Since no one else posted it angles sign Pujols and Wilson

and she's a lush...

 

this is bad

the old mexican dodger fans will always be loyal
they wont just go become angels fans because of this
but... really, thats nothing
their kids will flock to the angels
not all of them, but enough
in a decade or so its going to be really bad
moreno knows what the demographics are for the state and what they look like going forward

the suburban upper middle class white orange county angels fan of old was not going to be a sustainable user base going into the futures
simple math will tell you that
but smart people are the ones who see the obvious before the rest of us do
thats how tuned out our minds are most of the time because of all the problems any random person has to deal with on a day to day basis
the white fan will slowly diminish in numbers as the states demographics become more and more hispanic

besides, the white fan will continue to stay angels fans even if they leave anaheim
there was and will continue to be much white flight from the dodgers
its being going on for decades now
before mccourt and way before the beating of the giants fan
but that really made things move
a large part of the strike was the fact that white people and suburban families of whatever race no longer felt comfortable at dodgers games
so the angels will of course benefit from that as they have spent decades cultivating one of the most family friendly atmospheres in all sports
they are still a disney type organization in terms of their image

the dodgers are in raiders territory now basically imagewise
or just a few more stupid incidents from getting there
so going all in with this strategy is exactly what he needed to do to fulfill his goals
double down on the brown

how bout this for a scary thought...

moreno decides to move the angels to a new state of the art stadium built by the staples center/farmers field people with all that cash and experienced building stadiums and owning sports teams worldwide
turns the marketing away from the anaheim/orange county history its had for years and goes somewhat retro to the time when the angels where in los angeles and the name angels was not representative of some disney movie because the team was once owned by the company but instead represented the founding spiritual heritage of this town and its direct and literal name meaning the city of angels

the angels could position themselves as the team of the city of angels, the los angeles angels baseball club
retro but at the same time completely modern in every way
almost a new franchise/expansion team but with a built in history that would never feel awkward or foreign at all because of the distinct and unique history of the team, where its played, and the relative expansive style that is southern california as almost one large spread out circular city/state spread out over the desert like in antiquity

the los angeles angels

it has a great ring to it
the marketing will be powerful
the team will be strong
their coaching and front office will probably be filled with former dodgers and angels
the parking will be better
the amenities unrivaled
the fans...


frank mccourt and bud selig cannot fuck up this sale to the dodgers
whats next... the clippers end up with a team of dwight howard, deron williams, and blake griffin? (they have all the cap space and bunch of young talent to trade and now players actually want to come play for the clippers... the mayan calendar was right!)

 

i remember reggie jackson, i was a kid but i remember a bit
but look at what the dodgers were at the time
even with reggie jackson the dodgers were something the angels could not touch

but now?
after a generation or two have grown up with teh dodgers being pretty much shitty?
going back since the time of reggie jackson coming to the angels we have had that one 88 world series
that in all reality we all know in our hearts was a fluke in terms of our talent on the field
it was one of those team of destiny type of situations
the reality was that we were not a championship organization
it was proven year after year after year following that
and we havent been a championship organization all this time since
not even close to be honest

and in that time the angels have made HUGE strides
and now with this...
they have a new reggie jackson

this new reggie jackson home run king world series multiple champion with one of the more storied franchises in the sport has come to the angels to again try and topple the dodgers in the eyes of the fans
the not originally from los angeles dodgers by the way...
thats a marketing avenue that they will drive down, eventually

the dodgers were able to hold back the first reggie jackson, but this one is going to be much tougher because our organization is a shadow of its former self and currently completely rudderless at sea with a leader readying his escape submarine full of gold and a hapless first mate in charge of making sure the ship stays afloat with as many band aid fixes as possible

that does not inspire a lot of hope
i want to be wrong

 

i think we all know the angels will always play second fiddle in LA. what annoys me about these signings is they are doing everything they can to get to the world series, while we are stuck in limbo with Ned doing these ridiculous signings. i know we can't do anything without an owner at the moment, but hell, we're the fucking dodgers. we don't sign backups to start.

 

sadly, the quota on ned's genius signings was filled to the gills.

 

i doubt i will go to see the angels unless its interleague and the dodgers are in, but all the rest of the stuff is right on the spot with what i believe the reality to be
then again i drive right past angels stadium at least once a week