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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. 

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I wonder if they'll even bother doing this again next year? I know MLB.com and the MLB Network were pushing it hard, but I never really got the sense that fans were that excited by it. You see a lot of these guys in regular spring training games, anyway, so it didn't seem that special to me. 

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. 
 

Just now, Angels 1961 said:

I did not get the grand slam. I had the 55+ omelet without cheese. 

An omelet with no cheese? 
 

What is that 

Just now, REDneck said:

 

 

 

 

 

Did no one see today's news about a bee infestation at the tennis tournament in Indian Wells?

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

1 hour ago, REDneck said:

Bees in Indian Wells, why not locust in AZ?

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. 

2 hours ago, BTH said:

That doesn’t align with what Rosenthal said.

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

19 minutes ago, aznhockeyguy said:

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?

 

Its rain, not locusts. lol 

he was just being silly 

8 minutes ago, Fullmer17 said:

There is some smoke around the Astros jumping in late to sign Snell…

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 

2 minutes ago, Ochocinco! said:

Today is the day!!

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 

5 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Also, lol at Washington talking about Adams:

"He’s got a little baby body,” Washington said of Adams, who is listed at 6-foot-2, 180 pounds. “He’s not a man yet. I told him that. He’s still got some shoulders to get. He’s still got some chest to get. He’s still got some legs to get. And he’s still got some knowledge he’s got to pick up. When all that comes together, he’s gonna be dangerous.”

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

7 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Nope. I know you don’t believe it but that’s what it’s coming down to. Mostly opt outs. 

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) 

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

They could keep the A and go with Las Vegas Asses and switch out their mascot to either a donkey or a stripper. 

How about a donkey AND a stripper? 

6 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I legit love Ron Washington. 

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. 

3 minutes ago, Chuck said:

 

Best shape of his life? 

10 minutes ago, Tank said:

no sweat.

lol typical response from you

4 minutes ago, Tank said:

???

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. 

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I missed the first two innings.  From looking at the box score, it looks like Sandoval is struggling.  Is he just doing his inconsistent thing today, losing command, etc.?

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. 

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

So he's dead?

Dehydrated.
 

We are so f*cked

5 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Because owning an MLB franchise is a cash cow. Regardless of increased salaries and operating costs, the billionaires that own these franchises have largely seen the value of their investment increase at minimum 10 fold in the last 20 years. 

It doesn't matter if Arte fields a winner or loser. He was insanely rich before he bought the team and now he's even more insanely rich. 

This might just be my perception, but I think Arte legitimately enjoys baseball and wants to win. But he does not enjoy paying for things that aren't right in front of his face, like Spring complex tunnels and labs, minor league living situations, international scouts. He likes spending his money on hitters to stack his lineup. He doesn't trust pitchers. 

He's a very competitive, flawed owner. 

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