{"id":2135618,"date":"2026-09-09T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2135618"},"modified":"2026-09-09T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:00:14","slug":"arte-moreno-is-out-and-steve-ballmer-is-busted-do-they-make-our-bad-owner-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2135618","title":{"rendered":"Arte Moreno is out and Steve Ballmer is busted. Do they make our Bad Owner Hall of Fame?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the past week, Arte Moreno decided to give up ownership of his beloved Los Angeles Angels of Annual Losing, and Steve Ballmer got suspended for a year after his Los Angeles Clippers were busted by the NBA following the Pablo Torre-induced<\/a> Kawhi Leonard salary-cap circumvention scandal.<\/p>\n

Throw in Dodgers owner Mark Walter\u2019s shocking sale of the Lakers and his related business problems<\/a>, it\u2019s been a tumultuous few weeks for Los Angeles sports owners.<\/p>\n

Does anyone know if Bruce McNall<\/a> still owns the Kings?<\/p>\n

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Moreno\u2019s run with the Angels began auspiciously in 2003, the year after the Angels won the World Series. He cut the price of beer and started spending money on free agents. When the Angels lucked into Mike Trout, Moreno signed him to a lucrative extension. When the franchise signed Shohei Ohtani, they let him be a two-way star.<\/p>\n

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What You Should Read Next<\/div>\n
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\n How Arte Moreno\u2019s meddling, myopia and penny-pinching doomed the Angels for a decade\n <\/div>\n
\n Moreno spent on stars, skimped everywhere else, and squandered the primes of two of baseball’s greatest players as the franchise languished.\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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But he spent plenty of bad money and didn\u2019t make the right kinds of investments in the organization, and in the past decade, his decisions caused the franchise to plummet.<\/p>\n

By the end, Moreno was as despised by his fanbase as any owner in baseball. I\u2019m surprised there wasn\u2019t a parade down Disneyland\u2019s Main Street to celebrate his exit.<\/p>\n

Moreno\u2019s tenure will end with 11 consecutive losing seasons. He has been a punching bag for years and deservedly so.<\/p>\n

Ballmer does a lot right and spends a ton of money, but he hasn\u2019t yet figured out that money and unbridled enthusiasm don\u2019t automatically equal success.<\/p>\n

The Kawhi Leonard deal, and the financial malfeasance that came with it, has crippled the franchise. Ballmer once bragged about how many toilets are in the Intuit Dome, and that feels like a metaphor for the state of his Clippers.<\/p>\n

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\n Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was suspended for a year after the Kawhi Leonard salary-cap circumvention scandal. (Wally Skali \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Every fan wants their team\u2019s owner to be competitive and willing to spend money. No one wants an owner to make the fan experience worse.<\/p>\n

If there were a Bad Owner Hall of Fame \u2014 let\u2019s say it\u2019s located in Cleveland, home to a few of the worst of the worst \u2014 would Moreno and Ballmer get inducted today?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an easy yes for Moreno, and we\u2019ll wait and see on Ballmer.<\/p>\n

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Why Angels fans should be rejoicing after the team is sold<\/div>\n
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