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So you're agreeing with Andrew that Weaver's velocity being down is nothing to be concerned with. 

who the eff cares. Arte can do whatever the heck he wants.  simers is the one acting like a little baby pouting. 

I've never met him either.  
 
He's a douche. 

Yes exactly. No easy way around it though, as I will probably continue to click the link presented to me and comment on another posters comments. Damn! Somehow I need to find the will to resist.

First, no one responding to the article comes off as pissed, at least to me anyways. And yes, you are down playing the article by asking what is so bad about it. The answer is nothing is so bad about it, and nothing is so good about it. It's just the same old rant about somebody who took his toy away and look, there's the bad man, right over there, he's a bad bad man. Simers is not a satirist; he’s a boring over paid blogger who gets readers to respond to his dribble.   

Simers = Poor man's Skip Bayless in both trolling ability and actual writing ability.

I'm still reeling from how bad the organization treated us during our Spring Training weekend.  Sending the GM out to talk with us for an hour.  Letting us into the ballpark 2 hours early and having their VP of Communications talk to us for over an hour.  Sending members of their starting line-up and rotation, along with a group of minor leaguers, to interact with all of us.  
 
Who do they think they are?  I can't believe they think they can treat us like that without any blowback!  

Just who has Arte treated like shit, OZ?

Arte moving the press box out of the prime real estate area of the stadium down the right field line was such pure genius it's stupid (paraphrasing Imus who, unlike TJ Simers, does satire the right way and is very funny).
 
I think Arte's moving of the press box will be emulated by other teams as they renovate their parks.......it's also a winner for the fans -- why do the arrogant sports writers get the prime view?
 
It also makes financial sense.
For folks who take shots are Arte Moreno, perhaps they should take a little refresher course on Arte's bio -- he started with little and built an advertising business into a a very successful million dollar plus business venture which then allowed him to buy a major league ball club when few professional sports teams are owned by individuals.
 
oh yeah, he happens to be of Hispanic descent and could play the ethnic card up like others tend to do, he refuses to do and lets his pure accomplishments and his family values lifestyle speak for him........
 
nothing Simers or any other sports writer or some just ticked off poster (because of some front office move or maybe a name change issue) can write or post can possibly tarnish Arte character as a class act who leads by example..........
 
We all get frustrated at Halos' losses, and perhaps some front office moves -- but regadless of whether the Halos win or lose or finish at the end of the day (season), I will always contend that our Halos have the best owner in professional sports.........

Arte did move the press box down the right line. However, contrary to what Simers would like us to believe, it had nothing to do with a grudge vs. the press. It was driven by simple economics. The old press box was prime real estate and the Angels are converting the space into premium seating/dining. If fact, this is not the first time it's been done. The White Sox moved their press box down the right field in 2008, converting their old press box into the 'Jim Beam Club' where seats go for over $250 a game. Other ballparks have increasingly been shifting the press to less desirable locations in recent years.
 
Simers has a steady habit of twisting reality into his own version of the truth.

This is all he has left.  He's pretty much burnt every bridge imaginable so now he's only able to recount about 3-4 lines of dialogue anyone will give him.  It actually a shame that the Register felt it necessary to bring him in for the sole purpose of increasing traffic as opposed to providing it's readers with real content. 
 
I honestly have no doubt that a large number of posters here could provide much more interesting, witty, creative, and thought provoking content if given similar access even if the schtick was to create controversy. 
 
I think any Simer's article, if posted here, should be in it's entirety.  So that way we can all read it and comment without providing the Register and Simers with traffic and data that can use and take credit for.  I know it's generally a board rule not to do this, but perhaps an exception can be made.
 
Maybe this is stooping to their level to some degree, but what they are doing is so disingenuous, it shouldn't be rewarded. 

"Pissing off professional athletes and then whining like a baby when they refuse to talk me ever again: the TJ Simers Story"

Anybody who plays the "I was just joking, lighten up!" card is an asshole.  I don't need to click on the link to know Simers is doing just that.  Ergo, Simers is an asshole.  

That's 100% spot on.

I don't want to sound like a big Arte fanboy cause I am not. However, he does strike me as being a gentleman which Simers is not, in my opinion. Arte may well just have an aversion to a-holes and it's probably Simers involvement that is keeping him away.
Simers used the whole charity angle to get two other gentlemen, Vin Scully and John Wooden, to sit down with him for an interview. I doubt either of them would have otherwise.
TJ shouldn't publicly call out Arte for not wanting to talk to him. He brought this on himself.

Please stop linking this Simers bullshit. At the very least add a warning so I don't click damn thing.

Here's the shtick. Simmers writes his diatribe. Fans read it, get pissed, share the link. They all head over to post comments condemning his credentials and his character. That equals page views which then equals advertising dollars which is what keeps Simmers employed.
 
What him to go away? Stop reading his bilge. But I'm as guilty as the rest. He's like a horrific accident and I can't resist taking a peek.

Simers needs to be DFA'd much worse than Blanton.  Joe may not have enough to compete any longer, but at least he's a professional; Simers probably can't even spell professional.
 
I would also add that this really bothers me in another way.  Since the Angels already support CHOC in a number of ways, Simers request to have them support CHOC in this redundant way reeks of supporting his personal agenda, and it draws away focus from the charitable cause and the children.  I've never noticed in the Angels support of CHOC that they have tried to tie it to another agenda, there are never any conditions attached to their gifts.  Simers agenda seems to be how he can make Arte look like an ass, while pretending he is doing something magnanimous for a charitable cause, thus in the end make himself look righteous.  If I were CHOC I would step up and tell this clown to back off.

Do we really need to link this guy's rantings over here?

The only person in this thread who's pissed is Simers.  

Dude...He is not a satire writer...he is trying to be serious.

And Glen and Nate are funny. 

Good response by Tim Mead. Simers is a complete asshat.

Arte snubbed Simer?  
 
 
 
Sweet!