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I find it funny how you're not allowed to criticize Obama without a lib chiming in about Bush.
I never even brought up my opinion of GWB.
IMO Bush has very little to do with what is currently going on over there. I'm no expert and I definitely think Bush ****ed up, but how in the world would things be so drastically better in the Middle East if Bush was never president? That just seems fishy to me...

There goes Glen, blaming Bush again.  We were attacked on our soil and Bush led us with God and Country on his side to put a murderous dictator with WMD's stockpiled down.  
 
Obama, on the other hand, a known Muslim, is at fault for leaving Iraq early. Bush knows how an Islamic state should be run, Obama and the libs have no clue. We can't go fight them because Obama would be getting our troops killed in a country we don't belong in. At least that is what FOX will say if Congress ok's military action.   

He was successful with the angels, his squat just wasn't beautiful enough for catorce

You need to have a take of your own ... Instead you choose to judge other posters.
give it a rest

Before they retire Jeter's number they have to do a proper tribute. That includes playing an entire year in the field in the missing man formation (no shortstop), plus a year of commemorative merchandise sales leading up to the actual retirement of the number in 2017. That day will be designated as a national holiday, and all work will cease. Every television network will be required to carry the Yankees game that day. Every MLB team will be compelled to retire #2 in his honor, and to construct a twice-life-size statue of him in front of their ballparks.

yeah, that .618 OPS is going to be tough to replace

No but I cast at least 20 times and came up empty

Imagine a freeway series, Padres-Angels. Just thinking about the Dodgers sitting at home while their division rival and the Angels play in October makes me giddy.

Padres have totally transformed their team. Upton, Kemp, Norris, Myers, Shields, Middlebrooks all in one offseason. I think they'll win 90 games and give the Dodgers a run for their money

30% effort / 30 excuses / 100 games missed

"A guide to the Stanley Cup" - San Jose Sharks

Ok all joking aside, if his contract isn't the hold up, in other words he is around 4 years and $70 million, then why wouldn't you want his production?

That, I agree with. 
No more big contracts to aging players, but also at the same time going over the luxury tax by a few million shouldn't be a big deal if a better player for the money and not for a huge contract comes along.

Wilson is the problem here. If they didn't have CJ they could sign Shields no problem, start Santiago in the pen, Tropeano starts in AAA, and is the first guy to be called up when someone is injured
 
Richards
Shields
Weaver
Shoemaker
Heaney
 
We'd be so solid.
 
2 more years of CJ on the payroll...ugh

"A guide to the Stanley Cup" - San Jose Sharks

Wrong guy. That's the TV guy Michael Kay.
It would be more like FiiiiiiIIIIIIIRRRRRRrrrrrrrrEEEEEEEEEE.... Golden embers for Sterling.

The Angels should get some road Los Angeles uniforms when they travel to the ravine. Just because.

"A guide to the Stanley Cup" - San Jose Sharks

fixed

Talkin gooder English for you and all the time
 
Jose Mota

Angels would trade Calhoun in a heartbeat if that's all it would take. Phillies would just laugh at the offer.
Nice try kid

As a nearly 50 years fan of MLB, I can vouch too for the huge change in the pace of play from the. 60s and 70s.
Seems that 9 inning games routinely lasted on average about 2.2 to 2.5 hours in that era.
Batters didn't step out constantly.
Pitchers got the throw back from the catcher and pitched pretty quickly.
Catchers didn't make incessant trips to the mound.
Pitching changes were far fewer.
And if the batter did step out, you could count on the pitcher taking care of it.

I have season tickets and if the game is dragging on or if it is a blow out one way or another, I will leave early, especially if school is still in and I take my son. I have never considered it a waste of money, because in my mind the money is pre-spent if that makes sense. If the Angels are playing like crap I will leave really early, 6th inning or so. If the game is well played but playing out slow, I have no problem staying the entire game. There have been games where I have left early, and driven home (30 miles) and still see the end of the game on TV. I do love the fact that baseball is different and not dictated by a clock, however I am in favor of a pitch clock of some sort; I have shared this story on here in the past, but about 5 years ago or so I was watching a game from the 70's that Mark Fydrich was pitching and it was a TOTALLY different game. The batter never stepped completely out of the box. The pitcher got the ball and pitched. The game just seemed like it was going in fast forward. I was mesmerized by it all, it just seemed to flow a helluva lot better. If the people that don't mind the pace of today's game watched a game like that they would be shocked at how different it is. If you were to show the two games side by side you would think the game from 35 years ago was a higher level, because of the pace of the game.

No kids, childfree, fairly young, and I leave games early sometimes. I try not to, because I do like to be there for the last out.
However, in my case, transportation is an issue. I take the Angels Express, and that leaves at 11:30 at the latest, regardless if the game is over or not. And that's usually the last train of the night in both directions out of Anaheim (to LA or Oceanside) so there's no way to skip it and stay later. Also an issue is that connecting mass transit from either LA or Oceanside usually ends around midnight or 1am, so if you're getting there too late, you're stranded.
 
If I were to drive, it's at least an hour from my home to Angels Stadium, assuming the 5 is moving. Games sometimes seem to let out about the time Disneyland is closing or the fireworks there are over, so the freeway can be a mess. I'd imagine that some fans live even further away. If someone's leaving a game at 11:30 and it's taking them, say, an hour and a half or two hours to get home, it might be a bit of a problem if they need to be up at 6 or 7 for work the next morning. If they HAVE brought a kid to the game, by 10 or 11 they might be getting completely overtired. So the only answer is to leave before the game is over.
 
As to the pace of the games, it IS annoying and time consuming when certain batters feel the need to go for a walk and spend five minutes fussing between each pitch (I love Calhoun but he's so bad about this). If they were to finally enforce the rule about batters needing to keep one foot in the box, unless they're dodging a wild pitch, I think it would be a good thing. Letting pitchers and catchers do intentional walks without going through the whole four pitch rigmarole? Also a good thing. I don't know how I feel about the pitch clock, though. I think it might mess up some pitchers' ability to get signs from their catchers and decide on a pitch.

Can't blame you for leaving early. I live in the San Fernando valley so if I go to a game I usually get back at around midnight if I stay the whole game. Haven't been able to go to many weekday games because of it