Big Catorce on Josh Hamilton

[Blarg]

I am hoping the Angels have the opportunity to thank the Rangers for hosting this fish kill.

[Tank]

Shouldn't such apologies and whining about lack of apologies be more private? If someone apologizes to the teameeting and fans, it's kind of hollow.

Turn the page

 

is it okay if we just tip the cap?

 

[Tank]

Don't say that. You might get stoned here for cheering on the implosion.

 

of all the people on this board that care about what others think, YK would be at the bottom of that list.

[ten ocho recon scout]

is it okay if we just tip the cap?

please post that picture in the disney vs arte thread

[ELEVEN]

Please post that pic in a different uni.

[mancini79]

Angels sweep outscoring them 33-8.

 

Apology accepted.

[Lou]

I thought Hamilton was still out with a strained vagina??

actually, he is

[mtangelsfan]

another great thread.  Angels sure are in a tailspin

[Tank]

Please post that pic in a different uni.

 

best i could find:

 

[TroutCron]

Hamilton is much more comfortable on the DL than having to compete every day.

[Guest]

Please post that pic in a different uni.

 

[Lou E Ville]

Josh Hamilton hit 43 home runs the year before we signed him. He was viewed as one of the best comeback stories in sports, someone who threw everything away, but salvaged a career and his life at the last minute.

 

Why some people on here blame Arte for the fact that Hamilton regressed into his former self is beyond me. Arte wanted his team to win. He needed a left handed bat and he needed power.

 

Don't rip an owner who spends money trying to make his team better. Rip the guy who doesn't. He's the one ripping off his fans.

[tomsred]

Henceforth this weekend will be known as the Great Independence Massacre.

Edited July 6, 2015 by tomsred

[stormngt]

But people prefer the Disney ownership.

Josh Hamilton hit 43 home runs the year before we signed him. He was viewed as one of the best comeback stories in sports, someone who threw everything away, but salvaged a career and his life at the last minute.

Why some people on here blame Arte for the fact that Hamilton regressed into his former self is beyond me. Arte wanted his team to win. He needed a left handed bat and he needed power.

Don't rip an owner who spends money trying to make his team better. Rip the guy who doesn't. He's the one ripping off his fans.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Josh Hamilton hit 43 home runs the year before we signed him. He was viewed as one of the best comeback stories in sports, someone who threw everything away, but salvaged a career and his life at the last minute.

Why some people on here blame Arte for the fact that Hamilton regressed into his former self is beyond me. Arte wanted his team to win. He needed a left handed bat and he needed power.

Don't rip an owner who spends money trying to make his team better. Rip the guy who doesn't. He's the one ripping off his fans.

Yep. I hated the deal at the time and said so. Most on here were ecstatic.

It was a dumb move at the time (we needed pitching), and in the end a horrible move (probably couldnt have gone worse), but you cant fault moreno for trying. If hamilton would have just continued to play to his abilities, even away from arlington, this would have been a very dangerous offense. Its just too bad the guy turned out to be a sh*tbird.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Yep. I hated the deal at the time and said so. Most on here were ecstatic.

It was a dumb move at the time (we needed pitching), and in the end a horrible move (probably couldnt have gone worse), but you cant fault moreno for trying. If hamilton would have just continued to play to his abilities, even away from arlington, this would have been a very dangerous offense. Its just too bad the guy turned out to be a sh*tbird.

I was concerned about his ability to survive away from Texas, given that they had put together the ideal supportive environment that allowed him to flourish, and I believed that their relative lack of effort in re-signing him was a huge red flag.

[Docwaukee]

Arte did what most fans do and brought emotion to the table.  But a bad decision is a bad decision regardless of a persons enthusiasm for it.  He employees and pays a lot of money to people who help make those decisions for a living and he didn't use their knowledge. 

 

One thing I think we know from all that has happened this year is that Arte puts a lot of stock in relationships and what he gathers from sitting across the table from someone.  It's why he chose to stick with Scioscia and why he chose to eat 80mil dollars.  

 

Arte wants a championship and I applaud him for that.  But allowing his personal feelings toward someone be his only guide is a dangerous game.   

[tomsred]

When this much money gets spent on a player or manager, I would want to sit down with them and have a relationship as well.  I get what you are saying though, he additionally needs to hear the risks or negatives to the situation from others who work for him before taking the plunge.  Maybe he did with Pujols and Hamiton, and Scioscia for that matter, but chose to value the reward over the risk.

[Guest]

 

Greatest angel ever.

 

 

[tomsred]

Here's an interesting counter balance article on Scioscia by the way, and I believe it was well thought out and written.

 

http://www.halosheaven.com/2015/7/2/8888713/in-defense-of-mike-scioscia-revisited

[Spirit]

actually, he is

 

 

Outstanding bump

[CaliAngel]

It's what Lou does best.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Greatest angel ever.

Trout has a chance but three seasons doesn't make a legend. Hopefully he stays here his entire career and takes that honor.

We trade a favored son (fregosi) for Ryan, and he came in and electrified. His departure sucked really hard.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

When this much money gets spent on a player or manager, I would want to sit down with them and have a relationship as well.  I get what you are saying though, he additionally needs to hear the risks or negatives to the situation from others who work for him before taking the plunge.  Maybe he did with Pujols and Hamiton, and Scioscia for that matter, but chose to value the reward over the risk.

 

All of those deals strike me as not being well thought out. Aside from Mike Trout and maybe two or three other players in all of baseball, I would not give any player a ten-year deal, and I certainly wouldn't give one to a player over 30. That goes double for a manager. The manager sets the tone in the clubhouse and on the field, and what happens if, three years into that ten-year contract, you see that the manager has lost the team and you are going backward? Ten years is a long time to lock yourself into a relationship with anyone in baseball. At least Hamilton's deal is shorter, if no less ill conceived.

[Tank]

greatest Angee ever.