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Also... can each of my fellow Angelswin brethren please go "Like" our facebook page and follow @kaoticradio on twitter.
 
Thanks!

I'm remembering why I keep disappearing from the board. Besides previous bashes on Sosh and Mathis, I don't think I've ever posted anything that proved worthy of a response from any of you regulars. Snobs.  
 
I feel like the dork at lunch who's trying to hang out with the cool kids and keeps jumping into their conversation, but they pretend I'm invisible. 
 
Karma is paying me back for being the douche in high school who ignored the dorks. The tables have turned.
 

The only problem is that most of the AW members have nasally voices. 

Lohse is like the chick in the corner of the bar. She's over there drinking Cristal and she's kinda ugly. There are no other girls to talk to, so you keep considering making an approach.  You realize that she's drinking some expensive stuff, so you don't want to buy her a drink so you do nothing.
 
All the other girls in the bar, including the girl you brought with you, keep breaking wind and puking on themselves. You're a 12-pack deep and ol' Lohse is starting to look better and better... regardless of her price. 
 
Sad thing is that this ugly chick in the corner would instantly be our #3 starter.  Maybe even #2, since CJ's elbow definitely doesn't look 'right'.
 
At least Burnett looked good today. Giving up no runs in an inning, dropping his ERA to under 17.
 
Ugghhhh. 

Lohse is like the chick in the corner of the bar. She's over there drinking Cristal and she's kinda ugly. There are no other girls to talk to, so you keep considering making an approach.  You realize that she's drinking some expensive stuff, so you don't want to buy her a drink so you do nothing.
 
All the other girls in the bar, including the girl you brought with you, keep breaking wind and puking on themselves. You're a 12-pack deep and ol' Lohse is starting to look better and better... regardless of her price. 
 
Sad thing is that this ugly chick in the corner would instantly be our #3 starter.  Maybe even #2, since CJ's elbow definitely doesn't look 'right'.
 
At least Burnett looked good today. Giving up no runs in an inning, dropping his ERA to under 17.
 
Ugghhhh. 

I love how quickly the mood on this board changes.  After the first couple innings last night we had people calling out their pride, saying they needed to get rid of people.  A couple innings into today's game and people are picking their seats for the parade route.

Chuck got some last night.

Only if Jon Daniels is scheduled to pitch today.

"Good hitters (long pause) will get damned (EDITORS NOTE:  I think he meant to say 'jammed.')  (Long pause).  Bad hitters will get jammed too, but more times than not bad hitters will get fooled."
 
Terry Smith in bailout/translation mode:  "Yeah, they'll get fooled more often."
 
Jose:  "Yes."

"Not only is the weather getting warmer, the Sun is getting brighter."
Yeah. Wait.... What?

Speaking of former Angel 3B, the Marlins just released Figgins.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/03/marlins-release-chone-figgins.html#disqus_thread

Dallas belongs in Texas.

Kyle Lohse come on down!

I sure hope this doesn't carry over into the regular season for a "It's still early" thread.

You can't worry about someone too blessed to be stressed.

Great event, fellas. Congratulations on such success! All your hard work paid off and we all reaped the benefits.
 
Lots of great questions were answered honestly and candidly. The media round table was great. I loved their stories. Fish was perfect, as always. His answer to my steroid question was so enlightening and real. Rather than wonder how much better his career could have been if he took them, he wondered how much better he would have been if his opponents weren't using them.
 
DiPoto is just a magnetic, diplomatic and brilliant human being. His answers are always safe and politically correct, yet somehow eye-opening.
 
The young players were as gracious, patient and polite as Arte would expect. Each of them were a clear reflection of the outstanding organization that they represent.
 
Condolences to Arte. He was missed, but all was great without him.
 
It was just a great room and I was proud to be in it. Can't wait for #AWFanfest14! Go Halos!

I think this is the 3rd time introducing myself to Angelswin... I absolutely love the site when I check in, but (I know this won't be popular), but I wish the world would just agree to use Facebook for everything so we don't have to check 27 different sites to socialize. Ok, that's not the REAL reason that I haven't posted much. The truth is, after Mathis was traded, I just haven't been able to wipe away the tears long enough to post something. Devastated by the loss of that stick. Time has healed me. I'm recovered from that heartbreak. However, if V-dub gets traded, I might just disappear again.
 
Anyways, a little about me... again:
 
- Lifelong Halos fan. I've been to nearly every Angels playoff game since '86 (with the exception of AK's 3HR game in the ALCS in '02).
- Season ticket holder for a few years, but now usually just go when I get hooked up with freebies from subcontractors - which is quite often, thankfully.
- Rod Carew is my all-time favorite Halo, with King Fish coming in as a close 2nd. 
- I live down the street from the Epicenter, so before the Doyers took over and ruined my joy, I was spoiled to watch studs like Trout, Howie, Trumbo, Weave, Bourjos play often. None of them were nearly as impressive as Dallas McPherson or B-Wood. How'd that work out?
- Attended AWFanfest13 and will definitely be back next year.

Chuck & Co... you guys oudid yourselves this time!  Very professionally done -- good venue, staff was on point, terrific guest speakers and so on.  I especially enjoyed just hanging out with so many old friends and other passionate fellow Angels fans.  This event just keeps on getting bigger and bigger, better and better.  But I have to say that it does feel as though we may have hit critical mass in terms of turnout.  Would much rather see AW focus now on refining future events while maintaining a workable scale.  This is not a criticism but an observation -- you know me, Chuck -- pull no punches guy, but in a (mostly) constructive kind of way.  
 
One thing I'd look at is the seemingly ubiquitous failure of hotel/banquet hall people to get the food service planned and executed right.  Even though Eric and staff did an admirable job planning this event, the hotel service do need some micro-managing in order to be sure you get what you want from them.  I see the same deficiencies at almost every event I attend.  Things like what to put on the table (and when), two baskets of chips/ bread instead of one per table -- little stuff like that.  Maybe expanded food options for vegetarians, food allergies and so on.  I know you can't always please everyone, but these are details worth considering.  I believe that whatever the cost differential, your AW faithful will be happier for the level of detail. 
 
Another item to consider: I would have encouraged people to send their interview questions in to you in advance of the event, instead of calling people up and taking your chances -- so as to help avoid momentum killers like troutgasms and technical issues like wireless mics vs wlans, etc.  Just thinking about smoothing out the flow of the evening.
 
One last item: Kicking up the raffle with "free advertising" swag from companies with something to gain from the exposure.  MLB licensed gear, sunglasses, restaurants/pub gift cards (TK?), donated game tickets, clothing and so on -- all present some opportunities for businesses large and small to get front and center with our crowd at a very low entry cost.  And our attendees win by giving them a greater chance to win something.  Just another reason to get excited about ST Fan Fest!
 
Again, I enjoy our annual pilgrimage to Tempe and am already looking forward to the next one.  Thank you Chuck and everyone who helped make this event the barn-burner that it was!  Your entire staff honor us all with their dedication and determination to ever exceed themselves.  I, in true Scioscian fashion, tip my cap to you! 
 
Give em Halo!