Somewhat Forgotten Players You Miss

[FabulousFabregas]

[ten ocho recon scout]

Webber! Loved his double pump delivery. Reminded me of me having sex.

[Tank]

1 minute ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Webber! Loved his double pump delivery. Reminded me of me having sex.

is that his/your O face?

[ten ocho recon scout]

15 minutes ago, Tank said:

is that his/your O face?

I get a ton of strike outs!

 

 

Wait...

[FabulousFabregas]

[Tank]

bobby bonds and frank robinson.

manager dick williams.

[Puget Sound Angel]

Jim Spencer

[Angel Oracle]

Tony Soliata, Bruce Bochte, Rance Mulliniks, Andy Etchebarren, Gary Ross, Paul Hartzell, Gary Nolan, Wayne Simpson

[Billy_Ball]

[nate]

Rex Hudler, Jim Abbott, GA, Figgy, O Cab and Shields.

Scot Shields was so incredible, he pitched almost every day and he had filthy stuff.

Orlando Cabrera was fun as hell to watch, he had such a high baseball IQ.

Of course the Angel I miss the most is Aybar, I loved that moron.

[nate]

8 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Webber! Loved his double pump delivery. Reminded me of me having sex.

He is also probably the ugliest Angel in history.  With apologies to Juan Rivera.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, nate said:

He is also probably the ugliest Angel in history.  With apologies to Juan Rivera.

listen, pal.  don't you ever badmouth Señor Highlights again. 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, nate said:

Of course the Angel I miss the most is Aybar, I loved that moron.

[Taylor]

Shohei Ohtani. It was so incredible when he broke into the league as MLB's first two-way player in like 100 years.

[Dick Enberg]

10 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Webber! Loved his double pump delivery. Reminded me of me having sex.

 

You done in two pumps?

I usually only get to 1 -1/2 these days. your a beast!

How about Rick Reichardt? the Angels original bonus baby, can't miss prospect

 

 

[Kevin]

2 hours ago, nate said:

Rex Hudler, Jim Abbott, GA, Figgy, O Cab and Shields.

Scot Shields was so incredible, he pitched almost every day and he had filthy stuff.

Orlando Cabrera was fun as hell to watch, he had such a high baseball IQ.

Of course the Angel I miss the most is Aybar, I loved that moron.

I still remember the butthurt Tiger fans. Love me some Aybar!

 

 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Dick Enberg said:

How about Rick Reichardt? the Angels original bonus baby, can't miss prospect

i've bevome friends with reichardt on facebook. he's a nice guy and we've chatted a little bit. 

art kusyner shows up in my "people you may know" feed. he caught one of ryan's no-nos (i think #2 in detroit). been thinking about adding him as a friend.

[Angelsjunky]

Brendan Donnelly.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

10 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Tony Soliata, Bruce Bochte, Rance Mulliniks, Andy Etchebarren, Gary Ross, Paul Hartzell, Gary Nolan, Wayne Simpson

Damn, You really are an OLD dude......         ..........   Dave LaRoche~

 

The immortal Rance Mulliniks!!!! 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

No Love for the Candy Man?......

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

The original members of the Replacement of Nolan Ryan Apocalypse......

 

 

These guys were much worse than the 4 Horsemen..... 

 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Frank Tanana

[Angel Oracle]

11 hours ago, Billy_Ball said:

The catalyst for fencing in front of the dugouts, and on the players' side for clubhouse disintegration in 1999

[Angel Oracle]

34 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

No Love for the Candy Man?...…

Pitched the Western Division clincher in 1986.   And no hit the Dogs a decade early with the Pirates, another reason to like him. 

[Angel Oracle]

46 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

Damn, You really are an OLD dude......         ..........   Dave LaRoche~

 

The immortal Rance Mulliniks!!!! 

All from the 1977 team; it was a frustrating season, after being picked to win the Western Division following the signings of Baylor, Rudi, and Grich.

Of course, only Baylor of the three made it through the season without losing half of the games due to injury.   The crowds booed him unfairly because he struggled some, although still hitting 25 HRs and driving in 75.   Then he switched from #12 to #25 after the 1977 season (Bonds trade freeing #25), and the rest is history. 

The only two true bright spots for me in person that year were seeing a near no-hitter by Ryan against the expansion M's (CG, only Bob Stinson's 3rd inning double prevented it) to open the home schedule, and watching Mark "the Bird" Fidrych pitch a CG for the Tigers in June at the Big A.   Fidrych was still in the midst of his phenomenon era.  

That year did see two straight shutouts by Tanana and Ryan at the new Kingdome to open the 1977 season.   Little did those at the time know how mediocre the 1977 season would become. They finished with a 74-88 record, with two no-hitters thrown against them (Eckersley and Blyleven).