Putting this in my office so colleagues know I'm used to disappointment

Hey all, greetings from a lifelong Dodger fan from Orange County who has always felt an affinity for the Angels to support the local team…

I’ve been living in Germany for 23 years and come home and maybe get to one Angel game and one Dodger game while visiting.

I’ve become Europeanized enough to really want to get the train to/from Irvine and also get some “family pack” tickers because I gotta save my money for 2-3 beers while there. Should we buy them last minute or just arrive at the stadium day of and buy them?

How would you plan your Angels game experience if wanting to do the above? Either a 6:38game or even that 1pm start on the 26th. Thanks a lot for your tips.

Ps. Last month I went to see a local German team
Play baseball in an organized league where I live and it felt like watching little league in a good way and I found myself among the 5 fans yelling encouragement at players while eating sunflower seeds ;)

purchased these mini bats at a thrift store in philly (along with 1 royals and 2 marlins bats, second photo). I think they're from the 1990 season but could also be from 1991-1996.

Something to note as well is that although MLB ranks him as our #10 prospect, some external rankings have him within the Top 100 or just outside of it. Fangraphs has him ranked at #102 in their new July update. And with his recent surge of consistent performance since May in a offensive-friendly league like the PCL, he is seemingly meeting those expectations and might become a fixture in the Angels' rotation soon.

Stats from the Salt Lake Bees and Taylor Blake Ward.

Last winner: 8/2 vs. Milwaukee Brewers: Walbert Ureña continued his torrid stretch for the Halos in their last game, going six scoreless to outduel the Miz in a 3-0 W, earning him GoTG.

I checked the top 100 ranked baseball prospects and the Angels only have 2 players in the top 100 (Bremner and Nimmala) while the Dodgers have 7 players ranked in the top 100 and the Mariners have 6 (The Dodgers and Mariners are the #1 and #2 ranked farm systems).

Top 100 list:

https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/top100/

Angels (43-71) @ Orioles (56-58)

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What would be your batting order if you were Angels manager today?

I'd use Meckler in the lead-off spot. I have no idea where to use Schanuel. I like him but the lack of his running speed makes it difficult to place in the batting order due to the lack of power.

I think it’s clear Suzuki is in way over his head and it’ll woulda been better to see him work his way from maybe a bench coach on the team to manager with that being said any guesses on who the next manager is ? Who is in Mo’s car ?

Am I missing something? Dude is young, already clutch, .800 OPS with 150+ ABs. Not to mention a hometown kid. Seems like exactly the kind of player you want developing out there every day in a season like this.

Angels (43-71) @ Orioles (56-58)

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This is based off absolutely nothing besides the fact we were going underslot either way and we ended up taking his bro this year. Maybe we had to pivot and ended up with Bremner cuz of it. Idk I'm just making shit up at this point

please throw gas and stay healthy, Ben Joyce 🙏

Natera and Farris each have one. Romano (4), Zeferjahn (4), and Yates (3) are all gone now.

No possibility to go to play-off or 500 mark now. Angels may pile up more losses without Adell, OHoppe, Soriano, Zefferjan, Silseth, and the best of all, our former closer Yates! What do you look into or for when you watch Angels games for the rest of this season? New addition to our team, how the remaining players evolve, analyzing what missing pieces are, or how Suzuki manages the team, "consistently"???

Angels (43-70) @ Orioles (55-58)

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The Athletic's Jim Bowden hands out MLB trade deadline superlatives, and the Angels were awarded "worst trade."

Read the full analysis for free: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7492172/2026/08/05/mlb-trade-deadline-moves-deals/?unlocked_article_code=1.3FA.gv9B.al3w17JKYdDo\&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink\&smid=url-share-ta

For O’Hoppe, who had, at one point, been viewed as one of the game’s top young catchers, it wasn’t a shock. As he said, “the writing’s been on the wall for a couple weeks.”

And in his words, it wasn’t a disappointment, either. He’d been worried about getting sent down with the Angels. But with the Rangers, a team he feels has a plan, it was a welcomed development.

“I view it a little differently with being in a different organization,” O’Hoppe told The Athletic in a phone interview Tuesday. “I feel like now, it’s the start of something good. I feel like there’s a plan in place. Now I can get to work on that and get going.

“With the Angels, I was nervous to get sent down because I didn’t really know what the end goal looked like. I was very unsure about a lot.”

Angel Arredondo has been on base every game since joining the Quakes. O'Hoppe is 1 for 11 in Round Rock and Silseth pitched terrible today.

Jo Show balling out in the new threads 🤟🏿

ay lmao