state of the franchise 2024

[Jackyboy]

Hello everyone, I was born and raised less than a mile from the Big A in the 60’s-early 70’s. Always an Angels fan. I’ve obviously seen the ups and downs of the team but the team in the 2020’s has been nothing but disappointing. I’ve always loved Mike Trout but for the three of the last four years he’s played 82 games or less and the other year was only 119. Why does he get knocked out for most of the year so much? He always try’s but it’s getting to look like he’ll never play close to a full season ever again. Rendon doesn’t seem to care during the short stints when he’s not injured. Yeah Anthony, I know your priorities have changed and you don’t care anymore. They could have kept Ohtani and left room on the payroll if they got creative like the Dodgers did. Ohtani’s agent said they gave the Angels the chance to match it but they declined. He’s only a once in a lifetime player so who cares, right? Farm system is ranked among the worst in MLB and has been long enough to have been fixed not getting worse. Today they set the franchise record for losses in a season with 96. This while being swept by the 120 loss white sox. On the bright side there are a few good young players like Neto, Ohoppe and Joyce but they need much more especially pitching. There seems to be no way out of this cycle of paying huge amounts of money to players that are always injured. Every year by August (earlier this year) the team looks like it’s straight out of AAA. The team seems to have no plan on how to get better. I was very happy to hear Arte was selling the team but then he decided not to do it. Is it time for a Frank McCourt style boycott to make him go away?

[BTH]

3 minutes ago, Jackyboy said:

Is it time for a Frank McCourt style boycott to make him go away?

Yes

[Taylor]

Maybe we could cheer for Arte like we did Rendon. It really worked for Tony Two Games.

[TroutField]

I didn’t go to a single angel game, refuse to buy and merch, etc… 

 

when I look at the stadium during stupid giveaways, the damn place is almost sold out… Arte will Never change as long as the money keeps rolling in. 

[Stradling]

44 minutes ago, TroutField said:

I didn’t go to a single angel game, refuse to buy and merch, etc… 

 

when I look at the stadium during stupid giveaways, the damn place is almost sold out… Arte will Never change as long as the money keeps rolling in. 

I’m sure he’s seeing the financial impact.  Doesn’t mean he will sell but there’s absolutely no chance it has t impacted the team financially. 

[Mark68]

The state of the franchise?

 

[Tank]

59 minutes ago, Mark68 said:

The state of the franchise?

 

[Tank]

3 hours ago, Jackyboy said:

Is it time for a Frank McCourt style boycott to make him go away?

fans need to vote with their wallets. that's going to send the loudest message. 

[Angel Oracle]

38 minutes ago, Tank said:

fans need to vote with their wallets. that's going to send the loudest message. 

Haven’t been to an Angel Stadium game since late 2021, iirc.

Boycott Weekend at Arte’s!

[Dtwncbad]

I am not “boycotting.”  That is an active discipline.

I am just genuinely not interested in tuning in or going to games because the current state of the product sucks and my time and money are better spent elsewhere.

People lacking actual interest is a far worse state of affairs than fans wanting to go but temporarily mad enough to “boycott.”

 

[PattyD22]

16 hours ago, Stradling said:

I’m sure he’s seeing the financial impact.  Doesn’t mean he will sell but there’s absolutely no chance it has t impacted the team financially. 

It has Strad.  A few months back, I told a story about a friend who works at the Big A.  She told me that Artie laid off a bunch of concession workers and security staff, and this was around June.

Well last night, a saw this friend again and she told me something even crazier.  She said employees are now being paid on a “scale” depending on what level they work on.  So workers working on Field and Terrace levels (100 & 200) get paid more than workers on View Level (400 & 500).  This works out to be several $100 dollars a week it appears.

As owner, I don’t know how much say Artie has in the employee contracts, but this seems to suggest your point is correct.

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, PattyD22 said:

It has Strad.  A few months back, I told a story about a friend who works at the Big A.  She told me that Artie laid off a bunch of concession workers and security staff, and this was around June.

Well last night, a saw this friend again and she told me something even crazier.  She said employees are now being paid on a “scale” depending on what level they work on.  So workers working on Field and Terrace levels (100 & 200) get paid more than workers on View Level (400 & 500).  This works out to be several $100 dollars a week it appears.

As owner, I don’t know how much say Artie has in the employee contracts, but this seems to suggest your point is correct.

Arte isn’t feeling the financial impact, but the folks he leaves unemployed or finds ways not to pay their fair share are.

[Angels 1961]

I do not feel sorry for people that lost their jobs (Phil Nevin). We live in a free enterprise society. Those people need to move on get other jobs. Life is not fair if it was my dad would have made me a Dodger fan back in 58. 

[fan_since79]

This is the first year in ages that I haven't attended a game. I didn't want to spend hard-earned money watching a AAAA team minus Trout.

[AngelsLakersFan]

7 hours ago, PattyD22 said:

It has Strad.  A few months back, I told a story about a friend who works at the Big A.  She told me that Artie laid off a bunch of concession workers and security staff, and this was around June.

Well last night, a saw this friend again and she told me something even crazier.  She said employees are now being paid on a “scale” depending on what level they work on.  So workers working on Field and Terrace levels (100 & 200) get paid more than workers on View Level (400 & 500).  This works out to be several $100 dollars a week it appears.

As owner, I don’t know how much say Artie has in the employee contracts, but this seems to suggest your point is correct.

That’s fucked up.

[Stradling]

8 hours ago, PattyD22 said:

It has Strad.  A few months back, I told a story about a friend who works at the Big A.  She told me that Artie laid off a bunch of concession workers and security staff, and this was around June.

Well last night, a saw this friend again and she told me something even crazier.  She said employees are now being paid on a “scale” depending on what level they work on.  So workers working on Field and Terrace levels (100 & 200) get paid more than workers on View Level (400 & 500).  This works out to be several $100 dollars a week it appears.

As owner, I don’t know how much say Artie has in the employee contracts, but this seems to suggest your point is correct.

I can’t imagine that’s correct at least not the “several hundred dollars part”. These are part time jobs making approximately minimum wage. In order for it to be several hundred dollars a week they’d have to make $10 more per hour based on about a 30 hour work week. So if some have tenure and get paid a lot more then that makes some sense. Otherwise it’s nonsense. 
Not a defense of Arte it just seems like an exaggeration. 

[Tank]

with detmers giving up three runs in the first tonight, i imagine the beer sales will be higher than usual for the fans that are there. that increase in sales should help the hourly workers.