Spoiled

[ten ocho recon scout]

Reference @UndertheHalos post a few days ago about random lineups, and the other thread mentioning how underrated Howie was.

Spring Training is here and baseball is back. To get in the mood the past few days Ive been watching old Angels clips on youtube. 

obviously the World Series clips, but randomly sewrching old players to remember the good times.

I looked up Orlando Cabrera stealimg home. I was at that game, sitting on the 3rd base line so saw it up close. So i started watching some Cabrerra clips... and remembering how good he was.

and he was replaced by Aybar... another guy who caught a lot of shit on here, but was such a cool guy to watch at SS. 

(Note for the old timers on here. In October of 2011, like 3 days after the season ended, I posted on here that a player told me we were getting Pujols. I never mentioned who, but it was him).

Aybar gets replaced by Simmons. Who was by far the best of all 3. (Simmons highlight videos never get old).

Point being. Holy shit were we spoiled for years at SS.

And adding Howie in here, that middle infield duo of Howie and Aybar was so, so damn solid for almost a decade....

[ten ocho recon scout]

I'll also add here...

In UTHs thread I mentioned the merry go round on the roster the past decade... (seriously, trout-pujols-simmons-ohtani are like the only guys who have played 3 years or more since like 2013).

For a good example on this... watch the simmons highlights on YouTube, where he turns double plays... and take a shot for every 2B he flips the ball to that you either totally forgot about, or have no idea who he is.

[Blarg]

Roll the clock back further to Bobby Grich and his highlight reel was a never ending stream of shortstops while he was an Angel. 13 of them shuffling in and out of the lineup over the years he played with the Angels. 

[oldguy]

8 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I'll also add here...

In UTHs thread I mentioned the merry go round on the roster the past decade... (seriously, trout-pujols-simmons-ohtani are like the only guys who have played 3 years or more since like 2013).

For a good example on this... watch the simmons highlights on YouTube, where he turns double plays... and take a shot for every 2B he flips the ball to that you either totally forgot about, or have no idea who he is.

An overlooked part of Simmons was how good he was at relaying balls from the outfield.  His strong arm combined with that high baseball I.Q. made him the best I've ever seen.

[UndertheHalo]

Before I made the thread I was just thinking about how it was kind of funny how the Angels have rolled out these really hodgepodge line ups of a great players and true scrubs every season for quite a while.  I thought it sort of speaks to why the Angels have been the way they’ve been.  So then I thought I guess I’ll just make up a day and look at the line ups and that would be kind of interesting running up to opening day.  Anyway.  I’ve enjoyed reading some of the comments in that thread and will keep pulling dates out of thin air.  

Edited March 4, 2023 by UndertheHalo

[angelsfan100]

David Eckstein 

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, angelsfan100 said:

David Eckstein 

Grand slam in back-to-back games in 2002 after never hitting one

[angelsfan100]

5 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Grand slam in back-to-back games in 2002 after never hitting one

[Chuck]

Good post, @ten ocho recon scout