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    BattleBorn reacted to Mark68 in Just sell the goddamn team, Arte.   
    You couldn't have fucked up the organization any more if you had tried.
     
    Are you really a Dodger fan who always intended to make this organization a laughingstock? If so, mission accomplished. 
     
    Sell the fucking team. We don't want you here any more. 
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    BattleBorn reacted to Biergott in Just sell the goddamn team, Arte.   
    Sure would be cool to have a crystal ball that would show us where we’d be had he sold the team last year.  Remember how exciting the short time period was?  

    dont get me wrong, I still want him to sell this dumpster fire, but there were so many things aligned then that we won’t have now.  
    the only “good” thing is Arte loses a ton of value without Shohei, the Japanese market and all that comes with it.  I’d like to think he won’t make as much now.  Asshat.  (Yeah I know it’ll still be a multi billion dollar profit, but Scrooge mcDuck’s mountain of gold should be smaller)
    gotta find a little positive somewhere because this season has not only been gutting, depressing and potentially the worst of my lifetime as far as expectations vs loss.  But the future is absolutely bleak right now.  I can’t picture a good off-season like I used to.
    I just want a new owner.  Won’t fix things over night, but I can’t imagine anything worse than wasting the two best players to come around in a generation… potentially ever.  Would a real training staff have kept Trout healthy?  Ohtani?  Who knows…  but we certainly look like a 3rd world walk in plastic surgery clinic this year

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    BattleBorn reacted to fan_since79 in Angels bad imo   
    Estevez has been really good, and O'Hoppe and Neto too, when healthy. Ohtani of course, but we really need to trade him and get some rebuilding parts in return. The team needs an overhaul. 
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    BattleBorn reacted to Catwhoshatinthehat in What keeps you watching the Angels in 2022? (Besides Ohtani)   
    I don't currently have a service that carries Angels games and I have no intention of paying for one.  They're my team and I'll always root for them but they're just not a product I will give my time or money to right now.
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    BattleBorn reacted to TroutField in What keeps you watching the Angels in 2022? (Besides Ohtani)   
    In all honestly I haven’t sat down and watched a game in over 2 months. 
     
    this season really made me lose interest in MLB as a whole. Everything goes wrong constantly with this team and it seems like this organization is probably a solid 5 years or more from competing at a high level. I’m over it
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    BattleBorn reacted to ten ocho recon scout in What keeps you watching the Angels in 2022? (Besides Ohtani)   
    Child Protective Services wants to have a word with you about abuse.
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    BattleBorn reacted to T.G. in Would you like to see the City Connect jerseys replace the current home jersey?   
    I would rather see some of the players wearing those jerseys replaced.
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    BattleBorn reacted to Dtwncbad in Trade with the Reds?   
    I was thinking the smartest most effective trade would be for the Angels to trade some of their vaginas for penises.  I hear you can do that these days.
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    BattleBorn reacted to Blarg in Angels announce spring training non roster invites   
    That's a pretty unimpressive list.
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    BattleBorn reacted to Slegnaac in Which one would you rather see in person   
    How about an Ohtani Pefect game where he also hits 4 home runs?
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    BattleBorn reacted to rottiesworld in When will the Halos next seriously contend for the post-season?   
    When Moreno sells the team and we get a new owner who will not interfere with what the GM is doing.
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    BattleBorn reacted to TheLordofOuts in Time for RoboUmps   
    It’s time to hand all the umpires employed by Major League Baseball their walking papers. We have the technology. 
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    BattleBorn reacted to Angels in 2030 in Now that he’s gone....   
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    BattleBorn reacted to Angel Dog and Beer in Players you can't stand, for no good reason.   
    Never liked that Jack Parkman guy. Always looked smug and arrogant. Glad he was traded to the White Sox and eventually losing in the playoffs to the Indians. 

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    BattleBorn reacted to fanfromday1 in Players you can't stand, for no good reason.   
    I have been following the Angels since 1961, so there have been quite a few players that I have formed a dislike for. But the all time worst for me was Jonathan Papelbon of the Red Sox. A Relief Pitcher that always dominated the Angels. But I'll always remember that 2009 play-off series when we had that infamous 9th inning rally against him and won the Division Series.   
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    BattleBorn reacted to Dave Saltzer in OC Register: MLB renews 7-inning doubleheaders, runners on second in extras   
    I truly hate the runner on 2nd rule for extra innings. I get the 7 inning double-headers, but putting a runner on base who didn't earn his way there makes no sense. I get why reporters like that rule--they get to finish their stories and go home earlier, but as a fan, I do not like the rule at all. It gives the visiting team too much of an advantage.
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    BattleBorn reacted to jsnpritchett in Describe this season in one pic?   
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    BattleBorn reacted to Docwaukee in Why are fans like this??   
    First of all, Twitter isn't formatted to promote thoughtful discussion.  It's the ultimate drive by of emotional expression.  
    Emotion is the currency of a fan.  They spend time and money for good feelings.  
    There are a ton of Angel fans out there right now who probably feel like they've been sold a bill of goods.  Most here know more than the casual fan so we can rationalize a whole bunch of stuff.  Those casual fans don't care why Eppler signed who he did and what his restrictions were there and what he's done behind the scenes to make things better for the future.  They only see what's right in front of them and they're pissed because they wasted their time and money on it.  
    There is also a tipping point for most people and it's likely different for everyone.  Yet, when a team goes 14-33 over a long stretch when they were initially supposed to be competitive, I think that's enough to pull almost everyone who bought into this team over the edge in terms of realizing that their money and time is being poorly spent and that they're not getting the return they expected.  
    And let's be honest.  14-33 is an absolute shit show.  That's a 48 win pace over the course of a season.  Not very many fans are going to be able to rationalize that.  Especially the general fan who takes to twitter to express their frustration.  Even I'm having a hard time with it frankly.  It's really hard for me to believe that the players are 100% focused on winning baseball games right now.   They are human beings and while they may feel like they are giving their best effort, it's totally reasonable why their heart is not totally in it.  
    Maybe it's because people perceive what they want to justify their response, and maybe I am guilty of that as well, but when if I watch the games of late, I totally see that bad body language and get a sense that they just want the year to be over.  That doesn't mean they aren't trying, but the focus just doesn't seem to be there to me.  Granted, I completely understand in lieu of what's happened and totally think it's reasonable.  We all go through stretches where extenuating circumstances cause this sort of thing.  But the general fan isn't going to think that much about it.  They're just gonna be upset that they're not getting what they expected in return and when they express that through twitter, it's gonna be exactly what you'd expect to see.  
    Just like the players deserve the benefit of the doubt, so do the fans.  I would like to think that people could be better at expressing their frustrations in a reasonable way but most just don't want to take the time to think it through when they've already invested what they think is enough of their time and money on this team with nothing in return.  
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    BattleBorn reacted to yk9001 in Tyler Skaggs autopsy results   
    Imagine 50 years from now, some young Angels fan reviewing the 2019 Angels season via a photo album,  or time machine:
    "Wow, look at these incredible tributes to #45. What was his deal, did he cure cancer? Did he die while stopping an armed robbery?"
    "No, he choked on his own vomit while getting loaded by himself in his hotel room on a road trip."
    "Oh"
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    BattleBorn reacted to Tank in Players weekend uniforms   
    Holy crap. Talk about an eyesore.
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