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Rangers won again.  5 in a row.  Seattle lost again. If Halos don't win, Texas jumps everyone up to second.

Nap-O-li

That throw had enough to make it close.  Bad play IMO

Make that 2 homers in his first 3 professional games.

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Bad move.  

I'll take Cubs Rangers.  But Nats v Cubs, Rangers v Red Sox would be a great LCS.  

A Cubs v Indians series would be good for storylines of tortured franchises, but I can't get into it.

A Cubs v Red Sox would be good for historica teams.

A Nats v Rangers series would be interesting, since Texas was the Senators.

Dodgers or Giants?  I'll read a book instead.  

I'm pulling for Texas though.

Well the Angels finished about 25 games behind the Rangers.  I hope the Blue Jays beat Baltimore, so we can see a Jays - Rangers rematch.  I dont think any AL team can match up with Texas, they should go to the world series.  Will they play the Cubs?  Can anyone beat the Cubs?  Is this a year of destiny?  For the Cubs? Or maybe it is the year the Rangers break through.

4 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

Daniels is one of the best in the business. He has made his share of mistakes but it goes with the territory. Failure is a big part of baseball.

I trust in Eppler!

Lets sweep the Rangers

 

 

A GM who knows what he's doing.

So the question remains, who makes the post season next, A's or Angels?  I think the A's,are closer, especially if Sonny Gray rebounds.

On 08/23/2016 at 5:06 PM, Stradling said:

May I introduce you to the Oakland A's.  

Playoff appearences since the year 2000

Angels=7

Oakland=8

You were saying?

A better question....which of the two makes the next one?

On 08/18/2016 at 11:06 PM, Stradling said:

I would go after Desmond or Fowler and Chapman.  I want a left fielder that can hit and play defense, players that have a little pop but can run the bases.  Like I've said in other threads I want athletes.  

Hmm, a guy has a great season for the Rangers and hits free agency.  The Angels pay full market price and then some on a huge multi year contract. 

What could possibly go wrong?

Seems like I've read that book before.

On 08/18/2016 at 4:04 PM, mrwicked said:

perfect chance for us to sign ryan howard for big bucks.

Maybe the Angels should try to overpay Rangers players again, Ian Desmind 6/$150m.   Its worked so well in the past.

Need new manager and new GM.  This team is not only bad this year, but the next 2-3.  Rangers and Astros will battle for the division until 2020.

I love me some Tim Tebow, but this seems like a bad move.  Why not just go kick Canadian butt in the CFL like Doug Flutie and Warren Moon?

On 8/11/2016 at 5:43 PM, hangin n wangin said:

It's not really debatable who has had the better start to their careers. Trout has easily.

Trout WAR is 44.3 through his first 5 seasons and this season isn't even done yet.

Griffey has a 28.1 WAR through his first 5 seasons.

It's not close through their first 5 years.

Obviously, Griffey has had the better career due to longevity, but Trout has a lot of time left, barring serious injury.

Trout is a great player, but I'd take Seattle Griffey over Trout any day.

WAR is the most over rated of all metrics.  

Hello, was an Angel fan in the 1990's, not so much now.  Favorite Angels players were JT Snow, Garret Anderson, Tim Salmon, and especially Jim Abbott.  I've been reading the forum for a couple years now.