lineup.

Can't tell if they're actually trying to put on the field what they think gives them the best chance to win the game or are they punishing Schanuel for last night's errors? What a way to ruin his confidence. He's 21, he can play both games of a DH just as a bunch of the other 8 in the lineup are going to have to.

Trout should've been shut down for the rest of the year to not risk further injury. Play Moniak and figure out if he's going to snap out of it. Figure out if he's going to be anything for this team going forward. Now is the time for that as there's nothing to play for. Well, look, since Trout was rushed back for a lost season now Moniak is forced to play.

Screw Nevin and his entire coaching staff. They all need to go.

For the purpose of variety, my team will only consist of players I've watched play. I'm 34 and I didn't get into baseball until 2003. So yeah, unfortunately, I wasn't even interested in baseball yet when the Angels won their only championship. And it is what it is, the steroid era was the thing when I became a fan so this includes cheaters.

1B Miguel Cabrera (sorry Pujols, you tapered off too fast)

2B Robinson Cano

3B Alex Rodriguez

SS Derek Jeter

LF Barry Bonds

RF Vladimir Guerrero (he connected my soul to the Angels)

CF Mike Trout

C Buster Posey

DH David Ortiz (sorry Shohei, you're just not quite as scary as Big Papi was)

SP Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Clayton Kershaw, Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander

RP Francisco Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

Too much has been put on make-or-break year for halos. Angels will have team in 2024. This looks like 8th straight losing season for whatever reason. Angels this off season will be very interesting. Lose Ohtani you figure what direction you are going to go in. This season had a lot of hope but things just did not work out. It did not work out for Mets, Padres or Yankees and they spend ton of money. Baseball is a big part of most on AW but still just a distraction from real life. Win or lose fans will watch games today that is part of being a true fan. Some of my best moments have come from going to an Angel game. My dad, friends and my kids memories you carry for a lifetime. This is not make or break year as no matter what happens I will be watching next year.

As long as DOMINATOR closer Angels be good team next year guarantee.

3 minutes ago, T.G. said:

You're right. People didn't think about the culture when they were winning (for the most part). My point is that people find a million things to focus on when the team is losing.  They suck. We get it.  I get it.  Who gives a crap about the brand?

Lots of bad teams (team with sustained years of losing) have had good brand recognition... Cowboys, Cubs, etc. 

You assume, I'm a Halo Honk.  You don't know squat.  I'd love to see Arte sell the team.  I don't like watching them lose.  I just don't let it ruin my day.
 

 

A lot of people care about their brand. It's harder to be a proud fan of a team that is nationally perceived as a joke. If they were actually good, then you could say who cares how they are perceived. But they are not.

Two of the greatest baseball players of all time, at the same time, on the same team. You could argue that Trout and Ohtani are two of the top five greatest players that the millennial generation and on has been able to watch play baseball. Anyone currently 42 years old or younger.

And with all that said this team can't even establish a winning record let alone make the postseason. It's a total joke on ownership.

I bet you if this team made it the postseason, I don't know, twice, in the past 5 seasons, we would more bandwagon fans than any other team in MLB.

It's the consecutive seasons of losing over and over consistently that make the Angels brand a joke. We don't even get more than one or two slots on Sunday Night Baseball per season anymore. With two of the best players in the game. Because we're losers.

It didn't help when that loser changed the name of the team to LAA of Anaheim. That's when the media really started laughing. Fuck our idiot owner.

Just now, T.G. said:

Their record has nothing to do with their brand. 

It has more to do with their culture - which sucks.

Get over yourself.

Their record has a lot to do with it... winning breeds respect from outsiders. This topic is about the Angels' brand, which involves how they are perceived by everyone.

Hmm, I bet their culture isn't something people thought about when they were winning.

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