AzHaloFan

I remember going to games in the early 70's and if Ryan or Tanana wasnt pitching the crowds were scarce. Everybody seemed to get a foul ball. They had archery practice in the seats down the first base line. Later in the 70's as a teenager we would wonder up to the top row and smoke pot. LOL funny how things change. Hasnt been too long ago we were allowed to smoke in our seats. My best friend way back then  would get tickets from his mom. She was a manager at the Howard Johnson Hotel on harbor. That is where the umpires stayed when they were in town. Seats under the old net behind the plate.I remember thinking even back then that I had better seats than the umpire because I could see that those pitches werent strikes!!!! I am unapologetic in that I demand that our team play well. I know we can play well and lose and that is easier to handle than losing while playing bad. Even as a kid you could tell the guys that didnt hustle and it ticked me off. LOL such a burden on a little kid! Trying to make your team play up to a 10 year oldsstandards.

I am hoping they come home even at 3-3. 
 
That being said, it wouldn't be a Scioscia team if it didn't dig itself a huge hole in April.

we lost by 1 in both games, on the road against a top team.  I'll take it...for now.

They are also playing the toughest 3 series to start the season of anyone since 2007.

The Jedi was right about C.I. AND catching 13 innings gets him a gold star on his man card!! Trout Pujols & Hammy will be there. Most impressed with the bully ballers!! BOOM! Way to keep that door shut until we could break down theirs

Between Chris "I got this" Iannetta and our bull pen, this was an awesome win against a tough Reds team.
Don't worry folks, the bats will heat up....
JUST ANOTHER HALO VICTORY

Conger is there. He deserves it. And Scioscia can suck it.

They're different?

Drunk tweeting.  Oooohhh ... I've been there. 

I screenshot it before it was pulled. 
 

Tank, the Brady Bunch had a number of sport episodes with Joe Namath, Don Drydales and Deacon Jones.
In the show with Wes Parker Greg Brady is in love with a mystery girl who turns out to be his teacher the wife of Wes Parker.

"Never look back" has and will continue to be my mantra until everyone from the 02 team is off the field. 

I enjoyed watching Figgins when he was an Angel but I've also never looked back.

I'm sure Angelsduck/AM would agree with that.

If I were Dipoto I'd say no.  Catchers, with 6 years of control left, and power needs to be given a shot.  Even if it's on the bench as a third catcher.  I'd rather find out if I have a hitter, than trade him away and watch him develop as a Piazza on another team.  

EVEN THOUGH its only spring training....Mike Scioscia and Mike Butcher should be fired
(just wanted to save ya the time angelduck...your welcome)

I am concerned about fans that are so concerned right now.

I sure hope this doesn't carry over into the regular season for a "It's still early" thread.

You're wrong on so many levels.
 
First off, he landed a good starter to give us good innings unlike what Santana/Haren gave us last season.
 
Secondly, Morales can only DH and play 1B. We have too many of those types.
 
Thirdly, he's a goner at season end. No way we give him what BorASS would want for Morales.
 
Lastly, Trumbo is still coming into his own and will hit around .265 with 40 HR's and 100+ RBI this year. Morales may have a good season too, but that's not the point. We weren't going to re-sign him anyhow. Trumbo is younger and can play both corner OF spots and 1B. Hell, even 3B in a pinch. 
 
As a GM, it was the right move. Case closed. 

'I don't get disappointed any more.  That's an adolescent approach.'
 
That's a douchy thing to say, right?  A millionaire employee who is unable to do his job isn't disappointed?  Someone sounds awfully complacent.

Someone like K-Rod is only sounding more appealing as we get closer to the season.

Dude...32 windshield hours!? You need an award or something named after you!! With what 3 kids n wife to boot. On top of everything else you did for the event. ..wow. thanks for all you and the BOD do. Being a local here if I can ever help in any way in the planning or research for the next springs event just say the word. It would be my pleasure.

This was my second ST FanFest and frankly, March is my "Christmas Season" if you will. Seeing all the Halos and all the red litterally makes me a 6 year old on Christmas morning. My biggest take aways from the weekend are....
 
How cool was it that Brian, Geoff, and Chuck ALL said to me "Dude, you missed half of Salmon". They all know he is my guy and I did virtual cartwheels when I found out he WAS going to be there THIS year. I'll thank the In Law for my late arrival on that one. I'll get my photo op with TS some day.
 
Getting a chance to call Dipoto "JeDi" face to face, was a moment I will never forget! I have to admit, I was hoping for a better story in response to my question but no biggie.
 
I got a chance to meet a few people I have tweeted with/followed/seen here such as Jeremy (Jbomb), John (Champions 2002?), Tracey Flynn, Chuck, Geoff, Brian, Nye. I realized I ALMOST met a few others, after the fact, like Becky Brown bear and her boyfriend amongst many others.
 
Perhaps the biggest take away was something that Tim Mead said...he  really emphasized all of us really trying to "connect" with one another. I "know" only a handful of people here on the site AND live in AZ. Many of us are away from our second home, aka Angels Satadium, aka, Anaheim Stadium and don't have any other way of connecting, than here on AW. I would really enjoy, making 2013 a year where, especially with the new "bigger boat"/website,  we can all do a little bit more "connecting". Having us all know each other a little better would make next years event that much more spectacular.
 
Having replica World Series rings on our fingers would be pretty sweet too.

This was my second ST FanFest and frankly, March is my "Christmas Season" if you will. Seeing all the Halos and all the red litterally makes me a 6 year old on Christmas morning. My biggest take aways from the weekend are....
 
How cool was it that Brian, Geoff, and Chuck ALL said to me "Dude, you missed half of Salmon". They all know he is my guy and I did virtual cartwheels when I found out he WAS going to be there THIS year. I'll thank the In Law for my late arrival on that one. I'll get my photo op with TS some day.
 
Getting a chance to call Dipoto "JeDi" face to face, was a moment I will never forget! I have to admit, I was hoping for a better story in response to my question but no biggie.
 
I got a chance to meet a few people I have tweeted with/followed/seen here such as Jeremy (Jbomb), John (Champions 2002?), Tracey Flynn, Chuck, Geoff, Brian, Nye. I realized I ALMOST met a few others, after the fact, like Becky Brown bear and her boyfriend amongst many others.
 
Perhaps the biggest take away was something that Tim Mead said...he  really emphasized all of us really trying to "connect" with one another. I "know" only a handful of people here on the site AND live in AZ. Many of us are away from our second home, aka Angels Satadium, aka, Anaheim Stadium and don't have any other way of connecting, than here on AW. I would really enjoy, making 2013 a year where, especially with the new "bigger boat"/website,  we can all do a little bit more "connecting". Having us all know each other a little better would make next years event that much more spectacular.
 
Having replica World Series rings on our fingers would be pretty sweet too.

I didn't believe it was possible to exceed last year's dinner party, but this year greatly exceeded our expectations.  When you throw a party and the guests don't want to leave you have a damn good indication that it was successful.  Our keynote speaker, Jerry Dipoto hung around for photographs and autographs and spoke to anymore wishing a few moments.  Tim Mead told us Jerry could have gone on for two hours.  He eats and breathes baseball and obviouly loves what he is doing.  He's a passionate, articulate and entertaining man. 
 
Tim and Jerry both commented that when they walked into the ballroom how shocked they were.  Tim remembers when the evnt had 20 people at Hail Mary's.  Jerry was taken aback at the elegance and professional appearance.  The tables were decorated in red with dazzling red and white centerpieces.  Jerry told me he had no idea of the size of this event and the spirit of thise attending.  I surprised him also when Cassy came forward to collect her raffle win.  I said to Jerry, "She lives in Minnesota and travels to all of our events."  "What?' Jerry said.  I told him we have members from all over the US and a few other countries.  Needless to say, he was impressed.
 
I wasn't sure how the media/press guys would welcome the roundtable discussion.  It was a smashing success.  Victor was a ball of enthusiasm as were all the guys.  Afterward Alden Gonzalez and Victor were buying drinks and having a terrific time.
 
Tim Salmon was simple awesome.  He is now a polished speaker.  He's funny and informative.  What an opening act!
 
All told this event was terrific.  We crushed it!
 
After the event, some of us were over-served and felt the effects the next morning, which came waaaayyy too early.  I did a rough count of the folks at Tim's Dugout Talk and there were clearly more than 100 people in attendance.  As usual Tim killed it - great questions by everyone.
 
Now to start planning for next year.  ~sigh