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F yeah!!! 
 
This is the type of game to get Trout and the Halos back on track. This is the team I expected to see coming out of the gate to start the season.
 
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Once Blanton is out of the rotation, this team could possibly develop some momentum. Throwing him out there is a guaranteed loss.

After his breakout season in Low A, he was ranked as high as I think #35 on BP's top 100. Most other places had him in the 50 range, and this was when he was at 2B. The move to SS just upped his value. He was hurt and had a lost season in 2011 which caused him to drop a bit in the rankings, but he most definitely was a highly touted prospect. He was the main piece in the Greinke trade for a reason
 
At the time, the trade made sense though. Halos had locked up both their current MIF talents to long term extensions just a few months prior(Aybar and Kendrick), so they really had nowhere for Segura to play. It sucks to see Segura exploding and turnign into one of the more dynamic SS's in MLB, but I don't blame the Halos for the decision. They had their 2b/SS locked up and needed another good arm for the stretch run in hopes of makin the playoffs

This is tired conversation on here. Not to mention, this is just another guy's opinion. 
 
I would have traded for Greinke even knowing what Segura would do the following season. 
 
Anytime you have a chance to add a player that can help you get to the playoffs and go far, plus have a good chance to re-sign him, you do it. 

He's right, but it won't suffice for the numbnutz here to continually post about cleaning house. Arte really put his neck on the line with the big name free agents to bring a perennial contender here but they are letting him down.

a bad day at the ballpark is still better than a good day at work...
 
Sounds like something Yogi Berra would have said.

I hate losing.  I'm as frustrated as anyone and yet I haven't missed going to a home game yet this season.  I've been reading all the rants and quite frankly - I just want to know who's still in this thing.  I know you're out there.  I know that even though you're frustrated, you're not going anywhere and I'd just like to see you stand up and be counted in this thread.
 
This isn't life or death stuff... it's baseball, but if you love baseball like I love baseball, then you probably want a place where you can rally around others.  This thread is it.
 
I know (boy do I know) - there will be many who will try to rain on this parade - but that's ok. 
 
If you're like me - you haven't responded to all the negativity and quite frankly some of the nonsense because you know it's pointless.  And yet... you want to be heard... you want to express yourself and let everyone know that you're still here to watch and cheer and not disappear.  You don't have to suffer in silence. 
 
I want to be surrounded by others who aren't giving up and not so bent on pointing fingers.  There's plenty of other places to do that, but here; in this thread - it's about rallying together.  It's about ignoring the crap and focusing on the games.  We embrace the "one game at a time" mentality and we're proud of it.  We're willing to turn the page rather than relive it over and over again.
 
I know you're out there.  Who's with me?
 
 

Apathy is starting to settle in a bit...

Talk to your dad about what it was like to be a fan of the Angels from 1987-2001.

I don't think you can obsolve Jerry in this Chuck. 

Here is what is funny to me.  The one whole season and this small season are the two that Dipoto has been gm and they have sucked big donkey balls.
 
At least Sosh has a track record of success.  How can anyone argue that Dipoto is some great baseball mind when he has no record to prove that.  I remember a poster talking about looking at the scoreboard.  Well I am looking at the scoreboard and so far Dipoto is a fail.  Bad FA contracts, bad pitching acquisitions and a bad team.
 
I also giggle at the notion that Dipoto is somehow not doing what he wants.  He chose to be here with Sosh as the manager.  He agreed and if there was some kind of statement from Arte that Sosh would not be fired, which I highly doubt, then he came here with his eyes wide open.
 
Dipoto may end up successful, but so far he's done nothing to prove that will be.

I want to see some fire from this team.  I would love to hear a player or coach say "We stink". 

Yes. That's literally their job description.

Hard to have an off year when you've only had one other year

Trading him based on a week or so of solid play from Jimenez?
What could possibly go wrong there.

My thinking on voting for Arte is that this is a total cluster blankety-blank from farm to MLB.
Arte is the one who oversees everything. and has become waaaay too 1980s Steinbrenner like.

YofT hit on it. Arte gets significant blame in all of this.

I am leaning towards Arte Moreno.

They aren't this bad, but the issue is just how good are they?

case in point
gm 1 - great pen W
gm 2 - downs gets the loss
gm 4 - downs gets the loss
gm 6 - pen enters down 4-3.  Makes it 7-3.  game over
gm 7 - pen comes in up 5-4.  Lose 9-5
gm 8 - pen enters down 5-4 and makes it 10-4.  game over
gm 9 - pen enters down 3-1 and an inning later, it 6-1.  game over
 
the pen has played a major role in 7 of our 9 games. We are 1-6 in those games.   

Please just win tomorrow and take the series against Houston.

Classy move.

That 1/2 game lead is really like holding on to the lifeboat guardrail after the Titanic sinks. Until someone pulls you in your still dead in the water.

If only she had a place to bring this story to the greater public. Something like a round table discussion on a late night talk show where the round table guests talk about things that have happened in their lives and such. I bet if it made it to TV, Arte might take notice. His team is already pretty embarrassing, I would hate for the fan experience at his stadium to become that too.

So by skipping him on off days and say he misses 6 weeks, he will miss 7 starts (would have had 8-9). 
 
Those teams:
Astros (2)-We have to have someone who can beat them
Rangers
Mariners
Orioles
Royals
White Sox
 
I see no reason why we shouldn't win four of those games. The issue will be in the bullpen, Richards has been a key component early on.