T.G.

True they haven't won in 73 years. All the more reason to change their past practices and invest in their young players now.

A lot of these guys are drafted into baseball right out of high school. I'm guessing the overwhelming majority of them have no idea how to manage their finances or set and adhere to a budget. I don't know if baseball teams provide that kind of training, but I doubt it. That being said... If you're a baseball player who has been toiling around the minor leagues for several years, you should probably re-evaluate your career choice. Giving up on a dream is hard for some, but that's what adults have to do some times. That being said - I don't necessarily fault guys who don't quit and speak up in an effort to make things better. It's easy to say, if you don't like it - quit. It's another thing to say - if you don't like it, speak up and try to do something to make things better. There's lots of examples of people not quitting to try and make things better throughout history. Like IP said, it's funny how a team like Cleveland is investing in its future and a team like the Angels doesn't appear to be. Why wouldn't a team want to do everything it can to help its players reach their full potential? Also - I thought minor league teams had families that hosted players during the season to help them out. They don't do that any more? (Edit: just read the OC Register article said that stopped because of the pandemic)> I'm curious to see what comes of this, if anything. Minasian said this was "unacceptable." Well, we'll see.

It's disappointing when a team makes more news for what it does off the field and not for what it does on it.

I just offered $18,000.

I finished the first 7 seasons of Alone. Great stuff. Very authentic. Amazing contestants. The season I liked least was S4 where they had teams of 2. Every single contestant did things I could never dream of doing. Some of them were incredible. Some were real bad asses. The women who competed were as tough as any man, period. I will say I had to fast forward through lots of S7. I didn't care for the interviews during the last ten minutes of each episode that much. And any time one of the contestants had those "pity party moments" - I fast forwarded through it. I'm not taking anything away from any of them because they all did things I could never do, but I really only wanted to watch them using their skills. I'm going to watch S8 now - which I believe is in progress. Again - the series is incredibly interesting, entertaining, thought provoking and mind blowing all at the same time. Thanks @Lou

He's doomed now.

Are they checking pitchers after every inning?

Or not

Rally time!

Please go back.

@Angel Oracle you need a trip to the vent thread, dude.

Well... So much for that.

More...

If you thought that ^^^^^ was bad....

1:30 mark is where things get colorful.... NSFW

This thread has a magical vibe for some reason.

blind date

I was never very critical of Poohole while he was here, but FFS - he hasn’t shown much class of late. The man should have some remorse for his horrible performance while he was an Angel and some regret for stealing $240 million from Arte. The fans in the stands at Angel Stadium treated him with nothing but respect. Even when he went overboard about Cardinals fans. Newsflash for Poohole… respect is a two way street. F him. F the Dodgers.

@WeatherWonk

Vikings

Chuck, who you vote for is your prerogative - but let's be honest here. Walsh isn't far behind? Really? Vlad Jr., is a legitimate threat to win the triple crown. Besides that... V's OPS+ is 202 (leads the league) compared to Walsh's 148. Vlad is hitting 47 points higher, his league leading OBP is 85 points higher, his league leading slugging percentage is .671 compared to .576 - 95 points higher. V has a 3.8 WAR which is nearly double Walsh's 2.0 Need I go on? Walsh is having a solid year. Jr. is having a monster year. Look, I'd love to see Walsh get to the ASG, but he's not going to get voted in. Again, fans can vote for whoever... but let's not pretend they're close statistically speaking.

What kind of stuff have they been?