I tried personally to see this season in a different light, because I was prepared to not even have a baseball season this year. I saw the 60 game schedule as this weird experiment where nothing would matter in the end, there were even moments where I figured the season could just end without a World Series.

With that being said it didn't work so well as I am still insanely disappointed with the season and the thought of a Mike Trout approaching his 30's and our team still letting me down season after season. I'm not burnt out I'm just fed up with incrementally getting "better" while simultaneously getting worse at the same time.

20 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Actually you can't do that.  Supreme Court already ruled about faithless electors.

This is true, but not every state has a law requiring the electors of that state to be directly tied to the popular vote in that state. A faithless elector can not go against what the state law requires, but if the legislator of the state appoints their own electors (in accordance with whatever the specific state allows) it is not considered a faithless elector.

20 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/09/23/report-trump-campaign-actively-discussing-radical-measures-to-bypass-election-results/#137e02374800

Report: Trump Campaign Actively Discussing Radical Measures To Bypass Election Results

The idea of any President doing this scares the crap out of me.

The scary part of this is that it is possible due to the tremendous power that states have to run their own elections, so you could conceivably see a State that has a GOP run legislative body vote to send their own electors bypassing the state vote. Now there are states that have laws on the books that the electors have to be chosen based on the popular vote, and the Supreme Court did rule against "unfaithful electors" in a decision earlier this year. You also have the possibility of a Governor signing off on one set of electors, while the legislature of the state signing off on another set of electors, at which point the Congress that is sworn in on Jan 6th will chose which set to accept, but the very concept of a Presidential campaign actively working with a state to bypass votes is a scary concept.

Only in the event of actual/proven voter fraud should this idea ever be approached, and even then you should have a consensus from both parties and various intelligence agencies that the voter fraud happened. Donald Trump is not, and should not be the sole authority on whether or not voter fraud actually took place. 

If you are a Donald Trump supporter that supports this approach to bypass votes without actual proven voter fraud then you should be ashamed of yourself, because clearly you just want your guy to win at any cost. I would like to hope that either this report is inaccurate, or this would only be invoked in the actual event of proven verified voter fraud and not just the word of one of the candidates in the election.

13 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Where did you get this ^ jpg

Angels Official Twitter account.

Also AngelsWin has media credentials so I get sent a gameday package from the Angels daily, but I've been slammed at work so I didn't get to use the media release to make a Twitter status on the AW Twitter.

On 8/15/2020 at 11:22 AM, tdawg87 said:

Lol @ anyone defending this horseshit.

It's not at all surprising, but still.

Yeah it's pretty obvious that Trump and DeJoy are trying to mess with the USPS before the election to gum up mail-in ballots as much as possible.

People all of a sudden caring about the fact that the Postal Service is running while being in debt has a weak argument to defend this. They've had this issue for a long time and should have been reformed along time ago, and anyone with a brain knows that its not a coincidence the timing of this happening right before the election. It's politics and Trump using the Executive powers of the Presidency to have an affect on the election. Trump knows what he's doing.

Me: Decides to visit the political forum to see what spirited discussions are happening

Also me: "I immediately regret this decision"

I'm indifferent to the fact that Arte is supporting Trump, hell I'd be indifferent if Arte supported Biden. I don't judge people based on their political beliefs (unlike what feels like most people do these days)

I liked Arte before this "shocking" news came out, and I still like Arte because I could care less about his politics, I just want him to do right by the Angels.

Do I want the vacancy on the Supreme Court filled before the next Presidential Inauguration (regardless of who wins), No not really.

Do I think that the Senate and President are well within their rights to chose and confirm a new Supreme Court justice? Yes, they are.

1 hour ago, Angel said:

I screwed up the date, it's 9 not 11 

I fixed that too, lol

I added the lineup to your post @Angel

Adell would have eventually needed to get some MLB at bats, might as well do it in this season since Adell hasn't been the reason we suck this season (See: Pitching staff)

2 minutes ago, John Taylor said:

ahh yes, the 'ol "They have 2 outs and are about to score 5 runs on our bullpen" routine 

Yay, I was wrong.

ahh yes, the 'ol "They have 2 outs and are about to score 5 runs on our bullpen" routine 

1 minute ago, Randy Gradishar said:

Damn, now Ward hitting too? I'm gonna have to scrub my post history.

Wait let me screenshot it first...for scientific reasons.....

16 minutes ago, FD2You said:

Holy Cow!   I was about to turn this game off a little while ago.   A Pleasant Surprise !!

Honestly I was afraid this would be one of those "MadBum has a 7 ERA but is going to regain his form against us" type of game, but the Angels are coming back!

Get Teheran out of there

Trout was like "I see what you did there...."

KOLE!

....oh wait.....

I'm jumping on the optimistic train, choo choo motherfuckers!

This actually was quite a lot more work than the few second GIF would indicate, lol

7 hours ago, Dochalo said:

Every night, @Chuckster70 sits on his porch and pours himself a nice little glass of scotch.  He holds it up to the light and admires it.  The setting suns rays shine through that little crystal bucket as he watches it set on the horizon beyond the river in the foreground.  He places it on the small glass table next to him as he slightly reclines in his teak chair with comfy pads.  He clips the end of a robusto or on some nights a double corona and strikes two matches till the tip glows a deep orange.  Drawing slightly and puffing as he exhales perfect rings and watches them dance into the horizon.  He sets the cigar neatly on a ceramic ashtray crafted by one of his children in the first grade.  It's awkward and misshapen but it's one of his prize possessions.  He takes a slow deep breath out as everything else from his day just washes away as he grabs his laptop and proceeds to fuck with us.  

As someone who got Chuck scotch for his birthday, I approve of this image of him.

Also he is flexing his biceps the entire time he's typing.

So far Burrito is giving me an upset stomach

Padres' brown uniforms > Padres' other uniforms