{"id":10382,"date":"2023-01-24T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/arte-morenos-angels-sale-decision-sparks-mlb-twitter-reaction\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:20:00","slug":"arte-morenos-angels-sale-decision-sparks-mlb-twitter-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/arte-morenos-angels-sale-decision-sparks-mlb-twitter-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Arte Moreno&#8217;s Angels sale decision sparks MLB Twitter reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>To sell or not to sell?That was a question that had been on the minds of Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno until Monday night, when he announced his decision not to go ahead with the sale of the club. turned on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocksInTheOF\/status\/1617658064018235393\" target=\"_blank\">reaction<\/a> From MLB Twitter. Here are the best ones.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good news for the other teams. he stuck them in the ground.  https:\/\/t.co\/Ya7Jhx8E3B<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteAbe\/status\/1617658026449592322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Unfortunately, that could be the reaction from fans of other MLB teams.  Arte Moreno, who became the owner of the Angels in 2003, has been less than successful in running the club.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Moreno acquisition, the Angels have made the playoffs only six times and have never missed the postseason in the last eight years.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but we&#8217;ve been blessed to have generation-defining stars like Albert Pujols, Mike Trout, and Shohei Ohtani on our roster over the years.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, many Angels fans find Moreno&#8217;s ownership of the club painful. They thought they were finally free from his control, so the news of his flip-flop sale came as a big shock.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After Arte Moreno thought all of Angel&#8217;s fans were out of the misery of his ownership: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W3B6FI1zBg\">pic.twitter.com\/W3B6FI1zBg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake (@D1SCHER) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/D1SCHER\/status\/1617657403532804096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of the reasons these Angels fans aren&#8217;t happy? It can mean losing. Ever since he arrived in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Angels fans fear the worst.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Arte Moreno&#8217;s Remaining Means Ohtani Is Gone <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nBt2I5QTCD\">pic.twitter.com\/nBt2I5QTCD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Razzball (@Razzball) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Razzball\/status\/1617666043023097858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s next offseason free agency just got a little more interesting https:\/\/t.co\/sRB25mnmgy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Healey (@timbhealey) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timbhealey\/status\/1617661076782600193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred reacted to Arte Moreno&#8217;s decision to sell the Angels.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred (prepared statement): <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite buyers\u2019 strong interest in the Angels, Arte Moreno\u2019s love of the game is paramount to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Blum (@SamBlum3) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamBlum3\/status\/1617660832959311874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some fans weren&#8217;t buying what Manfred was selling as to why Moreno decided to keep the team.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, MLB&#8217;s Twitter made a field day about Arte Moreno&#8217;s decision not to go ahead with the Angels sale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiSGh0dHBzOi8vY2x1dGNocG9pbnRzLmNvbS9hbmdlbHMtbmV3cy1tbGItd29ybGQtYXJ0ZS1tb3Jlbm8tbm90LXNlbGwtdGVhbdIBTmh0dHBzOi8vY2x1dGNocG9pbnRzLmNvbS9hbmdlbHMtbmV3cy1tbGItd29ybGQtYXJ0ZS1tb3Jlbm8tbm90LXNlbGwtdGVhbT9hbXA9MQ?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] To sell or not to sell?That was a question that had been on the minds of Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno until Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Arte-Moreno-Angels-Arte-Moreno-Angels-Angels-owner-MLB.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}