Shohei's Empty Locker: How The Angels Failed MLB's Biggest Star
The Lead
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🗓️ 22 September 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The Los Angeles Angels have had arguably the two biggest stars in baseball, Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout, on their roster for the past six years. And yet they have failed to make the playoffs -- or even record a winning season -- during that time. Today, with Ohtani on the verge of free agency, we explore his complicated relationship with the Angels, where he’s likely to land next season, and why the Angels may have ultimately failed MLB's brightest star.
Guest: Sam Blum, The Athletic
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| 1:07.0 | Sam Blum, you were in the Los Angeles Angels locker room this past Friday evening, where you saw something that immediately became the talk of the baseball world. |
| 1:22.0 | Can you just set the scene for us and tell us exactly what you saw? |
| 1:26.0 | Yeah, I mean, this was just a surreal moment. |
| 1:31.0 | Line driving a bonnet is in the game is over. |
| 1:33.0 | Tigers in a blowout. |
| 1:35.0 | They run away with it. |
| 1:37.0 | They lost 11 to the Tigers. |
| 1:39.0 | The Angels are out of it. |
| 1:40.0 | There's not really much purpose to go in there other than to just kind of do what you typically do. |
| 1:44.0 | Talk to the starting picture or something like that and get out. |
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