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F*ck this.  I read this sentiment and hear it on Angels Pravda Radio 830am.  And then I watch the last at bat of the game last night.  Hamilton does not give a sh*t.  At all.

That one-pitch at bat by Hammy to end the game was awesome.  He could not get the F out of there fast enough.
 
Tell me again how much these guys care, nutswingers.

12 Wins 0 Losses 104 IP 91Ks 1.73 ERA 1.10 WHIP 
 
Those are all false stats

LOL

Does Shuck move to right??

Blanton: "It is what it is."
 
Butcher: "I sleep like a baby."
 
Time to clean house!!!

Gubi's Report Card:
 

Reagins fell for this but that letter was from Alex "The Greek" Anthopoulos.

Bump.
 
You just knew that Jerome would be used in mop up.  Yesterday was just an insult.
 
God bless, I hate our manager.

Bump.
 
You just knew that Jerome would be used in mop up.  Yesterday was just an insult.
 
God bless, I hate our manager.

I met DR years ago, and we kept up a pretty ordinary email convo over the years.  Mostly about the Angels and season tickets.  I just thought he was some ol regular, slightly boring guy - like me.
 
Little did I know.  I am the boring guy...DR is anything but..  He had me when he met the guy through Craigslist for a catch on the beach...several times.
 
 
Here's to you, DR.

I don't know why but "Aybar shows drag bunt" just continues to make me laugh.
 
Very well done.

Lifetime, just as a reminder, these are the types of posts that Chuck has lectured you in the past about.

The name "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" is as stupid today as it was nine years ago.  And it was the first glimpse into Arte's insecurities.  We've seen those insecurities manifest since then, in the form of making "big splashes" that help get Arte and the team pub and ESPN mentions - and help in Arte's competition-in-his-own-mind with the Dodgers.... but don't help the Angels actually win games.

.... and a lot of you jagoff fans
 
Just my opinion:  Arte has a serious insecurity/inferiority complex.  It first reared its head when he adopted the fake LA name - an embarrassment we haven't lived down in nine years.  Read his quotes at the big press conferences - usually you can find some mention of the word "Dodgers"...which is a complete red herring.  He feels he's "competing" with the joke of a franchise 35 miles up the road.  While taking his eye off the AL West rival 1,400 miles to the east.  Arte has never understood that winning championships will take care of just about all his problems.  Disney gave him the cache of a freshly minted championship when he bought the franchise.  That goodwill has been whittled away to about nothing after 11 years.  High priced mistake after high priced mistake will do that.
 
Continuing with his insecurity, he always covets high priced, big named players who made their stamp somewhere else.  Arte seems to be under the impression that Angel fans are actually interested in what Albert Pujols did in St. Louis, or that Blanton won a World Series with the Phillies.  Which brings us to the most bizarre, head scratching Angel billboard of all time:
 

Arte's insecurity runs so deep, he's desperate to cling to any kind of winner - it doesn't make any difference to him what team they won for, and pay any price.  He pays top dollar for Pujol's boatload of MVP's in St. Louis, or Hamilton's success in Texas.  Not understanding that past results for older players does not necessarily have any correlation with future success.  And as a cherry on top of a crap sandwich that this organization has become, he skinflints a $25,000 raise to the most exciting young baseball player to play in a generation.
 
Arte's fascination w/r/t these high priced stiffs, and his insecurity regarding playing second fiddle to the Dodgers leads me to the last point:  You idiot fans on this message board.  I've read you - trust me, I know who you are.  You cannot wait for the season to end, so you can get out your Christmas list of high priced "names".  Dammit, you guys needed a "Splash".  A "Big Name", or the offseason was a failure.  You needed to have something in the Christmas stocking.  You needed the team to be involved in negotiations.  You needed a mention on ESPN!  The hot stove league wasn't good enough for you, either.  The Angels needed to "improve" themselves at the trade deadline, as well.  Yippee!  Don't worry about the long term ramifications of trading prospects...we'll just get more free agents.   And Arte listened to the fans.

.... and a lot of you jagoff fans
 
Just my opinion:  Arte has a serious insecurity/inferiority complex.  It first reared its head when he adopted the fake LA name - an embarrassment we haven't lived down in nine years.  Read his quotes at the big press conferences - usually you can find some mention of the word "Dodgers"...which is a complete red herring.  He feels he's "competing" with the joke of a franchise 35 miles up the road.  While taking his eye off the AL West rival 1,400 miles to the east.  Arte has never understood that winning championships will take care of just about all his problems.  Disney gave him the cache of a freshly minted championship when he bought the franchise.  That goodwill has been whittled away to about nothing after 11 years.  High priced mistake after high priced mistake will do that.
 
Continuing with his insecurity, he always covets high priced, big named players who made their stamp somewhere else.  Arte seems to be under the impression that Angel fans are actually interested in what Albert Pujols did in St. Louis, or that Blanton won a World Series with the Phillies.  Which brings us to the most bizarre, head scratching Angel billboard of all time:
 

Arte's insecurity runs so deep, he's desperate to cling to any kind of winner - it doesn't make any difference to him what team they won for, and pay any price.  He pays top dollar for Pujol's boatload of MVP's in St. Louis, or Hamilton's success in Texas.  Not understanding that past results for older players does not necessarily have any correlation with future success.  And as a cherry on top of a crap sandwich that this organization has become, he skinflints a $25,000 raise to the most exciting young baseball player to play in a generation.
 
Arte's fascination w/r/t these high priced stiffs, and his insecurity regarding playing second fiddle to the Dodgers leads me to the last point:  You idiot fans on this message board.  I've read you - trust me, I know who you are.  You cannot wait for the season to end, so you can get out your Christmas list of high priced "names".  Dammit, you guys needed a "Splash".  A "Big Name", or the offseason was a failure.  You needed to have something in the Christmas stocking.  You needed the team to be involved in negotiations.  You needed a mention on ESPN!  The hot stove league wasn't good enough for you, either.  The Angels needed to "improve" themselves at the trade deadline, as well.  Yippee!  Don't worry about the long term ramifications of trading prospects...we'll just get more free agents.   And Arte listened to the fans.

.... and a lot of you jagoff fans
 
Just my opinion:  Arte has a serious insecurity/inferiority complex.  It first reared its head when he adopted the fake LA name - an embarrassment we haven't lived down in nine years.  Read his quotes at the big press conferences - usually you can find some mention of the word "Dodgers"...which is a complete red herring.  He feels he's "competing" with the joke of a franchise 35 miles up the road.  While taking his eye off the AL West rival 1,400 miles to the east.  Arte has never understood that winning championships will take care of just about all his problems.  Disney gave him the cache of a freshly minted championship when he bought the franchise.  That goodwill has been whittled away to about nothing after 11 years.  High priced mistake after high priced mistake will do that.
 
Continuing with his insecurity, he always covets high priced, big named players who made their stamp somewhere else.  Arte seems to be under the impression that Angel fans are actually interested in what Albert Pujols did in St. Louis, or that Blanton won a World Series with the Phillies.  Which brings us to the most bizarre, head scratching Angel billboard of all time:
 

Arte's insecurity runs so deep, he's desperate to cling to any kind of winner - it doesn't make any difference to him what team they won for, and pay any price.  He pays top dollar for Pujol's boatload of MVP's in St. Louis, or Hamilton's success in Texas.  Not understanding that past results for older players does not necessarily have any correlation with future success.  And as a cherry on top of a crap sandwich that this organization has become, he skinflints a $25,000 raise to the most exciting young baseball player to play in a generation.
 
Arte's fascination w/r/t these high priced stiffs, and his insecurity regarding playing second fiddle to the Dodgers leads me to the last point:  You idiot fans on this message board.  I've read you - trust me, I know who you are.  You cannot wait for the season to end, so you can get out your Christmas list of high priced "names".  Dammit, you guys needed a "Splash".  A "Big Name", or the offseason was a failure.  You needed to have something in the Christmas stocking.  You needed the team to be involved in negotiations.  You needed a mention on ESPN!  The hot stove league wasn't good enough for you, either.  The Angels needed to "improve" themselves at the trade deadline, as well.  Yippee!  Don't worry about the long term ramifications of trading prospects...we'll just get more free agents.   And Arte listened to the fans.

Whoa, no need for the personal attack at lifetime.

Remember how excited we were before the season started about having the Astros in the division?
 
Looks like we have a new division rival!!!!

Rojas and Salmon as the announcing crew tomorrow night.

Chuck, he does this with EVERY LA - Orange county team.  EVERY one he thinks is relevant.
 
UCLA football
http://deadspin.com/5963377/tj-simers-believes-ucla-threw-the-stanford-game-and-hijacked-jim-mora-jrs-press-conference-to-prove-it
 
USC football
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/24/sports/la-sp-1025-simers-usc-football-20121025
 
UCLA basketball
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/02/sports/la-sp-0403-simers-ucla-alford-20130403
 
Lakers
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/05/sports/la-sp-simers-lakers-20130106
 
 
Clippers
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/01/sports/la-sp-simers-clippers-20130502
 
Dodgers
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/11/sports/la-sp-0912-simers-dodgers-20120912-1
 
 
Anybody else I am missing, he doesn't think is relevant.
 
 
I can understand not liking Simers, if his style isn't your cup of tea.
 
But if you think he "has it out" for your team, you are insanely off-base.

Really, Chuck?
 
THAT was a shot at the Angels?
 
People will find any reason to be offended.

Chuck, he does this with EVERY LA - Orange county team.  EVERY one he thinks is relevant.
 
UCLA football
http://deadspin.com/5963377/tj-simers-believes-ucla-threw-the-stanford-game-and-hijacked-jim-mora-jrs-press-conference-to-prove-it
 
USC football
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/24/sports/la-sp-1025-simers-usc-football-20121025
 
UCLA basketball
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/02/sports/la-sp-0403-simers-ucla-alford-20130403
 
Lakers
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/05/sports/la-sp-simers-lakers-20130106
 
 
Clippers
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/01/sports/la-sp-simers-clippers-20130502
 
Dodgers
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/11/sports/la-sp-0912-simers-dodgers-20120912-1
 
 
Anybody else I am missing, he doesn't think is relevant.
 
 
I can understand not liking Simers, if his style isn't your cup of tea.
 
But if you think he "has it out" for your team, you are insanely off-base.

Really, Chuck?
 
THAT was a shot at the Angels?
 
People will find any reason to be offended.

Which one?
 
 
I was going to mention to not even list Common Courtesy, since its such a slam dunk winner.