Joe Blanton is an inspiration

[FabulousFabregas]

You can totally suck at something, and still fulfill your dreams.

[Angel Oracle]

He's still better than Rudy Stein, only because Stein can't reach the plate.

[Chuck]

Well, I was wrong about Blanton. Never did I imagine he'd be this bad. I thought he'd give us a handful of QS's and keep us in the game at around 3-4 runs a game on average. 

 

What a cluster**** of a signing. 

[DropOfAnaheim]

I was all aboard letting Santana go, and the Hamilton signing. I screamed out loud when they let Haren walk only to sign Blanton. When I found out it was a 2 year deal, my confidence in Dipoto took a massive nosedive. What in the heck was Jerry thinking?

[Angel Oracle]

Is there any starting pitcher in the AL worse than Blanton?

[mota_madness]

I hope he gets DFA'D.... TONIGHT! Might as well bring young guys in to spot start ...

[ukyah]

i don't know if anybody saw the light in that signing and i'm a huge dipoto supporter, still am, but everybody knows blanton sucks.

[austin724]

Blanton is the most God awful pitcher on the planet.  They need to just release him. 

[FabulousFabregas]

He's seriously the worst starting pitcher I've seen on the Angels post 2000.  I remember Jeff Weaver, Pat Rapp, Kevin Appier, and Aaron Sele at least winning some games even at their shittiest.

[Angel Oracle]

He's even worse than Ken Hill.

[Taylor]

Tomorrow, Dipoto will assure us that Blanton is just off to a rough start.

[Angel Oracle]

The ball is coming out of his hand well.

[Taylor]

If not released, I see a phantom injury DL stint in Joe's near future.

[gurn67]

Ah, but no one will ever top Gubi during his short time here:

2 starts

4.2 IP

13 Hits

25.07 ERA

3.429 WHIP

[FabulousFabregas]

He's even worse than Ken Hill.

lol I remember Hill being the Angels ace in some baseball video game I played in 2000 or 2001.

[gurn67]

During his time here, Ken Hill was 22-28 with an ERA of 4.95 during the height of the steroid-era. Don't insult Ken Hill by comparing him to Blanton.

[Taylor]

You guys are forgetting about Tim Belcher, who wrapped up his average career with two sparkling seasons in Anaheim:

 

33 Games

6.76 ERA

1.62 WHIP

[Jason]

i don't know if anybody saw the light in that signing and i'm a huge dipoto supporter, still am, but everybody knows blanton sucks.

Everyone? Apparently Dipoto didn't get the memo.

[AZMike]

Everyone? Apparently Dipoto didn't get the memo.

I have to admit at the time I figured there must be some crazy angle that makes this a brilliant signing based on some inside knowledge that's way over my head. So far doesn't look that way.

[Angel Oracle]

Dipoto played Xbox with someone who swore that he would win 12 games.

[fan_since79]

Well, I was wrong about Blanton. Never did I imagine he'd be this bad. I thought he'd give us a handful of QS's and keep us in the game at around 3-4 runs a game on average. 

 

What a cluster**** of a signing. 

Relax, Chuck. Butchie just needs to work with him a little more, and everything will be fine. 

 

[fan_since79]

The ball is coming out of his hand well.

He finds opposing bats with an amazing degree of accuracy.

[tomsred]

Is there any starting pitcher in the AL worse than Blanton?

Yes, Barry Enright.

[gurn67]

You guys are forgetting about Tim Belcher, who wrapped up his average career with two sparkling seasons in Anaheim:

 

33 Games

6.76 ERA

1.62 WHIP

I remember we could've had Randy Johnson and Rafael Palmeiro for the about the same total salary as Moo Vaughn and Belcher.

[gurn67]

Ah, but no one will ever top Gubi during his short time here:

2 starts

4.2 IP

13 Hits

25.07 ERA

3.429 WHIP

I forgot that we traded Chili Davis to get Gubi and Chili went on to put up 30 HR and 90 RBI for the Royals