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Just gonna leave these here ... https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/07/millions-of-americans-live-coastline-regions.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html

Well, Angelos' primary sins were in ridding himself of anyone who disagreed with him - witness Jon Miller being run off - much of the front office left or were run off, replacing his baseball guys with often-incompetent ass-kissing yes-men - then, later, letting his sons run the team like it was a personal play toy. I can't figure out where Arte falls here - is he like Steinbrenner v1, with incessant meddling that crippled the team? I dunno - not sure it's helpful to try and find his equivalent - to me, it feels like he's under-invested in building a quality baseball organization, and seems more interested in the team as a marketing operation than a baseball team. It also feels like the Angels are a bit under-capitalized - yes, we had money for Pujols and Trout - but that also meant under-funding operations. Eh, dead horse. But I'm at the point where I wish he'd sell to a buyer as well-funded and as motivated as say, the Guggenheim group.

And here I didn't think I could hold him in any more contempt ...

I think it's important to separate what the feds say in their affidavits vs what the family attorney is claiming. The attorney, Kay, his family - every one of them has an interest in the placing the blame on the Angels and we've certainly seen how these claims can get exaggerated until the actual court date. And I find it a little difficult to believe that multiple family members took it upon themselves to call Tim Mead and tell them Kay was supplying drugs to players - presumably, to get him fired? How would it be in Mead's interest to ignore that info? He'd have to know how much big a risk he'd be taking by deliberately ignoring it - and for what? To risk his career and the lives of players to protect some scumbag?? However, If it can be more-or-less proven that they *did* tell Mead this, and he swept it under the rug, then all hell will break loose - Skaggs' family wins their case, multiple players get outed for using illegal prescription pain-killers - I think there'd be a fair chance MLB would sanction the club.

Probably from eating Taco Bell in the minors ... Is it time to sacrifice a rooster or something? Just one thing after another, one year after another - I'm surprised the earth hasn't opened up and swallowed the stadium ... Being an Angels fan is like ...

Both of these - and while some of his routes are still kinda awful, his fielding has improved a *lot* over last year. To improve as much as he has since last year, I'm really impressed

That's the way of the world now, I'm afraid. I do get subsequent comments about how Ohtani seems to have more questionable incidents than other players - I "get" that, and maybe examples need to be made? I dunno - I'd be a little more concerned about how the umpires - objectively, some say - make more bad calls against him than almost any other player.

If it was supposed to be Elmer Fudd, it was *still* a terrible impersonation. Saying "veddy" instead of "vewwy" makes it a questionable thing to say - or more accurately, a questionable way to say it. But to be honest, people calling for his job seem like a bigger problem to me than what he said.

Some things never change ... It was built in a residential area of Baltimore, so I imagine it was gridlocked. It was torn down, but they built a baseball/football field in the footprint, so it's sort of still there.

I think including the hippo icon is a little more than "insinuating." (Jeezus, ambush photos of people living their private lives to use to try to embarrass them? This is where we are? ) There are just so many things wrong with that post - it's creepy and gross - I think we need a reaction icon like "... and the horse you rode in on"

I remember dragging my daughter to see an Orioles game 'cause he'd been called up and I wanted to see him. I think that was the game that the Orioles pitcher broke the home plate umps toe in warmups, knocking him out then Santana shit the bed in the first inning, giving up 5 runs, and basically ending the game, on a not-very-pleasant evening in Baltimore. I remember telling her about Trout "See that kid? A lot of people are saying he's going to be the next Mickey Mantle." I remember sitting with all the Milford LL Baseball jackets - seeming to feel a little intimidated being there in a foreign ballpark, not rooting for any team, just quietly watching the game. Trout struck out twice, and had an error, and an infield single. She didn't believe me what I said about Mickey Mantle. That was last season. Oh, wait - that was 10 years ago ... Feck.

I gotta say, it shows - his reactions are late and muted.

If someone had showed me this starting lineup in April, well, it's bad karma to even say what I would've thought ... On the plus side, really looking forward to seeing Detmers!

Yeah, if it's a TJ-repairable thing, in which case you lose a year and a half of development (but with so many getting TJ now, you almost have to assume it'll happen sometime.) So, that kind of makes me think it's potentially worse than TJ. Anyway - had we drafted him, there'd be two impacts: 1. To meet his contract demands, we'd not have drafted/signed Albright 2. We wouldn't have Bachman Who knows, maybe in 5 years, Rocker wins the Cy Young and these two guys are washing cars for a living, and we'll all be gnashing our teeth over a missed opportunity. But at the moment, it's looks a pretty big swing.

Amsterdam is my favorite city in the world, tbh, and that's without even mentioning 'hookers', "coffee" shops, and the red light district. It's a beautiful little city, packed with museums and lovely culture. Sadly, every American does the 'wink-wink-nudge-nudge-say-no-more' gag whenever I mention it. I will say in recent years it had become kind of overrun by tourists, even in the shoulder seasons - so, go further than Dam Square, Leidseplein, etc, hang out in a brown cafe in Jordaan and visit some of the outlying cities like Haarlem and Den Haag. Oh, and don't drive in Amsterdam - that way lies madness ...

Gotta love a bidding war ...

Ugh, Wheeler and his family - we could've moved his family to CA Anyway, just wrt "smashes" - I was doing something in the kitchen last night when I heard Ohtani smash that homerun - it was a no-doubter, and I didn't even see it. The sound of the bat - it was a distinctive and as pungent Story's squelch-breaking "OOOWWWW!" the other night ...

tbh, if I was an undrafted free agent, and they gave me a change to "play in", I'd sleep in that. Put me out in LF at the park ... If mean, it's not like I didn't sleep in tents in much worse places

Angels to provide housing for UDFA's ...

Seems unlikely he'd want to come here now - we're too far back. Next year should look much more promising for him and the team.

Maybe they could fire them, and just send someone to steal copies of Baseball America from the library and draft based on their rankings ...

Probably raised the risk level for many - that's likely why he dropped. Drafting someone knowing they needed TJ is something you can evaluate and make a decision on. Hiding it, probably a lot of teams were concerned about what they didn't know - is it tendinitis? Does he need TJ? Is it career-threatening? Hard to tell - is the issue "money" - maybe he needs TJ and the Mets feel they're owed a discount - or is the elbow issue career-threatening?

For 1 year of Turner and 2 months of Scherzer? Maybe my memory fails me - but has there ever been a trade that was contingent on reaching extensions with anyone, much less *two* guys? And would those extensions leave us enough to extend Ohtani *and* get some bullpen help? I'd love both of these guys, of course - but it doesn't seem feasible.

That's kind of ... weird ... he won't discuss it until after the signing deadline? That can be interpreted in a number of ways ... TJ is one thing - but there are worse possibilities ...

I've seen something similar with certain POS systems - like 3 options - 20, 25, 18 - with no obvious ability to do zero or "other" - I'm sure there was some fine-print thing to change the amount, but too small for my old eyes. Ever worse was the store that had a system that you had to have the cashier change the amount from 20 - not coercive at all I mean, 20% is expected now for someone to hand you a bag? I was at a brewery yesterday where the attitude of the servers ranged from disinterested and pissy to an outright malignant server at a food truck - I actually said to the guy "great gig you got - selling over-priced food *and* you get to be a dick to your customers" - of course, he was already tipped. 4 people ordering, they got like $12 in tips, for one order. I'm going back to cash for counter-service - I'll wait to get my order before deciding how much/if to tip - I gave big tips 'cuz Covid, but I'm done with that - they can earn their tips - or not