Howie Kendrick

[Make Angels Great Again]

At the age of 35...has a batting average of .345, by far the highest in his career.

 

[Stradling]

Good. I always liked Howie. 

[tdawg87]

Howie really was a future batting champion!

[Angelsjunky]

360 PA.

I know, still good but not close to a full season.

[Angelsjunky]

Just now, Angelsjunky said:

360 PA.

I know, still good but not close to a full season.

[tdawg87]

5 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

360 PA.

I know, still good but not close to a full season.

Racist.

 

[ScottT]

Nice. Howie and Howard got too much crap from a lot of Angels fans. He (they?) was a solid player and person.

[ScottT]

Garret Anderson: 28.1 WAR with the Angels. 25.7 career

Howie Kendrick: 27.6 WAR with the Angels..32.6 career.

[Justin]

One of my favorite Angels, ever. A lot of people - including me at times - were frustrated that he didn't put up a .350+ average like he did in the minors, but he gave the Angels several seasons between 3 and 6 WAR. I would have rather had one more season with him than the 5 we have seen from Heaney. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

31 minutes ago, SoPas Angel said:

One of my favorite Angels, ever. A lot of people - including me at times - were frustrated that he didn't put up a .350+ average like he did in the minors, but he gave the Angels several seasons between 3 and 6 WAR. I would have rather had one more season with him than the 5 we have seen from Heaney. 

That last sentence... depressing. And accurate.

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, ScottT said:

Nice. Howie and Howard got too much crap from a lot of Angels fans. He (they?) was a solid player and person.

"I don't have any superstores."

[ten ocho recon scout]

 

I like to think howie ran through that, and thats where the idea for this "joke" started.

[Stradling]

“MVP”

Cute

[Angel Oracle]

Still LOL at the graphic on the Cubs pre-season telecast back in the mid 2000s, that as Howie was batting for the Halos called him Kendrick Howard.

[Dick B Back]

[Angelsjunky]

12 hours ago, RBM said:

Why be so negative? Howie is a hell of a player and had a great season.

Kendrick will finish with 124 games played. 

Our “MVP” played in only 134 games this year. 

Why be so negative?

Howie was and is a good player, but there's something magical that happens to players once they reach 35 or so: all of sudden people view them as better than they actually ever were. Nostalgia, I guess. The Joe Biden Effect?

[Lou]

I like how he put MVP in quotation marks. 

[Angelsfan1984]

future batting champion. Maybe around 2030

[Justin]

26 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

there's something magical that happens to players once they reach 35 or so: all of sudden people view them as better than they actually ever were. 

That is certainly one possibility with Kendrick.

But another possibility is that people look at the rotation of players the Angels have run out at second base the last five seasons and think to themselves You know, I really didn't appreciate Howie enough when we had him. 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Good for HK, he deserves it. One of my fave Angels. 

[Angelsjunky]

3 hours ago, SoPas Angel said:

That is certainly one possibility with Kendrick.

But another possibility is that people look at the rotation of players the Angels have run out at second base the last five seasons and think to themselves You know, I really didn't appreciate Howie enough when we had him. 

Sure. This happens a lot of with average to good players - they are often underappreciated because they're not stars and/or didn't fulfill expectations ("future batting champ"), and then you feel the lack when they're gone.

[ten ocho recon scout]

3 hours ago, SoPas Angel said:

That is certainly one possibility with Kendrick.

But another possibility is that people look at the rotation of players the Angels have run out at second base the last five seasons and think to themselves You know, I really didn't appreciate Howie enough when we had him. 

I never understood the hate he got when he was here.

In the scenario you gave above, you could say the same for guys like GA and Torii (why is it always black guys?).

But howie when he was here was always a punching bag for some people. "Im sick of him chasing sliders!". Reality was, he was a steady bat that became a really solid defender. Was never overpaid. Great team guy, good to the fans.

I never understood why he was a target. The no batting champ thing was way overstated. 

[Justin]

5 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

(why is it always black guys?)

When people start missing Vernon Wells or GMJ, we will definitely have to explore this phenomenon further.  

[failos]

HK47 should’ve never been traded. 

[Docwaukee]

dude has been a wreck