ESPN just dropped the funniest nugget of all time
Joe Maddon got a Mohawk to surprise the guys with to help break the losing streak but the players never saw it because he got fired that day 😭😭😭
Shohei Ohtani reportedly would rather go somewhere with the “potential to win championships” over his preference to play on the west coast
Winning is his priority. The angels haven’t had a winning season since 2015
Usually don’t care enough about stuff like this but bragging over fumbling a half a million dollar lottery ticket is crazy to me
She traded $500,000 for a signed bat, some hats and a signed baseball. Ohtani didn’t even show up to meet her
The angels are going to be bad for a very long time because of how they mishandled 2023
Not only did they not trade Ohtani for a haul, they pushed their spending over luxury tax, then doubled down by completely gutting an abysmal farm system for bad players at the trade deadline…
No free agency tour,
No gambling problems,
No internal family issues,
Zero complaints about our roster,
3x MVP winner,
Greatest Angel ever,
One of MLB’s cleanest all time greats
Just so we all have some reference on how bad the Anthony Rendon contract has been…
Albert Pujols’ three lowest games played totals in an angels uniform (excluding COVID year):
99 games (‘13)
117 (‘18)
131 (‘19)
Anthony Rendon’s last three years under contract in Anaheim:
58…
How is it that every year the dodgers start slow and everyone’s like “this might be the year the dodgers fall off!”
and then you look up in august and they’re thirty one games over .500 lmao
Victor Rojas said he would cut Anthony Rendon RIGHT NOW
Sam Blum said it wasn’t worth repeating some of the things Rendon was going on about in front of his locker
The guy is withdrawn and doesn’t care at all. He won his ring in Washington and came to Anaheim to collect checks
Mike Trout on if he will have discussion with the angels in the offseason:
“There are going to be some conversations in the winter, for sure. Just to see the direction of everything and what the plan is”
On if he would request a trade:
“I’m not even going to comment on that”
The annual Arte Moreno failure checklist:
- signed Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton, and Anthony Rendon to a combined 22 years / $624M in contracts
- has failed to invest in the minor league system
- never made the playoffs with Trout and Ohtani both on roster
- active 9 year…
Thoughts and prayers go out to Max Stassi and his wife Gabrielle 🙏🏻
Max took the season off to be with his son who was born 3 months prematurely
Best wishes to he and his family
Maxx Crosby got more 1st Team All Pro votes than Nick Bosa
Weeks 7-15:
Crosby: 0 sacks, 4 TFL, 7 QB hits
Bosa: 10 sacks, 6 TFL, 19 QB hits
Voting is a joke lmfao
People forget how crazy the Andrelton Simmons trade was for the angels
Simmons in his tenure with the angels: 14.3 fWAR
Erick Aybar, Sean Newcomb, and Chris Ellis combined tenure for the Braves: 2.7 fWAR
Trout and Ohtani, please go do better than the angels 🙏🏻
Fought hard against the narrative for years but Trout and Ohtani deserve winning rosters and to play in October
Arte Moreno has spent years handicapping this club
- Gave aging Pujols $240M
- Gave aging Rendon $245M
- Chose to pay Josh Hamilton $125M
- Rebranded to “Los Angeles”
- Failed to surround Trout for years
He chose revenue over success. He will not be missed as owner, I promise
Shohei Ohtani tonight:
6.1 IP
4 H
1 ER
2 BB
10K
3-3
2 HR
2 R
2 RBI
Honestly might be the best single game performance I’ve ever watched, no exaggeration. MVP
Genuinely how can anyone who’s not a dodgers fan enjoy a sport that allows one team to have like a $300M payroll and another team to have a $40M payroll
Just makes no god damn sense
The Yankees have really treated Anthony Volpe horribly.
They passed on a generational shortstop class and used him as an excuse to cover up for their cheapness.
Then they had him skip Triple-A to push the Jeter bs storyline and probably sell tickets when he clearly wasn’t ready
Since the Angels last made the playoffs in 2014 they’ve had:
- 4 Managers
- 3 GMs
- 5 different players on a contract with an AAV over $25M / yr
only one owner
the organizational failure stems from the top. worst owner in pro sports
Dodgers fans before the series: “The angels treat these games like the World Series!!”
*Literally Dodgers fans and Brusdar Graterol after a meaningless August Ohtani K*
Since trading for Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, CJ Cron, and Randal Grichuk at the trade deadline, the angels are tied for the worst record in the MLB (7-17)
Vlad Guerrero Jr. on the MVP Race (via his translator): “Ohtani deserves it. Nothing what I’m doing right now tops his pitching and hitting ability. He’s the MVP” WOW🤯
game respects game 🤝
It’s getting to the point where commissioner rob manfred may need to step in and force arte moreno to sell the angels
things are getting outrageous in Anaheim:
- No playoff berths since 2014
- No winning seasons since 2015
- Three of the worst contracts in the last 15 seasons…
Here’s a story the national media won’t share tonight: Angels starting pitching has only allowed 3 total runs in their first 21 innings pitched of the season
JD Martinez when asked about the All-Star Game: “I mean, I personally voted for Ohtani. You see the things he does, pitching and hitting, you have to factor everything in. How can I look at that and say I deserve the DH spot more? He does it all”
All class from JD 🙌🏻
Re Victor Rojas’ podcast comments about culture building: I think this is why we appreciate Mike Moustakas
His stats might not light up a box score or an advanced stats department but he’s gonna do whatever it takes to win
Need more Mike Moustakas’ on this ball club 🫎
So let’s get this timeline straight the Angels weren’t sure if Shohei would pitch today or not because they knew he wasn’t feeling 100%
they decided to go ahead and throw him anyways in a meaningless august game, 10.5 GB of a playoff spot and he now needs Tommy John
crazy
Anthony Rendon IL History since signing in Anaheim:
2021:
Groin Strain
Knee Contusion
Hamstring Strain
Hip Surgery
2022:
Wrist Inflammation
Wrist Inflammation
Wrist Surgery
2023:
Groin Strain
Wrist Contusion
Shin Contusion
The angels get to dawn these throwbacks tonight against the pirates
Begging for Nike to modernize these and make these our primary uniforms. These clear our current uniforms by a country mile
I’m sorry, I’ll argue with anyone. there’s not a worse team in pro sports to be a fan of than the angels
they spend money but don’t have a good team
they have two generational super stars but have never gotten both of them to the playoffs at the same time
they’re in a 9 year…