To Arte Moreno, Perry Minasian, and the Angels Front Office,
As a season ticket holder for years, having gone to Game 6 of the World Series in 2002 with my Dad, having lived through the winning years in the early 2000’s — going to 40+ games a season growing up, watching them win, watching them fight, creating countless memories of WINS..
Only to now be in my 12th consecutive year of losing is so embarrassing. I’m raising my two young sons and all I desperately want is for them to know what WINNING feels like. To come from victory.
We live two miles away from the stadium now (have been for four years) — I’m living my CHILDHOOD DREAM!! I drive down the street and see the Big A. I go to the grocery store and see people wearing Angels’ gear. I walk into my sons’ room and see Angels memorabilia on the walls, bobble heads, their closets with Angels t-shirts. Rally Monkeys as their teddy bears.. but it feels empty and purposeless.
I’ve now pivoted our perspective of Angels fandom to lessons for my kids of what it means to unconditionally love someone or something to where: YOU DON’T GIVE UP ON SOMETHING YOU LOVE!! But I REFUSE to subject them to lessons that some parents teach — that lesson of “Not everything is about winning. As long as you try your best! That’s all that matters!” NO. Bullshit. Life isn’t easy, and you’re going to need to work AS HARD AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN TO WIN! “There’s two types of people in the world: WINNERS & LOSERS. We are WINNERS.”
With the Angels, all they know is losing.. disappointment.. frustration. They are going to games and hoping the Angels win, only to LOSE. My 5-year old was visibly saddened after another loss at the stadium. And I have to offer him a hot dog, or ignore my own disappointment in order to make it easier..
Thank GOD the Ducks are making a run in the playoffs this year. I had never been to a hockey game before — but my son asked me if we could go to a Ducks game after passing by the Honda center in late April asking “where are all of those people going?”
“They’re going to see the Ducks”
“Can we go see the Ducks?”
The next week we went and saw the Ducks clinch the first round of the playoffs. It brought me to tears — seeing a team that I had never previously been invested in win a playoff series, while my Son who had also never seen a ducks game, jump up and down in excitement. It brought back memories and feelings of what it was like to feel VICTORY with my Dad as a young kid growing up. He told me he wants to learn how to ice skate.. and Now next to his Rally Monkey is a little “Wild Wing”.
Not yet giving up on the Angels.. but this team is broken. Doesn’t want to win. And it starts with you, the owner, Arte Moreno, and the entire Front Office. You don’t seem to care about this team. And you don’t know the impact of what you’re doing..
You are killing an entire generation of Angels Baseball.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope this message is received in the spirit it was written: from someone who cares deeply about this team and wants to see the Angels become the organization the fans deserve.
Sincerely,
The Angels Suck - @HalosAnonymous
So sick of seeing the “He so needed this” after occasional home runs. As if that’s what this team needs, to hit home runs. Must’ve opened up a fresh Pokémon pack to a charizard. Fuckin joke
The #Angels released the following statement on Patrick O'Neal's departure from the broadcast team:
The Angels organization would like to thank Patrick O’Neal for his 13 years of dedication to the Angels broadcast team. He brought a sense of pride to each telecast, something that was felt by Angels fans watching at home.
@kirkhawkins Hey Kirk! Just a quick message congratulating you on the weekend anchor gig ! Well deserved ! Look forward to seeing you then and I’ve been seeing you at the gym around 5:30am daily if that’s going to stay a regular job as well!
Sure, we’re down 5-0, our Ace is flopping. Our team is becoming more and more of an embarrassment to the league. But Dont worry Halo Fans. @Markgubicza & @WayneRandazzo are eating well, selling Angel’s Stadium Rat-Free concessions, promoting the next Star Wars giveaway or whatever the fuck 😒 The propaganda machine ROLLS on. #WhatAJoke#RepTheHalo#FuckYouArte
@AngelsTalk27 A fan base that still goes to games selling out a stadium after a 6 game losing streak, is a fan base that gives zero shits about the game and their team. All it does is line the billionaire #ArturoTheBurro🫏 pocket. Until that place is losing money he will never sell.
It’s hard to quantify this, but I think this was one of the best #TCMFF I’ve been to. No weak spots in the lineup, tons of great experiences and guests. They did a great job with it. I’ll write a blog post in the next day or two about the experience.
I’m not sure what’s worse with the Angels right now?
The Angels Strikeouts at the plate
The Angels Bullpen
The Angels Defense
The Angels Manager’s decisions
@HalosAnonymous I haven’t been to a game in 5 years and won’t until there’s a new owner…it’s that simple, and I was a season ticket holder for 10 years
Angels Stadium has two escalators, one on each side of the stadium. One of them has been broken half of the fuckin year already. Arte Moreno gives no fucks. Cheap rat bastard
“4.7 Seconds: For The Championship” premieres at 9:15pm ET on @truTV tonight!
Producing this project was a personal one for me, and ensures that Marcus Paige’s shot with 4.7 seconds left on the clock is forever remembered.
I hope this brings some catharsis to Chapel Hill 🙏