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[eligrba]

Is that  Desi Arnaz in your profile picture? 

 

It does look like Desi......Luuuuciiiiieee, I, ya, yi, yi, yi.

 

It is the singing cowboy, otherwise known as Orvon Grover Autry.

[Stradling]

How about this: have some day/night doubleheaders through the season so the games can end around September 26? Then have a best-of-three playoff between the two wild cards. That would also give the division winners some rest so their players would be fresher for the next round(s).

Changing the baseball regular season is one of my favorite topics. I love the idea of double headers.

[fan_since79]

I have been around long enough (much like many here) to be familiar with Angel collapses....I am a bit worried.

 

Same here, and I've also witnessed several other historic collapses by other teams. The 1964 Phillies, the '69 Cubs, the '78 Red Sox, etc.

[laagamer]

It does look like Desi......Luuuuciiiiieee, I, ya, yi, yi, yi.

 

It is the singing cowboy, otherwise known as Orvon Grover Autry.

 

Grover?

 

Oooooh you mean...

 

[eligrba]

Nice.....

 

+1

[eligrba]

Same here, and I've also witnessed several other historic collapses by other teams. The 1964 Phillies, the '69 Cubs, the '78 Red Sox, etc.

 

Too young for the 64 Phillies (Poor Gene) and the 69 Cubs, but I remember enjoying the 78 Red Sox collapse (Bucky freaking Dent).

[Angel Oracle]

Here's the thing with Pujols.

While he is better than in 2013, it's not a whole lot better. The OPS is maybe .035 better, and still waaaay below even his 2011 OPS when he was hurt. And his 2014 OPS is still some .055 below his 2012 OPS.

In other words, don't expect anything better from Pujols going forward.

I hope Arte is happy with his $240 million purchase.

I guess $240 million doesn't buy what it used to?

Edited August 9, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[fan_since79]

Pujols' OPS:

 

with St. Louis  1.037

 

with the Angels  .816

 

And there's seven more years to go!

[The God of Runs]

Small bump in the road. Trout won't slump forever. And, the bullpen's still damn good. A 4 or 5 game winning streak in the near future should ease the sting

Edited August 9, 2014 by The God of Runs

[Ohtaniland]

Here's the thing with Pujols.

While he is better than in 2013, it's not a whole lot better. The OPS is maybe .035 better, and still waaaay below even his 2011 OPS when he was hurt. And his 2014 OPS is still some .055 below his 2012 OPS.

In other words, don't expect anything better from Pujols going forward.

I hope Arte is happy with his $240 million purchase.

I guess $240 million doesn't buy what it used to?

Thats why a division championship is so important. You can't count on Pujols or Hamilton when you need quality at bats in a one

and done format. You can mask the problem in a series of games but in one wild card game the league knows how to pitch these guys.

[fan_since79]

Thats why a division championship is so important. You can't count on Pujols or Hamilton when you need quality at bats in a one

and done format. You can mask the problem in a series of games but in one wild card game the league knows how to pitch these guys.

 

Yep. You could easily have a combined 0-8 from these two and the team loses 2-1 or some similar close score.

 

Pujols and Hamilton should be raking and scaring the hell out of opposing teams. That's why they were signed in the first place, to give us some serious wallop in the 3 and 4-spots. Unfortunately, they've been cream puffs much of the time.

[Kenny]

Let's just be happy the A's have lost a few recently, as well. But then let's quickly be sad, because the Angels lost more.

[Lhalo]

It was bound to happen, unfortunately.

 

That said, they will turn it around and get hot again heading into September/October. If they don't, well shit.

My thoughts exactly.

[yvangelfan]

Let's just be happy the A's have lost a few recently, as well. But then let's quickly be sad, because the Angels lost more.

 

This post is sad

[Lou]

Calhoun is 9-42 (.205)

 

why is he seemingly getting a pass?

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Calhoun is 9-42 (.205)

 

why is he seemingly getting a pass?

Because he's a Ginger. We don't expect much from him.

[YouthofToday]

Calhoun has a low BABIP in August with a Solid k/BB rate. Not worried about him and not stressing a limited sample size issue.

Edited August 9, 2014 by YouthofToday

[OregonLAA]

Calhoun is 9-42 (.205)

why is he seemingly getting a pass?

I don't get it either. I love Calhoun but he's been pretty bad lately. He started the year off like this too and he got a pass. He'll turn it around though

[Jason]

The biggest question is who's been good?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I thought this thread was about the storage capacity of DVDs

 

Did have a tech forum ring to it.