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Cyanide, Uranium, and Ammonium Nitrate

The hardcore fan base certainly is.

The hardcore fan base certainly is.

Best Manatee? 

@gotbeer keeping us all informed on stuff to avoid.
Thanks Bud! 

Worst Major Ever

I've been on fire. Not at Saratoga but everywhere else

He's no Ralston Schmidt.

He's no Ralston Schmidt.

Lou.
That SOB is freakin amazing.

 
 

Lou.
That SOB is freakin amazing.

 
 

Lou.
That SOB is freakin amazing.

 
 

Ouch

F'n Sosh..

He's working on some things and missed a few spots. I don't get what the big deal is..it's early man...turn the page.

I've come to the conclusion that gotbeer watches a lot of shitty movies 

Javy Baez is one very special player. 
WOW.

I’m realizing part of my frustration is that I want the Angels to win because of Trout. Well I’m going to stop thinking like that. He chose to stick with the Angels. He knew what he was getting in to. Also, this is the first of twelve more years for him. He knew not all seasons were going to be great ones. Anyways, this team is what it is this year. Once the farm starts kicking in, I feel things will improve. But nothing will happen overnight.  

You guys are not old enough to understand just how bad the 70's Angels were. They were bottom feeders except for 1978 (Lyman Bostock murdered) and 1979 when they finally won the Western division.
Tanana and Ryan and 3 three days of cryin wasn't a joke it was years of futility. In 1974 the two of them pitched 81 games. About as many as Skaggs has pitched in his entire career and about 140 more innings. They ended up in last place.
Ever hear of a guy named Ellie Rodriguez? He caught 140 games that year. But nobody really remembers the guy because the team sucked bad even though he was a pretty decent hitting catcher that year. 
And that was the 70's for the most part. A few journeyman would have a good year but it went unrewarded because of how bad the rest of the supporting cast was. The Angels wasted the talents of the most dominant pitcher in the AL then closed out the decade by pissing him off and letting him walk. 
Fuck the 70's. 

I think Angel fans have every single stinking right to be angry and feel like there isn't any light at the end of the tunnel.  There isn't a single starting pitcher who give us any confidence what-so-ever.  Not a single one.  Seeing the team give up runs early night after night is just demoralizing.  Then watching late inning come backs fall short - adds to the frustration.
Adding to the misery is the fact that Houston is still a very, very good team.  Seattle is exceeding expectations and that doesn't help matters either - especially when you just watched your team lose 3 out of 4 (plus the two earlier in the season).
The hole is getting deeper and darker.  This sucks.  It blows. 
I still go to games and will continue to go to games, but it's getting easier and easier to find reasons not to.   Baseball is supposed to be fun.  This brand of baseball is hard to stomach.  I have season tickets... I'd like to get my money's worth out of having them. I feel like I'm wasting my time and my money.  I don't like it. 
It all adds up. The lousy pitching.  The poor hitting.  The stupid mistakes in the field by guys like La Stella and Bour.  The questionable decisions by Ausmus , etc. 
For 19 years - we were used to a certain style of Angels baseball. When it was going good - there was aggressive base running.  There was solid fundamental defense. They forced the issue on the bases.  They did the most with the talent they had.  They frequently out performed projections - or at least I thought they did.  This team looks like it's falling into the abyss.
It's on Eppler. It's on Ausmus.  It's on Arte Moreno. 
Last night's dismal crowd was shocking to see.  It was like we were back in the 70's and 80's when people didn't show up and those that did - were there to root for the other team. 

First of all, no team announces a change in closer. You have to ask. 
Apparently the move was made on Monday, when Ausmus told Allen.
No one asked who the closer was Monday, probably since Ausmus had said Sunday he wasn’t worried.
Given the way Allen was used Tuesday night, today we asked.