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We don't care about Pujols, why should anybody else outside St. Louis?

Who are the most popular Angels of all time? Salmon? Trout? Weaver? Glaus? I'm sure there's others...but one of the main links between those players is that they are home grown talent. But between Gene Autry & Arte Moreno - the organization has made some colossal blunders in the free agency market. For every Vladdy  - there's 5 or 6 "What are we doing?" signings.How many Titles did they bring...let alone - World Series appearances?
 
Millions upon millions of dollars wasted on veterans on the downside of their career, cashing in on past performances by star-crossed owners who think they can catch lightening in a bottle, or panic when they miss out on one (Carl Crawford has been a bust) and trade for an over paid bum.
Look at the pictures...when you look at them..are they ANGELS?
 
No - I see A's, Red Sox, Yankees, Cardinals....etc. Sure, they spent time here...but is Torii Hunter really an Angel? Or a Twin?
 
Mike Trout is the face of the franchise. Not Albert. When you think of 2002...you think of:
Troy, GA, Kingfish, Percy. AK, Eck...guys who were drafted - or traded to the team when they were young...and had upside.
 
But when you sign dudes to 10 year gigs...or anyone who is 30 and over...you're asking for trouble...and the 2015 version of the Halos is the result. A Swiss cheese filled line up with players who belong in the minors...and coaches, like Mike Butcher, who destroy, not improve, players. 
 



 

I hope to god to be done working by 2023
 
F this drive to Century City

Welcome to delusion zone located in pujols head

Did your dad do the right things, and parent to the best of his abilities?  That's what counts.
Its nice that all these social media posting show every kid and parent as 'best friends' - but the kids can find best friends out their ass.  The mom and dad need to be there to do the right thing parenting.

Peyts' mom posted a picture this morning of Peyts' first day in school.  I am trying to imagine, back in the day, my mom or dad even showing up for the first day of third grade, let alone taking a picture of me. (they were right not to give a shit).
 
Anyways, its now three hours later, and she just posted:
 
I feel sick. Didn't last two hours on his first day of school. Already got my first email from Peyton's new teacher about his behavior. Ugh.

Did your dad do the right things, and parent to the best of his abilities?  That's what counts.
Its nice that all these social media posting show every kid and parent as 'best friends' - but the kids can find best friends out their ass.  The mom and dad need to be there to do the right thing parenting.

One time I sold a car for him  - call it 1995, and he figured the penny saver in long beach would be better than in Santa Clarita.  He offered me either 20% or so as incentive to sell.  Fair deal.
 
I was working 60+ hours a week at public accounting firm.  Married a couple years, a couple of babies at home. 
 
We sold the thing on like 8:30 on a tuesday night.  Soon, I was off to bed, ready for work the next morning.
I called him wednesday evening, told him it sold, we got the price, yadda yadda.  "Wait a minute - you sold it YESTERDAY and are just telling me now??"  - he was apoplectic.  He was in sales - and lectured me - "When you sell something, you notify (me) IMMEDIATELY!"  Definitely some Goddammits in there.
 
He didn't talk to me for two months over that.  Not telling him tuesday night.

We lived in maryland, the winters could be brutal. In high school, once in a while, not only would you get a snow day, but they'd announce it the night before.  Perfect, right?
 
My dad would get me and my brother up at maybe 7:00am, to get our asses out of bed, and beat anybody else to shovel driveways in the neighborhood.

*Warning - this is a completely self indulgent post*
 
I thought about Stradling, and the struggles he had with his dad passing away.  I thought about my dad, who will be gone five years this decemmber.  Moreso, I thought about how I rarely think about him.
 
First off, he was a good dad.  He took the job seriously.  Was always around.  Was a ball-buster to the Nth degree.  Told us he loved us once in a while.
 
But man, he could be a prick.  Non stop.
 
I have told some of these stories here, but he (and my mom to an extent) had so many WTF moments.. .not just as parents, but as grandparents.  These aren't crying, or complaints by me.  I tell them with amusement.
 
 
We lived on the east coast, and were driving somewhere on vacation in the 1970s.  We stopped at a Howard Johnson's, for ice cream.  Their deal was 28 flavors (as opposed to baskin Robbin's 31 flavors).  My dad counted up the number of flavors that day.  They were short of 28.  I remember standing out in the parking lot, eating my ice cream cone, as he argued that we should have free ice cream, since they didn't offer the requisite 28 flavors.
 
My siblings and I were not allowed to sleep over at anyone's house.  Ever.  "You have your own bed."
 
My siblings and I never had a birthday party with friends.  Just the immediate family.
 
As we grew up and had kids, my parents never went to any of the grandkid's high school graduations.  I asked my mom about it.  Her reply:  "If we went to one, we'd have to go to them all."
 
My dad and his brother had an argument one year at thanksgiving.  I don't remember the specifics, all you could hear was the shouting:  "You're an asshole!" "No, you're an asshole!!" "You're a double asshole!"

Its pretty clear from the locker room meetings that both the coaching staff and players told him in no uncertain terms to GTFO with his crazy newfangled ideas.  We know he didn't have ownership support.  I am not sure what he was bolting on.  Why stay somewhere where your contributions are not welcome at best, or ridiculed? 
 
Did you want him to stay in a closed room for 8 hours a day, collect a paycheck, and throw pencils at the ceiling, like Costanza working on the Penske file?

Its pretty clear from the locker room meetings that both the coaching staff and players told him in no uncertain terms to GTFO with his crazy newfangled ideas.  We know he didn't have ownership support.  I am not sure what he was bolting on.  Why stay somewhere where your contributions are not welcome at best, or ridiculed? 
 
Did you want him to stay in a closed room for 8 hours a day, collect a paycheck, and throw pencils at the ceiling, like Costanza working on the Penske file?

Angels have a GM, he's in the dugout filling out the lineup card. 

This oughta be good...

If this were Cardinalswin.com, that would be a fantastic post.

This oughta be good...

THIS

I don't know if his swing was affected during the HRD - crap, he may just be plain worn out from the HRD.  With the shot clock involved this year, even the young guys were getting worn out.  Did you see how spent he was - that new HRD is not for 40-year-old men.

If this were Cardinalswin.com, that would be a fantastic post.

I like how when I googled this item to see if Tulo, Weaver, et al donated $10 million to Blair, the only link that showed up was this thread.
 
Same exact way Dick Cheney helped sell the Iraq war.  He whispered to the NY Times that Sadam is looking to buy yellowcake uranium - then Cheney goes on Meet the Press and talks about how the NY Times is reporting that Sadam is looking to buy yellowcake uranium.

I am never pro riot, mainly because the protagonists (to me) are always so unpalatable.
 
Rodney King (driving drunk)
Michael Brown (thug bully terrorizing a store clerk)
The guy killed by cops selling loosies in NJ (sixty some odd arrests)
The guy killed by cops in Cincinnati (fathered 13-20 kids at age 43)
etc.
 
But one of the things blacks in Watts were upset about - the proposition that effectively allowed discrimination when it came to buying property - is so f*cked up.  This prop 14 was so wrong (and championed by Reagan).  Out of all the stuff I hear about keeping the black man down, that by far is the most f'd up.
 
Owning property is by far the best way for lower or middle class to move up in status.

Well, that 50 inch flat screen that they stole last year is a year old now. Time for another "tribute".

I like how when I googled this item to see if Tulo, Weaver, et al donated $10 million to Blair, the only link that showed up was this thread.
 
Same exact way Dick Cheney helped sell the Iraq war.  He whispered to the NY Times that Sadam is looking to buy yellowcake uranium - then Cheney goes on Meet the Press and talks about how the NY Times is reporting that Sadam is looking to buy yellowcake uranium.

I like how when I googled this item to see if Tulo, Weaver, et al donated $10 million to Blair, the only link that showed up was this thread.
 
Same exact way Dick Cheney helped sell the Iraq war.  He whispered to the NY Times that Sadam is looking to buy yellowcake uranium - then Cheney goes on Meet the Press and talks about how the NY Times is reporting that Sadam is looking to buy yellowcake uranium.

I always get nervous when a thread involves race, and I see the last post is by Calscuf.