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I try. But it's hard.

he still might... but at least his contract is a year shorter, which means when he becomes a free agent again, we'll still be paying Albert Pujols

To get and wear one of these to the Big A? I'll take a pink one please

ouch

wow. amazing. Freaking amazing.

the thing that boggles the mind about Texas is how they always seem to have a guy in the minors that can step in a produce, no matter how many injuries they have. I bet you could make two major league teams out of their talent, and both of them would be good to great.

Genius

He sees more pitches in the strike zone as pitches start to fear him less. He'll make some good contact for a while, and then the other teams will remember that there's no reason to throw him a strike, ever.

Halo scouts are too old school for new fads like the internet. they can't be bothered with such distractions

Trout will be voted in as a starter

Never listen to a crackhead. They will lie for the worst reasons. He's probably thrilled to get that head case off his team. He can be the bigger man now and it doesn't do anything except make him look magnanimous

It didn't help that the guy he replaced was raking for a rival team. That made what he was doing 10x worse

sure there is. Any team with major league talent on both the Coaching staff and Pitching staff knows that the book on Hamilton is to pitch him out of the strike zone, and he'l get himself out by either missing the ball, or tapping it to the IF. He will not be patient enough to take a walk, so as long as he thinks he can get to the ball, he's swinging. It's been that way ever since the 4 HR game of last year, everybody in baseball knew it except for Moreno. Ever wonder why no other team in the majors made a play for this guy except for the Angels? The Rangers offered a low ball offer they knew he wouldn't take, and the rest is history (except for the next 5 season we have to live watching this village idiot) the only way he's getting any hits is off of idiots or talentless hacks that leave it over the plate. to me, that means a 200 batting average and about 15-20 HR a year.

Don't be throwing around facts here. They aren't appreciated