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I don't want to be too pessimistic but I am concerned about the reported detail that he was clocked at 82mph left handed.

'hey Albert, how do you feel about stealing Arte's Moreno's money?'
'Piss off guy'
'Wow.  You're a jerk.'

Is the manager position part of the entertainment package you are selling?
I know having a good manager is important, and stability is also important.  But you can't get stale either.
Scioscia has been here long enough.  If nothing else, I am just bored with him.
I don't believe in a revolving door annually for the manager but a new one every 5-7 years seems healthy to me.
18 years with one manager would also be fine if the team was collecting poatseason series trophies.
It's time for a change.  And that doesn't mean I hate Scioscia or that I think he has been terrible.
Good or bad, that is a long enough run.
 

Maybe the DL is the best spot for him for like 80% of the time over the next 4 years.  I can't see any way to get out of the money.  That money is gone.  So now its about playing time and a roster spot.  Just a sidenote I laugh when I hear people say he still has his power.  That's absurd.  His hr/fly ball ratio is like half is what it was in his prime.  He has warning track power now.  A few sneak over the wall. . .but the guy absolutely is a shell of his former self in terms of power.

The money doesn't bother me, I'm not paying it. it's him parked in the 3/4 spot in the lineup despite being one of their 3 worst hitters on any given day. It's him playing everyday despite being a DH with a sub .650 OPS, etc

I'm digging having a guy making kick saves on hard hits up the middle.

When he signed his ten year deal I said a hundred times that I didn't honestly believe that the Angels thought he would be a productive player for ten years.  I said they likely thought he would be productive for 6 or 7 years, but that they structures the deal as a 10 year contract really more as spreading out the cost.
I really hope the Angels and Albert are disciplined to make some good decisions.  Albert would hit 3000 hits next season.  They should announce that 2018 will be his farewell tour.  Albert hurts his legacy if he lingers through age 42 with pathetic numbers.  I THINK he is too smart for that.  He has over 600 hr now and getting 3000 hits is a plus for his legacy.
I hope I am proven right from the beginning and they announce 2018 as the last chapter.
 

Please trade Nolasco.  Please.  I want to open a roster spot for Jack Lazorko.

I would take a bucket of sunflower seeds.

I heard he is healthy he is just making sure he has his "stuff".  He was recently spotted at Smoke and Mirrors Depot.

I am afraid of Darvish.  We haven't done very well buying "stars" away from Texas.

I guess I'm still a kid

It's terrible nit picking and petty but his practice half swing with cocked wrists at the plate setting up to hit is annoying.

And somewhere out there a guy named Pitchmaker hurt himself making shoes.

I'm a little nervous that if he improves his command a bit he'll pretty much turn into Chris Sale.

I apologize.  I couldn't find an image of a blind squirrel that found a pile of nuts.

And somewhere out there a guy named Pitchmaker hurt himself making shoes.

And somewhere out there a guy named Pitchmaker hurt himself making shoes.

Keeping it food related:
We have had plenty of Scioscia.  As if he himself has been an all you can eat buffet and we are all slumped over in a red leather booth stuffed to our gills fighting the onset of a food coma after 17 seasons of eating the same old dishes.
That one serving of Calamari Steak in 2002 was good though, I will admit that.
No I am not looking forward to getting back in that same food line again.  I can't even taste it anymore.  Maybe it's good but the reality I am sick of it and not enjoying it so it doesn't matter if someone tells me it's good.
Please, please can we go to another restaurant?
 

And somewhere out there a guy named Pitchmaker hurt himself making shoes.

And somewhere out there a guy named Pitchmaker hurt himself making shoes.

And somewhere out there a guy named Pitchmaker hurt himself making shoes.

No criticism. . .he is a great trade target.
Run of the mill Angel fans would be checking his numbers in the minors in anticipation.  

I can't see how Maybin would get us Vlad Jr.
But I will say the Angels would probably value Vlad Jr more than probably any other team since this organization is so desperate to have a player in the minors to look forward to.  Having that hometown name rising here would be a great plus for the organization.
Definitely worth checking into but I think getting him for Maybin is a pipedream.
 
 

No criticism. . .he is a great trade target.
Run of the mill Angel fans would be checking his numbers in the minors in anticipation.