Which Angel player departure has bummed you out the most?

[19HALO71]

When I think about being bummed it's because guys are traded. You can never guess when a trade is going to happen. As much as I loved Vlad and Hunter, their contracts were up so I knew it was coming.

Having said that, I'll say Kotchman might be #1 for me. I loved his glove and his swing. He never met expectations but he was one of my favorites.

I remember this so well!!

I was in Fenway watching the Angels play a weekend series. The night before, Kotchman hit a towering HR to right. The next day he was traded and Texeira arrived. I really liked Kotchman but Texeira really made it easier to deal with.

[Adam]

Mo

[stormngt]

Definitely Vladdy.  I thought they should have brought him back for another year just out of loyalty.  Plus he had another year in him as he was our best offensive player after the all star break..   They decided to resign Abreu instead.  F'n Reagins.

 

The one that hurt the team the most was obviously Ryan.  

 

I was also pissed when traded Langsford for Bourelson and Hobbes I believe.  I was in HS then and don't remember all the names.  I do remember neither did well for us and Langsford had a couple of more good years.

 

I never understood the Edmonds trade.  Yes, I know he was hurt, and I guess he didn't rehab or something so it cost him another year.  I can't really say it hurt the Angels because of Kennedy's role in the WS championship, but Edmonds did have some HOF years in St. Louis.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I was a big fan of Shigetoshi Hasegawa, and I was bummed when the Angels non-tendered him the winter before the World Series run. He still hangs over the bullpen fence in my avatar.

 

I'm also going to miss Howie Kendrick, who is from my home town.

[RenoHalo]

Ryan

Baylor

Lynn

Carew (Although Wally's rookie year softened that blow)

Wally

Boone

Snow (loved that guy..Allen Watson, pffft!)

Edmonds

Finley

Napoli

Torii

[HaloCory22]

Joe Saunders and Scot Shields. My two favorite pitchers. Scot was due to retirement but still sucked.

[ten ocho recon scout]

@storm, good post, but it was matsui not abreu who replace vladdy

[nate]

Surprised that nobody mentioned Eckstein or Cabrera.  Loved both of those guys.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Ecketein especially - played at my alma mater (one of them, anwyay).

[Glausfan]

Ryan, Edmonds, and Glaus.

[Brandon]

It's a business and to my knowledge everyone that left their time was up or they improved us.

 

The only one that remotely comes to mind is I was young when Edmonds was dealt and he was my favorite player and I thought the best 5 tool player and had many great years ahead. So being a teenager I was bummed Edmonds was dealt. I was pissed when Teixiera didn't resign at the time.

 

I rationalize the Edmonds deal by the Kennedy 3 HR game towards a championship. 

[wopphil]

Surprised that nobody mentioned Eckstein or Cabrera. Loved both of those guys.

I mentioned Cabrera. I really liked him and thought he was very valuable to the team.

[T.G.]

No love for Tony Reagins?

 

Remember the good ol' days when Tony Reagins would show up late to the winter meetings?

[stormngt]

@storm, good post, but it was matsui not abreu who replace vla

Even worse in my opinion.  But I was referring to the discussion (granted it was all on angelswin and not necessarily among the front office) "who should we retain?  Vladdy or Abreu?

[barshels]

No question for it me. Nolan Ryan. I was like 13 years old and totally crushed by this move. Still stings a bit when I read this topic.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Even worse in my opinion. But I was referring to the discussion (granted it was all on angelswin and not necessarily among the front office) "who should we retain? Vladdy or Abreu?

Gotcha.

Yeah i remember. I also remember how many people said vlad was done. That was after he hit like 280 with 25 or so home runs. Hamilton could do that next year and wed all forgive him....let that sink in

[stormngt]

Good point

Gotcha.

Yeah i remember. I also remember how many people said vlad was done. That was after he hit like 280 with 25 or so home runs. Hamilton could do that next year and wed all forgive him....let that sink in

[TroutCron]

Nolan Ryan, Carney Lansford, Jim Edmonds and Howie.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Devon white when i was a kid. Always felt like we gave up on him too soon.

[vlad27]

Vlad , Torii and now Howie

[eligrba]

Lyman Bostock and Jimmy Reese

[Chuck]

Devon white when i was a kid. Always felt like we gave up on him too soon.

Oh yeah, Devon White for me as well. Always liked him and his talent.

I was bummed when we let Glaus go too, despite having McPherson in the fold.. I thought Glaus could have been our full time DH, part time 3B/1B.

[Homebrewer]

Ralston Schmidt.

I still get upset over the way he was treated by the organization.

[Salome]

I hated the way they let Downing go. My daughter and I flew to Oakland for the last game of the season and they didn't even let him play in a totally meaningless game. Vlad would be my second choice.

[Homebrewer]

Benji Molina.

Dude got dumped hard after being "Mr Clutch" for 5 seasons.