Interesting Facts

[Bull58]

I know this may be stupid to bring up but I just thought this was very interesting and if it's already been brought up the thread can be deleted.

I noticed that there was an eerie similarity with Anderson's first 7 games to Perci's first 7 in the bigs.

Percival : 4.26 ERA, 6.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 HR

Anderson : 4.26 ERA, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 9 K, 1 HR

It may be nothing but it's just strange that a guy very Percival like would sport almost the same numbers.

[101halo]

Would definitely classify this as "weird small sample size fluke," but at the same time I do always like strange anomalies like this anyway, so in my eyes, cool find! 

[ten ocho recon scout]

I cant picture anderson carrying a gun and beating the shit out of his neighbor and or mailman with a bat. And having an uncle that could get you an off the books Mac-10.

Dont see the connection with percy.

[101halo]

3 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I cant picture anderson carrying a gun and beating the shit out of his neighbor and or mailman with a bat. And having an uncle that could get you an off the books Mac-10.

Dont see the connection with percy.

Escalation, meet thread. Thread, meet escalation. 

That happened fast. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 minute ago, 101halo said:

Escalation, meet thread. Thread, meet escalation. 

That happened fast. 

Lets be honest. 

Andersons neighbors would be glad to talk to us about anderson.

Percys's neighbors would say "dont know what youre talkin' about, mister. There aint no percy here and there never was!" As they slammed the door in our face.

[101halo]

Just now, ten ocho recon scout said:

Lets be honest. 

Andersons neighbors would be glad to talk to us about anderson.

Percys's neighbors would say "dont know what youre talkin' about, mister. There aint no percy here and there never was!" As they slammed the door in our face.

Definitely not disagreeing, I can't possibly know exactly what went down. 

The one related thing I've always believed is that those that think that professional athletes are/must be role models are delusional. Sounds great in theory until you really break down the nuances of what tends to happen when you give a late teens/early 20s dude generational wealth. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 minutes ago, 101halo said:

Definitely not disagreeing, I can't possibly know exactly what went down. 

The one related thing I've always believed is that those that think that professional athletes are/must be role models are delusional. Sounds great in theory until you really break down the nuances of what tends to happen when you give a late teens/early 20s dude generational wealth. 

Lol, I was just making random comments. Percy always struck me as a sort of "riverside" blue collar dude who would (even with a world series ring) pistol whip you at a carls jr if you pissed him off.

That said, he did say he was packing a gun during the world series because he got threats.

Still one of my top 5 fave angels all time. That scowl when he looked in for the sign...quick delivery...percy was badass.

[Second Base]

Percy had the squint and a couple of trusty side kicks eventually in Shields and K-Rod.

So Anderson will need to work in his mound persona, and the Angels will need to surround him with a couple of all-star caliber guys. 

Theb he can be the new Percy.

[T.G.]

Percy had swagger...  you either have it or you don't

 

[Dtwncbad]

I dug even deeper and found they have eerily similar yelp reviews of Pedros Tacos in San Clemente.

Percival: "Great tacos at this cool little place."

Anderson: "Cool place with great tacos."

[T.G.]

Their last names both have 8 letters!  Crazy.

[fan_since79]

They're both 6'3"

 

[fan_since79]

 

[Troll Daddy]

It would be great if he could become a legit setup guy or used to put out fires. Looks to be a great addition to the team. 

[Pablo]

8 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I cant picture anderson carrying a gun and beating the shit out of his neighbor and or mailman with a bat. And having an uncle that could get you an off the books Mac-10.

Dont see the connection with percy.

I never heard about this side of Troy. Sounds like he and Bobby Jenks coulda had fun together.

[Dick B Back]

13 hours ago, Bull58 said:

I know this may be stupid to bring up but I just thought this was very interesting and if it's already been brought up the thread can be deleted.

I noticed that there was an eerie similarity with Anderson's first 7 games to Perci's first 7 in the bigs.

Percival : 4.26 ERA, 6.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 HR

Anderson : 4.26 ERA, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 9 K, 1 HR

It may be nothing but it's just strange that a guy very Percival like would sport almost the same numbers.

You are not allowed to start an Interesting Facts thread. This belongs in the Wait. Shit. thread where all the interesting facts go.

[Taylor]

Interesting fact: Jerry Dipoto's full name is Gerard Peter Dipoto.

[Lou]

you said peter

[IEAngelsfan]

Woah, both Percy and Anderson are white.

[101halo]

2 hours ago, IEAngelsfan said:

Woah, both Percy and Anderson are white.

Tdawg's appreciation of this thread just dropped in half. 

[Lou]

15 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

I dug even deeper and found they have eerily similar yelp reviews of Pedros Tacos in San Clemente.

Percival: "Great tacos at this cool little place."

Anderson: "Cool place with great tacos."

The subtle genius of this post is brilliant. 

[Lou]

They both attended schools that begin with University