RenoHalo

Man.

Then I love you, Vlad27....

IBB, then the 3-run jack...

Nice ****in inning!

JoeStin VerBlanton

Ha!

I'll take the BB, but I like guys who can rake to swing the bat...

Holland's rushing and over throwing, gotta jump his ass here...

Blantonfield don't have a chance tonight if he can't get the outside corner

Hmm, you'd think maybe one of our pitchers might wanna make Andrus move his feet a bit...Dude looks awfully comfy in the box against the Halos

**** you dickhead!!! hahahaha!!!! I hate you Kinsler

Kent Blantonfield

Too much of a 'Thumper' to be a.........thumper? That was horrible....I'm truly sorry.

Yeah, this story still makes me wanna vomit...I guess it's sorta fresh again now that Sybil Santana is gonzo...I guess all I see now is Howard for Miggy....hurling...

It's funny, my daughter is such a huge Mike Trout fan, that every time Harper makes the highlight reel she gets furious! I'm glad he's off to this start, let him get all the attention, while Mike just keeps getting hotter and hotter this last week or so.....

Exactly. I am from Vegas originally, still have many friends involved in youth and HS baseball down there, and I've been hearing stories about what a little prick Bryce is since he was 11 or 12.

That is unbelievable! I think that is my Uncle Gerald reincarnated...

Dude, thanks for typing what I've been feeling for a while now too. I thought the fact that I just couldn't get excited about them anymore was due to my advancing age, but you nailed it. They just seem like a bunch of guys wearing the uniform that I have loved for 35 years, with zero connection to my idea of the Angels. Perfect example is tonight, after dropping two hundred bucks on the MLB Extra Inn package (like I do every year), here I sit watching 'Boston Psycho Russian Teenager' coverage, with no interest in watching the game...That would have never happened even 2 years ago.

Let's put it this way, after this weekend, Torii might start getting some HOF love....

I'll elaborate, pitching is a huge deficiency on this team, but it is just one of many issues they are facing right now. If you look at the hitting stats, there are some surprisingly decent #'s in the every day lineup for a team that is 4-10: Pujols, Trout, Trumbo, and Jimenez are hitting .280 or above Those same players all are above .340 in OBP These four all have an OPS north of .800 That is approximately half of the regular lineup performing at or above their projected #'s so far through this brutal stretch, but yet the team is 21st in runs scored in MLB. There is a huge hole in lineup continuity, exasperated by their continuing propensity to not deliver in 'clutch situations', a problem that has been getting worse over the last two seasons. The atrocious numbers with RISP so far was also a big problem for long stretches last year, particularly early on. Great offensive teams (like we were supposed to have) more often than not score the run from 3rd with 0 outs on the next PA, a conclusion that is anything but foregone with the Angels. There have been way too many bad AB's immediately following a leadoff 2B or 1st and 3rd situation with less than 2 outs so far this season. Also, where are the power numbers? Pujols is tied with Bourjos for the team lead with 2 HR? This lineup was supposed to have the potential of 4 guys with 30+ HR this year, and yet they just went through a 5 game stretch without a single longball. This on the heels of last year's 8 or 9 game HR drought. If the team can start converting their scoring opportunities on a more consistent basis, it might (might) allow the pitchers to relax and 'get in their game' (in the Scioscia parlance), and perhaps begin to go deeper in games. If they continue to play like this, it will probably force Moreno's hand, and we will lose the best manager the team has ever had, and that makes me sad. Lifetime, I am not intending to dismiss the pitching issues, but I think that is just a part of this mess, albeit a huge one. Shit begets shit, and these guys are barely clicking on one cylinder right now. As professionals, one would have to hope that their pride will kick in at some point, and maybe they will start having more intelligent AB's in crucial situations, working the counts into their favor, and squaring it up when they get that 3-1 pitch. Or maybe, they are just horseshit....**** it, who wants pie?

No it doesn't.

Just saw that....You gotta believe the man.

Me too. When I read the thread title, I was hoping it was about him being our new # 2 SP....

I love your fervor AO, and the fact that you are willing to type what a lot of us are feeling when this team has us fuming. I'm a big 43 year old baby regarding the Angels to this day, same as I was in 1978, so I feel ya man. I gotta ask though, is 'reasonableness' really an English word?

Man, I love this idea. Get Percy's ass in here now! No MILB experience needed, he's been coaching HS for a while. I know that's apples n oranges in the terms of levels of play, but he no doubt has his head already wrapped around the instruction aspect. Add that to his 14 years dealing with big leaguers, I say he can hit the ground running (and squinting).