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The offense has flat out been ass all spring. im not feeling super comfortable with any aspect of this team right now.

It was kinda dumb in all honestly for the exact reason you stated. Im sure it’s an attempt to get a little more hype for a spring game but really nobody cared any more for it.

An omelet with no cheese? What is that

I did. I was just commenting on the Indian wells tournament being less busy than normal lol

Indian wells was a dud this year. The stands were empty and usually the desert restaurants are busy, not much this year.

To break up all the Snell talk, check out this sick vintage Angels jacket I scored on eBay.

If he ends up with the Astros I gotta give it up to Jim Crane. it would be about a $13 million tax payment on top of whatever contact they dole out to Snell. The guy wants to win and isn’t afraid to spend way above the budget to win.

How so?

It could be the Angels were working on a deal with Snell, Boras and co weren’t sold on the offer and wanted to wait a few more days and now the Astros are jumping in. Making it a little more complicated. these types of things move fast, especially with injuries. I don’t think stradling ever said Snell was 100% going to be an Angel. He mentioned it could get done and they were working on a deal. The angels have missed out on Carl Crawford, Mark Texiera, and Adrian Beltre off the top of my head when we all thought we had deals done with those guys. Nothing is official until they sign their name on the contract

Arte Moreno

Its rain, not locusts. lol he was just being silly

He’ll go to the Astros and be good until he’s 40 like Verlander, and torture the Angels for the next 10 years. I could see it

I’ve been thinking that for 2 weeks. lol I’m starting to think it isn’t happening and we are going to roll with what we got

I laughed at that as well lol that’s crazy to say about a grown man

Please, Strad. Don’t get my hopes up. im not super sold on the rotation with the way Sandoval looked yesterday. (I know it’s still the spring, but man)

How about a donkey AND a stripper?

I’m with you. At first I wasn’t so sure about the hire and I legit hated Ron from all those years in Texas with Kinsler and Napoli. I hated those Texas teams lol but now I’m pumped every time I hear a little clip of him talking. The man knows how to fire you up, I was pretty down on The Angels a few months ago but somehow Ron has me pretty pumped up for the season.

Best shape of his life?

lol typical response from you

I meant investing in the infrastructure of the franchise…. Minor leagues, facilities, etc he instead chose to throw money at aging, past their prime hitters. (Hamilton, Pujols) sorry if you misunderstood that in my post

Blake Snell, you are the newest member of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. seriously though, Sandoval is a giant question mark.

5 base runners through 2 1/3 with 3 walks. just being the Patrick Sandoval we all know and hate. Doesn’t trust his stuff and nibbles around the corner, over thinks every pitch, and tries to be too fine. Thats why I made the CJ Wilson joke earlier in the thread.

Dehydrated. We are so f*cked

I think he’s just over it at this point. He took over the team when it was at its peak and never continued to invest in it. It lasted another 7-8 years until the cracks really started to show. he tried to win by investing in players and realized it wasn’t working. It seems now like he just doesn’t care to win and is just holding onto it until he really needs to sell. It would be fine if he just hired some smart baseball people to handle all these types of decisions, but somewhere along the way he decided to stop spending. no reason there shouldn’t be a stadium deal lined up, even Anaheim has said they are open to negotiations.

Patrick should start racing cars and change his name to C.J. Sandoval