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The Angels have a “Throwback Week” scheduled the last week of July. Most likely that’s when they’ll be wearing these.

I write for a small-town newspaper and was covering an event (skateboard contest) Saturday morning for a couple hours, so I was “off the grid” during that time. After I left I stopped at a nearby place about 12 p.m. for a smoothie, and when I got back into the car, I went to my phone and hit the MLB Trade Rumors app, and it had the same story (“Ohtani hasn’t yet made a decision”) that hadn’t been updated since the previous night. Then, I went to X-Twitter and on my feed there was Sam Blum’s post saying he just announced he was signing with the Dodgers. Later in the afternoon, I went to a card/collectibles show in Santa Maria, and as you would expect, it was the big topic of conversation.

The one notable thing I have is an Ohtani bobblehead that sits on my bookshelf. I’m thinking I might try to get it on Ebay or something like that. Otherwise, my two Angel jersey are blank; in this day and age, I don’t put a number or name on it because you never know how long a player might be on a team.

Thread title goes without saying for me. I’ve gone through the departures of Ryan, Baylor, Joyner, Abbott, etc., etc. and remained a fan. Not gonna change with Ohtani leaving. I’m not going to sit here and say it’s a great thing we lost a player of this caliber, but as noted earlier in this thread, it does give the Angels a little more flexibility — they can build a pitching rotation without worrying about giving one guy a long rest, they can rotate Trout and Rendon, among others, through the DH spot, which could help health wise. Of course, Minasian and ultimately Moreno have to follow up on this. That’s my biggest worry. Honestly, the Dodgers was the one team I didn’t want to see him sign with, but probably knew that would happen. We won’t have to deal with him in-league or in-division, but any kind of success he has is going to be right in our faces. Meanwhile, the reputation of the Angels organization is at an all-time low and the obnoxious asshole Dodger fans won’t hesitate to disrespect us and the team. Anyway, the band-aid has been ripped off, now it’s time to move forward.

I think they definitely should bring in Hunter, Erstad and Gil so they can learn the ropes and take over when Washington retires.

True, but they play in the Big East Conference. Obviously, I'm thrilled at this outcome. I was at SDSU in 1990s when the basketball program was pretty much at rock bottom, and to see the team reach these heights 30 years later is pretty incredible. Right now, UConn looks like the best team; they're on a total roll right now. Fortunately, Aztecs don't have to play them until the championship game if they can get past FAU (not taking that for granted).

San Diego State alum here and I'm in a very good mood tonight. I was hoping Alabama would stumble at some point; to have the Aztecs knock them out made it even sweeter. Now SDSU has to play Creighton, the team they blew a big lead and lost to in last year's first round. It won't be easy, but I got faith.

I was following the end of the game on the Gameday for the MLB App and on the last pitch the bozo running that feed entered "In play -- run(s)" and I'm thinking "Oh, crap, they probably tied it at least." And a few second later they showed it was fly out to end the game. Thanks for misleading me, MLB App guy.

I look at that photo and I’m thinking Matt Holliday must’ve had a dalliance with Natasha Lyonne (the “Russian Doll” actress) about 18-19 years ago.

So, I guess former MNF sideline reporter and noted sports media right-winger Michelle Tafoya think the Angels broadcasters talk too much about one of their team's best players: Well, she definitely got people's attention, although I still don't know where the hell she's coming from on this.

No, that's the first thing I think about when I remember his departure. The club wanted him to get the shoulder surgery after the '98 season so he'd be ready for spring training, he decided to try and rehab it in the offseason, and then realized right when ST started that he was gonna need the surgery. I was living in San Diego at the time and always listened to the Mighty 690. The morning show had Larry Bowa, one of the coaches, on for an interview right after Edmonds decided to get the surgery. When the hosts mentioned Edmonds, Bowa was noticeably pissed and minced no words about that situation on the air. Also, Blarg's observations about Tavares' role in that trade are correct. I remember reading the quotes about Tavares ripping on the players and thinking "What's up with this guy?" No news here, but Tavares was a moron. It's no coincidence the Angels started their best-ever multi-year run immediately after he resigned.

Found out today that Joe Buttitta, who called Angel games in 1982-84, had recently passed away. He was also the KTLA Channel 5 sports anchor when he did the Angel games. Found out through this link tweeted from the local news station in Santa Barbara County, where Buttitta's son, also named Joe, is a morning news show host. https://keyt.com/news/ventura-county/2021/07/30/joe-buttitta-father-of-newschannel-anchor-remembered-during-memorial-ceremony/

Gawd, she looks so good in that photo. I first took notice of her in "Bachelor Party," and in that movie she gave off an '80s girl-next-door vibe, though she played a rich kid. Of course, she moved into 'video vixen' territory with the Whitesnake vids, though she still looked great.

Did any of you guys catch this tonight: I didn't see a whole lot of the game, when did this bunt happen? Obviously early in the game. I can see a complaint if a team does that leading by 13 runs, but when they're behind? Boy, the Dodgers fanbase still annoys the hell out of me, but lately I'm been thinking the players and staff are actually decent dudes, and then their manager starts acting like a whiny little bitch, and after a win, too. What say all of you?

Well, that was quite a brain fart. I thought they were on the road for some reason.