For next time someone mentions our 2002 slow start

[Oz27]

Jeff Fletcher @JeffFletcherOCR

The Angels have started off 1-4 in 7 previous seasons and never finished with a winning record.

 

[fan_since79]

Remember the grit and passion of many of those players? I'm thinking of Percy, Spiezio, Ersty, K-Rod, and others.

 

Trout's got a nice smile and the rest of the team seems to be sleepwalking. Well, maybe Weaver is alive, but there's that 84 mph fastball to deal with, so not sure grit will make much difference there.

[Stradling]

That team also had talent

[greginpsca]

Maybe the so-called experts got it right this year, for a change.

[nando714]

Maybe the so-called experts got it right this year, for a change.

They didn't in 2002

http://a.espncdn.com/mlb/s/2002/1029/1452820.html

[fan_since79]

I forgot Eckstein! How did I ever do that?! The memory is getting worse.

 

Two grand slams on two straight days in late April, the second a walk-off in the 14th inning. An incredible jump-start.

[Reveille1984]

 

[Ohtaniland]

[vlad27]

Another April another slow start - sometimes it means we will suck all year and sometimes it means playoffs / World Series - hope it shapes up soon or its catch up time

[TroutBaseball]

Angel fans talk about 2002 the way Republican candidates talk about Ronald Reagan.

[Docwaukee]

It's impressive that every single possible deficiency this team could have over the course of an entire season has manifest itself in 5 games.  

[mrwicked]

just imagine...

for a moment

if this team didn't win in 2002.

without that one thing to hat our hat on, what would this org look like over the last couple dozen years?

[bloodbrother]

It's impressive that every single possible deficiency this team could have over the course of an entire season has manifest itself in 5 games.  

 

It really is. All the things I was worried about with this team have all come to fruition in these 5 games....and it hasn't been subtle either.

 

bullpen(middle relief), infield defense, and offense were all things I didn't have high hopes for and all 3 have just been brutal so far. The one area I actually had hope for was the rotation but now Heaney is down for who knows how long and Richards is off to a slow start

Edited April 10, 2016 by bloodbrother

[zenmaster]

David Freese was the X factor. For some reason when he was playing last year, we were winning. 

[Chuck]

David Freese was the X factor. For some reason when he was playing last year, we were winning.

And the Pirates are 4-1.....

[zenmaster]

And the Pirates are 4-1.....

And Gerrit Cole has their only loss...

[Tank]

David Freese was the X factor. For some reason when he was playing last year, we were winning.

Matt Joyce says hello.

[Billy_Ball]

[Lou]

just imagine...

for a moment

if this team didn't win in 2002.

without that one thing to hat our hat on, what would this org look like over the last couple dozen years?

Pre-2002, that was my exact thinking. Then 2002 happened.

That's why I don't go apeshit when we don't win or go through a bad stretch of games.

[zenmaster]

Matt Joyce says hello.

Tell him that I said hi!

Edited April 10, 2016 by zenmaster

[arch stanton]

I don't care what it compares with. Until they're mathematically eliminated they are still contenders.

[Blarg]

It's impressive that every single possible deficiency this team could have over the course of an entire season has manifest itself in 5 games.  

 

Just getting it out of their system so they can play like a contending team?

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I don't believe that either.

[Stradling]

All the bad things that have happened have sucked. The team isn't this bad and will play better.

[itsTroutahere]

just imagine...

for a moment

if this team didn't win in 2002.

without that one thing to hat our hat on, what would this org look like over the last couple dozen years?

 

I actually like dealing with facts, so the last dozen years or so we have only had 4 Aprils with losing records (one year we won the division even with a 9 wins and 12 losses in April).  We made the playoffs 5 of the last 12 years and that is above league average.  Yes I prefer a winning April but by no means does this change the Angels win potential.  I also will mention that we were the best offensive team in 2014 and climbed up during late April to have 14W / 12L record.  This is after a sweep by Seattle during the opening series.  Last year we had 9 losses by April 15th only to come back a split the month of April 11W/11L.

[Troll Daddy]

Angels started the 2014 season 3-4 ... so let's win tonite!