Frieri Meatball

Chris Russo should find an overpass during rush hour and jump.  
Fu*ck him and fu*k any piece of shit boomer with this idea.  Jump with him. 

what a bunch of pussies

I know this story has been done to death, but it still sucked. Youd have to think it was a no brainer. Vlad loved it here, had a great relationship with arte. So that end would have been covered.
I dont know how good he looked as a prospect in the DR, but again, youd think because of Vlad theyd have been at least curious.
To not get him...for baldoquin...
And to have baldoquin block us from international signings for a few years...
And to lose all of that for baldoquin, and not target moncada at the same time..
Dipoto....

Amazing what a bobble head and a t-shirt can do to the thought process of someone these days. 
WeatherWonk is preparing his gift package for you right now. ?

The one thing I got from the press conference is that Billy Eppler is the MAN. Ohtani,Trout and the farm system all have his fingerprints on them. Seeing Mike Trout getting choked up about the Angels made me proud to be an Angel fan today.Great day.

Or weather wonk. Was just trolling us this whole time.
Trout is in to weather...

First thing I did was text my Philly friend to SUCK IT

I tried to keep quiet about this during the off season. A few on here know what aim getting at. 
I knew this was being worked on at the end of last season. The no opt out thing being part of it.... literally was just back east this weekend, telling NY fans the same. TROUT DIDNT WANT TO LEAVE HERE, HE DIDNT WANT TO PLAY BACK EAST. He likes his privacy out here..
Ill say it again, Wonk. Ive never taken pictures of it so I cant provide them. But Ive seen mike eat pizza here. And taco bell. And donuts. And actual adult food as well. The reason you cant google those pics is that he doesnt get bothered here...thats why he likes it here.
Biggest contract in history. NOW CUT MORENO SOME SLACK. This didnt come out of nowhere...its been the priority the last 2 years or so.
Now we can all calm down, and build a team smartly, instead of out of panic.

After seven years of hearing from my Yankees and Phillies friends about how he was going to leave, combined with sports media's unrelenting desire for him to go east, this feels awesome.

I was 100% sure this was going to be an injury report on an Angels pitcher.

I suggest you re-take your 8th grade civics class if you think the constitution says that. 
Free speech means you can’t go to jail because of what you say (subject to other limitations). It doesn’t mean you can’t get fined or fired or demoted or anything else at work. 

Seems hes the reason were not winning.  When its clearly time to rebuild a while ago, we are instead stuck in purgatory because were trying to get a guy a ring who's been on his way out the door long before Harper came to town.  
Through 858 career gms:
Trout 189 2B, 39 3B, 184 HR, 513 BB, 826 K .308/.408/.567
Pujols 237 2B, 11 3B, 229 HR, 453 BB, 369 K .331/.419/.626
Let Philly have the $40 million version of Trout when hes on the wrong side of 30 and approaching their 40's.   Thanks for the memories and the prime years.  Unless they find some new steroids ala David Ortiz, why should we expect them to perform differently than any other washed up superstar, now in that age.  Its going to be Pujols/Miguel Cabrera/McCutchen/most other superstars, PT 2 after just a couple years into that contract.
 

You know, im going to get railed for this but so be it...
This is basically giving 25%ish of payroll budget, to one player... am I the only one a tad bit concerned about this idea? 
Our hands are tied to make significant upgrades now and we will need to do so when we are ready to compete as we are still completely void at certain positions. 
Is this really in the best interest of the club?  Can a team with limited means really afford this?
Im not sure i believe any player is worth this kind of money.  

Trout’s in for another long year given the moves this team made this offseason. 
I have to think Trout will remember all these years the Angels wasted by surrounding him with trash when it comes to contract negotiations regardless of how bright the future might look. 
And honestly minus Adell, our farm system ain’t shit

As I'm sure many of you do - I'll never forget that 5 run 9th inning come back in New York off of him - Capped off by Mo Vaughn's 3 run game tying homer, Erstad's impossible game saving bottom of the 9th catch and his game winning solo shot in the top of the 10th. One of the best games I've ever seen from this team and so much of it was tied to the seeming impossibility of coming back from such a large deficit against perhaps the greatest finisher of all time.
Thanks Mariano.

i get your thinking here AJ and obviously there’s appeal for Trout, but I really dislike the idea of giving him an opt out.  If the Angels are going to sign him they need to make him an Angel for life.  He means more to the organization then a typical FA.  I think it’s important that they make sure he wears an Angels cap his entire career and just get this over with.  This guy isn’t a 33 year old Albert Pujols.  There’s an unquantifiable value in making him our Stan Musial or Tony Gwynn. 

Cry baby bitch 

Wonk is at it again 

Except for fact Shoemaker has never been as good as Harvey, you nailed it

it's Dec 14th, FFS 

RIP 

Been there, done that. This is a unique opportunity. 
We might get to experience two kinds of "shots" in the stadium. Tequila and cuernos de chivos!!

Never been a Shoemaker fan, Never... Never knew which pitcher would show up on any given start.

I'll miss looking at the DL list and not seeing him...end of an era.