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    Fire Scioscia

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    I think the team needs a new manager once the season ends. We need a younger coach who can energize the players and bring new life to this lifeless club

    It'd be nice to have someone that could pay attention to statistics as well.

    Info, please, from those who have lived in the IE

    in The Official Hangout Forum

    Posted

    I grew up in Riverside and my grandparents have lived in Adelanto for about 20 years, so I've spent a fair amount of time there. Believe the others. It is a shit hole. It'd be hard to imagine a more terrible place to live. I've spent a lot of time in rural Kansas and Nebraska, and I've yet to run into a place as WT as Adelanto/Victorville. You couldn't possibly pay me enough money to live there.

    Raul Ibanez heading to Angels

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    Angels: Scioscia wants to keep giving Ibanez chances

    Angels designated hitter Raul Ibanez batted seventh on Wednesday, the lowest in the order he's hit against an opposing right-hander this season -- but he was in the lineup nonetheless.

     

    The 42-year-old left-handed hitter entered Wednesday's game with a .144/.255/.266 slash line, and has a couple of hot-hitting young players -- Grant Green and C.J. Cron -- competing with him for playing time. Angels manager Mike Scioscia wants to keep giving Ibanez opportunities, but it'll probably come lower in the lineup until he gets going.

     

    "The talent is still there," Scioscia said. "He just hasn't found the timing, so you want to keep giving him those opportunities."

     

    http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_05_anamlb_houmlb_1&mode=preview

     

     

    I'd say timing is part of the whole "talent" thing. When you can't handle major league pitching anymore, the talent has left you.

    Orange County Register: Hamilton's return for Angels will be bad news for someone

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    It's just insane. Scioscia left him in there in the 6th against the Astros' lefty reliever Downs when he was hitting .040 against lefthanders.

     

    .040 batting average with an OPS of .218 and he's got Cron and Green on the bench who are hitting 300 points better against lefties.

     

    INSANE.

    Yeah. This is where the insane thought process becomes strangely more important than the action. Scioscia actually thought that situation could work out positively, despite the mathematical chances being less than five percent. Tony La Russa would have flogged himself for hours if he ever let that happen.

    Orange County Register: Hamilton's return for Angels will be bad news for someone

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    Something that I'm glad isn't being discussed, letting John McDonald go. I wish the Angels could hold onto him forever. Yeah, Grant Green can handle any position Jonny-Mac can but with more bat, but McDonald does everything the Angels ask and does it with the knowledge that no matter what, tomorrow he returns to the bench. And he's ok with that.

    He has the perspective and leadership that every team needs.

    Yep. A plus defender that can handle multiple positions and do all the right situational stuff on offense is a valuable guy to have off your bench. No problem at all with him. He is doing exactly what was expected of him

    Has Scioscia even mentioned Ibanez

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    and yet we have another thread all about the things sosh does or does not say.  I'm all for bagging on Mike for trotting out the horse ready for the glue factory but his quotes or lack thereof?  Not so much.

    Obviously the actions speak more than his words, but the quotes are bothersome because it shows that he really can't understand the connection he should be making between statistical evidence and action. It's like walking barefoot through a pit of rattlesnakes, then swearing that it's a good idea.

    You have $25 to assemble an All Star band

    in The Official Hangout Forum

    Posted

    **** that, I'm sticking up for my compatriots.

     

    My group may have an overall sound that sucks, but we have chops and pretty sick instrumentals.

     

    Granted, I could easily spend $5 on bass as the bass player list is pretty solid (Flea at $4 is tits), but when I started playing bass I have so many Wooten bass dvds and the dude is his own band and can provide more musically than just playing bass.

     

    People always shit on or undervalue the rhythm section until they like Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Cream, Pink Floyd, and Jimi Hendrix (is Mitch Mitchell even on the list?)

    He's nowhere near Victor Wooten, or JPJ, or Mitch Mitchell, but In a fantasy world I'd love to see Tim Commerford and Jimi Hendrix play together.

    Has Scioscia even mentioned Ibanez

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted

    He gave a bunch of reasons why he thought he was coming around, from watching his swing etc.

    What are we supposed to do?

    "Your opinion is wrong!"

    We report what Scioscia says. We report was Ibañez said. We report what the numbers say.

    Now if you're saying a columnist should come out and write "Ibañez stinks and the Angels should release him" then ok. They are free to write that. It's not for the beat writers.

    I understand that perspective. And I get that you can only ask questions and report a response. I've never been a professional reporter or beat writer, so I'm sure I don't have a full understanding of the relationship management involved. As a fan though, it's just frustrating to hear a manager say something that quantifiable data doesn't support.

    One U.S. Soldier traded for FIVE high ranking Taliban prisoners

    in AngelsSpin.com Political Talk

    Posted

    Sounds like this guy was a deserter and was probably aiding the Taliban.  The dude's family hasn't even been able to talk to him yet.  My guess is because the US is interrogating him.

    People involved have hinted at a medical issue being the reason that the talks intensified. Whether or not that's true is obviously questionable, and if it is true, the severity/urgency would also be questionable. It seems to match up well with him being in a hospital though. Although, I'm guessing they'd want to observe anybody coming back from five years of captivity for a day or two.

    7 dead in drive-by shooting near UC Santa Barbara

    in The Official Hangout Forum

    Posted

    Statistically speaking, the more guns that are out there, the more accidental shootings will increase. While the pro-gun supporters will quickly jump on every CCW shooting that prevented a bigger tragedy, anti-gun folks will just as quickly jump on every accidental shooting or every vigilante action that goes south.

    I worry about the hotheads on the fwys.

    Dead on man. I understand that some people like the idea of having a weapon on them, but the chances of an accidental discharge are way higher than the chances of running into a situation where you need it to defend your life.

    Gameday thread 5/29/14 - NO Pujols

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted

    Scioscia doesn't have to defend anything ... I believe the plan is to play him until Hamilton gets back and then DFA him if he continues to suck balls. I'm not sure if batting Ibanez 6th is any worse than batting Freese cleanup.

     

    I do think the youngs guns batting at the end of the order isn't a bad idea.

    I would love to believe that, but I could totally see Cowgill, Green, or Cron take the fall whenever Hamilton gets back. None of those guys deserve to be cut so that Ibanez can keep a job.

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