On the bright side...

[Stradling]

16 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

It was before my time, but wasn't Grich one of the better players in franchise history? 124 OPS+ as an Angel, 35 WAR in 10 seasons...that seems pretty good to me

Yep, as was Downing.  DeCinces was good as well.   

[Tank]

1 hour ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I wish. I got it from Victors mom.

So did some others. 

Dude. Don't ask don't tell.

[Dick B Back]

2 hours ago, halonatic13 said:

Thanks for compliment "Youngsters".  But I'm 40 years young.  I must have blocked those years out.  Been a fan since 86.

Shit, I think I’d been divorced 3 times by the time you began your fandom.

[tdawg87]

I feel like I'm in a nursing home.

[Dick B Back]

3 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I feel like I'm in a nursing home.

[Puget Sound Angel]

As a kid I became an Angels fan in '71. We did not have another winning season till '79.

Trust me,  I know it can get worse.

[Lou]

it still amazes me that someone can even fathom the thought that this year is worse than 1986.

[DMVol]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

it still amazes me that someone can even fathom the thought that this year is worse than 1986.

Open your mind, Lou...broaden your horizons....reach out to the other side....

[Lou]

9 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Open your mind, Lou...broaden your horizons....reach out to the other side....

not when the other side is lunacy 

 

[Lou]

the list of Autry's bad deals is long, gentlemen 

[DMVol]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

not when the other side is lunacy 

Same thing I thought....The other side, to me, seems like a bunch of (insert Trump's word for grabbing here) who are comfortable in 4th place and afraid to play in the ALCS....but that's just my take on it....

[Puget Sound Angel]

7 hours ago, Lou said:

it still amazes me that someone can even fathom the thought that this year is worse than 1986.

'86 was a great year until Game 5.

[Angel Oracle]

18 hours ago, Stradling said:

Yep, as was Downing.  DeCinces was good as well.   

1982 was quite the offensive performance.   Downing, Carew, Baylor, Reggie, DeCinces, Lynn, even Boonie in the ALCS, etc.

If only the pitching (especially relief pitching) was just a little bit better that season.

[Angel Oracle]

22 hours ago, Puget Sound Angel said:

1971-1978, the wilderness years.

Actually it was 1971-1977, as they were in serious contention in 1978 through the latter part of September.   After taking 3 out of 4 from KC the 2nd weekend of September, they were only 1.5 games in back of KC, the closest they ever were that late in the season to that point.   It was like Fregosi's hiring as manager in June ignited the fire in the team.   One of the loudest Angel Stadium nights I've ever heard was a July 1978 DH vs the Twins (Seat Cushion night).    Fans pounded the seat cushions together that night, and created the pennant fever from that night forward.   The Bostock tragedy did put a big dent in the feeling that season was producing, hard to believe it's coming up on 40 years.

[Stradling]

11 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

1982 was quite the offensive performance.   Downing, Carew, Baylor, Reggie, DeCinces, Lynn, even Boonie in the ALCS, etc.

If only the pitching (especially relief pitching) was just a little bit better that season.

I had dinner with Grich one time and he said the 82 team was the best he ever played on, even better than 86.  

[Chuck]

 

[Lou]

27 minutes ago, Puget Sound Angel said:

'86 was a great year until Game 5.

and JFK loved Dallas until the bullet.

[Lou]

6 hours ago, DMVol said:

Same thing I thought....The other side, to me, seems like a bunch of (insert Trump's word for grabbing here) who are comfortable in 4th place and afraid to play in the ALCS....but that's just my take on it....

your take is ridiculous.  nobody is afraid. people just don't like getting their hearts ripped out after so many years of failure. 

[Revad]

8 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I had dinner with Grich one time and he said the 82 team was the best he ever played on, even better than 86.  

You have to love it.  Baseballl is the perfect blend, and I like good coffee.

[DMVol]

Just now, Lou said:

your take is ridiculous.  nobody is afraid. people just don't like getting their hearts ripped out after so many years of failure. 

Well, I guess it's all in how you look at it....if you know ahead of time that you're going to get your heart ripped out, that's one thing....but if I told you your team would be in game 5 of the ALCS with no guarantee of the outcome, would you take it?  I sure would.  If you want a guarantee before you'd agree to it, that is ridiculous....

[Lou]

On July 22, 2018 at 12:21 PM, ten ocho recon scout said:

I remember shrugging, and going "well, you cant get herpes twice." 

Then i got it on my lips.

It felt like the donnie moore game.

meh, that doesn't even begin to compare to the Noe Ramirez game of 2018

[ksangel]

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Always Look on the Light Side of life

If the ANGELS Seem Jolly Rotten

There's Something You've Forgotten

And That's to Laugh and

Smile and Dance and Sing

When You're Feeling in the Dumps

Don't Feel Silly Chumps

Just Purse Your Lips and Whistle

There's always Next Year!

[Lou]

11 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Well, I guess it's all in how you look at it....if you know ahead of time that you're going to get your heart ripped out, that's one thing....but if I told you your team would be in game 5 of the ALCS with no guarantee of the outcome, would you take it?  I sure would.  If you want a guarantee before you'd agree to it, that is ridiculous....

we're comparing what we already know to what we're currently experiencing. 

it isn't even close 

[DMVol]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

we're comparing what we already know to what we're currently experiencing. 

it isn't even close 

If that's the way you want to look at it, ok....seems a rather odd take but we'll leave it there...

[Lou]

this year is no different than about 30 others I've experienced. 

1986 still hurts.