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My money is on the first female MLB player coming from Japan because they already have female minors players there. Good luck to her. Why the hell shouldn't there be women in baseball? And if some of them are lesbians, who cares? Anyone really want to wager that there aren't closeted gay men playing on some teams right now? Sexuality isn't important to playing. And as someone else mentioned, since we force most girls and women to play stupid softball instead of letting them stay in baseball, we haven't had the chance tor really see what they can do. And remember there was a woman in the minore many decades ago, until the commish got butthurt she struck out Babe Ruth... Sad thing, when a woman or women do make it, they will have to deal with nothing but assholes judging them on gender and not ability, and looking for reasons for them to fail.

Calhoun's obviously in a slump right now; he was playing really well at the beginning of the season and now he's not. I have to think the shuffling in the lineup has something to do with it. He seemed visibly upset during his ABs tonight. As to the "altercation;" mountain out of a molehill. Getting smacked on the helmet like that before he was about to bat couldn't have been fun, and very well might have thrown him off. It's fair that he would have told Giavotella not to do it again.

This. No matter how much one likes a member of the press, you always need to be careful about what you say to them, and you certainly shouldn't confide in them as you might do with a friend. Having said that, perhaps the comments in the press were only one of many things that led to this guy's resignation. Attendance IS down, and he might have been the fall guy for that regardless if it were really his fault.

Calhoun is amazing defensively, though, and has a great arm. That raises his stock despite his mediocre batting lately, IMHO. And there have been plenty of games this spring where he has been the only other player besides Trout or Pujols to get on base or bring in a run.

What the heck is up with Richards today? He's not himself.

That's great news. Here's to continued recovery for her.

It looks like a cool idea, but not so much when they're $40 and the Angels Express is $7.

It's too bad. He had a lot of promise as a young MiLB player. Not unusual for a great minors player not to make it in the big show, but still a shame that the potential hasn't become long-term success for him.

Obama supporters love Mike Trout too. I sure do. He's an amazing guy who has repeatedly remembered his fans, especially the kids who look up to him. It's great.

I totally agree with the comment above - Freese isn't the problem. He has 32 RBIs this year so far. That's far superior to Joyce, and it's actually only second on the entire team to Mike Trout. Joyce and Cron, on the other hand...

The Mariners also walked two batters to get to Green once --- and then he belted out the game-winning hit.

I like hearing about the milestones. It's always good to hear that a current Angels player is doing well and making a mark. And perhaps it also brings attention to the team on a national level.

This. They're clinging to Featherston because he's Rule 5, and it's not helping them, or him. He's never even played AAA and he probably would best be served by that right now, but they can't send him there. There was that article where they basically admitted he's not going to get much playing time this year and might need to play winter ball to get the experience he needs. It's a waste of a roster spot, at the end of the day, and one has to wonder if it's worth holding that space open just in the hopes that he will be a useful player in a few years.

Green hit .273 in his last 7 games. He's only had 20 ABs this year and that's what he's doing. And they send him back down, in favor of Cron, who has done next to nothing this year? Bullshit. It's clear Green's not wanted on this team. That's too bad because IMHO he could do well if he had a steady chance to play. If they're not going to use him they need to trade him to another team that might actually let him play. Letting him spin his wheels in AAA isn't doing him any favors.

Same here. Head injuries can be so horrific. I know it's said that most -- not all, but most-- head injuries that are severe manifest within 12-24 hours, and she's past that now, so perhaps that is encouraging. I was a bit freaked out when I read the above article, because the victim has the same name as a friend I lost touch with years ago. Luckily another article had photos from social media. and it's not the person I know.

RE: Disney, they can actually be very affordable -- or at least, more affordable than the rate at the ticket booths. They usually have a SoCal deal that is something like $99 or $150 for two days. And if you live in SoCal you can buy an annual pass for like $270 and put it on a payment plan. If you plan on going to the park fairly often -- and they do have a lot of special activities for passholders to keep them coming back -- it pays for itself pretty quickly and provides a year of entertainment. And of course if you know someone who works there, and lots of folks in OC and LA do, they can sign you into the park for free. I'm actually completely in favor of that. It would suck if Disneyland were inaccessible to the people who live around it.

Just as much as I love jerks who have to snark on others posts and feel they have the right to decide how things should be discussed or analyzed.

I'm wondering at this point if he came back too early. IIRC he was very gung ho about making it back by opening day and Sosh was more cautious in his thinking. He's only been back for just over a month and perhaps he would have benefited from a few weeks in SLC just to get his sea legs back. Even with that he's managed to keep from melting down like this in his other starts. He's shown he can be brilliant. And knowing him he will get his shit together soon because he can't be happy with this. Every single starter has had issues this year. Perhaps there's also something in the coaching right now that is just not working and is screwing all of them up.

Some of the articles on this have mentioned that there's only been one documented death from being hit with a ball/bat in the stands, and that happened back in 1970. I would be very surprised if others didn't walk away with concussions, broken noses, etc. I remember there was that incident last season at a Bees road game where a kid got hit with a bat that flew out of Bosch's hands, and it looked like a pretty nasty injury. In the stands there's so little time to react and there are so few places to move out of the way. So IMHO extending the nets is a good idea.

In truth I think that MLB will do better if it doesn't forget the fans at all socioeconomic levels. If baseball is America's game, then marketing it only to the rich doesn't make sense. But the Angels DO remember everyone with their ticket prices. Someone mentioned the price of food and drink. I'd personally love it if they lowered these a little; but as mentioned you can bring in your own food.

Yes, that's exactly right. Each of the five boros is a county; together they form NYC. It's like the Voltron lions when they assemble; lots of parts coming together as one. And NYC is a real incorporated city, not a "city." The counties in NYC are very different than regular counties in that they don't have the power to make their own laws and ordinances and such. All municipal services, schools, taxes, are centralized. If you're in Queens you're in the same school system, pay the same sales tax and follow the same laws as someone over in Staten Island, etc. The only exception to that is the library system for some reason -- Brooklyn and Queens each have their own library system while the other three boros have the NY Public Library system. The boro presidents, etc. are pretty much the equivalent of spokespeople or advocates -- they talk to the residents in their boros, report back to the City Council on what people want, and can file proposals to City Council, but they don't have power to make laws on their own. There are a bunch of reasons for the counties -- one is that the boros actually all joined NYC at different times (Brooklyn was actually its own city until 1895 IIRC and was not connected to NYC at all, for example). Another is for organization's sake -- there are so many people that it is easier to subdivide. It's a lot easier for someone in, say, Staten Island, to go to their local county courthouse to get something done than to try to trek to lower Manhattan to do it.

Okay, the New Yorker is weighing in again here to clarify. NYC is an official city that is basically set up like a mini-USA. There are five different "states" (boros) that are designated as their own counties with their own boro presidents, but are ALL united as one city. All five counties -- that's NY (Manhattan), The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island -- make up New York City. They all follow NYC laws, pay NYC taxes, are in the NYC school system, etc. All of those areas have city council representatives to a City Council that makes decisions for the entire city. All of those counties are under one mayor. The city has very clearly delineated borders that encompass those five boros. Within each boro you will find different neighborhoods, and yes, you might tell someone you live in Red Hook, College Point or Riverdale specifically. You might address your mail to Brooklyn instead of NYC. However, those are neighborhoods, NOT registered cities or towns with their own government, much in the same way Venice and Mar Vista are neighborhoods in the city of Los Angeles and use those in their addresses. Anything outside of the five boros is NOT part of New York City. The New York Mets and Yankees represent the city in which they are located. The Bronx and Queens are in New York City. That is entirely different from the Jets and Giants, who play across the river in New Jersey. NJ is an entirely different state. It's the equivalent of a team playing in Arizona and calling themselves a California team. And that Wikipedia link is to a list of counties for the entire STATE of New York. not just the city. The city's

Saw that this hadn't been posted yet. A fan at Fenway Park was hit by a broken bat at the Red Sox-A's game today. Apparently she was hit in the head and has life-threatening injuries. All best wishes to her. http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/fan-injured-fenway-park-hit-broken-bat-31567548 https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/06/05/fan-injured-broken-bat-taken-out-stretcher-fenway/Ie9sz929jciWL4Ez7YqOoK/story.html

What Alvarado said could possibly have been phrased better, yes. but IMHO the ticket prices speak for themselves. You can get a seat at most Angels games for less than the price of a movie ticket. You can get something from their value merch range for less than $10. Concession prices are insane, but they do let you bring food in. They're clearly trying to keep the games accessible to as many people as possible. MLB *has* become inaccessible to many in some cities, but that's not the case with the Angels at this time. It's a far cry from something like the Yankees franchise, which built their new stadium with taxpayer funds, and then turned around and priced tickets so high that they were out of reach to many of those New York taxpayers.

That was a nice play by Nieuwenhuis. This game is awful, though.