And while that was one of the harshest on-field realities of the decade, let’s not forget how truly phenomenal those days with the LA Angels as the best team in baseball were.
At 98-64, the Halos had finally done what nowadays seems impossible: they had a winning with Mike Trout as the center piece. Those few days between the final game of the 2014 regular season and the American League Divisional Series were as glorious as any we had as fans this decade, which makes this the #9 moment of the 2010’s for the Halos.
One thing I remember distinctly about this season was that the trio of awful free agent signings had solid contributions.