OC Register: Angels Notes: Despite slow start to spring, Cameron Maybin's job is safe

[AngelsWin.com]

TEMPE, Ariz. — Ben Revere’s hot start, combined with Cameron Maybin’s cold start, have prompted the obvious question. And Mike Scioscia had no hesitation with the answer. When asked Friday morning if the left field job is now up for grabs, the...

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[WeatherWonk]

Typical Scioscia. He makes his mind up about a player and sticks with him through thin and thin. 

I've always felt Sosh's biggest weakness is how he uses personnel. He sticks with pitchers and hitter too long, even when they suck.

Yeah, it's early.That may not be the case, here. But I have my eye on him. He's never REALLY gotten over being old-school.

[California Cajun]

Honestly I think both of them are better than the people the Angels tried the last two years.  An average season will be an upgrade.

 

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, WeatherWonk said:

Typical Scioscia. He makes his mind up about a player and sticks with him through thin and thin. 

I've always felt Sosh's biggest weakness is how he uses personnel. He sticks with pitchers and hitter too long, even when they suck.

Yeah, it's early.That may not be the case, here. But I have my eye on him. He's never REALLY gotten over being old-school.

Mid season form. 

[eligrba]

Not really sure what Scioscia can say at this point that would be different than 99% of all other managers.

[Glen]

Maybin's the new Steve Finley.

[Ohtaniland]

For guys like Maybin playing on his 5th team the Angels are his land of hope. Relax.....we're not the Yankees, there is no pressure here. Just go out there and have fun.

[Stradling]

Dude you must get so hard when players struggle. How much of a mess did you make when Albert grounded out to third yesterday?  

[Troll Daddy]

14 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

Oh that's dirty. You mean like he came right? That's the joke? I like it.

Stradling was jerking him off ... so yea

[Ohtaniland]

3 hours ago, Stradling said:

Dude you must get so hard when players struggle. How much of a mess did you make when Albert grounded out to third yesterday?  

I will be there April 7th on Opening Day working the pregame flag and cheering for our excited and ready to go Angels team.

I won't be able to attend Albert's personal Opening Day because he doesn't get ready with the team, he gets ready sometime in the second week of the season according to him.

Oh and I actually came twice.

[WeatherWonk]

11 hours ago, Stradling said:

Mid season form. 

Oh, Sosh is in mid-season form in ST.

I was surprised Sporting News voted him as high as 18th best manager in the bigs. That's below the average.

[arch stanton]

Maybin may not be Mike Trout but he has enough of a track record to not wake up on March frickin10th worried he's been demoted.

[ukyah]

1 hour ago, arch stanton said:

Maybin may not be Mike Trout but he has enough of a track record to not wake up on March frickin10th worried he's been demoted.

so shines a good deed in a weary world.

[totdprods]

Revere has been hot, but Shane Robinson has basically matched his stats this spring. 

So, let's just wait and see.

[Ohtaniland]

Snoop Dogg better start hitting.

[Stradling]

2 hours ago, WeatherWonk said:

Oh, Sosh is in mid-season form in ST.

I was surprised Sporting News voted him as high as 18th best manager in the bigs. That's below the average.

No you are in mid season form bitching about what a manager says "speaking positively" about his player more than three weeks before the season starts.  

[Stradling]

3 hours ago, CALZONE said:

I will be there April 7th on Opening Day working the pregame flag and cheering for our excited and ready to go Angels team.

I won't be able to attend Albert's personal Opening Day because he doesn't get ready with the team he gets ready sometime in the second week of the season according to him.

Oh and I actually came twice.

You'll be supporting the team at the stadium and coming here and shitting on them every day.  

[eligrba]

Which is the behavior of most dedicated fans of large market teams that have losing records.

[WeatherWonk]

I'm happy with the team's improvements this year, given the obvious constraints, though we are still very lacking in pitching. I'm just not confident in how Sosh moves the chess pieces. He gives too long a leash for vets that arent producing.

I'm still burned that he wanted Napoli gone. With a little more patience in Naps at 1st, we would never have had to go get Pujols. 

Revere triples in the first Angel run, as I write.

[tdawg87]

Given how this team operates Revere would get the starting job and bat .186 in April.

[Glen]

18 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Given how this team operates Revere would get the starting job and bat .186 in April.

And Sosh would stick with him through June.

[tdawg87]

At least we have two black guys fighting over the same position. 

Diversity!

[Erstad Grit]

What's scioscia supposed to say?  "Yup, maybin has sucked while revere has been good,  he should be worried."  While I am in the revere fan club,  the best possibility for this team in maybin is productive and platoons some.  

[WeatherWonk]

46 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

What's scioscia supposed to say?  "Yup, maybin has sucked while revere has been good,  he should be worried."  While I am in the revere fan club,  the best possibility for this team in maybin is productive and platoons some.  

I pretty much ignore what Scioscia says, anymore. It's what he DOES that burns me.

He said what he had to say, in that situation.

[tdawg87]

But your post was based entirely off of what he said.