Bruce Nye

For a price, Adam will sell Jim Abbott's right hand. 

For a price, Adam will sell Jim Abbott's right hand. 

For a price, Adam will sell Jim Abbott's right hand. 

From the article:
 
"There’s a possibility it could go down," Moreno said.
"The small-market teams don’t believe that the penalty is high enough," Moreno said, "or that the CBT [threshold] is too high – that they have really no chance to compete with someone who is spending $300 million, or $250 [million]."
 
How is he championing anything???   He's going on record with what the small market teams are whining about and his alleged concerns they may push to lower the CBT......   Like others have said, it seems like a cop out -- they would have a really hard time convincing anyone lowering that CBT helps anyone but the money grubbing owners like Loria and company.

I, too was at the game.  Watching the mounted police on horseback lining the left and right field lines and then the shot.  I knew after the game, there was no reason for the team to fly back to Boston.  Total change of Mo'.   

Of all the guys I haven't met or know, Nor Cal was one of them. 

My take on Arte is this:  He admitted to us one spring that he was sitting around drinking beer with his buddies and they decided they should buy a minor league team.  They did, Arte got involved in the baseball affairs and learned (his words) that he was lousy at it.  But he absolutely loved being an owner.
 
I think he is a competitive guy and saw what Steinbrenner and Loria did buying players and buying championships and he thought he could play with the big boys.  So he told his GMs to go spend the money.  That didn't work out with GMJ, Wells, Hamilton,Wilson and Puljos.  He absolutely must reflect on those decisions.  I believe his new GM has advised him to take a different approach, which is to finally get out of those contracts and build the team in a different manner.

Of all the guys I haven't met or know, Nor Cal was one of them. 

Of all the guys I haven't met or know, Nor Cal was one of them. 

Of all the guys I haven't met or know, Nor Cal was one of them. 

Of all the guys I haven't met or know, Nor Cal was one of them. 

Of all the guys I haven't met or know, Nor Cal was one of them. 

Of all the guys I haven't met or know, Nor Cal was one of them. 

I think it is a combo of Wells, Mathews, Hamilton and Puljos and CJ Wilson.  

I think it is a combo of Wells, Mathews, Hamilton and Puljos and CJ Wilson.  

I think it is a combo of Wells, Mathews, Hamilton and Puljos and CJ Wilson.  

The good ole days.

But, but....we have eight starting pitchers.

He forgot the Chuck E. Cheese menu.

What was Scioscia's involvement/decision/action that led to:
 
Weaver's injury
Shoemaker's disappointing season
CJ Wilson's injury
Signing Joyce
Trading Howie
Freese's injury
GR's so-so season
The Middle Relief bomb squad

Yeah -- the stats don't support the narrative..  the narrative is all that matters.   
 
Career OPS
 
Bases Empty - .765
RISP - .750
Men On - .761
 
Tie game - .726
Within 1 run - .732
Within 2 run - .750
 
Ahead - .771
Behind - .748
 
High Lvrge - .739
Med Lvrge - .773
Low Lvrge - .749
 
.Vs SP - .760
.Vs RP - .744
 
1st Half - .744
2nd Half - .770
 
Home - .764
Away - .745
 
 
Like I said -- the most boringly consistent hitter the Angels have ever had.  His greatest sin -- not having won a batting title like some schleb talked up.  
 
Now give me a break -- I've reached my quota of stupid for the day.

Apparently, some here think the re-building of a farm system can be done with a sack of magic beans.  The long term health of the organization was largely agreed to by people with a brain.  Given the salary constraints of some questionable LT signings have been overlooked.  In short, it will take time for the pigs to get through the python.  
 
Next year will be a monumental year to reconstruct the major league team with so many contracts expiring.  Just sit on your nests, ladies.
 
Next year will be a year for you to make your call.

anyone who wants to dump Dipoto should just focus their attention on nascar

He is due for a twin cheese/sausage burrito.  

For those of you not watching, after Kubitska's stupid defensive mistake, he got his 1st major league base hit.  He's on 1st and Ayabar hits on in the hole.  Kubitska raced to 2nd and is thining about 3rd and gets about half-way when he trips or falls down.  Meanwhile, Aybar is on 2nd base.  Kubitska was frozen in no-man's land.
 
Embarrassing.