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Both Dipoto and Mead said Iannetta will be the unsung hero this season.

Anything these guys provide in actual baseball skill is secondary to the awesome names they have.  Dipoto took the Yankees' Cayones and stole Kramer.

Here is proof that Jerry truly can perform JeDi mind-tricks. I don't care what he got... He got it for nothing!

Took my son to Tempe Diablo on a surprise 12th birthday trip this week.  We live in Florida but work was bringing me out to San Diego, and I figured the timing was too perfect not to fly my son out with me and then drive out to AZ for a couple days.  I could not have scripted it better if I tried.  
 
On Monday we showed up early and walked away with 7 autographs and 3 balls before heading off to Phoenix Municipal to watch the game against the A's.  He was so happy.  I was a little worried because Monday was so good I didn't think Tuesday could get much better.  Showed up early again on Tuesday and got 4 more balls and he ended up with 19 total autographs.  Then to top it all off, he was selected out of the crowd to be the Angel's batboy!  I'm not sure who had more fun, my son running around in the field and in the dugout or me watching him from the stands.  Sam had two favorite moments: Running out to get Josh Hamilton's broken bat and accidentally running into "someone big" and then realizing it was Mike Trout.  My favorite moment: Watching Omar Visquel mess with him tapping him on the helmet and then pretend he was watching the field.
 
Took a bunch of photos on my phone but my favorite pic was of Sam by the dugout with Howie Kendrick photobombing in the background (he also signed a personalized photo for Sam).
 
Good Times.

Sorry YoT, I missed the sarcasm. This whole discussions seems silly. I haven't been on the boards a long time. I came to AngelsWin via twitter.
Lou, As far as how they measure those things. UZR/150 or Defensive Runs Saved measures the defense based on each play. They assign values based on where they were when the out was made (UZR) and I forget(read as don't want to look up right now) how DRS is calculated. As far as baserunning; each decision on the base path, good or bad, has a value and when you add up those values you can see how many runs were added or subtracted from their total comtribution. This is based on linear weights relative to the year your looking at.
Yes, AngelDuck, wOBA and wRC+ are much better to look at in terms of just offensive production. I believe wOBA is used in calculating one of the offensive stats in WAR, not certain of this.

Yes! She's covering our Fanfest according to Claude. 

I can't wait to see this outfield in the lineup and on the field all season long.

Thanks guys! That's my hope to try to make it interesting, accessible, and yet still utilize all the sabermetric stats available. Glad to be aboard!

Talks about Trout, Hamilton, and plays at the plate.
http://m.espn.go.com/general/play?id=8998328&ex_cid=espnapi_public

RBI Double from Erick Aybar after a Bourjos walk. Woot!