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    jsnpritchett reacted to Stradling in Detmers no hitter snub   
    This goes to show how my memory has turned to shit. I would have bet anything it was a leadoff homer to start the game. And my memory had it as Jason Kendal getting the hit off Lackey. 
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    jsnpritchett reacted to Stradling in Sam Blum interviewed Minasian   
    If the answer to the Trout question is no, then it doesn’t matter what you add in free agency. If this rotation isn’t strong enough to get them to the deadline then I doubt adding one guy like Snell would have made much of a difference. 
    This team needs two things, one, health, two, internal growth. Without those two things free agency doesn’t really matter. 
    When Eppler traded for Upton he said in the moment that the team played well enough that it deserved to be upgraded (or something to that affect). This team needs to play well enough to deserve the same thing. If not then trade Drury and all the pen arms at the deadline. 
    I wanted a starter added, but I’m not going to pretend it’ll make a difference without health or Development. 
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    jsnpritchett reacted to UndertheHalo in Sam Blum interviewed Minasian   
    Just got to let it play out and hope for the best.  But whatever the front office says.  No organization that has any kind of notoriety for functioning well has ever behaved how the Angels behave.  It’s the Arte show.  He’ll get lucky or he won’t.  He probably won’t.  
     
     
  4. Woah
    jsnpritchett reacted to Spirit in Tired of the negativity   
    It's weird that people on the internet are negative
     
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Taylor in Detmers no hitter snub   
    Hey, Reid!  Hope you have a great season this year.  I'm sure you'll get your own bobblehead from the Angels soon!
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from OhtaniSan in Sam Blum interviewed Minasian   
    It's a lengthy interview. Read the whole thing if you can.  A couple of excerpts:
    "When the offseason started, you said two things. One, that you guys would be aggressive. And two, that you’d heard from agents that their clients wanted to play in Anaheim. But at the end of the day, payroll is $41 million lower. How does that square?
    Fair question. We were aggressive, especially in the trade market. There were players we liked in the trade market that we felt like could really help the club. But what we were losing, we couldn’t stomach. Some of the players that were on this roster, we really, really like. Some of the players that are in our minor leagues, regardless of what publications say, we feel like have a chance to be pretty impactful young players going forward. So we made the decision we made.
    I’ve been with teams where we’ve won the offseason. We’ve made big splashes and were on the cover of Sports Illustrated. And we traded for this guy and we signed that guy. I’ve been on those teams. And it didn’t work.
    So the biggest thing for me is, and we’ve talked about it before as a group, is to block out all the noise. Worry about the room and do whatever we can that day to win a game. That’s the mantra. Wash has basically brought that from day one. And I think it’s really carried over and resonated with the guys, and we’ll see what happens."
    ...
    "When you talk to Arte Moreno, do you feel like there’s a desire to make this a competitive team? And if it is, why are some of these moves not being made?
    I just go back, there’s no guarantees because you make one or two moves. There’s no guarantees on anything. We have, in our eyes, we have significant upside in the current roster that we have. Now we need things to go right. We need some of our young players to continue to develop. We need some of our older players to play. There are no secrets.
    If those things happen, I think we’ll be in a place where our play does our talking. I’m in constant contact with (Moreno). We’re on the same page. More than willing to dive in and, for us, this offseason, with what was out there and what we talked about and some of the concepts that were thrown at us, we felt like this was the right way to go.
    Do you think he’s ever going to want to sign a big free agent again?
    That would be a question for him."
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from TroutField in Detmers no hitter snub   
    Hey, Reid!  Hope you have a great season this year.  I'm sure you'll get your own bobblehead from the Angels soon!
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Lhalo in Gameday Thread: Angels @ Orioles (Season Opener - March 28th, 2024 3pm EST)   
    Weather forecast looking much better now, by the way.  Only a 35% chance of rain around 1pm local time and not above 20% at any other hour today.
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    jsnpritchett reacted to Stradling in Detmers no hitter snub   
    No it didn’t bother me. 
  10. No Comprende
    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Tank in Soriano, Sano, and Zuniga make the opening day roster   
    Lol, I'm just making up stuff. This is all just a riff on taking the last names of the guys who made the team and inventing fake people from that. 
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from T.G. in Soriano, Sano, and Zuniga make the opening day roster   
    Lol, I'm just making up stuff. This is all just a riff on taking the last names of the guys who made the team and inventing fake people from that. 
  12. THIS!
    jsnpritchett got a reaction from HaloBronco in Fubo or Youtubetv?   
    You can't get Bally Sports West on YouTube TV, so that's a good reason not to go with that option. 
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Inside Pitch in Ippei fired by Dodgers after being accused of theft by Ohtani’s attorney’s   
    Excerpt:
    “He was stealing money from my bank account…he was lying to everyone,” Ohtani said in Japanese, later adding, “I of course have never had anything to do with sports betting and I absolutely have never sent money to a bookmaker. Honestly, I don’t think shock is the right word. I’ve spent the last week in something beyond that, which I can’t express in words. It’s hard to put that into words right now.”
    I can put it into several words.
    I am queasy with the notion that Mizuhara could mastermind a heist of at least $4.5 million without Ohtani or his accountants or his bankers or somebody noticing the money was missing.
    I am skeptical at the idea that any bookie would extend $4.5 million in credit to an ordinary gambler, and then collect that money without confirming its source to ensure that the money was not being stolen.
    Above all, I am incredulous at the notion Mizuhara could give a completely plausible Ohtani-approved explanation of the payments in one interview, then, seemingly hours later, be called a liar and accused of theft by the same Ohtani representatives.
    It doesn’t add up. Furthermore, it’s amazing that Ohtani’s crisis management teams — some of the same people who represented the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Danny Masterson — would not have realized it doesn’t add up.
    By the way, why does Ohtani still employ agent Nez Balelo? If Ohtani truly felt he had been robbed by his interpreter and was truly unaware of the missing money, he should have already fired the guy who is paid to protect him, no? Hmmm.
    Somebody is lying somewhere. Somebody is hiding something. I don’t know who is doing what, and I’m surely not alone."
  14. FACE
    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Jason in Tired of the negativity   
    Fuck right off with this "wahhhh. I'm tired of the negativity" b.s. I think folks have a right to feel however they feel about the team, given the past decade or so.  It's prudent to be skeptical at this point. People will still watch the games and support the team, but a "prove it to me" attitude seems entirely appropriate at this point. 
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from ettin in Soriano, Sano, and Zuniga make the opening day roster   
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Duren, Duren in Ippei fired by Dodgers after being accused of theft by Ohtani’s attorney’s   
    Yes, this was posted. 
  17. Funny
    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Tank in Angels trade Trey Cabbage to the Astros for Carlos Espinosa   
  18. Woah
    jsnpritchett reacted to Angelsjunky in Soriano, Sano, and Zuniga make the opening day roster   
    No, Sammy Sosa.
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Ron Mexico in Ippei fired by Dodgers after being accused of theft by Ohtani’s attorney’s   
    Excerpt:
    “He was stealing money from my bank account…he was lying to everyone,” Ohtani said in Japanese, later adding, “I of course have never had anything to do with sports betting and I absolutely have never sent money to a bookmaker. Honestly, I don’t think shock is the right word. I’ve spent the last week in something beyond that, which I can’t express in words. It’s hard to put that into words right now.”
    I can put it into several words.
    I am queasy with the notion that Mizuhara could mastermind a heist of at least $4.5 million without Ohtani or his accountants or his bankers or somebody noticing the money was missing.
    I am skeptical at the idea that any bookie would extend $4.5 million in credit to an ordinary gambler, and then collect that money without confirming its source to ensure that the money was not being stolen.
    Above all, I am incredulous at the notion Mizuhara could give a completely plausible Ohtani-approved explanation of the payments in one interview, then, seemingly hours later, be called a liar and accused of theft by the same Ohtani representatives.
    It doesn’t add up. Furthermore, it’s amazing that Ohtani’s crisis management teams — some of the same people who represented the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Danny Masterson — would not have realized it doesn’t add up.
    By the way, why does Ohtani still employ agent Nez Balelo? If Ohtani truly felt he had been robbed by his interpreter and was truly unaware of the missing money, he should have already fired the guy who is paid to protect him, no? Hmmm.
    Somebody is lying somewhere. Somebody is hiding something. I don’t know who is doing what, and I’m surely not alone."
  20. No Comprende
    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Tank in Soriano, Sano, and Zuniga make the opening day roster   
    No, Morene Sano.
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    jsnpritchett reacted to Erstad Grit in The Official Los Angeles Angels 2023-2024 Hot Stove Offseason Thread   
    Two games already postponed. Ours is next. Why don't they just open MLB in the West Coast? 
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from RenoHalo in Tired of the negativity   
    Fuck right off with this "wahhhh. I'm tired of the negativity" b.s. I think folks have a right to feel however they feel about the team, given the past decade or so.  It's prudent to be skeptical at this point. People will still watch the games and support the team, but a "prove it to me" attitude seems entirely appropriate at this point. 
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Duren, Duren in Ippei fired by Dodgers after being accused of theft by Ohtani’s attorney’s   
    Excerpt:
    “He was stealing money from my bank account…he was lying to everyone,” Ohtani said in Japanese, later adding, “I of course have never had anything to do with sports betting and I absolutely have never sent money to a bookmaker. Honestly, I don’t think shock is the right word. I’ve spent the last week in something beyond that, which I can’t express in words. It’s hard to put that into words right now.”
    I can put it into several words.
    I am queasy with the notion that Mizuhara could mastermind a heist of at least $4.5 million without Ohtani or his accountants or his bankers or somebody noticing the money was missing.
    I am skeptical at the idea that any bookie would extend $4.5 million in credit to an ordinary gambler, and then collect that money without confirming its source to ensure that the money was not being stolen.
    Above all, I am incredulous at the notion Mizuhara could give a completely plausible Ohtani-approved explanation of the payments in one interview, then, seemingly hours later, be called a liar and accused of theft by the same Ohtani representatives.
    It doesn’t add up. Furthermore, it’s amazing that Ohtani’s crisis management teams — some of the same people who represented the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Danny Masterson — would not have realized it doesn’t add up.
    By the way, why does Ohtani still employ agent Nez Balelo? If Ohtani truly felt he had been robbed by his interpreter and was truly unaware of the missing money, he should have already fired the guy who is paid to protect him, no? Hmmm.
    Somebody is lying somewhere. Somebody is hiding something. I don’t know who is doing what, and I’m surely not alone."
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Tank in The Official 2024 Major League Baseball Thread   
    Jared Walsh makes the Rangers' opening day roster:
     
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    jsnpritchett got a reaction from Tank in Ippei fired by Dodgers after being accused of theft by Ohtani’s attorney’s   
    Excerpt:
    “He was stealing money from my bank account…he was lying to everyone,” Ohtani said in Japanese, later adding, “I of course have never had anything to do with sports betting and I absolutely have never sent money to a bookmaker. Honestly, I don’t think shock is the right word. I’ve spent the last week in something beyond that, which I can’t express in words. It’s hard to put that into words right now.”
    I can put it into several words.
    I am queasy with the notion that Mizuhara could mastermind a heist of at least $4.5 million without Ohtani or his accountants or his bankers or somebody noticing the money was missing.
    I am skeptical at the idea that any bookie would extend $4.5 million in credit to an ordinary gambler, and then collect that money without confirming its source to ensure that the money was not being stolen.
    Above all, I am incredulous at the notion Mizuhara could give a completely plausible Ohtani-approved explanation of the payments in one interview, then, seemingly hours later, be called a liar and accused of theft by the same Ohtani representatives.
    It doesn’t add up. Furthermore, it’s amazing that Ohtani’s crisis management teams — some of the same people who represented the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Danny Masterson — would not have realized it doesn’t add up.
    By the way, why does Ohtani still employ agent Nez Balelo? If Ohtani truly felt he had been robbed by his interpreter and was truly unaware of the missing money, he should have already fired the guy who is paid to protect him, no? Hmmm.
    Somebody is lying somewhere. Somebody is hiding something. I don’t know who is doing what, and I’m surely not alone."
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