175 million Angels didn't stand a CHANCE.

[Blarg]

Stormtrooper!

[bloodbrother]

OP was certain the Halos would get Tanaka

 

How does it feel to be wrong?

[Tavon Brown]

OP was certain the Halos would get Tanaka

 

How does it feel to be wrong?

Hey I thought the Angels were in it to win it.  I guess I was wrong dude.  Oh well.  Like Jerry said they are happy taking this current team to Spring Training.  If they win with it, who knows.  I don't know if they will.   But 2 things I am sure of.   1. Angels are DONE spending money.  So Garza is just moot at this point.  2.  Tanaka must not be that bad if the Yankees had 175 million reasons to go all in on him.    

Edited January 23, 2014 by No Marbles

[ukyah]

i am gonna laugh so hard if the angels sign garza. tanaka and his predictions play 2nd fiddle only to an epic thread on the espn forums years back with some guy named colorado..??? . that guy's predictions were amazing, wrongness just snowballing.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

This was way too much money, I could've seen this if the old blind-bidding process continued, but when they went to $20M, the Angels had a chance. Yet the Yanks and the Dogs and some other teams with capital obviously pushed the bidding into the stratosphere.

 

$175M plus a $20M posting fee is a hell of a lot of cash for a guy who has never set foot on a major league diamond. I also read that some teams were concerned about the number of innings he has thrown already even at his age. Maybe the Yankees can use him at third base on the days he doesn't pitch.

[Tavon Brown]

$175M plus a $20M posting fee is a hell of a lot of cash for a guy who has never set foot on a major league diamond. I also read that some teams were concerned about the number of innings he has thrown already even at his age. Maybe the Yankees can use him at third base on the days he doesn't pitch.

Like I said in my other post to you.  How many championships do the Yankees have? One Two Three?    Try 27.   They got this by taking chances, like they did today.

[Blarg]

Oh boy, the 27 rings bullshit.

[bloodbrother]

Hey I thought the Angels were in it to win it.  I guess I was wrong dude.  Oh well.  Like Jerry said they are happy taking this current team to Spring Training.  If they win with it, who knows.  I don't know if they will.   But 2 things I am sure of.   1. Angels are DONE spending money.  So Garza is just moot at this point.  2.  Tanaka must not be that bad if the Yankees had 175 million reasons to go all in on him.    

 

You're wrong a lot

[Sully151]

Like I said in my other post to you.  How many championships do the Yankees have? One Two Three?    Try 27.   They got this by taking chances, like they did today.

 

I am not sure they took a lot of financial chances during their run from 96-2000 and if they did in the 30 plus years prior, they don't have much to show for it. They had kick ass teams in the late 90's, early 2000's with proven players, not $175 million pitchers who have never played in the Major Leagues.

 

At some point you have to realize that that is an INSANE amount of money for Tanaka and it would have been not only potentially crippling, but down right stupid for the Angels to go anywhere near that.

 

The Angels took chances on CJ, Pujols and Hamilton and I hope at some point all three get it together at the same time. They also have the best player in the game to pay. A player that plays more than once every five days and has proven his abilities in the Majors.

Edited January 23, 2014 by Sully151

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Like I said in my other post to you.  How many championships do the Yankees have? One Two Three?    Try 27.   They got this by taking chances, like they did today.

 

Three of them have come in the last 15 years, one since 2001. They haven't exactly been raking in the trophies lately.

Edited January 23, 2014 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Tavon Brown]

I am not sure they took a lot of financial chances during their run from 96-2000 and if they did in the 30 plus years prior, they don't have much to show for it. They had kick ass teams in the late 90's, early 2000's with proven players, not $175 million pitchers who have never played in the Major Leagues.

 

At some point you have to realize that that is an INSANE amount of money for Tanaka and it would have been not only potentially crippling, but down right stupid for the Angels to go anywhere near that.

 

The Angels took chances on CJ, Pujols and Hamilton and I hope at some point all three get it together at the same time. They also have the best player in the game to pay. A player that plays more than once every five days and has proven his abilities in the Majors.

 

Three of them have come in the last 15 years, one since 2001. They haven't exactly been raking in the trophies lately.

True true.  But how many times have they missed the playoffs?  

[Vegas Halo Fan]

True true.  But how many times have they missed the playoffs?  

 

In New York, making the playoffs isn't enough. That fan base sees world championships as a birthright.

 

BTW, love the new name and avatar. Kudos for keeping the Tanaka theme and still making a smooth switchover. Very clever.

[Tavon Brown]

In New York, making the playoffs isn't enough. That fan base sees world championships as a birthright.

 

BTW, love the new name and avatar. Kudos for keeping the Tanaka theme and still making a smooth switchover. Very clever.

Thank you.  At least one person got the Major League II reference.

[ukyah]

Thank you.  At least one person got the Major League II reference.

 

 

who didn't get the reference? or more importantly, who couldn't?