Justin

The hell, lol? Was this something at Angels games?

I sent my dad a text and asked if he remembered the game. He said yes, it was with Indian Guides. Although he didn't remember the year, I'm almost positive that would have been the '87 season. 
And then I spent an hour reading about Indian Guides. I had forgotten that once upon a time I went out in public wearing a headband with a feather in it.

I sent my dad a text and asked if he remembered the game. He said yes, it was with Indian Guides. Although he didn't remember the year, I'm almost positive that would have been the '87 season. 
And then I spent an hour reading about Indian Guides. I had forgotten that once upon a time I went out in public wearing a headband with a feather in it.

If Vlad had continued the blistering start to September and the Jays had taken a Wild Card spot (or especially the Division), I not only would have had no problem with him winning, I probably would have been in favor of it. Just like his dad back in '04. 
But he's been awful the last 7 days, merely good the last 14 days, and it doesn't look like the Jays will be in the postseason. So I think Ohtani will win. 
That being said, I don't really care. I wish I could get more excited about Ohtani's season and MVP award, but for the fourth time in 8 seasons the Angels will have an MVP... and we all know what their record is and how many postseason games they have won. 

They got really lazy in the photo selection for Sutton and Joyner. 

That sounds exactly familiar. Think i went to a game w my Dad in 85, got a set of those, and an angel hat that had that old circle team logo
For whatever reason, out of all the players in the world, i feel like I had a rupert jones smokey the bear card?

I don't remember. That sounds familiar, though. 
Here is a set on eBay for $2.99.
I'm pretty sure my first game was after '86, but maybe they were still selling the '86 set a year or two later? Because I think I had the '86 set. But who knows. 

I collected when I was a kid (late 80s and early 90s). Four years ago my parents retired and sold their house in SoCal; all of the cards were in storage in a shed there and they were either thrown or given away. My parents had asked me if I wanted to keep them but I just didn't have the time or the energy. (My brother was dying of leukemia at the time, I was in the process of donating my stem cells to him, and revisiting childhood memories was very low on my list of priorities.) 
I do not regret letting my parents get rid of all my cards, but I do wish I had looked at my old collection one last time, just for the sake of nostalgia. At my first live game, sometime in the late 80s, my dad bought me a pack of cards of Angels players with Smokey The Bear on them. Would those have been in there? I remember thinking that card with Mickey Hatcher (where he has a giant glove) was so funny that I bought about 10 of them. Did those survive the last 30 years? 

I just assumed that was a BS thing the Angels threw in the contract to make it seem like they wanted him more than St. Louis and it's not actually going to happen. 
Like when a woman says "I'll make it up to you later" even though you know damn well there won't be a later. 
(Actually, that probably never happens to you, TORS.)

You mean, the final sendoff tour of his personal services contract? That 2031?
 
(Sorry to ruin everyones day)

The season ain't over yet.
Thank God AJ didn't write this. 

Is there any chance they do can do a 10-year anniversary of this in 2031, just like they do with a championship team?
Bring out all the key people who made it happen while we give each one a standing ovation?

None of the players died of covid

Pujols is gone.

This is an organization that refused to trade a closer having a great season who is going to be a free agent in a few weeks. 
What do you suppose the odds are that it will trade the Biggest Story in Baseball? 

I was hoping the actual translation would be something like "I want to win but Trout and Rendon are pussies who can't stay healthy."
It wouldn't be great for the organization but it would be a fun day on AW. 

I was hoping the actual translation would be something like "I want to win but Trout and Rendon are pussies who can't stay healthy."
It wouldn't be great for the organization but it would be a fun day on AW. 

This is an organization that refused to trade a closer having a great season who is going to be a free agent in a few weeks. 
What do you suppose the odds are that it will trade the Biggest Story in Baseball? 

I was hoping the actual translation would be something like "I want to win but Trout and Rendon are pussies who can't stay healthy."
It wouldn't be great for the organization but it would be a fun day on AW. 

If Vlad had continued the blistering start to September and the Jays had taken a Wild Card spot (or especially the Division), I not only would have had no problem with him winning, I probably would have been in favor of it. Just like his dad back in '04. 
But he's been awful the last 7 days, merely good the last 14 days, and it doesn't look like the Jays will be in the postseason. So I think Ohtani will win. 
That being said, I don't really care. I wish I could get more excited about Ohtani's season and MVP award, but for the fourth time in 8 seasons the Angels will have an MVP... and we all know what their record is and how many postseason games they have won. 

Who would you be survived by?
Secondary joke: Great, no way he wins the MVP now.

Still not too bad compared to what was written about Simba one year ago. 

Still not too bad compared to what was written about Simba one year ago. 

Rendon gets surgery on his hip.  Fat guys on AW, “pussy”

I was hoping the actual translation would be something like "I want to win but Trout and Rendon are pussies who can't stay healthy."
It wouldn't be great for the organization but it would be a fun day on AW.