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    Taking Stock: Eppler's first few months and the Angels outlook going into 2016

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    I wish Eppler would be aggressive at trying to get Andrew Miller. If it costs Santiago and a prospect or two, **** it. I don't even care. A back end of Miller, Smith, and Street is infinitely better than Salas, Smith, and Street.

    Assuming we get to the back end all that much, a commitee of Salas, Smith, and Street will be eaten alive. Mostly due to Salas being the first to be devoured. Our bullpen needs help, and yet our new leader has managed to make things worse. I hope that changes before March.

    Angels are "in the mix" for Yoenis Cespedes

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    I'd rather take Cespedes than Upton. 5/$100 to 105 is probably what he will sign at somewhere.

    Biggest reason I don't want Upton, just like I didn't want Heyward, is that entire NL career. I am not a big fan of big contracts to people switching for the first time to the AL. They might do well, but more often, you see those that are successful going from AL to NL. Look at Pujols. A 900+ OPS player and now people are happy with his 800- candy ass performance.

    I have absolutely no numbers to back this up, but agree with this entirely. All players being equal, I'd take the guy from the AL.

    Middle Class Losing Ground

    in AngelsSpin.com Political Talk

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    For ****'s sake, you complain about lazy government workers and then say you'd take one of those jobs in a minute if it was offered to you.  Quit bitching and go out and get one, you lazy bastard.  Why do you want a handout?  If I can get you you sure as hell should be able to.

    You seriously didn't see the sarcasm in that statement.

     

    If I have in any way insulted the dedicated hard working men and women of the US government, I apologize.

     

    And since we're on the subject, if you have a lead on a job in the 200,000 range with benefits, I would appreciate a shout out.   

    Angelsjunky's Quick Takes on the Republican Candidates

    in AngelsSpin.com Political Talk

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    Well let's start with a question for libs - if you had to pick a Republican candidate for president, who would it be?

     

    I could live with Rand Paul or that John Kasich guy. I can't quite figure out Rand - in the debates he seems there to simply debate points rather than actually run for president. But he's generally pretty moderate and steady in his thinking and I like his libertarian approach to foreign policy even if, like all libertarians, he's half right and half hopelessly naive and/or lacking in anything resembling compassion. Kasich is simply the least offensive of the normal Republicans - he is like an old school 80s Republican, not one of these scary Rovean neocons. Remember Bob Dole? He seems so cute and harmless now.

     

    Everyone else terrifies me to varying degrees and in different ways. I thought Chris Christie was third on my "if I had to" list, but his silly machismo about the no fly zone really scares me. I hate the thought of Christie going up against Putin ("Putin vs. Pudding?") - he'd be  steamrolled. Marco Rubio is hard to gauge - he seems like a young punk with a perpetual tiny dick hard-on who is trying to make a political name for himself, like a weaker and more weasely version of John Cusack's character in True Colors. Ted Cruz is all kinds of weird - he looks like he's an alien wearing a human rubber mask that doesn't fit his gruesome alien features very well. He scares me in an almost diabolical way, but at least he seems (devilishly) competent; if you're a Republican who wants to see a regime change, you've got to be hoping he gets the nomination as I think he could challenge Hilary. Jeb Bush seems like he's doing an amateur impersonation of Will Ferrell pretending to be Dubya - the guy is humorless and lacking even an ounce of charisma or distinction, sort of like the bizarro Trump. I guess it could be worse, though. Speaking of The Trump...what to say. I almost like about a third of what he says and mildly enjoy his humor and honesty if only for entertainment value, but he's a raging racist, misogynist and megalomaniac and the thought of him having the nuclear codes is an absurdity. Its like Arte Moreno making baseball decisions.

     

    Ben Carson reminds me of that mild-mannered guy who has a tied up child in his basement...there's some scary shit underneath that calm demeanor. Or maybe not, which just makes him the black version of Leave it to Beaver, as if black America is saying, "but we didn't get our 1950s!" Carly Fiorino is the Wicked Witch of the West and seems like she's only in it to have a cat fight with Hilary - she almost hisses when she mentions her. But she probably doesn't scare me as much as most of these dudes. If George Pataki was actually trying I'd group him in with Kasich - I'm honestly not sure what he's doing up there, though. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, I mean Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee, are like southern preachers with delusions of grandeur. I'll say no to their 1950s theocratic vision of America. I'd love to see an SNL spoof where they're all proud about having a black friend, namely Ben Carson. Finally, the cream of the crop: Lindsey Graham...my god, this guy is a nut-job. "If you don't like war, don't vote for me." I'll never get over that. Maybe its a matter of over-compensation and he's less of a hawk and more of a chicken hawk.

     

    OK, I'm done. I hope that helps everyone clarify their choices.

    Was this meant to be a satirical rant on the political party you are not aligned with? Or, are you sincerely curious about whom one might choose as their candidate for the presidency?

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