Arte Moreno: LA's Dark Angel (of Anaheim) 

As an angels fan it’s nice to see someone hate on the owner instead of the team itself

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God I feel awful for Trout and Ohtani. They deserve so much better

For a team called the Angels they sure do have a Front Office from Hell

it's just absolutely astonishing how a team that has TROUT and OHTANI is barely .500 granted, the Angels' pitching is horrific but this is ridiculous.

I refuse to believe anyone watched Teheran with the braves in his twilight years with the organization and went "Yeah sign that guy who gives up infinite homeruns and has a really good game every 9 starts 9 million"

As an Angels fan, I approve of this message. Just keep playing the montage of the bad signings.

It still pisses me off what happened with Skaggs. A tragedy that should've been avoided. Rest In Power, TS.

Last playoff win was in 2009 vs. the Yankees in the ALCS (lost series 4-2) Last playoff appearance was in 2014 when they got swept by the Royals.

As an Angels fan all I feel is pain. From dropping the Anaheim name to wasting Trout and Ohtani’s career, I can only hope for some miracle to happen with the pitching. The bright side is being able to witness the generational talent that is Shohei this year.

The way they handled Tyler Skaggs was honestly absolute disgusting, I feel absolutely awful for his family, and of course him as well. Rest in Peace Skaggs, hope you are at peace.

I still believe the best name for the Angels was the “California Angels”…they had the best hats too

THANK YOU! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY WHERE ALL THE WORDS AND THOUGHTS FROM ANGELS FANS CAN FINALLY BE HEARD!!

Tree: “…..I don’t know how I’d sleep at night” Moreno: “I’d sleep on top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies”

That pujols deal still makes me laugh. That dude got to win championships with one team and then got secured finically for life with another.

Haha the “of Anaheim” is perfect. Will always be the Anaheim Angels or California Angels to most people. Dodgers are LA’s team, Artie isn’t fooling anyone. RIP to the legend, a true cowboy, Gene Autry

2023-go ALL in at the deadline, blowing up your future for players like Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, Randal Grichuk, etc, ONLY TO PLACE THEM ALL ON WAIVERS A MONTH LATER.

I had a feeling an Angels video was coming. They've been coasting since the World Series win in 2002

Anyone here after Arte Moreno announced the sale of the Angels?

and a year later, Arte Moreno is considering selling, justice does exist

The Vernon Wells trade is made worse by the fact that Moreno FIRED his original GM for not pulling the trigger on a trade for him. God, did that deal suck and age poorly.

That compilation of players was fucking hilarious 😂😂😂

As an angels fan, Ive been waiting for this video for a long, long, longggggggg time

This is a great video, tree. So accurate. This man needs to be out of baseball ops for forever -An Angels Fan

Given all the stuff that's happened to the Angels in 2023, this video needs a Revisiting update.

The Angels’ ineptitude makes perfect sense when you remember that they’re located in the Florida of California.

This video is more relevant now that Ohtani has decided to fuck off and head up the 405 to the Dodgers for several dump trucks full of money... Now we need the another team to go Trout fishing

Also not just Tyler Skaggs but also Luis Valbuena and Tommy Hanson are now deceased

“Think about how much fun it’s going to be” -Arte Moreno

Angel players have a long history of dying young: Lyman Bostock was shot and killed in 1978 Donnie Moore killed himself in shame for his performance in the 1986 ALCS Nick Adenhart died in a car accident Tommy Hanson died of a drug overdose, just a few years before Tyler Skaggs Luis Valbuena died in a car wreck Minor leaguer Aaron Cox shot himself in 2018 Mike Miley died in a 1977 automobile accident, Chico Ruiz five years earlier Dick Wantz died of a brain tumor a month after his 1965 debut For a team with a heavenly name, they sure seem cursed; this, btw, isn’t including all those career ending injuries their players have had in car crashes or freak accidents…

100% chance Artie signs Trevor Bauer to a deal next season.

It just makes me sick to my stomach that the Angels have wasted Mike Trout for the past decade. How do you make it even worse? By Wasting Shohei Ohtani’s Magical Season. He’s probably (Nah, He Will) gonna win the AL MVP, but not be in the Postseason because the Angels can’t do anything right.

All Angels fans thank you for this!

That montage of contracts was absolutely amazing

And now Ohtani went to a mega power just an hour away from Anaheim since the dodgers paid him for what he is worth. Arte’s cheap ass caused this

That is a lot of free agent failures for a fan base to process… And I’m a NY Rangers fan.

This video aged like wine

Literally just one year after this video was released Arte Moreno is now selling the franchise. It’s crazy how things change in just one year

Something tells me that part of the decline of the players that come to Anaheim has to do with Moreno himself. Would you be performing at peak production with this man breathing down your neck? I see players leave this team and thrive elsewhere all the time. It’s almost as if Moreno is the problem here…

As a mariners fan I see dipoto as a God reincarnate with how smart he is and his ability to change the team around

These videos are awesome cuz you bring so much to light about teams and organizations. like legit screw Arte Moreno and R.I.P Tyler Skaggs.

There's no such thing as a bad one year contract? Angels have entered the chat.

I feel bad for poor Julio... he was one of two bright spots (the other being Freddie) on the Braves who sucked for 4 years in the mid-2010's, and he deserved better than what ended up happening. With that, he was WASHED. That's why the Braves didn't resign.

I feel really bad for Mike Trout, he’ll most likely be one of a group of great MLB players to never win a championship. What a shame

As a long time Angels fan...this was vastly overdue. I can't stand Moreno, and thought he has been doing nothing but destroying this team. The Pujols and Hamilton contracts should be grounds for forced sale of team.

This video aged pretty well after ohtani left

It might be an organizational thing if all of those free agents didn’t pan out. Most of them were very good players

For what it's worth, I do remember that 2002 team very fondly. It was a fun team: they came out of nowhere! (It also was my senior year of high school)

I've been an Angels fan all of my life and have been waiting for you to call out Arte Moreno like you've done with Dean Spanos (my other team...). I HATE Arte Moreno with a passion. The Angels are sadly stuck with Arte until he finally dies, which will sadly be long after Trout and Ohtani have retired.

Grew up an Angels fan, I really wish they'd go back to being the California Angels

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I’m a Cardinals fan. Watching Pujols in an Angels uniform made me sad, but thanks Arte for taking the albatross

Now Ohtani has a boatload contact with the Dodgers

This Rangers Fan was shaking in his boots when the Angels signed Pujols & Wilson in the offseason thinking they were determined to Knock the Rangers off the AL West Throne. Now I Laugh at them for those Contracts they signed them too.

As a Mariners fan I see the Angels plenty every year and the strategy is usually "Walk Trout". Ohtani adds another solid bat to that lineup, but the Mariners are still 8-5 against them this year and we're still rebuilding. I don't know what the hell the Angels even are. It's been a long, long time since the Rally Monkey.

Who’s here after the Mariners and Phillies made the playoffs to make the Angels have the 2 best players, while also having the longest postseason drought

I said this several times before, and I'll say it one more time. The Angels are baseball's lolcow in disguise. That being said, as an Angels fan, this video was LONG overdue and was SORELY needed. Thank you, Tree.

As an Angels fan since 2001 and rejoiced the 2002 world series as a kid, this is pretty accurate. They have the same issues for a long time and they don't fix the pitching and the minor leagues. The Angels had the winning formula to win it all and add K-Rod into the mix. Great time seeing K-Rod with the Ks in the Game 7 of the World Series and the flare that the 2002 team had is missing in many Angels teams. And yeah, the Angels belong to Anaheim!!! They've been in Anaheim since 1966. Come on, Angels, bring back the Anaheim name and don't ever King Felix'd Trout and Ohtani. Arte Moreno had the highs in the 2000's and had numerous terrible contracts after 2009. Yikes.

Maaaaan, I was over here laughing at the Angels' misery and you had to bring up King Felix. Damn 😰

As an Angels fan, and fan of you for like the last 4 or 5 years, I have been waiting for this, so thankyou Tree😊

Love when a team looks abysmal, You still find time to play some shining force 2 OST. Appreciate your vids man!

This has gotta be your second fastest "video in need of a revisiting" ever; first being the Sac Kings.

I thought the team's full official name included the "of Anaheim". Maybe they should consider a return to the name "California Angels". People in Austin and San Antonio don't seem to mind DFW's baseball team claiming themselves for all Texas.

As a Angels fan, I look back on so many moves made in the past and wonder what the hell happened?? It all started with the Vernon Wells for Mike Napoli trade. That should’ve never happened.

At this rate The Expos will win their first WS before The Angels win another

Yea…a part 2 of this is probably gonna be needed after the latest story. Moreno has to lose the team. Even if he had no idea about Eric Kay’s drug ring, that means he let a damn drug ring go in his friggin stadium without his knowledge. That negligence led to his player overdosing and 5 more players getting addicted.

I appreciate the video, and a good find in Moreno. As a lifelong Angel's fan we've always known that's the problem. Well researched, per usual. I think you also hit on a couple good points about the controversies the Angels have been in recently (in opioids, minor leaguer treatment, and foreign substances), but there are other things that I would put partial blame on Moreno for. - Mickey Callaway was hired by the Angels. While the Mets should have also picked up on his awful history, the Angels should have known and not hired him in the first place - Arte Moreno wouldn't sign off on Manfred for commissioner because he thought Manfred would be not harsh enough to the Union. Which is insane to me that he's the greediest of the billionaires, and probably one of the main reasons the commissionership is what it is today Also, as an interesting side note, Arte Moreno made his money in marketing. There's been a lot of talk lately on Steve Cohen's ownership style influenced by his occupation, and I think Moreno is a lot the same way. He has to think that signing large free agent pitchers doesn't make as big of an impact as big sluggers do. He signed Rendon, Pujols, and CJ Wilson all after their World Series appearances. For that reason, the only big pitcher coming to the market I can see the Angels signing is Scherzer. Here's to hoping he sells the team soon so an ownership group (like Guggenheim) can take over.

They're wasting Trout's carrer in Anaheim. He deserves better.

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That derp collage was amazing

The LA Angels name made sense for about 5 years in the 1960s. California Angels is still the most iconic and sensible name for the team, but wouldn't be surprised if Disney re-buys the team they change both parts of name for something referring to the park; e.g. Anaheim Adventurers.

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I feel like not even the heavenly force of Disney's own Angels in the Outfield could stop Moreno.

I will NEVER referE the Angels team as L.A's. Crying out loud the team is in Anaheim (!) They was and shall always be the ANAHEIM ANGELS!

As an Angels fan this team is difficult to be a fan of.

Mike Trout is kinda parallel to McCutchen. A fucking beastly talent undone by things completely out of his power.

tree moved rent free into arte's head. he is now looking to sell.

I’m loving the Shining Force music tree. Thank you for the nostalgia.

Thanks for finally making a video about my team. Literally everything you said in the last half was stuff I predicted would happen and everyone called me crazy.

As a Nats fan, seeing Rendon decline is sad. Moreno is just a farce.

What's pretty amazing, Arte forced a gun to the head of Tony Reagins when wanting Vernon Wells. You forgot Joe Blanton among the FA signings! Maybe Gary Matthews Jr. Too

He's selling the team now! Wooop wooop!!

You forgot Gary Matthews Jr getting 5/70 after making one nice play

One of the first things this video makes me want to do is listen to the 'Sonic CD' soundtracks again.

Now they share a spot with the Detroit Tigers for the longest-active playoff drought in the MLB

Two years later, it has gotten much worse.

Trout back to the IL after two games and Ohtani with a torn UCL, certainly impacting his free agency after the season, after the Ångels go all-in and Arte finally breaks the luxury tax threshold. I sure hope there's a follow-up now that the era of Troutani has whimpered to an end.

As an Angels fan, I’ve been waiting for this video since I found you channel.

The Anahiem Ducks: Roasted losers since 2007 The LA Clippers: The Toronto Maple Leafs of L.A. The LA Angels: More haunted than the Clippers or Ducks itself! I don't know if it's intentional or not, but the Angels are a laughing stock

Pirates vs Diamondbacks should be baseball’s version of Tank Bowl.

Why I am so happy the Seat Geek is finally sponsoring your videos again? Life is finally back

This video made me feel better about a lot of my teams so thank you

The Angels are rivals to the Mariners to see which franchise can waste more generational talent

The Angels don't deserve Trout and Ohtani. I feel really bad for the fans

Revisiting this after Joe Maddon gets blamed and fired for their current 12 game losing streak, and everyone wondering why they're losing so much with so much talent (maybe the 2 best players in the game and nothing else does not equal a massively talented TEAM).

The use of the South park cash 4 gold song was genius

RIP Tommy Hansen. I hate he ended his career that way in LA

God damnit Tree, now I have that South Park song stuck in my head.

It's funny how the Angels went from being owned by Disney to being owned by someone who looks like Walt Disney. 😂

So are the "Days of Our Angels"