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Scioscia has been hanging out with this guy, baby.

Maybe Angels tickets are drastically overpriced at the box office.  
 
Field MVP tickets are available for tonight for $29.50 on StubHub for tonight's game.  The selection and pricing may even get better in the next hour.  The Angels hate that guy in 127 who probably only goes to 50 games, but puts up thousands of dollars 6-12 months in advance of games.  They don't want him to be able to resell his tickets to at least 2/3 of the games.      

Arte hasn't won shit.  There is no way the Angels (or any other team/venue/etc) can dictate what I do with a ticket once I purchase it.  If I choose to resell it, that is my business not theirs.  They have their money.  While language might be there on the back of the original ticket that you are only allowed to resell using "XYX Co." there is no way they are going to be able to enforce it without alienating the fan.  And if you want to make sure there are butts in the seats, you don't alienate the fan.
 
Case closed.

Can't wait for the entry titled "He doesn't love you".
 
Glad you are doing well, Derek.

The 909 does not accept your apology.  

It is pretty sick that he is back in MLB.  He just turned 40.  Allegedly.  I liked the guy. Not sure why Angels fans hated on him.  He was a mediocre pitcher during his time with the Angels, not a terrible one.  He had a pretty good year in 2002.  

I don't know the guy at all.
 
I know he was 102-71 with the Angels and was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the World Series.  The only World Series title in franchise history.

I've got a bunch of stuff, but the collection that sticks out is 15 single signed World Series baseballs of players from the 2002 team. I've got all the main players, but still want guys like Appier, Sele, Palmeiro, Gil, Wooten, Schoeneweis, Levine.  Trouble is, the World Series baseballs are hard to come by now and fairly pricey. I'll settle for a normal ball, but some of those guys are hard to track down.  I've also got a 2002 team signed bat.  

So is tipping.

I don't know the guy at all.
 
I know he was 102-71 with the Angels and was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the World Series.  The only World Series title in franchise history.

I don't know the guy at all.
 
I know he was 102-71 with the Angels and was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the World Series.  The only World Series title in franchise history.

I feel terrilbly for him.  I know that he is not a fan favorite here, but it appears that he worked really hard to get back from surgery and it sucks that this happened to him.  Hopefully it's not as serious as it looks. 
 
Game 7

I've got a bunch of stuff, but the collection that sticks out is 15 single signed World Series baseballs of players from the 2002 team. I've got all the main players, but still want guys like Appier, Sele, Palmeiro, Gil, Wooten, Schoeneweis, Levine.  Trouble is, the World Series baseballs are hard to come by now and fairly pricey. I'll settle for a normal ball, but some of those guys are hard to track down.  I've also got a 2002 team signed bat.  

This isn't a decathlon.   I don't want to watch Jonathan Quick play center,  Lionel Messi play goalkeeper, or Peyton Manning play safety.  I don't want to watch Albert Pujols pitch or watch Jered Weaver bat. 
 
I don't want to watch the worst hitters on the bench come up because you have to hit for the pitcher. If a pitcher is throwing well, but the bases are loaded, I don't want him to be taken out because he can't hit.   The DH makes baseball a better game and more appealing to the masses.  That's why everyone uses it except for the National League. 

This isn't a decathlon.   I don't want to watch Jonathan Quick play center,  Lionel Messi play goalkeeper, or Peyton Manning play safety.  I don't want to watch Albert Pujols pitch or watch Jered Weaver bat. 
 
I don't want to watch the worst hitters on the bench come up because you have to hit for the pitcher. If a pitcher is throwing well, but the bases are loaded, I don't want him to be taken out because he can't hit.   The DH makes baseball a better game and more appealing to the masses.  That's why everyone uses it except for the National League. 

Blanton is ok for a #5.  Trouble is, the three guys in front of him may not be ok for their spots.   Wilson should be.  The others, who knows.  

What a douchebag.

Observations:
 
1.  The concession workers might be older than usual.  And not by a year.  Feels like they are 10 years older than last season.  Not the smoothest operation.  One hot dog and a bag of peanuts = a half-inning.
2.  New, easier to read concession menu which, of course, confuses people.
3.  The music and ads between innings is still jarring and offensive.  One upside:  It's so loud that people have a hard time talking on their cell phones.  Downside:  People wait until play resumes to make calls.
4.  The new PA dude's voice isn't my favorite.  It's hard to understand his tone at times.  Probably not the best idea to pipe in music while he's announcing some of the stuff.
5.  The greenery growing on the rock pile is filling in more and more.  I hope it takes over all of the faux rock. 
6.  It took until the 8th inning, but alas, there was a massive fight in the RF seats.  Several fights, I think.
7.  Caucasian Doyyer fans seated behind me.  It was like an episode of Mad Men.  A real throwback to the '60s.
8.  My brother ate two hot dogs.  Neither had stale buns.  Usually at least one is stale.  Can't believe one or both of them didn't get stale in the time it took for one of the old people to retrieve it.
9.  The Angels were shut out and had what, two hits?  So in this sense, it was alot like last season.  I walked out of the Big A wonder why in the f I wasted $160 watching that crap. 
10.  I wish the Angels would stop forcing pre-season tickets on season ticket holders as part of their season ticket package.  Doesn't seem right to charge full freight to watch whoever the last two Angel pitchers were.
11.  Can't wait for the regular season to start.  So I can repeat most of the complaints then.  And next season.

Listening to anyone for three hours a day gets old.

That comes to 0 million

Say "I'm in the mood for a juicy, mouth watering steak"

Awesome! Lets go back. Next weekend?

Good times.

And you used to play soccer near Tempe diablo.

My shin has hurt for a week.  Running sucks.