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    Defensive Runs Saved at shortstop, 2013-2017

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    On 1/3/2018 at 9:09 PM, Stradling said:

    He is the very best defensive player I have ever seen.  The only person close was Edmonds and possibly Erstad.  Erstad did not have a huge arm.  Edmonds had Simmons instincts.  Can you imagine when Simmons loses a step and has to go be the best defensive 3rd baseman ever?  He has the arm, the glove, the reflexes, the first step, the ability to come in on a ball.  I honestly don’t think he will have to make the move to 3rd, but man is he a god with the glove.  

    Mickey Rivers back in the day was that player. Very fun to watch.

    2018 Fearless Angels Predictions Contest

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    The Angels make it to the ALCS where they lose in a devastating game 6. Scioscia is blamed and this Bob character hangs for another season. For obvious reasons I won't say who was pitching.

    No worries though as they follow up with a WS showing the next year with Scioscia and his 3 year extension firmly planted at the helm. Only to lose in a 5 game debacle. One bright spot; Ohtani pitches a 1 hit gem in the first game before losing the next four straight. Scioscia gets the blame and Bob finally gets the props he doesn't deserve by very few. Boom!

    I'll accept $50 increments over the next two seasons. 

    Hillary Concedes

    in AngelsSpin.com Political Talk

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    11 minutes ago, Geoff said:

     

    I completely disagree with the notion that Dems shouldn't deal with Trump the way the GOP dealt with Obama.  Trump being president is not nearly as scary as the fact that one party holds all 3 branches.  I want the Dems to become the new party of no.

     

     

     

    Don't forget Harry Reid killed the filibuster, so just saying no will carry as much weight as it did in the fight against drugs in the 80's. 100 judges in 100 days. Go Trump

    Trumped

    in AngelsSpin.com Political Talk

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    4 minutes ago, InsideThePark said:

    Let's calm down, it's not the end of the world.

    Would anyone deny that James Comey's letter to Congress helped swing the results? Yeah I know, it doesn't happen if Hillary doesn't royally screw up by setting up the private server, but I think sending that letter led to considerable unintended consequences.

    Nah, not that much imo, it's the personal finances of the many that swang this thang. Although, there were a crap load of other sound bites along the way for both parties to enjoy.

    I-I>illary..... run-of-the-mill victory, smackdown or most historic tank job ever? (official 2016 election gameday)

    in AngelsSpin.com Political Talk

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    3 hours ago, Blarg said:

    This is what arrogance brings, a downfall. She felt she couldn't lose to Trump and missed out entirely on how fed up the country was with the last 30 years of politics. She has been a part of the disillusionment that has permeated the Presidency and Congress that the average American had enough of. The lying, lying, lying and more lying about what they have done and what they claim they didn't do regardless of the record.

    They were just being what they are, unable to change their stripes and thinking no one will remember the past if they just keep claiming they were not a party to it. Hillary was deeply entrenched in what many were rejecting with all the pandering then pulling the rug out and being a corporate shill. She represented the failed war policies, Obamacare, illegal immigration, loss of jobs to foreign cheap labor, out of control pharmaceutical and banking greed, everything the common worker and wage earner will never be able to get out from under.  

    And all along she tried to make it sound like only smart people were on board with her as she flaunted $15,000 designer clothes on stage. It was just too much royalty and not enough reality. 

    That's how they fucked this up.

     

    2 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

    Seriously, and the only reason Sanders ran was because he wasn't really a democrat, which is why the DNC was actively trying to sabotage him. If he had been a real democrat he would've know his place and stood in line. Say what you will about the Republican primary process but there were something like 16 candidates at the beginning. Despite supposedly being the party of the people, the democrats completely threw out democracy to line everyone up behind their good pal Hillary.

     

    2 hours ago, calscuf said:

    America got tired of whiny millennials, protesting homos and BLM idiots who supported criminals over cops.

    I believe all these reasons (to some extent) are why the blue collar rust belt and many other voters voted the way they did. However, I think a much simpler and more prevalent reason is they only had to look as far as their bank account and feel a little defeated in life, still. Couple that with an insurance premium and deductible much higher than they could afford days before they cast a vote and boom, easy peasy decision. Whether these folks see Trump as an absolute buffoon with an 8th grade vocabulary or not is moot, all they know is that something has to change, and Hillary certainly wasn't going to change things for the better.    

    I really do believe it was just that simple of a decision. The rust belt voted with their wallets.     

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