the14thjoey

I will be at the game and I'll try to remember this. Guys, if I never post again...you won't notice because I only post like twice a year anyway.

I don’t post here often but I felt I needed to for this. I am heartbroken. I’m thinking of the pain his teammates are feeling, how everyone who worked alongside him to make it to the bigs feels, and how the Skaggs family feels. It’s too much. 

On 6/23/2019 at 5:20 PM, HeavenlyHalos said:

Agreed with all of this except possibly keeping the Rays in Tampa. I'd also prefer to stay in the same division as the A's to keep that rivalry alive (Dbacks stay in the NL East).

Agreed on the A's. I'd like to see all regional pairs kept separate (Seattle-Portland, Oakland-San Francisco, Angels-Los Angeles, San Diego-Arizona) and conserving as much of the current divisions as necessary. Also, the Western and CA divisions travel distances are not balanced.

(renamed) Western: AZ, LA, SF, POR

Pacific: SD, Angels, OAK, SEA

I put the Padres in the Pacific due to that division having to go further north, so the Western division has to go further east.

This puts the city-to-city driving distance at 1,394 miles for the (renamed) Western division and 1,296 miles for the Pacific. With Second Base's setup it's 505 miles for the CA division and 1,528 miles for the West division. 

It's going to be Kole.

I wasn't very excited about what Upton would bring. Objectively, he obviously produced and probably would provide a solid bat in the middle of the lineup, but he never passed the eye test for me. Whatever that means. 

I'm not sure what I'm saying. But...<<clicks Submit Reply>>

1 hour ago, Dtwncbad said:

99% of the time the difference between a no hitter and even a two hitter is completely trivial. . .like one or two ground balls 6 inches in one direction or the other.

I am not really that big a fan of a no-hitter because of this.  It's not that I don't respect the pitcher definitely was a beast that day, it's just that it is likely he was exactly as dominant as a guy that threw a two hitter.

This oddly one reason why I love Nolan Ryan.  Yes we all know he threw 7 no hitters but he also threw 12 one hitters and 18 two hitters.

That is 37 times he threw a two hitter or better.

I am sure he was more sharp and dominant in some of those 1 and 2 hitters than some if his no hitters.

Ryan never backed down and challenged you.  So fun to watch.

Joe Cowley once threw a no hitter with 7 walks.  Not impressive.  But technically whippee!  A no hitter!!

This article (NYT blog post) supports some of what you're saying but Nolan Ryan definitely walked plenty in his no-hitters, particularly no-hitters #1-4.

https://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/nolan-ryans-no-hit-no-walk-games/

6 hours ago, WeatherWonk said:

Yeah, Joe Torre never amounted to much as a manager. 

Who is Joe Torre?

1 hour ago, Lou said:

I don't care about a perceived difference in value of $900k.

who would you rather have playing full-time in LF? for me, the answer i

Not to mention the value of WAR isn't linear. 

4 minutes ago, Adam said:

Mota

Angels broadcasters who become managers are never successful.

On 11/16/2017 at 8:09 AM, Chuckster70 said:

There were quite a few who did but just never got around to posting here. I call them lurkers.

Or guys like me who post once every 7 blue moons.

3 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

My favorite poster their was Pimpmyteam ... whatever happened to that dudé. 

I hated that dudé. He was such a troll, daddy-o.

22 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Mark Mulder jersey! 

I'd rather have the Scully jersey.

Wet blanket hot! There was a nice breeze for a bit but it was just damp with no air movement for the latter part of the game. Punishment watching Nolasco get smashed!

Is anyone else going to the game tonight in Texas? 

Are they allowed to block the plate? I thought that was banned.

the14thjoey.

still here. 

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Am I still eligible for the 1st page?

Today's win was a lot of fun to watch. Go Angels!

What a great win! That was exciting baseball!

The Angels won! What a game!

The Houston announcers complain a lot.

Never lose again!

Both are in a pitching change with the winning run in scoring position.

I want the Dodgers to lose and the Angels to win simultaneously.