HaloNArizona

If you only knew....

If you only knew....

If you only knew....

Nah, the Halos failed him in his continued development as a young player at the Major League Level...

Late 70's
Mark Cresse long time Dodgers BP coach used to live in my neighborhood.  He would take the cracked bats, saw off the barrels and give handles to us kids in the neighborhood.  We would play whiffle ball with bats used by Bill Russell, Steve Yeager, Ron Cey etc....Also would go to the local park and he would be working with his son Brad.  The started my love for Major League Baseball. 

Late 70's
Mark Cresse long time Dodgers BP coach used to live in my neighborhood.  He would take the cracked bats, saw off the barrels and give handles to us kids in the neighborhood.  We would play whiffle ball with bats used by Bill Russell, Steve Yeager, Ron Cey etc....Also would go to the local park and he would be working with his son Brad.  The started my love for Major League Baseball. 

Late 70's
Mark Cresse long time Dodgers BP coach used to live in my neighborhood.  He would take the cracked bats, saw off the barrels and give handles to us kids in the neighborhood.  We would play whiffle ball with bats used by Bill Russell, Steve Yeager, Ron Cey etc....Also would go to the local park and he would be working with his son Brad.  The started my love for Major League Baseball. 

Late 70's
Mark Cresse long time Dodgers BP coach used to live in my neighborhood.  He would take the cracked bats, saw off the barrels and give handles to us kids in the neighborhood.  We would play whiffle ball with bats used by Bill Russell, Steve Yeager, Ron Cey etc....Also would go to the local park and he would be working with his son Brad.  The started my love for Major League Baseball. 

I think this will be the first time since 2000 that my family and I do not attend a spring training game.
Disappointing offseason with soaring ST ticket prices.

I was a Rams fan until they moved...All of my mom's family is from the bay area, it was pretty easy to move to follow the 49ers.  Not to mention back in the early 90's we were living in Whittier, and the local paper 'adopted' the 49ers as the home town team.  The Rams for me (especially with Stafford as the QB), are in the same category as the Raiders, Yankees and Dodgers...a loss from one of these teams can make my day.

I was a Rams fan until they moved...All of my mom's family is from the bay area, it was pretty easy to move to follow the 49ers.  Not to mention back in the early 90's we were living in Whittier, and the local paper 'adopted' the 49ers as the home town team.  The Rams for me (especially with Stafford as the QB), are in the same category as the Raiders, Yankees and Dodgers...a loss from one of these teams can make my day.

@mmc Love the comment. Keep being you dude.
And for the record, the Rams left when I was 15, and I was already a 49ers fan, but to expect a city to support you after you left and then came back, is a joke. The Rams left an entire generation of LA fans to find another favorite team. 
 

@HaloNArizona thanks for posting this.  Congratulations to the better half.
Mom worked for many years at a Lutheran pre-school.  I am sure she would have enjoyed reading / sharing this book with the kids.

After retiring from her 17 years as a pre-school teacher, my wife wrote her first children's book, and although I may be a little biased, I think it's pretty darn good book.  Thought I would post something about here. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-What-Otter-Deborah-Malone/dp/1648734138
 
 
  

After retiring from her 17 years as a pre-school teacher, my wife wrote her first children's book, and although I may be a little biased, I think it's pretty darn good book.  Thought I would post something about here. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-What-Otter-Deborah-Malone/dp/1648734138
 
 
  

After retiring from her 17 years as a pre-school teacher, my wife wrote her first children's book, and although I may be a little biased, I think it's pretty darn good book.  Thought I would post something about here. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-What-Otter-Deborah-Malone/dp/1648734138
 
 
  

congrats, @HaloNArizona! what a terrific accomplishment.
 
i debated whether or not to post in this thread or wait until you created a second thread about this later today. this thread won. 

After retiring from her 17 years as a pre-school teacher, my wife wrote her first children's book, and although I may be a little biased, I think it's pretty darn good book.  Thought I would post something about here. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-What-Otter-Deborah-Malone/dp/1648734138
 
 
  

After retiring from her 17 years as a pre-school teacher, my wife wrote her first children's book, and although I may be a little biased, I think it's pretty darn good book.  Thought I would post something about here. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-What-Otter-Deborah-Malone/dp/1648734138
 
 
  

After retiring from her 17 years as a pre-school teacher, my wife wrote her first children's book, and although I may be a little biased, I think it's pretty darn good book.  Thought I would post something about here. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-What-Otter-Deborah-Malone/dp/1648734138
 
 
  

After retiring from her 17 years as a pre-school teacher, my wife wrote her first children's book, and although I may be a little biased, I think it's pretty darn good book.  Thought I would post something about here. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-What-Otter-Deborah-Malone/dp/1648734138
 
 
  

After retiring from her 17 years as a pre-school teacher, my wife wrote her first children's book, and although I may be a little biased, I think it's pretty darn good book.  Thought I would post something about here. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-What-Otter-Deborah-Malone/dp/1648734138
 
 
  

After retiring from her 17 years as a pre-school teacher, my wife wrote her first children's book, and although I may be a little biased, I think it's pretty darn good book.  Thought I would post something about here. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-What-Otter-Deborah-Malone/dp/1648734138
 
 
  

By Geoff Stoddart, AngelsWin.com Chief Operating Officer
20 years! AngelsWin.com turned 20 years old in 2024! For many of us that joined Chuck Richter on this adventure back at the beginning, it hardly seems possible.  It’s truly one of those, “wait … how old am I?” moments.
Many of the everyday staples of modern life, things that feel like they’ve been around forever, actually came to be after AngelsWin. Things like: the iPhone, Facebook, X/Twitter, TikTok, SnapChat, Instagram, Smashburger, Barstool Sports internet platform, even Taylor Swift albums.
After relocating from Orange County to the Pacific Northwest (now in Tennessee), Chuck launched the website as a way for Angels fans around the country and around the world to stay connected to the team and sport they loved, and to discuss topics that related to both. As the AngelsWin membership numbers grew, so did the sense that something special was happening. It became a real community. Maybe not quite a family, but it often has felt that way.
We’ve seen both the best and hardest parts of life and have experienced it all together. Marriages, divorces, births of children, deaths of friends and family, the excitement of new career advancements and the pain of job losses. For 20 years, we’ve gone through it all … together.
But the throughline, the connected tissue, for it all has always been the team in red. The boys of summer. It’s always been about the Angels.
What started out as a simple Angels message board & blog page grew into a news and reporting outlet. We were one of the first independent fansites to be awarded a Major League Baseball media credential by the Angels. Correspondences from AngelsWin have participated in team events and press conferences such as the introduction of Albert Pujols, the contract extension for Mike Trout and the welcoming Shohei Ohtani. Over the years, the site has been recognized by Forbes, Fox Sports, ESPN, CNN, MLB Network, Japan Times, Washington Post, MLB Trade Rumors, the Orange County Register, LA Times and the Angels tv and radio broadcasts for our reporting and insights. Members of the AngelsWin writing staff were also instrumental in, and recognized for, providing content for the organization’s  “Under the Halo: The Official History of Angels Baseball” book.
We’ve hosted many fan events, including Spring and Summer Fanfests where we’ve welcomed such guests as Arte Moreno, Tim Salmon, Don Baylor, Wally Joyner, Kole Calhoun, Matt Shoemaker, Hector Santiago, Randal Grichuk, Jerome Williams, ex-GM Jerry Dipoto, Dennis Kuhl, Victor Rojas, Jose Mota, Terry Smith, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc and Tim Mead.
In 2023, Chuck and Geoff Stoddart relaunched the AngelsWin Podcast. This time around, they were joined by former Angels broadcaster, Victor Rojas. 27 episodes in (as of the writing of this piece), the podcast has enjoyed wild success, with tens of thousands of views on YouTube and tens of thousands more downloads on platforms like Spotify, iTunes and iHeart.  
It has been, and continues to be, a wild journey. Whether you’ve been with us for 20 years or 20 minutes, we thank you! In the end, we are a sum of our part. The sum of our people. 
AngelsWin.com is “The internet home for Angels fans worldwide” – where fans can cheer, boo, argue, laugh, complain and discuss the team and sport they love.
Here’s to 20 great years and the hope of another 20 more.  Go Angels!
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