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great. http://abc7.com/news/angels-fan-beaten-in-angel-stadium-parking-lot/337226/

as i said in another thread, i'll believe it when i see it.

i'm over it already. i didn't think we'd get past a matchup with the O's and it looks pretty damn likely that we're not even going to make it that far. you've got to earn a championship and the angels just aren't ready for it.

i'll believe it when i see it.

as far as the royals being hot, i don't think so. i think they get their ass handed to them by the O's. to be fair lest anyone think i'm a poor sport, i think the O's would have bitch slapped the Angels right out as well. this series is really about how bad the Angels are playing right now. we look like we don't belong and apparently, we don't.

this series is almost over. the problem with trout right now as it has been for a good bit is that his swing has actually gotten longer and he's developed a modest uppercut, outside of his normal golf swing on down and in pitches. he needs to get his swing shortened. who would have thought that the offense would get worse than last night? crazy. oh well, looks like i'm getting a refund on those alcs tickets. i'll hope against hope for the next three games, but the writing was on the wall the last couple weeks of the regular season.

we can back hamilton or we can hack hamilton, but in either case he hasn't done jack shit for the angels. he's been an anchor since he got here and anything like this picture just adds fuel to a raging fire, but just like billy joel said, we didn't start the fire.

you've got me there. i have no argument against a fundamental difference in the rules changing the strategy. i would bunt with a pitcher who can't hit, it's true. nobody is making a compelling argument against the one outcome argument. they're only saying things like, "if it works, then...", which is exactly the kind of thinking that gets managers to call for the ridiculous and statistically foolish play in the first place.

this is good comedy composition right here. layers.

give me a counter argument, that explains how it's a good strategy.

i have no idea what AO said at the time, but you misread his previous post. he's saying he changed his tune before the FA signing. i have no opinion on that otherwise.

a first round draft pick? that would be nice. ...oh yeah, also AIDS. i'd rather have 2014 AIDS than josh hamilton for the next 3 years.

i believe we will, but if we don't, start making tee times.

i hate him. not for that comment, but i hate him none the less.

i'd just like to get this off my chest, so that i can move on. if at least just for today. the reason why sacrifice bunts are bad strategically is because if after getting a leadoff runner on first and successfully sacrificing him over to 2nd, the following batter must get a hit for the strategy to have been effective or of any use whatsoever. it's a one true outcome situation. a walk makes it a negative sum event. an out gives you either a runner at 2nd or 3rd with two outs, which means the next hitter must get a hit for a run to score. sacrifice flies are right out. all of the pressure is on the hitter immediately following the sacrifice. if that one at bat doesn't end with a hit, the strategy costs you offense. any strategy that puts all of it's gravity on one at bat and one isolated outcome is a bad strategy. to be fair, if the leadoff hitter is on 2nd or it's 1st and 2nd with nobody out, then i totally understand a possible sacrifice, but at that point there are several more positive potential outcomes for the strategy to succeed. i could go on, but i just wanted to blurt that out.

i was there. the crowd was loud. as far as baltimore being louder, perhaps if the angels had done anything at all offensively, perhaps like score 12 runs, the fans would have been more excited. it was pretty disappointing to watch us sacrifice bunt over and over again. i friggin' hate small ball bs.

eric's right about this moneyball discussion. homeruns have always been valued. money ball is about finding the undervalued qualities that can be bought for pennies on the dollar. at the time of it's writing, obp was an undervalued statistical quality, and that's what he was able to buy on the cheap.

434, first base line sky high front rows. i don't give a shit where i sit, as long as i'm there.

i got mine finally, but it was a chore. their website isn't working properly. i highly recommend printing them early as possible today. i usually just do e tickets on my phone, but that wasn't working at all. as far as who uses ticketmaster? that would be everybody that bought early bird tickets. it's not like we had a choice.

get your tickets delivered early today to avoid any last minute problems. i haven't been able to get them e'sent to me or printed. i'm on the phone with ticketmaster right now. just an fyi for those going.

i understand this completely.

that's exactly my point. go angels!

some of you guys need to find your confidence. believe in the angels, start flapping your wings or something. enjoy the ride, until it's over. the playoffs are a rollercoaster, with all the thrills that highs and lows bring with them. i'm friggin' psyched!

if the angels play their game, then they'll bury the royals. don't worry about what the royals can do, just play good angel baseball and it won't even be a competitive series. angels win in three, maaaaaaybe four.

the wall looked higher than 8' to me, but if that's what it says, then so be it. nobody was catching that ball, it would have taken a troutian effort to catch that ball. it was a rocket high off a tall wall. i thought it was out off the bat. hosmer lost his back foot on the follow through just enough to rob him of a little power, it was a 1' or 1.5' from going out.