The first reported "Best shape of my life" related ST news

[Jason]

12 hours ago, failos said:

Goodwin >>>>>>> Uptoe

Maybe defensively 

[nate]

11 hours ago, tomsred said:

 

Dick B Back nailed it, this guy is good!  We need to see the whole fight, this is PPV material.

IIRC the little guy won

[nate]

A healthy Upton is important this year, him missing the first couple months of the season seemed to cause him to never get going last year.

[zenmaster]

I truly believe Upton is gonna have an amazing year. With the protection he has around him in the lineup he will see more pitches that he can smack than he's probably ever seen in his life. 

[T.G.]

3 hours ago, zenmaster said:

I truly believe Upton is gonna have an amazing year. With the protection he has around him in the lineup he will see more pitches that he can smack than he's probably ever seen in his life. 

I agree.  I think far too many Angels fans have written him off.

[failos]

5 hours ago, Jason said:

Maybe defensively 

Too bad he's always injured. Hopefully things turn around for him.

[Stradling]

37 minutes ago, failos said:

Too bad he's always injured. Hopefully things turn around for him.

Always?  Before last year he averaged 152 games a year from 2011-2018, so your memory is lying to you. 

[failos]

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Always?  Before last year he averaged 152 games a year from 2011-2018, so your memory is lying to you. 

You're not worried about his health moving forward? That's naive.

[Angel Oracle]

It was running into the wall that caused Upton's injury, and as far as I know he's never been hurt like he was previously on similar FBs.   He just needs to adjust how he goes back on balls near the wall.

Edited February 12, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Stradling]

26 minutes ago, failos said:

You're not worried about his health moving forward? That's naive.

Is it as naive as pretending he’s always injured?

[T.G.]

29 minutes ago, failos said:

You're not worried about his health moving forward? That's naive.

This is AW. We worry about everything. We fear the worst, always. We live by the motto, what can go wrong - will go wrong.

[T.G.]

@failos and @Stradling if you two are going to go back and forth for days - can you please continue this in the Arte nixed the deal thread so that we can get to more than 100 pages?

[Lou]

10 minutes ago, True Grich said:

This is AW. We worry about everything. We fear the worst, always. We live by the motto, what can go wrong - will go wrong.

I don't

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

I don't

Ditto

[T.G.]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

I don't

Well, when I say "we" - I don't really mean everyone

[T.G.]

7 minutes ago, Lou said:

I don't

 

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Ditto

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Well, when I say "we" - I don't really mean everyone

Ok. For future reference, can you list the names of those posters who belong to this exclusive "We Club"?

[T.G.]

Just now, Lou said:

Ok. For future reference, can you list the names of those posters who belong to this exclusive "We Club"?

I'm going to need access to everyone's SS# in order to do that. 

Also... when I say "we" - I don't necessarily even  mean me as a  part of the "we."  It's just banter. It's complicated. Oh hell, just forget I ever said it.

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, True Grich said:

I'm going to need access to everyone's SS# in order to do that. 

Also... when I say "we" - I don't necessarily even  mean me as a  part of the "we."  It's just banter. It's complicated. Oh hell, just forget I ever said it.

This thread will never reach 99 pages with that attitude

[failos]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Is it as naive as pretending he’s always injured?

I mean at this point I think you do PR for the Angels.

[failos]

1 hour ago, True Grich said:

@failos and @Stradling if you two are going to go back and forth for days - can you please continue this in the Arte nixed the deal thread so that we can get to more than 100 pages?

Get us started, friend. Post something mildly negative and Stradling will come running.

[Stradling]

9 minutes ago, failos said:

Get us started, friend. Post something mildly negative and Stradling will come running.

Or something silly like calling a player oft injured when it’s not true. 

[T.G.]

And we're back.

Crap... not "we" -

They're back.

Crap.

No.

He's back.

Arrrgh.

I blame Lou.

 

Edited February 12, 2020 by True Grich

[failos]

4 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Or something silly like calling a player oft injured when it’s not true. 

Cozart was healthy until the last couple seasons. Would you say he's not injury prone as well?

[ettin]

1 hour ago, failos said:

You're not worried about his health moving forward? That's naive.

No because this is quite literally the first time he has had an injury in several seasons.