Moreno won’t be missed after sale
If you want to know why the Angels stink, Mike DiGiovanna’s comprehensive analysis of the organization’s failure explains it all.
The short answer is, “It’s Arte Moreno, stupid,” and word of the team’s sale hopefully promises better days ahead. I’m sure the $2 billion in profit he stands to make will soothe Arte’s fractured ego.
Jim Fredrick Manhattan Beach
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I hope the new Angels owner does not change the TV broadcast crew; otherwise, we might miss the information provided by Patrick O’Neal on Tuesday night. The Angels were losing 3-1 and up to bat with one out when Patrick said, “If the Angels can get a man on base and then Trout hits a home run, the score will be tied.” Thanks for the insight into Major League Baseball. Russell Beecher
Canyon Lake
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Arte Moreno goes on “Shark Tank” to pitch Mark Cuban and Alex Rodriguez to get together to buy the team:
“Hello, Sharks. I’m Arte Moreno, and I’m seeking $2.3 billion for 100% ownership in my underachieving majormarket baseball team. Now, Sharks, everyone loves baseball. Wouldn’t you like to own a team with Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani and, most importantly, a fan base that tolerates failure as long as they can take the kiddies into your team store and buy them a stuffed monkey?”
Bob Kyle Newport Beach
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Shohei Ohtani walked off the mound last Sunday sick to his stomach. Not to worry. He will feel much better when he signs with the Dodgers after the 2023 season.
Jack Oakes Santa Ana
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The Angels being put up for sale has to be only the first shoe to drop in making this team worth watching. As much as Arte Moreno makes the perfect scapegoat, he’s far from the only culprit.
Drafting and cultivating their own talent has been nonexistent. The number of players brought up capable of contributing to the current group is almost at zero. If Ohtani and Trout know what’s good for them, they will run from this team faster than they run the basepaths, as the road to meaningful winning will not come during their playing lifetime. Robert Goldstone
Corona Del Mar
Rich get richer
Just what American sports needs: the doubling of weekly purses at PGA events, making wealthy golfers even wealthier. Reminds me of the competition between the NFL and AFL before the leagues merged.
The tour players should be celebrating Greg Norman’s efforts on behalf of the LIV Tour rather than disparaging him.
Noel Johnson
Glendale
Coverage issues
I wish to complain about the coverage that the Los Angeles Times has been giving to the WNBA playoffs. Compared to coverage of the NBA playoffs, it is pitiful. The few articles that you do publish are all AP written.
In contrast, Sunday’s paper included an extensive article written by a LAT staff member about the food diets of high school football fans!
Moreover, there are many men with daughters who play basketball. Had Kobe Bryant still been alive, he would have been an avid supporter of the sport because his daughter Gianna was an active player.
Al Milo Anaheim
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Yet again The Times barely recognizes boxing. Fighting for the biggest prize in sport, the heavyweight championship of the world, was at one time about as good as it gets.
Now, it gets but a blurb in the very back of the Sports section. The Joshua/Usyk fight on Aug. 20 was a thrilling event. Not only for the sport of it, but even more so for the dramatic backstory attached.
Is The Times making a political statement or are you just not aware of the really good stuff going on out there?
Marc Silver Glendale
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Thought I had died and gone to heaven Monday morning when The Times had a track and a beach volleyball article, on the front page no less! These sports rarely see the light of day beyond niche coverage, in spite of the incredible athletes, their great performances and interesting backstories. They truly are doing it for the love of their sport.
Kudos to Andrew Greif, who absolutely killed it before, throughout, and after the world championships of athletics a month ago. And much gratitude to the decision makers in the sports department, who not only approved these stories, but positioned them in such prominent areas of the paper.
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Tom Feuer Eugene, Ore.
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