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Maybe 25% as much as I used to.

I used to watch every single inning, to see a once-in-a-generation player like Trout, or a once-in-a-century player like Ohtani... who somehow both ended up on my favorite team. 

Or to see what Andrelton Simmons might do, when at least 10 times per season he made a play that I had never before seen. 

Or what hilariously bizarre thing Aybar would do. Or Weaver pitching in his prime. Or Vladdy, whose at-bats were must-see. 

Now I watch when I have nothing better to do. Because I still love baseball. But the thrill is gone. 

An RBI hit followed by a complete brain fart. Very Aybar-esque. 

Just now, AngelsLakersFan said:

Can I get an update?

Estevezed. 

1 minute ago, daygloman said:

Unfucking believable!

Estevez is a closer with a 6.55 ERA. 

It was not only believable, it was predictable. 

7 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

I said what 72 wins... and was chastised.

For being too sanguine? 

I remember it was the Orioles. I don't remember the exact year but my guess is '89.

I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley, as did my parents. My dad was a kid when the Dodgers moved to L.A. so of course that became his team. But I chose the Angels because this was my first-ever game, and my dad didn't try to pressure me at all to be a Dodgers fan - he even bought me an Angels hat and a pin at the game. 

That's my best memory. 

I guess I'll keep watching to see if the Angels get a hit. 

One of these days, they won't. 

Just now, daygloman said:

That game was fucked up!

It was fun until it wasn't, which is something I feel frequently when Estevez closes. 

For a brief, joyful moment, I thought this was going to be my favorite game of the young season. 

Estevez is my least favorite Angel in a long time. 

7 minutes ago, Duren, Duren said:

The consensus is that Trout is an automatic first ballot HOFer.

But will all his incomplete seasons reduce that assumption?

No

4 minutes ago, Torridd said:

I can only imagine how Trout feels. Has he had this before? 

A season cut short by injury? Once or twice. 

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

If they end up setting a franchise record for losses and luck out in the draft lottery, can get their first top 3-4 pick since Glaus in 1997.

Can't predict ball. Maybe they go on a run and make things fun. 

Seems unlikely, I know. But stranger things have happened in baseball. 

16 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Unbelievable. 

It is many things, but that is not one of them. 

I do not expect Trout to play an entire season for the remainder of his contract. If he does, gravy. 

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

Exactly.  You'd probably have to GIVE UP prospects to get someone to take Trout's contract.  Lol

Dude. Don't give them any ideas. 

That's the worst review I have seen in years. 

On the plus side, at least Adell didn't kill Trout there. 

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

NY bribed by umps union?

That is one possibility. 

Another possibility is that it's a shitty, imperfect system. 

3 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

I do sometimes wonder if NY is anti-Halos.   How many calls have they gotten wrong against the Halos?

Why would they be anti-Halos? We haven't been relevant in a decade. 

The umpires on the field sometimes make bad calls and the replay umpires in New York then do everything they possibly can to uphold the bad call. 

It's a shitty system. There is no conspiracy. 

The umpires in NYC are not doing everything they can to make the correct call. 

They are doing everything they can to uphold the call on the field. 

Do people really not understand that after all these years? 

2 minutes ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

Shades of Pujols. 

I had far more confidence when Pujols was up in a clutch situation than I do with Trout. 

And that's really fucking depressing. 

Just now, Slegnaac said:

Mike "Casey at the bat" Trout

Casey swung the bat. 

3 hours ago, Swordsman78 said:

We were also expecting the young guys (Neto etc) to take a big step forward in development.

I was hoping for that, not expecting it. 

The one player from whom I truly expected a step forward was Sandoval. That has been a staggering disappointment. 

We might lose this game. 

1 minute ago, Erstad Grit said:

Unbelievable 

It was many things. 

But not that. 

4 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

He's this generation's Aybar. 

In terms of baseball IQ, yes. 

But I don't think anyone will ever do the occasional random-ass-weird-things-that-somehow-worked-out like Erick Aybar. 

Even his first name is weird. I miss that dude.