Even though I’ve never quite had a prototypical beach bod, you couldn’t keep me and my Pop from spending hours in the Atlantic City sand with his trusty metal detector — and nothing would deny me that satisfaction of finding treasure in the hunt. But this isn’t a story going down memory lane. Instead, let’s zoom to the future. And then reminisce on the present.
It’ll all make sense. Just know this — this is a story about how, in retrospect, Shohei Ohtani’s departure from the Angels was actually a good thing for them (and fantasy baseball players) in a crazy “addition by subtraction” way that nobody else is noticing.
The year is 2054. In a bid to share my most cherished childhood memories with my legacy, I take the grandkids and wife of 40 years (and the metal detector) down to A.C. Five minutes into our excursion, the detector starts beeping. Off goes little Johnny like a shot! Before I can offer him a shovel, the boy is shoulder-deep in the sand and yells “I found something! It’s… a really nice ring!” You wouldn’t believe it if I told you — but right there in his hand was a Los Angeles Angels championship ring… from the year 2024.
So what the heck happened?
That memorable 2024 season started like so many before it for Halo fans, with widespread…
