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Just said the same thing to my wife TD, their 'hot streaks' are complete anomalies, total bullshit. I ****ing hate this baseball team. They are my least favorite Angels squad of all time, that includes the 1992 Von Hayes-Hubie Brooks-Ken Oberkfell version...

Nice bday present for this 44 yr old big baby. Thank you Joshua.

Lackey v. Weaver...talk about appointment TV...

Indeed it is...they both have really sucked! At least they are both pulling out of the nose dive...

Yeah, I don't think I'll be tuning in for this one...

At the big league level, it's more about between the ears than mechanics. That's not to say tweaking a guy's mechanics aren't addressed from time to time. But (and this makes me wanna mouth-vomit) I agree with LT on his point about when guys get up to the show, they pretty much have their shit dialed in mechanics wise, classic delivery or not. On his point about which pitching coach has really made a difference, consistency-wise, for some guys, I would suggest Dave Duncan, Leo Mazzone, Roger Craig, Dave Wallace, Rick Anderson, Rick Peterson, Joe Kerrigan, John Farrell, Orel Hershiser, Bill Fischer, Bud Black, Larry Rotschchild, Marcel Lachemann, Galen Cisco, Art Fowler, Mike Maddux, Ray Miller just to name many. I'm well aware that most of these guys also had some studs to coach in their time, but most of these guys were also able to crowbar some pretty nice performances from some otherwise nondescript pitchers. Examples? Here ya go: Duncan: Pineiro, Lohse, Kile Mazzone: Neagle, Burkett, Ortiz, Wright Craig: Reuschel, Mike Scott, Donnie Moore Wallace: Martinez Brothers, Hershiser Anderson: Hernandez, Pavano I would love to keep Googling, but I gotta split...I guess my point is, I like Mike Butcher. He will always have equity with me because of the way he handled the Adenhart tragedy, but I don't think he is a difference maker as a big league pitching coach. And I don't think it's about helping with a guys delivery, I think it's because, from what I heard, (Jepsen is a Reno guy, he's a friend of a friend, and it may be BS) he's an asshole. we've seen glimpses of it in some of his soundbites ("I sleep just fine"). Who knows for sure about that part, but I can't name one guy who came here and either: A. Got Better B. Continued his previous trajectory (outside of Pineiros 1st year here) I could be way off, I'm on vacation, I have had a few beers.

He once killed 2 stones with one bird.

3B coaches are kinda like O-Linemen, if you don't notice them, they are probably doing their job. I don't recall ever noticing a 3B coach as much in my life as I've noticed Ebel.

How do you post pictures from your library now?

Indeed.

Yeah, but have you seen Kohn's girlfriend?

Um, this kid is filthy. Hot garbage filthy. Annnd, he's on my fantasy team. #bittersweetfriday

Wow!

Nice body language Jered!

After today's news about Vargas, that little flicker of hope is way gone. With Big Game Weave's very friendly contract, he might fetch a nice booty...he needs to mix in another gem or 2 to signal he's ok, not sure if it's in there anymore. Lest we forget, his big baby bro had a swift decline from studly.

Two absolutely horrible AB's there. Glad we tied it, but they could have taken control right there. Runner on 3rd, 1 out there? Oakland would've scored the runner.

I'm predicting one of those 'Angels don't get a hit until the 5th' games....

James Gandolfini dead at 51... http://www.tmz.com/

5 AB, 8 outs.

Hamboner vs. Furrybush

3 pitch K

Well, here comes ol' reliable...sucks to be in this situation. 1 run against Jeremy ****ing Bonderman. Nice.

A guy with control as good as Blanton (at least in BB/9 regard) should have the capability to consistently put together good sequences you would think. The last AB by Kendrys was a good example of what I mean. I don't think this is a pitching coach issue, as Blanton has pretty much been the same guy for years. He appears (at least what we get from soundbites) to be a particularly stubborn dude, and I wonder if he just eschews any advice he gets from coaches or peers. He has good enough stuff and control to be able to dictate AB's, especially if the HP ump is giving him the black. It's really frustrating to watch.

That Rebel was a bad muthaf-...

Yep, guessed I dodged a bullet.