r/baseball • u/Terminal_Flatulence Washington Nationals • 3h ago

Players Only [Shaikin] BREAKING: Rams owner Stan Kroenke buys the Angels, ending Arte Moreno's troubled tenure

https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2026-09-01/stan-kroenke-buys-angels-ending-arte-morenos-troubled-tenure
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u/joaovitorsb95 Los Angeles Angels 3h ago

Compared to Arte? Its like trading 1960 chevy that is curently on fire for a used beat up Corolla.

Im super happy

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u/hoorah9011 Major League Baseball 3h ago

Right? Angels haven’t made the playoffs in over a decade. Even for teams I despise (not the angels), I acknowledge that’s far too long for fans to go with being in the playoffs of any sport. You just feel bad at some point

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u/MakrQwegg St. Louis Browns 3h ago

until he moves the team a little closer to LA county in ten years

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u/Mikeyxy Anaheim Angels 3h ago

And even then we'll take it.

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u/misspcv1996 Philadelphia Phillies 2h ago

I don’t think you understand how badly Angels fans want competent ownership.

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u/MakrQwegg St. Louis Browns 1h ago

I’ll never begrudge a long struggling fanbase.

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u/fishchanka Minnesota Twins 2h ago

Then they can be the Anaheim Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-Los Angeles

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u/Jorgenstern8 Minnesota Twins 3h ago

Hell considering his history the man's gonna use half the Gulf of Mexico as a bargaining chip to move the franchise to and then probably do it when Cali rightly tells him to screw off instead of buying him a new stadium.

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u/Kingkongcrapper 1h ago

Yeah but his last four cars are looking pretty good:
https://giphy.com/gifs/ErIP6WHxI6avC