Roy Hobbs

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

August 27, 2000

Tim Salmon connected for HR #30, giving the Angels four players with at least 30 HR, the first team in AL history to accomplish the feat.

 

Trivia: Who were the other three? (don't look)

Easy, GA, Glaus and the unforgettable Mo Vaughn.If I remember correctly Erstad had about 25 or so too.

Player's weekend nicknames

8 minutes ago, Lou said:

what does this have to do with multiple ties in NL divisions?

It's not always about you, man

3 hours ago, Dochalo said:

skynyrd - simple man

Speaking of Skynyrd, RIP Ed King the man who co-wrote Sweet Home Alabama.Passed away at age 68.

On 8/23/2018 at 1:38 PM, True Grich said:

 

That's awesome,big man f*cking with a dog.You can almost see the dog's eyes light up when the leash comes off.

7 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Oh I know he will. I'm talking about next season being his last. He can say goodbye to the fans in St. Louis during that series and have a retirement parade throughout the campaign much like Jeter, Ortiz and some of the other all-time greats.

After next season he is owed "only" 59 million.It is already a sunk cost,so it might not be impossible to buy him out at that time.

Sometimes crime doesn't pay

1 hour ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

They'll announce his extension at the December press conference when they present Josh Donaldson and his 8 year/$200M contract.

I sure love your avatar,it's a nice tribute to John Ritter.You probably could of got a better picture where he wasn't so bloated, but good job overall.Long live Jack Tripper RIP.

6 minutes ago, Lou said:

what about a guy who refuses to pronounce his last name correctly?

That's a loaded question for a white guy to answer

I think that Chavez is the right choice,he checks all the boxes,young,not a retread and so on.I'm not a big fan of Josh Paul,two first names and all.That would be too much like Boston and New York with Alex Cora and Aaron Boone, a bit of a stretch but still works.I think that is why they sent him to AAA, to get his feet wet a little.His association with Epplar for years is a big plus.

6 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

He's the player Dipoto and his boys all got naked and started jerking each other off and rubbing butts and high-fiving over while they ejaculated on their scouting reports.

But they did it because they thought he was a star catcher that everyone else overlooked. Eppler was like "F*ck that gay shit" and turned him into a 3rd baseman because F*ck Dipoto and his war room of butt slapping turd pushers.

It's crazy, but that is exactly how I remember it.

26 minutes ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

Thanks for posting this. I am in socal this week and went and saw this today. The Tut exhibit was fascinating, highly recommend.

On a side note, I couldn't see any visible evidence that the Apollo spacecraft ever travelled thru space. Not really surprising.

Briceno sent down

50 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

As a brewer and avid beer drinker..I sure hope this is someones attempt at humor.

The World’s First Vagina Beer Has Arrived - Maxim.html

I'm sad to say it's true,sorry the link doesn't seem to work

I'm not really sure what to think about this.

Growing up before the Angels were in existence ,the highlight of my week was the arrival of my Sports Illustrated.Most of my baseball world came via the newspaper and it's box scores but when the magazine arrived with it's color pictures of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, it seemed to come to life.The ground level shots you took remind me so much of those old photos.It's funny that @Angel Dog and Beer mentioned the first one as that was the one that really stood out to me too.The way you captured the batter,catcher and umpire is exactly the way they would do it.Well done,you really brought back some great memories.Thanks.

3 hours ago, Blarg said:

RIP @Vladdylonglegs

My first thought too.Thankfully he was spotted on his way to Florida.

Obviously it's Johnny Sain.The Angels saying was pretty good too, Tanana and Ryan and two days of cryin'.

Ray Liotta?