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Sure, teams like Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Cubs, Mets, Giants. But how many of today's 39,000 were Twins fans? I doubt very many. And anybody who actually bought an advanced ticket to see a Sunday afternoon game against the Twins, is a bit of a moron. You could probably get one for less than 25% of face value on the resale market. And that's because SSH would rather talk a giant hit, than waste their time driving to the stadium, paying for parking and concessions, when they can watch the Angels get destroyed from the comfort of their couch. I wonder how many of the Season Seat Holders have had their seats for 20+ years. The fear of losing that seniority is a strong motivator to keep their plan in place. Anyone else is showing real dedication to the franchise, it's ownership, management, and players.. I mean, really, what NEW Season Seat Holders are they getting? Are there people out there actually willing to spend Thousands of $$$$$ to see this team play 81 games in person?

The only way to see whether Arte is the problem, is to have new ownership. Well, that isn't going to happen, so year after year will go by, and nobody will be able to pinpoint what the problem is. GM's, Managers, Players, come and go. The team still Stinks. I wonder what it could be? The Narcissist running things will NEVER admit what the problem is.

The Feds look the other way plenty of times, especially when someone prominent is involved. I'm sure a little illegal gambling is low on their list of crimes to investigate. MLB is powerful enough to make them look the other way, even if they were interested in pursuing something.

Whether or not Ohtani did anything questionable, there is 1 Certainty in my opinion. NOTHING will ever happen to him. There will be NO Consequences whatsoever. If there was something going on, the public will NEVER know the truth. Bottom line, there is Zero chance that this ends with so much as a suspension for Ohtani, let alone a Pete Rose type expulsion from the game. The league is not going to punish their new $700 Million man, even if he was placing bets against his own club. At the very least, the public won't hear another word from that interpreter At worst, his days on this earth are numbered.

Well, considering they haven't had Ohtani until now, and they always have a better season, that's a certainty.

Fear not, the Supreme Court certainly isn't going to let the little 'ol 14th Amendment do what it was intended to do. They had no trouble fast tracking this case, since we wouldn't want to inconvenience TFG. No rush on the immunity question. It's not like there's any court cases being put on hold, and we wouldn't want to risk a chance of a felony conviction for a candidate before an election.

I really wonder why President Biden doesn't stick to following that Amazing bill TFG came up with and passed through Congress, to curb the problems at the border. If only he could have had a few more terms to work with, I'm sure TFG would have gotten that wall built, and had Mexico pay for it. To think, there are still plenty of MAGA MORONS who still believe a wall is the solution, and also that Mexico is going to pay for it.

You have no idea what the POS Moreno offered him. And in his entire career with the Angels, there was 1 obvious thing they NEVER gave him, and probably NEVER would under current ownership, and that's a single frickin' Playoff game. Now if the Angels had at least shown signs of being a Playoff level team at any point during his tenure, and then he simply went for a payday without any sign of loyalty, he could be criticized. But the fact he's going to a strong Playoff team, is certainly his right. You can point to how loyal Trout is, but he's still going to look like a fool in several years, if he ends up retiring without ever being part of a single Playoff victory.

Would have been an incredibly dumb signing by the Angels. Which is why I was expecting it to happen, given their recent history.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39596106/cody-bellinger-cubs-agree-3-year-80-million-deal

Clearly our justice system is treating him so unfairly, and differently from the way any other defendant would be. Who else would not be allowed to introduce new evidence while testifying, making arguments completely irrelevant to the case, be allowed to deliver a campaign speech, all while insulting and making baseless claims about the judge and his staff?

That would require ownership who actually gave a damn about the team's fans, as opposed to simply giving a damn about their money. That other team up the road has had one for years, and it's been free up until this year. They're supposedly charging $10, because they know there's huge interest now thanks to the fact they recently signed some superstar player. One would think that a team like the Angels would want to hold such an event, to perhaps take people's mind off recent events, but I guess their owner has more important things, or a person, to put his money behind. A-hole!

Gonna be able to get tickets to most games for around $2 on Stubhub.

Oh, so Now, pitching is a focus and priority? Sure. And their catching improved from Really lousy to only mildly lousy, so Yay? Reading this article and the blah, blah, blah from Perry should tell you all you need to know about what the Angels aren’t going to do, and where they’ll finish in the standings next season.

From 11/2016 to 1/18/2021.

Progressing through all the stages of grief. They should reach “acceptance” by the start of season.

I'm not saying that Bobby V. will get fired, but if there is anyone who is enough of a vindictive narcissist to do so, it's Arte. He has an affinity for that type of person.

Paying $4,200 towards a car for your son, while you're not in office, is clearly on the same level as threatening an ally if they don't make up some dirt on your opponent, trying to overturn an election through illegal means, and inciting a riot on the Capitol building.

Not true. https://www.directv.com/insider/directv-and-spectrum-networks-reach-agreement-for-sportsnet/

Is there something about this team not to feel miserable about? You do realize that fans of New York & Chicago teams will spend day and night complaining and acting miserable about teams they support, when those teams are sucking it up. Perhaps if you visited the Anaheim Ducks board, you can tell all the fans who have been following the Ducks for 20-30 years, and are now bitter and miserable about how things are going, that they should also stop following their team. The Angels have a pathetic owner, haven't come close to making the playoffs as a wild card team for 9 straight seasons, and just lost a generational player to a team that everyone here apparently hates more than any other team in the league, and you're asking why following them makes me miserable? When the Angels have a decent owner, and demonstrate that they're capable of winning and making the playoffs, and I'm still complaining, feel free to criticize me all you want. Fact is, if they ever got their act together, which under current ownership seems highly unlikely, I'll be more than happy to convey an optimistic tone. Right now, I'm sorry, but I can't sit here and say what an amazing ship the Titanic is, and how happy I am to be on it's maiden voyage, while it's taking on water.

He supposedly met with that team up the road today, and they have plenty of cash to spend, since Ohtani is only getting paid $2M for each of the next 10 years.

I think the only chance would have been a trip to the World Series. Sneaking into the playoffs, and losing in the 1st round, even though like the Dodgers, and he still would have left.

The Dodgers aren't a "rival" of the Angels. That implies they're on somewhat the same level.

A gentleman's agreement? As opposed to an actual agreement, which is how things actually work. Arte is not very bright, but he's bright enough to know that a "gentleman's agreement" is worthless, and if he gambled the fate of the franchise on that, he's even dumber than I thought he was. I'm just sorry that despite how sad this team is going to be, it's value will likely go up, just because it's still a MLB franchise, and so at some time in the future, Arte is going to make a bundle of money selling it. Money he doesn't deserve given how he's run the Angels into the ground.

I'd say there's at least an 80% chance that the Angels sign Bellinger. They're looking for a distraction from the Shohei disaster, and need a well known player. Bellinger fits the bill entirely, plus he used to be a Dodger, so the narcissist a-hole owner will feel some sort of vindication at getting a form of retribution, in his own deluded mind, for getting someone who was a player beloved by Dodger fans.