Kudos to Dipoto

[Angelsfirst]

Plus he's a super nice guy. After last Sunday's game we saw him on the concourse, and he stopped and talked to my boys, listened to a couple stories from them about their little league season, shook their hands and said that maybe someday he'd sign them to the Angels. Made their day!

That's awesome. Loving hearing stories like that.

I'd still like to add a bullpen piece and/or starting pitcher though, but I tip the cap to Dipoto.

[Inside Pitch]

Beats the fire Dipoto threads.

 

FIRE THE THREADS!!!!

[Inside Pitch]

Plus he's a super nice guy. After last Sunday's game we saw him on the concourse, and he stopped and talked to my boys, listened to a couple stories from them about their little league season, shook their hands and said that maybe someday he'd sign them to the Angels. Made their day!

 

Thats the kind of stuff that just doesnt happen enough and he deserves way more credit for...   Thanks for sharing the story.

[MacNasty]

Nice OP, enjoyed the read.  Last year I was very skeptical of JD, but he's really turned things around with this year's team and staff/pen with shrewd moves.  Impressed with this team so far, and when you consider how good Hamilton was playing this team could be really special.

 

Last time I recall Hamilton looking like he did pre-injury was when he was in Tejas, I believe that was his last MVP season as well.  If the Angels can get that production from him on top of the other pieces, well, wow.  That would be fun to watch.

[ten ocho recon scout]

The roster has inproved ao we cant fire jerry.

Team is playing great so we cant fire mike.

Pitching has been very solid so we cant fire butcher.

What the hell is going on?

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Edited May 25, 2014 by failos

[YouthofToday]

This team has tWtW, grit and #want.

[Chuck]

Love this team. The pitching is solid and the depth is incredible. Hated seeing Efren Navarro go down so Ibanez can continue to suck. Navarro went 3-3 with a walk and HR tonight in his first game back in AAA. 

[Brent Maguire]

This team is awesome. Even in a loss like tonight, they battled through 13 innings and were 1 lousy single away from winning the game several times. 

 

I think we can all agree that this team can win 88+ games this year, barring some huge catastrophe. I'm looking forward to seeing this team play meaningful baseball late in September. 

[LAAMike]

This board seems to have a very short term focus and Jerry D is a long range guy (as he should be in his position).  The Angels should extend his contract. 

[tdawg87]

They lost yesterday so now Jerry sucks!

[Inside Pitch]

They lost yesterday so now Jerry sucks!

 

I refuse to acknowledge his existence until they win 4 in a row again.  As a fan I refuse to accept they just had a bad game.  This goes straight to the top, Jerry is a mean dude.

[Michael Pellicciotti]

But Sosh still suks, right????

[Stradling]

I blame Angry Arte for putting Ibanez in the starting line up.

[tdawg87]

Hey AJ, maybe you should stop making positive threads for a while. You have a knack for making a thread like this, and then the team plays like garbage directly afterwards.

[tdawg87]

Hey AJ, maybe you should stop making positive threads for a while. You have a knack for making a thread like this, and then the team plays like garbage directly afterwards.

 

Good call.

[arch stanton]

I wonder if the players have been informed that it's actually message board posts that have been deciding their fate on the field thus far.

[seenoevil]

Good call.

actually I would agree with that idiot. Go Jerry

[ukyah]

I wonder if the players have been informed that it's actually message board posts that have been deciding their fate on the field thus far.

 

 

tip your post?

[Hollyw00d]

This board seems to have a very short term focus and Jerry D is a long range guy (as he should be in his position).  The Angels should extend his contract.

100% agree. They'd be idiots to let this guy get away

[ELEVEN]

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[ELEVEN]

This board seems to have a very short term focus and Jerry D is a long range guy (as he should be in his position).  The Angels should extend his contract. 

^^^ THESE!

[nate]

Another thing JD(or maybe Sosh) did that I think makes a big difference is beefing up and replacing some advanced scouts.  The Angels appear to be much better prepared than in previous seasons.