Tonight's debacle

[rageous]

Frieri should have never been the closer from day one.  He doesn't have the mental makeup to be one.  He needs to be a setup man.

It's not his makeup.

It's the fact he has no other pitch other than his fastball.

[Ohtaniland]

This Angels team won't win 75 games this year.

[Ohtaniland]

It's not his makeup.

It's the fact he has no other pitch other than his fastball.

 

He owns Josh Hamilton....but who doesn't.

[HaloCory22]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1L1lj3XuK8

[2002_halos_II]

This team needs a complete overhaul. We have some solid players, but they just don't get it done together. I don't care if they go on and have career All-Star years. They'll never do that in Anaheim. F you Howie, Aybar, Callaspo, Frieri, Trumbo, Iannetta, Conger, Blanton, and whoever else I forgot. GET OFF OUR FIELD! 

Who would you replace these guys with?

[Angel Oracle]

Morin already >>>> Frieri, and he's still in AA. But not for long

[austin724]

Yes, its funny that everyone wants to blow up this team but doesn't know who we should replace them with.  Someone give me names.

[Angel Oracle]

First off, Arte needs to hire a real GM who understands how to build a team, and then leave him freaking alone to build it!

Let that GM fire Scioscia and hire his own manager who is well regarded and on the same page.

Ric Wilson stays.

[JAHV76]

Why isn't Jeremy Berg getting a shot at the big leagues?

[austin724]

Are you mad AO? You posted your comment four times.

[Angel Oracle]

Why isn't Jeremy Berg getting a shot at the big leagues?

Because Dipoto is clueless.

Bad enough O'Day was let go by Pierpont Reagins

[Angel Oracle]

Are you mad AO? You posted your comment four times.

Stupid cell phone freezing up, deleted the dupes.

[EE_]

Mike Maddux pulls Cotts off the trash heap and gets a 0.83 ERA in 33 IP out of him.

Remember when we had a GM/ pitching coach who could do things like that? It's been a long time.

[Angel Oracle]

Butcher sucks, this whole coaching staff sucks, the GM sucks, the players suck, and the owner is a Steinbrenner clone.

[Homebrewer]

Is there anyone that didn't know, when Butcher went out to visit Ernesto in the 9th, that the game would soon be over??

Butcher visits are the kiss of death.

How frikkin long are the Angels going to stay with this guy?
It is beyond a joke.

[BleedRed]

If Arte ran the Angels as a real CEO, he would have fired Scoscia and DiPoto and Butcher by now...simply because the results are not there. Neither are the fundamentals...most can't bunt, pitch recognition is awful (see Trumbo and Howie). Angel pitchers invariably throw more pitches per inning than the opposing pitcher, taking a walk is evidently forbidden etc etc.

[shellback]

shellback on butcher:

beat that dead horse!

see ten relief pitchers and a few starters that are doing well now and couldn't do shit with the angels.

dugout looks like a morgue.

too pissed to post

[Lhalo]

Screw Trout and Weaver ... This is a team sport and if you're not happy feel free to switch teams.

Hard to believe that Chuck started this thread. Lol

This guy...

[jshep]

This guy...

 

He's adorable.

[stormngt]

Frieri should have never been the closer from day one.  He doesn't have the mental makeup to be one.  He needs to be a setup man.

 

Then who should be the closer?

[EDinTUSTIN]

Screw Trout and Weaver ... This is a team sport and if you're not happy feel free to switch teams.

Hard to believe that Chuck started this thread. Lol

Who said that Trout and Weaver were not happy, or that they were disgruntled? Weaver showed his loyalty already. Yeah, screw our two best players.

[Ohtaniland]

If this was a cooking show....Dipoto would have been chopped!

[austin724]

Find a closer.  They didn't have any trouble in the past with Bryan Harvey, Lee Smith, Troy Percival just to name a few.

[JB Abell]

Screw Trout and Weaver ... This is a team sport and if you're not happy feel free to switch teams.

Hard to believe that Chuck started this thread. Lol

Haha screw Trout and Weaver? Like you said, Chuck started this, not them, so don't get down on the only players worth watching.

Plus, your statement applies to the rest of the team, not them. Trout and Weaver are the only team players. The only ones going out there every day and playing their a$$ off as if they still have a chance at the playoffs. Its everyone else that looks like a bunch of bums.

[JB Abell]

Then who should be the closer?

Madson. 5 yr/125 mil