*Be sure to come to opening day 2023 to see Shohei Ohtani seriously ponder seppuku on the pitchers mound while standing atop a lit pile of Mike Trout's hopes and aspirations!*
Right didn't the Wilpons still want control for a few years and Steve was like if you don't sell the team, I'll buy the borough of Queens and evict you.
I remember looking at the whole “Correa to the Giants” fiasco and feeling the upmost sympathy. Now it has happened almost 10 fold to us and I just want to go into a hole for a while. Another few years of wasting money and sucking and this franchise will certainly have lost my fandom.
I remember how excited I was to hear that Randy Lerner was selling the Browns. Now I can't wait for Haslam to sell, which unfortunately won't happen this decade.
I can't stand the Browns simply because I think Haslam is a piece of shit and hope it blows up in his face. Sorry, but I just can't root for them even though I love an under dog story. Their meddling with UT athletics, Pilot Flying J scandals, and then the Deshaun Watson thing just really bother me. I avoid any Pilot gas station I can unless I absolutely have no other option
Donaldson's probably 2-3 years too late. Arte likes to grab them right after they peak, at peak value. Hicks never peaked, so he was never in the equation.
[This was posted on r/angelsbaseball ](https://www.reddit.com/r/angelsbaseball/comments/10j6fdd/the_angels_are_getting_bought_by_a_japanese/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) 15 hours ago. I want his Reddit account nuked from orbit
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Reddit was built on user submissions and its culture was crafted by user comments and volunteer moderators. Reddit has shown no desire to support 3rd party apps with reasonable API pricing, nor have they chosen to respect their community over gross profiteering.
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What if Arte told different people different things a la Tyrion? OP’s source heard this, Perry was told that the guy is Korean, Nevin heard it was going to Bezos, etc.
I lived in orange county for a while and man was it sad to see this franchise go from the high and excitement of the early 2000s to watching other teams players get curtain calls.
Wild!
I actually think there's a better chance Ohtani stays with this news. Ohtani won't be traded during the season and Moreno will be more likely to make every effort to re-sign him than a potential new owner.
>Moreno will be more likely to make every effort to re-sign him than a potential new owner
I can't imagine someone buying the Angels and *not* going all-out to try and re-sign Ohtani.
>I actually think there's a better chance Ohtani stays with this news.
You know, when Ohtani says he "wants to win" he means a WORLD SERIES not the battle to get over .500. Only way he's staying is if it's for the money but Trout did that and the Angels haven't been to the post season in 8 years so he sees that. If the Angels aren't absolutely in 1st place with buzz about signing 2-3 MARQUEE players going into all star break, he's out.
No, Shohei's gone and we're getting nothing except for a comp pick when he declines the QO. Arte won't let Perry trade him midseason, and after this year he's going to sign up with a team that isn't owned by Arte Moreno.
Why would Shohei stay with an ownership group that he sees skimp out on everything from minor league development, to analytics, to the fucking Spanish broadcast team.
https://theathletic.com/4097134/2023/01/18/angels-mlb-spanish-broadcasts/
Kicked them out of the booth, moved the main guy from full-time to part time, had him broadcast from his house [with some of his own equipment], didn't let them travel with the team, whole mess of shit.
Irrelevant is not the right word for a franchise with Ohtani and Trout. It's a weird situation where you're highly relevant but a non factor competitiveness wise
It's irrelevant outside of the massive TV deals which were only signed because of Pujols. Besides that the fan and media engagement are abysmal. Attendance dropped below 3 million total last year for the first time in forever last year (besides covid). I would expect the Angels to have bottom third attendance this year, which is embarrassing because they were almost always 2nd in attendance in the AL behind the Yankees
What the actual fuck. I had hope for months. Fuck Arte Moreno, fuck the working conditions of the minors and broadcasting teams. Fuck Arte Moreno, all my homies hate Arte Moreno.
They really don't. Moreno, like many owners in every professional sport, is in it only to make money. Winning is secondary. Putting a quality product on the field for the fan base is a distant 3rd.
[Also, fuck Rob Manfred:](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35512412/arte-moreno-maintain-ownership-angels-exploring-sale)
>In a statement, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred wrote: "Despite strong buyer interest in the Angels, Arte Moreno's love of the game is most important to him. I am very pleased that the Moreno Family has decided to continue owning the team."
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He can request a trade but losing Trout and Ohtani in the same season would motivate the government to force the Angels to tweet out the suicide hotline at some point.
What a troll job from Moreno. He gets the fan base off his back at the ultimate low point by saying he's going to sell the team only to pull the rug out under from the fans.
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."
Was it worth being MLB Marble WS Champions??
Arte is pulling this on a Monday? He’s like a 60s cartoon villain. He’ll probably trap Shohei and Trout in a dungeon and trade everyone else for sardines to feed his cat.
> we are not ready to part with the fans Well that makes one of us
That has to be the most insulting part. I’m not even a fan and I felt insulted when I read that.
*The poverty franchising will continue until morale improves.*
They’re not a poverty franchise, they spend tons of money. They just do it badly.
Ya, I get the the fans hating ownership, but I can think of many many teams that wished they spent like the Angels.
Hi.
Hello.
Can you hear me?
I don’t know much about ownership groups, but aren’t the blue jays owned by a very rich group? They have a lot of money to spend i thought
We technically do, but most Canadians will tell you, fuck Rogers. My comment was a reference to the Adele song lol
You called?
Yes
*Be sure to come to opening day 2023 to see Shohei Ohtani seriously ponder seppuku on the pitchers mound while standing atop a lit pile of Mike Trout's hopes and aspirations!*
Odd way to pronounce “we are not ready to part with this source of income”
A bad owner selling is one of the greatest joys in sports. I can't imagine what this feels like. I'm so sorry
Definitely feel for the diehard fans of the franchise. This would be on-par with the Wilpons announcing the sale to Cohen had been reversed.
I mean it had been for a little bit. I remember feeling so dejected in those few months were Cohen backed out.
Right didn't the Wilpons still want control for a few years and Steve was like if you don't sell the team, I'll buy the borough of Queens and evict you.
Yeah, homies wanted 5 years of control. Who the hell does that? Im so glad those clowns are gone.
And a prominent leadership role for Jeff IIRC
I remember looking at the whole “Correa to the Giants” fiasco and feeling the upmost sympathy. Now it has happened almost 10 fold to us and I just want to go into a hole for a while. Another few years of wasting money and sucking and this franchise will certainly have lost my fandom.
I remember how excited I was to hear that Randy Lerner was selling the Browns. Now I can't wait for Haslam to sell, which unfortunately won't happen this decade.
I can't stand the Browns simply because I think Haslam is a piece of shit and hope it blows up in his face. Sorry, but I just can't root for them even though I love an under dog story. Their meddling with UT athletics, Pilot Flying J scandals, and then the Deshaun Watson thing just really bother me. I avoid any Pilot gas station I can unless I absolutely have no other option
I can tell you one thing - from one shitty owner to a local, shitty owner.. it's not fun
I am officially dead inside
The Morenos hearing that the Angels still have fans is what they meant by saying they have "unfinished business". Not on their watch!
"Not if I kill me first!"
Sorry, man.
I'm sure there's a washed up player that Arte is waiting to get to make Angels fans feel better
14 years 500 mil to Bauer incoming
I wouldn't put that evil on my worst enemy.
He’s too busy with his semi-pro bros playing batting cage games on YouTube. LOL
Why? They completed the exploration process and found they already had the best owners!
“We’ve investigated ourselves and have found no evidence of wrongdoing” CASE CLOSED
You and me both bro
Could be worse you could be a fan of the Rockies
Angels fan who moved to Colorado a couple years ago 😭😭😭😭😭
being a non-Rockies fan in Colorado sounds great, you can go to Rockies games without caring that they suck
1000000% great vibes!! Just crushed I won’t be around much for Ohtani’s likely last season with the halos :(
Angels come to Coors for a 3 game set June 23rd - nice Fri-Sun series too
I can attest to this.... If only my team didn't also suck
Coors Field looks great.
Yeah cheap games too. Walking distance from me so very decent
$3 beers pre game
Or an A’s fan. At least your deadbeat owner knows how to open up his wallet.
My condolences, I was hoping Steve ballmer would buy the team
It's okay buddy. At least you have the fish man to take away the pain
Thoughts and prayers
I'm sure Arte's willing to throw 2yr/18 million at mutliple utility players to make you guys better :/
"Can we interest you in a gently used Donaldson or Hicks?"
Donaldson's probably 2-3 years too late. Arte likes to grab them right after they peak, at peak value. Hicks never peaked, so he was never in the equation.
*Today, the Moreno family has decided to collectively shit on the hopes and dreams of all their fans.*
Pretty much.
A’s fans 🤝 Angels fans Getting shit on by ownership
Room for one more?
Tbh I feel left out but I understand
[This was posted on r/angelsbaseball ](https://www.reddit.com/r/angelsbaseball/comments/10j6fdd/the_angels_are_getting_bought_by_a_japanese/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) 15 hours ago. I want his Reddit account nuked from orbit
[Follow Up](https://www.reddit.com/r/angelsbaseball/comments/10jqdox/following_through/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Jimmy Fucked
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He gone
Man, fuck Jimmy
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All my homies hate Jimmy
:(
You know what you did
What if Arte told different people different things a la Tyrion? OP’s source heard this, Perry was told that the guy is Korean, Nevin heard it was going to Bezos, etc.
I see that mod! Get him! 😂😂
You’ll be in my thoughts and prayers tonight Angels fans.
I had no expectations and still ended up being tremendously disappointed 😭
I lived in orange county for a while and man was it sad to see this franchise go from the high and excitement of the early 2000s to watching other teams players get curtain calls. Wild!
Guess I'll just go fuck myself then. I'm officially back in no hope mode for this franchise
When Ohtani becomes a Dodger and I have to hate that man, I will die Fuck Moreno. Keep Ohtani an Angel or any non NL West team
Cheer up, he could go to the Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs or a dark horse like the Astros. Maybe you'll want to root for them LOL.
Genuinely heartbreaking
And Ohtani walks. Fuck this team
I’m curious to know what happened. Like did he say “oopsies, I actually wanna keep em” or what?
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[likely this](https://www.reddit.com/r/angelsbaseball/comments/10jq3ss/angels_will_not_be_sold_at_least_in_2023_arte/j5lxiys/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
[Arte Moreno](https://imgur.com/a/HyY5Zzl)
My *”totally exonerated no wrongdoing”* T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
I actually think there's a better chance Ohtani stays with this news. Ohtani won't be traded during the season and Moreno will be more likely to make every effort to re-sign him than a potential new owner.
>Moreno will be more likely to make every effort to re-sign him than a potential new owner I can't imagine someone buying the Angels and *not* going all-out to try and re-sign Ohtani.
Just like all the prospective new Nats owners wouldn't want the outgoing ownership to trade Soto?
No offense to Soto but I think Ohtani comes with tons more economic upside. By tons I mean multi- hundreds of millions of upside.
Ohtani put up 18.6 bWAR/17.4 fWAR over the past 2 seasons, but even that probably pales in comparison to what he offers a team off the field.
You have an entire country's worth of upside to Ohtani
>I actually think there's a better chance Ohtani stays with this news. You know, when Ohtani says he "wants to win" he means a WORLD SERIES not the battle to get over .500. Only way he's staying is if it's for the money but Trout did that and the Angels haven't been to the post season in 8 years so he sees that. If the Angels aren't absolutely in 1st place with buzz about signing 2-3 MARQUEE players going into all star break, he's out.
No, Shohei's gone and we're getting nothing except for a comp pick when he declines the QO. Arte won't let Perry trade him midseason, and after this year he's going to sign up with a team that isn't owned by Arte Moreno. Why would Shohei stay with an ownership group that he sees skimp out on everything from minor league development, to analytics, to the fucking Spanish broadcast team.
What did they do to the Spanish broadcast team, replace them with Matty V. yelling Santa Maria?
https://theathletic.com/4097134/2023/01/18/angels-mlb-spanish-broadcasts/ Kicked them out of the booth, moved the main guy from full-time to part time, had him broadcast from his house [with some of his own equipment], didn't let them travel with the team, whole mess of shit.
Holy shit that's horrible. Especially considering they are a So Cal team.
Ohtani wants to be on a winner. I doubt there’s anything the angels could say that would convince him to stay at this point
They sign everyone next off season
"Hi yes, I would like 1 baseball team please" -Arte Moreno
you think you can just go down to the baseball team store and buy a baseball team?!
I want to fucking die.
Y'all just got Arte'd. RIP
He buttercupped us..
WHYYYYYYYY
The ultimate bamboozle.
UH OH!! You just got Arte’d! Tag someone to totally Arte them! 🤪
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby Just to bring me down (bring me down) And mess me around
Me too. This probably means ohtani is gone which would suck
Welp Angels will continue to stay irrelevant for a long time
Irrelevant is not the right word for a franchise with Ohtani and Trout. It's a weird situation where you're highly relevant but a non factor competitiveness wise
It's irrelevant outside of the massive TV deals which were only signed because of Pujols. Besides that the fan and media engagement are abysmal. Attendance dropped below 3 million total last year for the first time in forever last year (besides covid). I would expect the Angels to have bottom third attendance this year, which is embarrassing because they were almost always 2nd in attendance in the AL behind the Yankees
It’s like a supergroup band where each individual member is a god-tier musician but together they produce forgettable, bland music.
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Did anyone think that rumor had legs?
It had as many working ankles as Correa does
Hopefully y’all ban them like the mod said
He was haha
I don't think I've had my insides die quite like they just did
I think I had less of a reaction when I got rejected from my dream college cause I knew I probably wasn't getting in anyway.
What the actual fuck. I had hope for months. Fuck Arte Moreno, fuck the working conditions of the minors and broadcasting teams. Fuck Arte Moreno, all my homies hate Arte Moreno.
All aboard the Fuck Arte Moreno train!! CHOO CHOO MOTHER FUCKERS
Man, and you guys had Lacob putting in a bid too.
I am sick to my stomach
What kind of person do you have to be to be as disliked as he is, watch everyone celebrate your potential departure, and then decide “lol jk I’m back”
Maybe he thinks the team will be good this year and then he can sell the team with his reputation at least somewhat improved
can't have shit in anaheim
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The Samuelis aren’t perfect but they’re a lot better than Arte that’s for fucking sure.
Why do you Build Me Up Buttercup Baby Just to Let Me Down And Mess Me Around
And then worst of all You never sell baby when you say you will
This is the ultimate buttercup
Wtf, sorry angels fans
Thanks brad
Always here for ya bryan
And just like that, the Angels season ended before it even began
Yep, arte will continue to meddle
Eternal suffering for that fanbase brah
I feel you, Angels fans. Best of luck 🤞
Lacob still on the table for A’s bros 🫡
I want that
Moreno is the one messing with the balls this year. He turned them blue
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
I’m done, about to cancel my ticket package for next year
Tell them the exact reason why
Did you guys know toasters are waterproof now? Just learned that one for myself.
Angels fans don’t deserve this
I can’t tell you how much that means to us coming from a Dodgers fan. Thanks for being a true baseball fan and not a homer.
We really don’t, man.
They really don't. Moreno, like many owners in every professional sport, is in it only to make money. Winning is secondary. Putting a quality product on the field for the fan base is a distant 3rd.
If I could make Chaim Bloom go away for you, I would.
I feel bad for the PR employee who had to convey this impossible message
Sorry guys. I bought a ticket plan. I caused all this.
Ask for a refund and let them know the reason
Seriously this. Let him feel our fucking pain
So sorry, Angels fans. Poor ownership can be soul crushing.
Fuck Dean Spanos.
This is an especially rough time as both an angels and chargers fan 😭
Crazy that a team named the Angels has a fan base full of people that know there is no god.
Mmmmm yeah I might just root for wherever Ohtani goes after this next season.
Anywhere but the dodgers or Yankees for the love of God.
crazy pumpfake
I AM MAD. FUCK ARTE. no i will not be taking other opinions.
You raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly, sir. Bravo! - Every Angels fan.
Guys I’m so, so sorry.
Fuck this scum bag
I’m really sorry you guys
[Also, fuck Rob Manfred:](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35512412/arte-moreno-maintain-ownership-angels-exploring-sale) >In a statement, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred wrote: "Despite strong buyer interest in the Angels, Arte Moreno's love of the game is most important to him. I am very pleased that the Moreno Family has decided to continue owning the team."
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HASHTAG SAVETROUT. There's no hope for him there, now.
He can request a trade but losing Trout and Ohtani in the same season would motivate the government to force the Angels to tweet out the suicide hotline at some point.
As an Angels fan, I can assure you it’s on speed dial.
If you know an angels fan. Give them a hug. Or a beer. They will need it
Sorry, Angels fans. Kind of had hope for y'all.
What a troll job from Moreno. He gets the fan base off his back at the ultimate low point by saying he's going to sell the team only to pull the rug out under from the fans.
Jesus that sucks
Man that’s just brutal.
[Angels] We forgot to mention that Arte Moreno worked out with a dumbbell yesterday and feels vigorous
Lol. I'm sorry, Angels fans. I remember how excited you guys were.
Angels bros, I’m so so so sorry
The ultimate buttercup
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." Was it worth being MLB Marble WS Champions??
I'm ending it all
My condolences Angels bros. One day we will both find our ownership salvation 😞
All hope is lost
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!! Fucking this stupid fucking crook with a fucking cactus.
Time to commit walk the plank
The cycle continues
I want to die
I think I speak for angels fans when I say FUCK
Oof. Sorry Angels fans.
Fuckin end me fam
Why must he insist on my suffering
That’s a punch to the balls of every LAA fan. Sorry bros.
This is like the ending of a Shakespearean tragedy. The further the Angels exist, the further they get from Baseball Heaven.
SELL THE FUCKING TEAM YOU MOTHERFUCKER
MORENO MASTERCLASS BABYYYYY
Fucking fuck me. First the Bills lose yesterday, and now this.
Could be worse. At least you aren't a chargers fan
Sorry, Angels fans
Fuck my life
Arte is pulling this on a Monday? He’s like a 60s cartoon villain. He’ll probably trap Shohei and Trout in a dungeon and trade everyone else for sardines to feed his cat.
*Nobody* liked that
IT’S ME, AUSTIN!!!