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So wait, they are not living?

They have every right to be upset if they don’t like their lives. Go do something else. Then figure out that getting started in life doing something else isn’t free either.

The Angels are being asked if Brandon Marsh looks the way he does because maybe Arte forced him to live on a deserted island by himself?

The articles seems like a lot of whining. Six people in a three bedroom sleeping on twin mattresses sounds a whole lot like, uh college? I had so many roommates in college at one point that my rent was $85 a month (1988). Three people per bedroom. I once worked seven days a week as an intern for free and then negotiated $900 a month. I waited tables and cleaned doctor’s offices at night to get by. No complaints. It’s life.

Put me in jail too. I must be guilty of not providing a suitable living condition for my teenage kids because they go to Taco Bell.

There was a time when, deep into his minor league career, D-Mac’s minor league numbers were basically identical to another player’s minor league career. It was shocking how similar the numbers were. The other player was Ryan Howard. I know you can’t automatically translate similar numbers into the same career. But I think McPhersons actual performance in the bigs with a destroyed back suggest this comparison is not a stretch at all. . . Had he stayed healthy.

I have so much sympathy for Wood. I don’t know if his psychological challenges were unavoidable or not, but you have to believe the hysteria over him was pretty overwhelming. There is some small amount of irony if the fans’ hysteria over him contributed to his mental challenges, and then ultimately created a whipping boy for those same fans to mock forever. It just sucks. I used to go to Utah a lot for work and would catch Bees games when he was there. That kid was so incredibly nice to the local kids in the stands. He went way out of his way to make lots of kids feel special by interacting with them. I will always like Wood and view him positively.

The old joke about Washington was so great. The joke was the Washington Bullets felt the team’s name was just too violent. So they changed the name to just “The Bullets.” That’s an ageless classic for me.

I thought when Colorado was going to be a new team that they should consider the name “White Caps.” The obvious reference to local mountains made sense, and the name sort of fit a team name style/format that already existed in mlb with Red Sox and White Sox.

Can anyone think of anything Dodger fans in LA are ever dodging?

That’s fine your opinion. But there is plenty of information on what happened to Wood psychologically. And you might want to take an honest look at the actual real numbers McPherson put up in the big leagues despite having a wrecked back. He could hit. There is (to me anyway) zero doubt he would have been a high impact player if his back didn’t disintegrate. I openly agree that neither ended up meeting the hopes and expectations. That’s just the real world outcome that I would not dispute for a second. The point I am making is these two names get thrown around all the time when the Angels have a promising prospect that Angel fans fear is “overrated” or “overhyped” worrying that they are not as good as advertised. Maybe I am splitting hairs but I just don’t see how Wood or McPherson comparisons to Jo Adell make any sense, unless we specifically think Jo Adell is literally having a mental breakdown or we think he is in danger of wrecking his back. I don’t think either Wood or McPherson were overrated as prospects. I mean should we be talking about a top NBA draft pick being overrated and reference how Bobby Hurley ended up a “bust” (he got in a car accident that wrecked his career)? If people can’t come up with a different name other than Wood or McPherson when it comes to Angel prospects of the past, they probably don’t know shit about prospects. But to repeat, I do not dispute that these two were gigantic disappointments for Angel fans. I just don’t think being overrated/overhyped (kinda hate that term) or lack of major league level baseball talent was the issue with either one of them.

Agree with this. Ultimately I really don’t care what they call their team, but it is hard to not notice how meaningless this exercise was. I laugh at the vision of people hugging and high fiving each other thinking this is some grand accomplishment that did something valuable and meaningful in life. Now let’s start a rumor that the owners were willing to change the name but were hellbent on keeping the exact same tone of red to continue to hurtfully mock Native Americans, then pop some popcorn and watch all the insatiable indignaholics start a campaign to demand that the red color be banned.

If I could see a different viable, reliable strategy for the Angels to secure a serious contender level starting rotation, I would be adamant about not trading Adell. But trading good prospects looks like the most realistic way to get that huge upgrade in the rotation. I don’t “want” to trade Adell, I just know it is probably what needs to be done to fix the the greatest weakness on this team. At this point I am just praying if they trade him that it is the right trade for the right player so that I will view it as a good move.

Could this thread be more interesting than we think?

Also, could be be taller than we think?

This just in. . . Advocates for Native Americans are protesting that the number of names honoring Native Americans is in serious decline, leaving them underrepresented. No justice, No peace pipe.

Good. He has hit 3 homers of Heaney.

Who cares if Ward is on the big club or AAA? It appears his future is a backup bench player. So the Angels will use him where they see fit. Big freaking deal.

I agree with Loo.

None of the numbers you listed above are keeping Adell in the minors. He is working on defense and doing a better job of controlling his at bats (strikeout rate should improve if he makes strides on this).

If they felt he personally needed a full season in the minors, then Jo Adell was blocking Jo Adell.

To me there are guys that just don’t pan out in general, basically they have nothing left to prove in the minors but just don’t do well in the majors. Often called AAAA players. That’s a bust. The limitation is their baseball talent ends up just not as good as people projected that baseball talent to be. Then you have some different unique situations where a guy doesn’t make it from things that have nothing to do with their baseball talent. Wood had a psychological anxiety problem. It wasn’t that he was overrated or whatever. Dallas McPherson’s back basically crumbled. Had nothing to do with baseball talent. I just think it’s cheap and inaccurate to keep hearing these names as example of the stupid Angels overhyping players that ended up busts.

“Since the break”? Even more relevant is not a single Angels hitter has even made an out since Tuesday.

The never ending jabs at Brandon Wood are just lowbrow garbage. People just pull that name out of their ass every time any discussion about a prospect comes up. It is really lame. The guy had a very serious psychological anxiety problem that destroyed his career. How in the fuck that has anything to do with Jo Adell is a beyond me.