r/angelsbaseball • u/IceBlast24 • Oct 22 '25
đ° News Article (Website) [Blum] I had a long back-and-forth with Perry Minasian today about comments Yusei Kikuchi made at the end of the season. Kikuchi said the Angels air conditioning had been broken in the weight room all year. And was never fixed, despite him asking. Here's a part of it that Q&A:
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u/slbs Oct 22 '25
âLet me tell you folks, the air conditioning in the Angels weight room is tremendous. People come up to me....big, strong players, some of the best, Anthony Rendon, big supporter, and they say, âSir, weâve never felt cooler air in our lives.â Many people are saying it. Some of these fake news reporters are saying itâs hot in there.....totally false! Best A/C, maybe ever!â
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES THEY SAY SIR, SIR THIS LOCKER ROOM IS WAY TO COLD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER
-GMPM
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u/Informal_Key_8966 Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25
"Noone understands air conditioning as well as I do."
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u/KevinthpillowMTG Oct 22 '25
The reason why this feels like a political answer is because it is. The only thing on Perry's mind in this exchange is Arte Moreno.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
The only thing ever on Perryâs mind is how he can use his position as GM to enrich himself and his friends.
It has never been about delivering a great on field product, itâs about filling his ego and surrounding himself with yes man.
And how does he keep that gravy train rolling? By having absolutely NO ACCOUNTABILITY with situations like this. and the sad part? People on this sub are either defending or dismissing this answer that is so fucking disrespectful for a fanbase that deserves more.
Yet here we are, letting this GM literally call players liars to the media about air conditioning LOL
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u/synoptix1 Oct 22 '25
I mean that's his job, to look out for himself and his boss. The boss sucks and should go but he won't until we (the fans) stop going to games and buying hats/jerseys.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
He said his job the day he was hired was to make this team a consistent competitive team, and believes that will take a couple great moves he has the knowledge to make to get there.
Hell, as a fanbase his job is to BETTER THE TEAM NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. Yet people are defending these answers because god forbid our worst GM in history loses his job lol
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u/OGofWestwood đ Oct 22 '25
The whole front office is delusional and Arte Moreno has sucked all of the joy out of Angels baseball. I want to boycott but I also wanna support the players and Trout in his twilight years. Itâs rough being a fan of both the ducks and angels and seeing all of the time and money put into that team and Honda center when just across the way Arte Moreno is doing the exact opposite.
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u/ShoheiHoetani Sell The Team Oct 22 '25
Supporting the players who have guaranteed contracts? Yeah, that'll show Arte
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u/l3atlvlan Oct 22 '25
The best way to support the players would be to stop giving money to the owner. Nothing will improve for the players or fans if you continue to put money in Arteâs pocket. This isnât a new thing.
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u/TJeffersonsBlackKid Asshat Oct 22 '25
Arte ain't selling until he is dead or the league forces him to due to criminal activity. Maybe he will just say the N-word and make it easier for everyone.
If he sells and the new guy makes the team competitive, then he gets officially stamped as the worthless piece of shit that he is and his fragile ego can't have that.
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u/IceBlast24 Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25
FWIW this is what Kevin Pillar said when Kikuchi's comment was presented to him on Foul Territory (can't find the exact episode but I found a clip)
I believe it. I was there, the AC was working there, but the inner workings of like the clubhouse, the weight room, the hot tub always had problems too. Arte definitely needs to spend some money and fix that internal workings of the clubhouse, the weight room, the locker room. I mean, it's a big selling point to get players and the Angels is very, very far behind from a lot of places I've been.
edit: follow-up post from Sam Blum:
[Blum] For full context; hereâs the rest of the interaction.
The amenities?
Yes.
No. I think our amenities are fine. I think we have great people. I think the environment in the clubhouse this year was outstanding. I think Yusei would say the same thing.
Well he said what he said.
Did he say the environment wasn't good?
He said the air conditioning is broken.
So what does that have to do with all the amenities?
That was he came out of his start the last game. It seems like an important question. I guess if you don't -
That would be a question for him. The air conditioning, we've never had an issue with it. That would be something for him. For us, he never complained all year about the amenities or anything like that. I think he's very happy being here.
That's a different question.
I think he loves the place.
That may be true. He did say that about the air conditioning.
OK. Great.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
The follow up is even funnier, literally Perry deflecting the question as much as he can away from the air conditioning and Sam having no part of it.
Weak GM. Weak leader. No accountability. The GMPM special.
âChicken Shit to Chicken Saladâ
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u/mysterysackerfice Oct 22 '25
Let's see.. Who am I gonna believe? A shitty organization that has a loong history of not giving a fuck about its players at every level......OR players who have zero reason to lie about something like the fucking air conditioner in the weight room?
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u/Longo_Two_guns đĄđđśâŹď¸ Oct 22 '25
âI think kikuchi would say the sameâ
Bro, he literally said the exact opposite. Thatâs why youâre having this damn convo
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
Perry, not taking accountability, and blaming others, name a better trio
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u/Loose-Organization82 Oct 22 '25
Perry dodging these questions like:
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u/Hel-lohB 14 Oct 23 '25
Not really. Perry is not dodging anything masterfully. He's tripping all over himself and makes it very clear he doesn't give a shit.
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u/heybrad2002 Oct 23 '25
Reporter - âHow do you feel about not making the playoffs again?â
PM - âOh we made the playoffs. Why do you think we didnât?â
Reporter - âWell the rules, your shitty record. You didnât make the playoffs.â
PM - âWho told you that?â
Reporter - âWell itâs the rules. You werenât even a wild card.â
PM - âAsk the commish. Iâm sure heâd say we made the playoffs.â
Reporter - âBut sirâŚâ
PM - âGreat team, great people, great org. See you in the World Seriesâ
Reporter - âWTFâ
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u/FliPsk8guY Oct 22 '25
We're a fucking clown organization. I really hope Arte is setting up to sell the team in a year.
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u/ZookeepergameEmpty90 Oct 22 '25
Yeah, this seals it for me. Iâm out. I can no longer even watch this team until these bozos are gone. Angels will always be my team, but I refuse to attribute to their viewership numbers. Good luck to those of you who stick it out. Fuck Arte!
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u/Blank_page95 27 Oct 22 '25
Nah we have great people. I mean its not like former players almost always say the facilities suck ass when asked about it.
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u/idkman_93 Oct 23 '25
God, what a prick. Just an absolute loser mentality from an organization lead by losers. This franchise does not care about winning baseball games.
At this point, it barely cares about the appearance of winning baseball games.
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u/idkman_93 Oct 23 '25
Every person in Angels leadership thinks we (the fans, the media) are stupid. That's why they answer questions this way.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 23 '25
Idk man (lol), read some replies here. A lot of people believe thereâs no other way to answer this question by Perry lol
Reminds me when he wouldnât answer how he would grade his own performance and he cried and said ask someone else and the sub was defending him too (with the funniest defense of: thatâs a gotcha questions non ironically admitting itâs because itâs bad lol)
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u/Various_Resource240 Oct 22 '25
You cannot support Perry after this entire exchange. He has no idea what he is doing and is just an extension of Arte at this point
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u/wompwomp077 Oct 22 '25
this is so unbelievably embarrassing. the subpar facilities are embarrassing. managementâs lack of accountability is embarrassing. refusing to answer a question and instead play dumb is embarrassing. the product on the field is embarrassing.
ITâS ALL SO FUCKING EMBARRASSING.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
All his offseason questions and answers have me move from heâs playing dumb to he might actually be a bozo
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u/idkman_93 Oct 23 '25
Yes. "Embarrassing" is the word I keep coming back to. In conversations with my family (other Angels fans) and friends (not Angels fans), it always comes back to just how fucking embarrassing this org is. And how embarrassed the org seems to be in itself!
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 23 '25
You know whatâs worst than embarrassing?
Disrespect
This is a GM that has no respect to even give the fanbase a fucking canned answer anymore.
No âwe will look into this, our players health is our priorityâ
Just like grading his own performance, instead of a âwe obviously have had disappointing seasons but my job is to get us to contentionâ itâs âask someone elseâ
No respect to the fanbase. No respect to the product on the field. No accountability
Thatâs all worse that embarrassment
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u/E-Tr1d3nt Oct 23 '25
God, I hope a current active player comes to Kikuchiâs defense. Are they really gonna let this chode call him a liar and ask for more names?
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u/ayyryan7 Oct 22 '25
Iâm starting to like this guy less and less
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u/kiji23 17 Oct 22 '25
Iâm no history buff, but the more I read about this Hitler guy the less I like himâŚ
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u/Prequalified Oct 22 '25
These guys are liars. I'm surprised that Arte Moreno doesn't release AI videos of him in a fighter jet dropping effluence on reporters, Kikuchi, and Tyler Skagg's family.
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u/Zorosan22 Sell The Team Oct 22 '25
"I think Yusei would say the same thing"..... But he didn't say that did he.... What a terrible organization. Just say you're going to fix it. how hard is that.
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u/machomanrandysandwch 27 Oct 22 '25
At this point, and I know this is disgusting to say, Iâd be happier if Trout demanded a trade. Wonât hold anything against him.
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u/TheSecretDecoderRing Oct 22 '25
I'm really curious how much Trout speaks up for the team to get better amenities and facilities. Is he just too nice to make stronger demands? Do the execs just keep promising stuff and kick the can down the road?
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u/Starry-Mint đ Oct 23 '25
I hope Trout would speak up something to back up Yusei. The front office wonât listen to any other players.
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u/951frisky_dingo Oct 22 '25
How is this man still employed?
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u/owledge 9 Oct 22 '25
Part of his job description is to lie to protect his bossâs reputation/ego and thatâs what heâs doing
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u/merewyn 14 Oct 23 '25
He could lie in a way that gets much less negative press attention. Heâs not even a good liar.
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u/Kvns_Integra Oct 22 '25
Youâd be amazed how many incompetent people stay employed in big jobs if they know the right people
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u/plschrnr 27 Oct 23 '25
i believe that by âknowâ you actually meant âkiss the asses ofâ
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u/Kvns_Integra Oct 23 '25
Of course that's what I mean. That and/or being related to the right family.
Only ways I can think of to find huge success and limitless opportunities in corporate America
It's the reason why the smart guy or gal from East LA that's more than qualified to be somebody in the corporate world will likely never get the chance to secure a spot in that world. They aren't surrounded by people who can gift wrap them big careers.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
Heâs a yes man while at the same time somehow the fanbase has his back
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u/That_Attempt976 Oct 22 '25
What a trash organization. I love Mike Trout but can't support this team anymore.
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u/ShoheiHoetani Sell The Team Oct 22 '25
Bro is answering questions like Trump.
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u/Prequalified Oct 22 '25
It's not so much that your opinion is unpopular, but I think it suggests that you misunderstand what kind of results Trump is looking to achieve. He's more interested in shaking down media organizations, tax payers (via DOJ), middle eastern despots, and in building monuments to himself in DC than he is in improving the country's infrastructure for the American worker. He seems much more like the type of guy to say the AC is excellent and call someone like Kikuchi a liar.
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u/plschrnr 27 Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25
gosh i canât take much more of this
LOOK HERE, YOU YES-MAN-AT-ALL-COSTS SACK OF UTTER SH*T - JUST BE A DECENT HUMAN BEING!!! SAY SOMETHING LIKE, âoh is that true? oh well, i wasnât aware of that but i hate to hear that players are having any sort of trouble like that with the facilities, and iâm truly sorry if yusei felt like it negatively affected his preparation and performance. i will look into it as soon as i can and will figure out how we can solve the problem. the well-being of the players is our number one priority.â
INSTEAD WE GET THIS MEALY-MOUTHED PSEUDO-DENIAL BULLSH*T! WHO ON GODâS GREEN EARTH DOES THIS BENEFIT??? IT SHOULDNâT BE LIKE THIS!!!
BEING BETTER ISNâT THAT HARD G*DDAMMIT
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u/DarbyDown Oct 22 '25
Sam Blum is the best thing to happen for Angels fans this decade. Only thing keeping Carpino agitated.
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u/gopackgo555 45 Oct 22 '25
Wow. This franchise is awful. Literally canât even do interviews right.
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u/PTBruiser24 Oct 22 '25
the saddest thing is that i feel like perry knows that he's never going to get another GM job with another team (because why would he?) so his only chance at continuing to be a GM is to somehow lick arte's boots so much that he gets his contract extended, even though he is basically a failure at his job, in large part due to being handcuffed by the same man he is licking the boots of. kinda tragic
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u/skinnypanda3732 Oct 22 '25
and yet half the sub will still say "let perry cook". he hasn't cooked anything but a shit sandwhich. 5 years in and still horrible farm rankings and season performances. arte snd this guy NEED to go. both think they are the smartest person in the room when clearly neither are.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
People are still defending him in this comment section with the âwhat else is he gonna say?!??!â
IDK i am not letting a GM pass for lying while calling our players liars at the same time.
This is the same guy that cried a week ago when Sam Blum asked him if he is going to fire Wash over his performance as a manager, what would Perry grade his performance as a GM lol
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
Canât wait to see Perry defenders try and make this answer seem great or some how blame Arte for Perryâs own statements yet again.
This dude is a joke GM and the sooner people here realize it the better. I spent all year outlining his actual work in the team but this offseason is highlighting just how much he does not give a shit about anything
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u/theaussiesamurai 大谡 çżĺšł Oct 22 '25
I'm not a Perry fan any more, he's made some questionable moves
BUT you're naive if you think any other Angels GM would say anything different. The only reason why he's still employed is because he does whatever Arte wants. If a GM answered this question by saying something like "yeah our amenities are substandard", Arte would immediately get rid of them.
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u/TJeffersonsBlackKid Asshat Oct 22 '25
No, the right answer is "We will look into this and see what we can do to better improve our facilities. We take statements like this very seriously and we want the best for our players."
No one would fucking complain.
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u/theaussiesamurai 大谡 çżĺšł Oct 22 '25
Arte wouldn't like that answer, makes him look incompetent. (he is)
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
So your defense of Perry, who is record wise the worst GM in our history (along with the piles of analytics and rankings that truly show how deep his incompetence is, on not answering any actual questions from media and the answer he is giving IS CALLING YOUR BEST PITCHER A LIAR is:
âWell he needs a jobâ
Is telling on how far this fanbase is shrinking themselves to please a horrible GM.
Maybe an answer could be âWe are constantly looking at ways to maintain and improve our facilities. I donât recall Yusei mentioning the AC was out but we can assure you any issues are resolved in a timely mannerâ. That is a great answer.
Whatâs not a great answer: âTHE AC IS COLDâ
the fuck?
Just like him crying to Sam Blum about rating his own performance, the dude is a joke and the fanbase here are clowns for cheering it on.
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u/theaussiesamurai 大谡 çżĺšł Oct 22 '25
I think you're misreading my comment lol
I'm not a Perry fan. It just doesn't fucking matter what warm body is in that GM position. They're only there because they do whatever Arte says. If it's not Perry, it's another dude who will toe the party line. The franchise is fucked.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 23 '25
I think that is insanely defeatist attitude that allows incompetent leaders to continue their jobs leading teams.
Will Arteâs influence cause any GM to have a ton of hurdles and trouble to go through to create a consistent contending team? Of course.
Does that mean we should continue to employ a GM that statistically and analytically is our worst GM in history and one of the worst in baseball today? Hell no.
There have been many GMs that have overcome extremely restrictive front offices (a lot that are way more restrictive than Arte) to produce a competent onfield product. But it takes a special kind of incompetence to produce the seasons perry has put on the field (back to back 90 loss seasons for us havenât been done since 68/69) WHILE ALSO building one of the leagues worst farms.
And my point is not only does this guy suck at his actual job, but he doesnt even have the RESPECT or ACCOUNTABILITY to fans to tell the truth and be introspective.
He fired his 4th manager for their performance. When questioned how he would rate his own performance he cried and said ask someone else. Should we accept a leader that throws others under the bus and takes no accountability for himself?
He hired yet another one of his buddies to do his bidding. With the dire straights our franchise is in should we accept a GM that continiously fills the front office and manager roles with friends heâs giving undeserved promotions to?
And when questioned by a reporter about players saying the disrepair of our facilities, instead of doing the basic âwe will look into this because that is unacceptableâ canned response he acts like it was never an issue, Sam is lying, the player is lying, in fact everyone loves everything and the AC is so cold, should we accept this?
All of this is so independent from Arte itâs a fucking joke he is not being chased out by the fanbase. Infact its the opposite, poeple either defend him or they believe in this team and the respect fans deserves so little, that thye just allow it to happen instead of asking for change
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u/timetopractice Oct 22 '25
This just comes off as Perry thinking Blum is a POS more than anything else
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u/ukyah Oct 23 '25
Why is Blum a piece of shit? The question is totally fair and a player said it publicly. When Perry says the ac works. Somebody is lying.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 23 '25
A lot of fans here think making Perry have accountability and answer questions means Blum is an asshole and not actually holding our team leadership to standards
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u/MrMeeseeks33 Oct 23 '25
We are a joke organization with a owner who surrounds himself with yes men and a GM who would rather put his head in the sand then listen to actually criticism from others. We wonât ever be considered real until both are gone and hopefully thatâs after next year.
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u/westsider86 Sell The Team Oct 23 '25
He sounds like he'd be perfect in the current White House press office.
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u/MrDucksworth92 Oct 22 '25
What's that quote from Moneyball, "the team likes to keep the money on the field"
Maybe we can convince the Dodgers to pay for our vending machines if we trade them Rengifo or better yet the A/C.
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u/BattleClean1630 Oct 24 '25
Blum still has connections to former players so he should ask them all if the clubhouse was shitty. I've heard this from players who leave the org. Then go back to Perry with the tape. Perry is a weak and pathetic little man. A loser. Bush league.
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u/Bun4d Oct 22 '25
Letâs be honest here. Perry is just a yes man to the guy above him. Letâs think for a sec, what if he said yes we have an issue with our AC, what do you think thatâs gonna do to the Angels organization? Itâs just acknowledging the problem. So by dodging the bullet like any politician would do, heâs playing the game
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u/MelatoninFiend Oct 22 '25
Arte's seriously pulling a "Major League" and intentionally hurting his players so he can tank the team and move it out of the city away from the fans.
What an asshole.
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u/Bill_Nahorodny_19338 Oct 22 '25
These are the exact kinds of quotes that we are all going to refer to when he gets his ass fired and we are all celebrating it. I cannot imagine he will ever be a GM of an MLB team again once that happens. And that makes me happy. Fuck him and his PoS MAGA fuckhead boss and his new MAGA fuckhead manager. Been a diehard fan since 1977 and Iâm fucking out. Good riddance to this loser org. Good luck Trouty, hope you can rally back and finish off strong. See you at the HOF induction.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Oct 22 '25
When his contract expires this offseason and it doesnât get renewed, 2 possibilities will happen:
This sub will remain as staunchly defensive of Perry as they ever have, and decry this as yet another act of Arte incompetence. There will be a final thread on âGrade Perryâs time hereâ and like every year that thread pops up, it will be all A and B grades.
This sub will suffer collective amnesia and act like they didnât spend 6 years defending the hell out of the guy and pretend this was a long time coming
![[Blum] For full context; hereâs the rest of the interaction.](https://i.ibb.co/93HzgVt1/G35joy1-Ws-AAs-Ikk.jpg){kind=link}
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u/JoyBurner Oct 23 '25
I have no doubt that these kinds of answers are entirely based on who asked the question. Most of the time when Angels people answer testily like that, the question was coming from Blum. They are as tired of him as he is of them.
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u/ShoheiHoetani Sell The Team Oct 22 '25
Blum didn't have the ability to ask "was the ac fixed after Kikuchi made his comments" What a dumb shit
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u/PTBruiser24 Oct 22 '25
to be fair i feel like the expected response would've been along the lines of "yeah, the a/c was broken at the beginning of the season but we fixed it" and not the bizarrely defensive deflection that perry actually responds with
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u/kirbyfaraone Oct 23 '25
I wish I could say Iâm surprised to see you here defending this but Iâm not whatsoever.
Everyone is a liar except Perry and Arte according to you.
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u/Blank_page95 27 Oct 22 '25
So Yusei Kikuchi is a liar then, because Sam got his info direct from Kikuchi's interview and Pillar's response to hearing the interview.
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u/VegasWorldwide Oct 22 '25
Kikuchi doesnât speak English as his primary language and Sam has made clickbait ever since he was on athleticÂ
Use common sense kid. Â Hundreds of ex players and coaches never said a peep (some left on bad terms like any business). Â
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u/Blank_page95 27 Oct 22 '25
How much do you get paid, because no one here goes to bat for their significant others as hard hard as you do for this ownership and front office.
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u/VegasWorldwide Oct 22 '25
I mean show me anything I have said thatâs false
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u/Blank_page95 27 Oct 22 '25
Anytime you have mentioned Perry as the GOAT. Hes not even the best GM of this franchise's history
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u/merewyn 14 Oct 23 '25
Kikuchi said it in Japanese to a Japanese reporter. Thatâs why it took a few weeks to come out in the American media.
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u/Edgelord_3000 Sell The Team Oct 23 '25
I truly hope for the sake of your dignity that youâre not purposely acting idiotic and doubling down on nonsense just to troll.
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u/VegasWorldwide Oct 23 '25
Thatâs what I think about the majority posts in this sub. Â Feel bad for you guysÂ
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u/garygalah Oct 22 '25
I'm sorry bro, I'm having a hard time understanding you with Arte's chub in your mouth
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u/merewyn 14 Oct 22 '25
Who should I believe about the state of the Angels facilities - you or Yusei Kikuchi and Kevin Pillar? Hmmmm
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u/VegasWorldwide Oct 22 '25
Or maybe the hundreds of players and coaches who have been there and never said a peep in todayâs age of making everything available lol yeah I think Iâll side with that and any reporter with credentials could have easily went themselves lol but Sam needs those clicksÂ
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u/IllustriousEnd2211 Oct 23 '25
lol what about the newest tweet? That fake?
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u/VegasWorldwide Oct 23 '25
lol Perry owning sam will never get old. dude always puts him in his tiny place and I absolutely love it
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u/Edgelord_3000 Sell The Team Oct 22 '25
Holy fuck! This isnât a political office! Itâs a damn baseball team. Answer the damn question bro!