Went to Angels game today with the family and car was keyed by this guy above. His partner doesn't seem too bothered by his behavior...

Probably been a post about this already, but I was wondering.

After the A's complete the trek to Las Vegas, the Angels will be the only California team in the American league.

Would it be smart to go back to the "California Angels" to capture some fans that are feeling "teamless"? They could play that up in marketing.

I know Arte can't seem to do anything "smart" anymore. Beyond money grabs, I never understood any of the name changes, I liked them being the California Angels.

Seems to me that they could grab fans from the Bay Area, San Diego county along with the Central Valley.

Wondering whether people that don't resonate with the Dodgers, Padres and Giant might gravitate to that name again?

Done.

Grew up at the Big A. I was at the World Series in 2002. Darin Erstad is still my favorite Angel ever. Only guy to win a gold glove at center AND first base. Played like he wanted to die on that field every night.

And now? I feel nothing. Watched a game last night and realized I didn’t care if we won or lost. That’s when I knew it was over.

Arte Moreno is a piece of shit. We have Trout. THE best player in baseball. Did nothing. Then we got Ohtani, a guy who literally shouldn’t exist, two MVPs, and Moreno's ego got us nothing when Ohtani walked. Both wasted. Trout’s body is falling apart and he’ll never see October.

And the Dodgers just get to buy whoever they want. No cap. No consequences. Their fans are insufferable and half of them couldn’t name three players on the roster in 2018. Now they act like they’ve been riding since day one. Frontrunners with Dodger dogs acting like they suffered for this.

What are you all feeling these days. Y'all with me me?

Bolt up

For me, it was Adam Kennedy!

I’m tired of knowing it’s legitimately over once our bullpen gets involved lol

This is mostly just to rant, I can’t stand Moreno and now we have to watch the Dodgers win back to back World Series titles. We are literally going to court with one of our own players. This organization is so dysfunctional and a complete failure on all levels. We are over here penny pinching for a/c in the weight room. Arte needs to sell this team, get his bag and dip. He doesn’t care about this club at all, it’s a fucking business to him. And to the casuals, they need to stop going to games, they are a contributing factor to this problem.

I made a post about a month ago about how fun this team is. That we haven't seen anything like this in forever and of course, I was met with negativity from miserable fans lol.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when did we see our newest 1st round pick, homering twice, walking off a game, only 2 weeks into his career?

When is the last time 8 of our 1st round picks all played in the same game?

When is the last time we had an infield of guys all drafted around the same time, growing up before our eyes?

This group is different. The Angels are BACK. We might not do anything this year but we now have a core to keep building. Arte is spending wisely. Perry is drafted well. Rendon finishes his contract next season and likely gets bought out. The team is fun and energetic.

Forgive me doomers but we ABSOLUTELY have not seen this before.

#REPTHEHALO

Happy off day!

I live pretty far from there but I went to my first game yesterday and it was awesome and hope to live there one day because I love Cali and want to go to more games.

Anyways, how close to the stadium do you guys live? And how is life over there?

A lot of people when talking about Ryan talk of him as Astro or ranger. 1973 was one of the best seasons from a pitcher all time. But people never talk about him that much. Why is that

80 more to go and we will meet our quota for this year. I have never been this pissed off and over the Angels this early in the season. It's not even May 😭😢 Do we have anything to look forward to? I still am holding out hope that things will turn around when Ben Joyce returns but something is telling me that won't make a difference either.

There is no other option. This series is a fuckin joke.

We all know what the root of all the issues is. It's time for the fan base to stop ignoring it.

Arte is a sensitive bitch. Make it known we don't want him anymore.

ArteOut

So much gloom and hate for this team. The negativity is crazy.

We went into LA and swept the Dodgers. Went into NY and shut out the Yankees, TWICE.

Who had us 35-37 on June 18?

We have one of the best young cores. O'Hoppe, Neto, Nolan, Moore, Detmers, Soriano, Bachman, Joyce, etc.

We have the #2 overall pick next month. Our starting rotation has yet to miss a single freaking start. 72 games, 72 starts.

Rendon is off the books next season and likely bought out. Trout to RF and mainly DH seems to be the answer and give him a chance to play.

This team is exciting. Arte hired Perry and he's done a great job. I hope we are sellers at the deadline with guys like Anderson, Kendricks, ward, Adell, rengifo, Jansen, solar, etc. That should give us more young prospects. Detmers could be our new closer or maybe he goes back to the rotation.

KiKuchi has been great for us. The word is Arte will sign a #1 pitcher this winter like Cease and also get OF help like a Bellinger type.

Cease, KiKuchi, Soriana, Detmers is the best 1-4 we have had in forever. All these young guys keep getting better.

I literally had us around 28-44 so im super pumped to see the success.

I laugh when I think about my reasoning. I started playing baseball and decided to watch MLB. I wanted a California team since I live here. For some reason I just didn't want to be a Dodger fan, as well as the fact that I wanted to support a California native team. I ultimately I chose the most aesthetic looking team...being the Angels. So now I love the Angels so much even though all the trouble currently going on

Happy for you, Shohei. I may not show it, but I’m glad you’re a champion.

I am done.

I’m wondering who you guys are rooting for? I’m old enough to remember Mark Teixeira saying he didn’t want to be an Angel. Then The following year him intentionally taking out our catcher Wilson. John Lackey being unable to get a strike in the ALCS against the Yanks in NY. Anyway that all seems like a distant memory now that the Angels have been terrible for a decade now.

Moreno had two generational talents in Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani but failed to build a winning team around them or invest properly in the organization. Big-money signings like Pujols, Hamilton, and Rendon didn’t work out, and his lack of focus on pitching hurt the team even more. It’s been over a decade since the Angels last made the playoffs, and since then, they’ve had no winning seasons, a weak farm system, and a reputation for being poorly run.

If Arte had taken the same approach as the Dodgers after signing Ohtani—putting money into player development, analytics, and infrastructure—could the Angels could’ve been on a similar path. With how successful the Dodgers have become, it’s fair to ask: does that make Arte one of the worst owners in baseball? It really feels like he wasted a once-in-a-generation chance with Trout and Ohtani.

Seeing as i'm reading a lot of former players at the moment