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(YardBarker)   The Angels could've sold for the most money in Major League Baseball, with five suitors running the price tag to around $3 billion. Then current Angels owner Arte Moreno said, "Hold my beer and bad baseball ideas pad, I can fark this up even more"   (yardbarker.com) divider line
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424 clicks; posted to Sports » on 26 Jan 2023 at 6:03 PM (7 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Combustion [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 5:42:24 PM  
Wow. Whenever that guy makes a decision, it's almost always stupid. He's like Jerry Jones without the success.
 
Count_Crackula
2023-01-26 6:29:57 PM  
Dammit. Moreno is so bad, he almost makes Spanos look competent. Almost.

/Fark 'em both
//Angels fan
///Tungsten Arm O'Doyle
 
Practical_Draconian
2023-01-26 6:31:48 PM  
If I go see Ohtani before he bolts (and I don't blame him if Moreno stays), it will be at PetCo Park or Dodger Stadium. Can't justify giving Arte more money for a shiat show personal fantasy league team.

GMs are a thing Arte. You aren't a good one.
 
IlGreven
2023-01-26 7:05:40 PM  
And Satan visits Trout and said, "Hey, you wanted that monster contract..."
 
MSkow
2023-01-26 8:21:01 PM  
Well, Trout can kiss any fantasies of playoff success goodbye. 

The best thing Moreno could do is trade Trout and Ohtani for an entire farm system and maybe a few current impact players. He won't though because he's terrible.
 
Stud Gerbil
2023-01-27 2:51:47 AM  
Hard to believe that only Disney managed to win a WS with this franchise.
 
soupafi
2023-01-27 6:26:17 AM  
So he doesn't like money?
 
Trocadero
2023-01-27 10:18:02 AM  

Stud Gerbil: Hard to believe that only Disney managed to win a WS with this franchise.


Didn't the Ducks win the Stanley Cup the first or second year after Disney dumped them?
 
TDWCom29
2023-01-27 11:47:35 AM  

Stud Gerbil: Hard to believe that only Disney managed to win a WS with this franchise.


I'm pretty sure they had sold to Moreno by then
 
rudemix [OhFark]
2023-01-27 12:32:13 PM  
I've been a fan of the team for far too long to jump off the ship now but I will continue to dislike Moreno. I think Minasian made some decent moves so far this off-season. While no one huge was signed the general consensus is the Angels have done well so far this off-season acquiring some pieces that may get the team at least over .500. Given the Astros in the AL West they'll probably have to wild card into the playoffs but it is possible.

I don't plan to boycott or ignore the team on the edge of a potentially decent season. Moving to New Mexico from California kind of made them fairly inaccessible for tv or live games anyway. I had already bought some new City Connect stuff prior to this debacle. I am visiting Southern California in September and they will be in town and i plan to see two of the three games i can. The chance to watch two generational players get after it, at a time when the season is winding down and they may be doing well is something i don't want to miss just because I'm not a fan of Moreno.
 
Practical_Draconian
2023-01-27 12:53:33 PM  

Trocadero: Stud Gerbil: Hard to believe that only Disney managed to win a WS with this franchise.

Didn't the Ducks win the Stanley Cup the first or second year after Disney dumped them?


Current owner Samuelis got to lift the Cup in 2007.


TDWCom29: Stud Gerbil: Hard to believe that only Disney managed to win a WS with this franchise.

I'm pretty sure they had sold to Moreno by then


Nope, Disney sold high after fluky WS win.
Arte gave cheap beer for a while and Vlad Guerrero and ... yeah, that is it other than bad free agents, no pitching, revolving door GMs in title only (managers too after Mike Scioscia) and wasting Trout and Ohtani.

I think every owner (Gene Autry, Disney, Arte Moreno) has renamed the Angels' location at some time in their ownership. LA, California, Anaheim, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and now just Los Angeles, which isn't too much of a faux pas (LA Rams played at the same location in the '80s). But Angels need to renovate the stadium or get a new one, it's starting to wear and tear and I've seen tweets about plumbing issues and chunks of concrete stairs missing.
 
The Bestest
2023-01-27 6:34:20 PM  

Practical_Draconian: I think every owner (Gene Autry, Disney, Arte Moreno) has renamed the Angels' location at some time in their ownership. LA, California, Anaheim, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and now just Los Angeles, which isn't too much of a faux pas (LA Rams played at the same location in the '80s). But Angels need to renovate the stadium or get a new one, it's starting to wear and tear and I've seen tweets about plumbing issues and chunks of concrete stairs missing.


They were first the LA Angels because they actually played in LA (first Wrigley Field (no, not THAT one, then Dodger Stadium). When they moved to Anaheim, Autry renamed them the California Angels. When Disney took over, they renegotiated the terms of the lease for the A with the city, which required that "Anaheim" be in the name, and thus they became the Anaheim Angels. When Moreno bought the team, he wanted LA in the name, but was still beholden to the lease, and thus they became the LAAoA. When a new lease was signed, the "of Anaheim" was dropped.
 
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