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    RIP Andy Etchebarren

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    Back in 1971, when I was a kid, they held an autograph session at Andy Etchebarren's liquor store in Hacienda Heights.  The Orioles were in town to play the Angels.  It was mobbed with kids and I remember waiting in line a long time.  But I was able to get a ball autographed by Brooks Robinson, Dave McNally, Jim Palmer, Davey Johnson and Etchebarren.  I still have it somewhere. 

    Trevor Rosenthal

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    5 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

    He was definitely worth signing to a minor league deal. These are the type of reclamation projects that you sign imo. From what I read he still has a plus fastball ... has control issues. 

    There was no point in the Angels signing Rosenthal to a minor league deal.  Even if he pitched well, he wasn't going to propel the Angels into the playoffs.  And then he would just be a free agent at season's end. 

    Have the Angels gone to a 3-man TV booth?

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    On 4/4/2018 at 7:55 AM, yk9001 said:

    This is just.... wrong.

    We are a large market team.  We deserve MUCH better than we get with Gubicza, Mota and Smith.  Gubicza is flat, boring and repetitive.  I start yet ANOTHER YEAR of little league baseball lessons with him spending hours talking about hitters' hands through the zone, shifting of hips, etc.  If a man has a hammer, then everything is a nail; Gubicza knows the mechanics of hitting and pitching and, year after year, he's going to tell us about it, come hell or high water.

    Smith is subpar and completely ruins an afternoon of listening to baseball on the radio.  He learned his craft by mimicking a drone.  And a metronome.  And it shows.  He has not a hint of personality or fun.  And apparently his calls are bad, when compared to actual events on the field.  He caught the biggest break in the world when he somehow landed a major league gig.  And he has shown up every day to make sure nobody takes his job.  Based on his talent, he'd be the luckiest broadcaster on the face of the earth if he were just doing Double A Peoria.

    I hold it against Angels management for continuing to employ these two no-talents.  I pretty much have stopped watching and listening to their product, these two are so bad.  I am definitely going to make an exception when Ohtani pitches, however.

    I don't think Mota is big market either, but I appreciate his earnestness, and his malaprops (English being his second language) are cute, and listening to him actually keeps me engaged in the game.

    No, you’re just wrong!  Peoria is Single A.

    Angels are lowering the right field fence to 8ft

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    18 minutes ago, NorCal Halo said:

    So here's the real question: was AK's performance and that title worth the trade of Jim Edmonds?

    Edmonds would have been a free agent after the 2000 season.  There was reportedly some friction between Edmonds and the other Angels players which prompted the trade and made it seem unlikely he would have signed an extension with the Angels.   Edmonds signed a 7-year extension with the Cardinals in May 2000.

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