When you ask Los Angeles Angels employees about Arte Moreno, their posture -- physical, and emotional -- seems to change immediately. They stiffen, as if conversation about their boss is like playing a golf course overrun by sand traps and ponds and streams, all kinds of hazards. If they say the wrong thing, tell the wrong story, do the wrong thing, well, they run the risk of unleashing his temper.
Unfortunately for them, everybody in the industry is asking about Moreno these days. The baseball world is waiting to see if the Angels owner will trade Shohei Ohtani, the game's best and most unique player, who is in the midst of the greatest single-season performance in history.