RenoHalo

Being shutout by a fucking Oakland A’th no name Lefty into the 5th…this is not what I had hoped for when I saw that lineup posted. 

11 hours ago, mrwicked said:

"Coleman? There's no Coleman here.."

15 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

100%

The other big benefit of this is that he’s fairly likely to destroy the PCL again…substantially increasing his trade value from where it stands now. 

I remember Shay! His organ music was a huge part of the experience at the Big A when I was a kid. I loved it 

Honorable Mention: Bill Buckner

Vogt is gonna kill us. He's my "dick to click"

9 minutes ago, Trendon said:

I don’t know if this was partially directed towards me, but I read the article. I was just interested in hearing other people’s takeaways from it.

I like the article, and Sam's work in general. I am rooting for Phil to get the gig. Players seem to like playing for him, he appears to get along with FO, he's a local guy etc. I think he's earned a shot for at least next year.

Concerned: The mid-May sweep by Texas.

Resigned: Philly series.

10 hours ago, Blarg said:

Fucking Kemp doing the highlight reel catch.

I know. The assholes always make the plays of their lifetimes against us. Irritating

Nice to see Ward get hot again. Maybe it wasn’t fool’s gold after all. 

57 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

Isn't he the all-time leader in GIDP?

Yes he is. By a lot. 
1. Pujols: 426

2. Cabrera: 351

Holy smokes Rengifo! Dude has an outside shot at 20 bombs! No way I would have guessed that when he got called back up

22 minutes ago, Tank said:

pilkington is a funny word. it sounds like the name of a british town.

Might be the WASPiest name ever.

Why is Gonzalez highlighted? Is he the dude I've never heard of that's gonna destroy the Angels this series? Every series has at least 1 guy. 

17 minutes ago, BigVladdy said:

I miss this team sooo much.

I miss everything from 2007 sooo much. 

17 hours ago, Blarg said:

Yay?

I'd be more excited if it was Dan Ford.

Just now, ten ocho recon scout said:

As far as hype goes, MO was up there with Pujols at the time. He was our first bona-fide big name FA in years. Felt like good times ahead.

Literally first inning of his first game, baseball gods were like "never forget who you are, Angels"

No doubt. We didn't even get a week of feeling good about it... I remember just feeling numb watching him tumble into that dugout. Same feeling as I had years later when Morales jumped on the plate after that GS against Seattle later. The numbness made an appearance today watching Shohei colliding with Gonzales a little while ago too! 

I remember the headline in either the Times or OCR... "DISNEY'S NEWEST ATTRACTION...'MO-TOWN'!" Man, I was so excited!! 

The K-ngels. Yikes they suck.

On 7/10/2022 at 11:03 PM, Angelsjunky said:

God, I hope so.

But probably not. They'd have to go 24-51 the rest of the way.

On the other hand, they're 11-32 over the last 43 games. If they keep up that pace for the next 75, they'll lose about 105 games. 

Still, probably not. All they have to do to avoid 100 losses is win 1 out of every 3 games for the rest of the year.

I'm predicting 57-105. 

26 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

Like I said earlier this year, he’s done for good

What is up with this team and FA busts?? Maybe it's like this with other teams too but....it sure doesn't feel like it.

Loved Stu. His bro Stan sucked ass tho! 

1 hour ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Because it’s the most difficult thing to project. The chances of getting your money’s worth are low. 

https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/why-are-relievers-so-volatile-managers-weigh-in-1.24616243

 

Thx for the link Fletch. That's one of the very few articles I can ever remember reading re: mercurial relievers. It's been a 'wtf' talking point every season w/me and my baseball nerd crew. I'm less baffled now

They have to do this. Out of all the FA RP out there, no one has been more consistent than Robertson. He's still got the 'Mariano-Lite' cutter that nobody can square up consistently too. The guy who taught him that lasted a lonnnnnnnnnnng time w/minimal injuries too, so I'm not as worried about his age either. What everyone has been projecting here about our bullpen if they signed him has me salivating tbh. Bullpens are so very important (especially nowadays), it's baffling when teams who have had issues there the prior season don't go into the off-season starting there.

57 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I was hoping someone might catch that.  

"I gotta go get the papers....get the papers.."