fanfromday1

Did the MLB even have a disabled list 40 or 50 years ago? I sure don't remember many baseball pitchers ever missing a start back then. It seems like every starting pitcher back then usually ended up pitching all nine innings too. And they pitched every fourth day, not every fifth day like they do now. Nowadays it seems like the DL is full of pitchers with blisters, dehydration, sore legs and sore arms, and other miscellaneous miseries. Problems that Bob Gibson, Don Drysdale, Warren Spahn, Juan Marashall, Dizzy Dean, and the like probably would have pitched right through it. Sarcasm: Come on guys, get tough. If your arm hurts, use the other arm. If you get a blister, cut your finger off and keep pitching. If you get dehydrated, drink your own piss. But, dammit, don't quit on your teammates. /Sarcasm:

This reminds me of the lineups that we use to throw out there in the late 60s and early 70s.

I'm in the MLB witness protection program. Every time I go to an Angel game they lose. So I have to remain anonymous.

I would ask that he give me another autographed baseball that says – "This ball is given to fanfromday1 (or, whatever my real name was at that time) in exchange for my 600th home run ball. Signed Albert Pujols". It would also include the date the 600th home run was hit. Someday that ball would probably have more value than just any other autographed Albert Pujols baseball.

Back in 1961 I was in the ninth grade, and my last year of junior high school (freshman weren't included as high schools students in my school district until several years later). I listened to that Baltimore Oriole vs. Angel game on the headphones of my little transistor radio between classes at school. So that video brought back a lot of memories for me.　 I had been a PCL Los Angeles Angel fan for several years before the Brooklyn Dodgers came to Los Angeles. My father and I were long time standing PCL Angel fans, and attended as many of their home games as possible back in the late 40s and 50s.(OK, so I was only about 5 or 6 yrs old back in the 40s, but that's where my love for baseball started).　 My father, I am sure, was one of the first fans to purchase tickets to the new Angels first home game at Wrigley Field. He and I sat in the upper deck along the third-base foul line. The same place we always sat when we use to go to the old PCL Angel games. (Yep, I cut school that day so I could go to the game with my dad. He didn't go to work that day either. We were both truant). As you know, the Angels lost their very 1st ever home game that day, but it didn't matter to us. It just made us happy that : "The Angels Were Back in Town."

Incredible! Why would you take Trout, your hottest hitter, out of the lineup? He's on a 16 game hitting streak, and he's pretty much carrying the team right now. He just had a day off Monday like the rest of the team. So how can he be tired? Manager, Mike Scioscia, undergoes some real head scratching ideas sometimes.

The curse continues . . .

Winning two out of three from Texas this weekend would be a great way to end the month of April.

This has been a long Off-season. Got my hopes up for a really successful Angel baseball season. Go Angels ! !

Artie Marino. Because every time an angel player strikes out with the bases loaded to end the game someone will say that Artie should have emptied his pockets and purchased one of the available free agents. Someone like Justin Turner, Dexter Fowler, Yoenis Cespedes, or Edwin Encarnacion. Or if our bullpen falters and loses a game, Artie will get the blame for being cheap and not signing Kenley Jansen, or Aroldis Chapman.

I've always liked calling him 'The Best Player in Baseball'. Seems to fit pretty well.

I've been a fan of this game for most of the 70+ years of my life. And I'm a Big time baseball traditionalist. I really don't like to see changes made to the game, unless it's really an improvement to the way the game is played. And over the years there have been many changes that I think helped improve the game. Here's a list of changes that major league baseball has made: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rulechng.shtml However, I must admit that there are some changes that I didn't agree with at the time. One was the designated hitter rule which the American League began using in 1973. Although now, I have become a supporter of the DH rule. At first I wasn't sure how the instant replay rule was going to affect baseball, but now that it has been implemented I think that it has made a big improvement to the game. Right now I don't like the new intentional walk rule. But again, that's just me being a baseball traditionalist. Over the years I think we'll all become accustomed to it, just like we have become accustomed to the DH rule, the batting helmet rule, and several other rules that have modified the game.

My first thoughts were similar to that of Blarg. It must've been somebody that played for the Yankees or Dodgers. But as I tried to narrow it down I realized that most of those players had played in too many World Series games. So that would also ruled out players like Pete Rose, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and several others who played in more than two WS's. Ted Williams (1) and Ernie Banks (0) can also be ruled out. But for some reason I believe it must've been somebody that played in the WS during the 60s or 70s. So I think there are only two choices left. Henry Aaron or Roberto Clemente. I'll go with the 'Hammer'.

Just for an FYI. My great nephew pitches for the UNLV baseball team, and Greg Maddux is the pitching coach for the Rebel baseball team this year. My nephew has told me several times that Maddux has a great sense of humor and is always joking with the players during workouts. Apparently, when Maddux tosses batting practice he treats the rebel team players the same way that he teased Chris Bryant. My nephew has also said that in the four months since school has started he has learned a tremendous amount about pitching from Maddux. And I can't doubt that. How could you not learn something from a HOF pitcher the quality of a Maddux. UNLV starts their baseball season this weekend at home against Omaha. I plan on being there (if it doesn't get rained out) and my nephew has promised that he would introduce me to Greg Maddux. I'm really looking forward to that.

18 inning games? I loved 18 inning games. Back in my day they were called doubleheaders.

Surprised that Brendan Donnelly's name hasn't been brought up. Not that Angel fans disliked him, but most of the players in MLB had no respect for him. Donnelly was a replacement player during the 1994 and 1995 baseball seasons. He was considered a 'scab' player, and was disrespected by most players in the MLB (including some hard nose, toe the line, Angel players). As a result of his participation as a replacement player, Donnelly is permanently barred from joining the MLB Players Association. As for me, the Angel player that I disliked the most was Alex Johnson. I'm sure that many of you were not around at the time Johnson played for the Angels, but I'm sure that most of you have heard some of the stories about him. Johnson played for the Angels for two seasons (1970 & 71). But he played for seven other teams as well. And he was an Azz-hole for each and every one of them. Johnson was known as a very good hitter. But he was also a huge loafer on the field. If he knew that his batted ball was not going to be a base hit he rarely ran to first base. He just held onto his bat and walked straight to the dugout. Lefty Phillips, who was the Angel manager at the time often punished him by removing him from the game. By the end of the season he had been suspended for five games and removed from 29 others. During the 1971 season, Johnson refused to take outfield practice before any games. And he often loafed on balls hit to his outfield position. Later that season Johnson claimed that Chico Ruiz, who had been a close friend and was the godfather of Johnson's daughter, pointed a gun at him while the two were in the clubhouse. Ruiz denied the claim. There are so many conflicting reports on this gun incident that I don't know if it's true or not. But whether it happened or not, Alex Johnson is still my most disrespected and hated Angel player.

That countdown clock should be posted right at the top of the message board page. Then Rogers Hornsby and I could alternate staring out the window and at the clock.

I really don't like the idea of baseball and football coexisting on the same playing field. Many times when football/baseball stadiums are built they end up with very odd dimensions (especially for the baseball teams). Also, when their seasons overlap, football games often leave the stadium turf in very poor playing condition for baseball teams. But, maybe that's just me. Back in the day, I was never a fan of the Rams playing at Angel Stadium.

Is he wearing shoes? I can't see his feet.

A couple of paragraphs from an article about Mickey Rivers at 'The Hardball Times.' Though not as controversial as some of his teammates, Rivers had his moments. He liked to bet on horses at the racetrack, an unfortunate habit that led to some heavy financial losses. During the 1978 season, the Yankees actually removed the telephone from the clubhouse at Yankee Stadium to prevent Rivers from calling in his bets to the track. Sometimes the financial defeats at the horse track left Rivers so upset that he failed to hustle on the field. At other times, he simply felt too depressed to play. Word of Rivers’ sudden “depression” would circulate the clubhouse until it eventually reached the office of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. “The Boss” would then slip some money into a white envelope and have it delivered to Rivers, whose depression would give way to a renewed enthusiasm in playing that day. Those “white envelopes” became an infamous (and humorous) part of Yankees lore in the 1970s. The payments, which acted as advances in salary, usually maintained Rivers’ presence in the lineup. http://www.hardballtimes.com/cooperstown-confidential-the-legend-of-mick-the-quick/

The chair is on the wall in the 'Mall of America' in Minnesota. The Mall is loacted on the site of the old Metropolitan Stadium where the Twins once played. The chair hangs on the wall at the exact location of the longest homer Harmon Killebrew ever hit at the stadium. I saw it several years ago when I visited family in Minnesota. There is also a home plate located somewhere in the Mall at the exact location of old Metropolitan Stadium's home plate, but I never did find that.

My guess is that is Jeff Mathis & his Mother?

Just a wild guess, but is it Nomar Garciaparra?

Congratulations - Mike Trout.

Roger Maris's 61st Home Run Baseball Radio, Rizzuto Calling Maris's 61st Home Run