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  1. FYI. Azn = Asian. I don't live in Arizona. I really thought the map was real haha. I didn't look at the symbols too closely. FWIW, I did look up locust cloud when I did see the post and it is a real thing.
  2. Very curious about this as I've never experienced this sort of thing before. 1) Is this a normal regular thing? Or is this something that's a cause for alarm? 2) Why is the Phoenix area spared?
  3. There it is, the first injury of the season for him. Can't wait till he's gone.
  4. Solid signing. Loved Moore on the Angels last season and he was great. I'm surprised the Angels were able to get him back with a 1 year contract.
  5. It reminds me of GMJ because it's the Angels signing a guy who had an 1 unreal season and signing them to a multiyear contract. I know they're different players and different positions, it just reminds me of that.
  6. This reminds me of the Angels signing Gary Matthews Jr. for some reason.
  7. Man those are some memorable names. I would have to say Pujols. I was excited for Vlad and Colon when Arte signed them both after the disappointing 2003 season, but getting Pujols, an all-time great player to come to the Angels was a coup. Of course there were warning signs during his last season with the Cardinals, but I thought it was overblown. Of course, we all know how that signing worked out.
  8. What's to explain? Shohei wanted to win badly, so he picked a franchise that has won a lot of regular season games, division titles, and have been to the playoffs every season since he's arrived to MLB, that also has have stability in their front office and manager, with a great support staff. He also received the biggest contract in MLB history and only have to move about 25 miles up the 5 freeway to make this happen. Angels had 6 seasons to show Shohei what a great organization they were, only for Arte to cheap out at every corner, had 4 different managers during his 6 seasons here, and never having a winning MLB season since arriving. The explanation is, we're a shit franchise, the Dodgers aren't.
  9. Arte's only pissed because he lost his cash cow and the franchise is worth less, now that Shohei and the revenue streams he brought in are now gone. Arte is still the penny pinching blow hard he's always been. Now that Shohei is gone, the Angels should start a complete rebuild, but Arte won't allow it to happen and the money he would've given to Shohei, a fraction of that should be spent on improving the infrastructure of the team, but Arte won't.
  10. Oh definitely. The Dodgers ownership and FO are full of ultra smart people.
  11. Forgot about the deferrals. Much more manageable for the Dodgers to get other pieces for the team. I was discussing with a friend that if Shohei wasn't Japanese, he wouldn't have received the 700mil contract. Teams know he brings in so much additional revenue, that'll probably pay for the additional money he's given in the contract.
  12. I predicted that Shohei would sign with the Dodgers in Free Agency towards the middle of the season. It made too much sense. For those of you bashing him for leaving and going to the Dodgers, can't fault a person who gave it his all to a poorly run organization, then decided to go to a team with great management and track record of winning, while also giving you top dollar. No one here would do reject that offer, so why do you expect Shohei to? All of us would leave a job with crap management & support staff to a rival company that has better management & staff, and offers you much more money. As for the move itself, Shohei is perhaps the best pure hitter and is worth, as just a hitter around 4-6 WAR. This alone would've gotten him a contract in the 10yr/350-400 million range. His career hitting stats is pretty much inline with David Ortiz's stats in terms of OPS and OPS+. His pitching stats also give him another 4-6 WAR a season for the past 3 seasons, which would've given him a contract of the same range as a hitter had he not have had a 2nd TJ surgery. While the price tag is insane, it's not out of this world that he got it. Hard to say how he'll do pitching wise after the surgery, but I wouldn't doubt him. I do worry about the wear and tear and injury concerns as he approaches the mid 30s. A tremendous risk, but one worth taking for a tremendous and unique player. Sad to lose the unicorn, and I'll miss watching him every game.
  13. Damn, can't imagine. Glad to see.
  14. I saw that picture of the stadium with the dreariness and I was thinking that's the perfect picture to show how shitty this season has been.
  15. The article just adds more anecdotes of stuff we've already known. Arte spends money on flashy signings and not on the infrastructure that is needed to build and maintain a quality roster. Another article (Rosenthal's maybe?) quoted an anonymous person from the Angels "It's like buying a lambo but getting it tuned at Jiffy Lube."
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