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Agree with Aybar or Fregosi at short and Molina at catcher. And I hated leaving Erstad off but who do you take out? He only moved to first to make room for other outfielders.

Would your lineups look any different? Homegrown C Mike Napoli 1B Wally Joyner 2B Howie Kendrick SS Gary DiSarcina 3B Troy Glaus LF Garret Anderson CF Mike Trout RF Tim Salmon SP Chuck Finley SP Mike Witt SP Jered Weaver RP Troy Percival RP K-Rod Free Agency/Trade C Bob Boone 1B Rod Carew 2B Bob Grich SS Rick Burleson 3B Doug DeCinces LF Brian Downing CF Fred Lynn RF Vlad Guerrero SP Nolan Ryan SP Bartolo Colon SP Bert Blyleven RP Lee Smith RP Donnie Moore

He needs to cut down his ERA, which is currently 27.00

So now we have three relievers wondering what is going through their manager's mind. Bedrosian wondering if he just blew his first chance to be the closer here and how long it will be til he gets another chance. Frieri wondering how much confidence Scioscia had in him before and how much he could possibly have now. Morin wondering how he could possibly have less confidence in him than the other two.

I wonder if LaRussa misses baseball?

And somehow work Price into the deal?

Scioscia wanted Bedrosian to be his new closer. It blew up in his face. Angels are back to square one in looking for a closer. That's what happened today.

The Red Sox are the only team I hate. Every time we play at Fenway and our pitchers get squeezed in the late innings as the crowd gets louder, my hatred goes up a notch or two. **** Ortiz. **** Pedroia **** Pierzynski You down wit OPP? Yeah you know me.

I just hope his teammates respect him. As long as that's the case, I couldn't care less if he tells kids to get off his lawn.

It really bothered me when I saw him do that in Philadelphia. It sure looked like he was dissing Richards to his former NL competitor. But I figured who knows there are probably hundreds of things that happen on a field that look bad but really aren't that big a deal. Then I saw what he did tonight and I wondered if maybe I'm not imagining things. He's not Jose Guillen. I'm not making that comparison. But Mo Vaughn is a possible comparison. Vaughn was surly and never fit in with the Angels. Albert's obviously twice the player Mo Vaughn ever was, but personality wise there are similarities.

What's getting old is people not being able to have an adult conversation on here. I asked a serious question. All I have seen from my vantage point are negatives regarding his personality. You guys live there. Does he get along with all of his teammates? Some of them? I'm asking because I'm a fan of the team and I want to know what's going on behind the scenes. Is there another side of Albert the national media doesn't show?

I know, I know...another freaking Pujols thread. But just move on if you are tired of talking about it. I live in Kentucky, which means I hear less than half of the inside stuff about the team that you guys hear. In the three years Pujols has been on the team, these are all things I have heard/seen/noticed myself about Pujols. Year One * Gets upset with the team for marketing him as "The Man" * Gets upset with Mickey Hatcher for publicly discussing private meetings * Goes after Aybar in a postgame handshake line after a win (apparently didn't like Aybar's playfulness) * Supposedly told Torii to shut up in a team meeting and players had to restrain Torii Year Three * Gets testy when asked if he felt pressure to put up big numbers because Trout was doing so well * In game at Philly, Richards blows a play not covering first properly. Pujols can be seen talking about Richards to the runner on first while holding his glove up by his mouth. * In tonight's game, shows up Scioscia for pulling him for a pinch runner. Are there stories of him getting along with teammates and coaches? Because I'm not hearing them here. I am seriously getting a Mo Vaughn vibe from him at this point. Like he's so miserable in Anaheim that it affects his performance. Every time I think he's coming around, something else happens that makes me think "hmmm".

He owns a wrong? I didn't know wrongs were possessions.

Wish I could figure Frieri out. I've given up on him four times now, only to think he's rejuvenated, only to give up on him again, only to think...

Ahem