Eppler comparisons

[Stradling]

That is awesome.

[IEAngelsfan]

4 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

For when Sosh leaves

So what you're saying is that ABob will be wailing away when Sosh leaves?

[Angel Oracle]

3 hours ago, Blarg said:

Since the popularity of message boards really didn't surface until Stoneman's tenure, I'm pretty sure there is little information about the previous GM's other than the bare basics.

We have complete bios along with archives of every interview and a statistical library of every player traded and who's career floundered or shined.

In retrospect Haney was pretty damn good assembling the initial Angels team out of pretty much nothing. No farm system, no sabetmetrics, a few guys working together for the first time in the front office with no money to speak of. He built the framework of a team from the ground up, far more responsibility than Eppler has heaped on his shoulders and all without a cell phone or email.

But since that was 1960 it's all just dusty old history. 

 

What the Halos accomplished in 1962 (2nd season) was stupid good.    No 2nd year team in any expansion era did anything close to 86 wins in their 2nd season, until the D-Backs did it in 1999 with a lot of help from FA acquisitions.    The 1962 Halos couldn't draw upon that at all.

[Glen]

5 hours ago, Blarg said:

Since the popularity of message boards really didn't surface until Stoneman's tenure, I'm pretty sure there is little information about the previous GM's other than the bare basics.

We have complete bios along with archives of every interview and a statistical library of every player traded and who's career floundered or shined.

In retrospect Haney was pretty damn good assembling the initial Angels team out of pretty much nothing. No farm system, no sabetmetrics, a few guys working together for the first time in the front office with no money to speak of. He built the framework of a team from the ground up, far more responsibility than Eppler has heaped on his shoulders and all without a cell phone or email.

But since that was 1960 it's all just dusty old history. 

 

Good points.