70runner

A. Albert Pujols and Hamilton are the 2 biggest reasons you can't blow it up and start from scratch. B. Trumbo is one of 2 players on this team that cause pitchers to pause. The other is the guy they walked last night to get to Albert Pujols. C. There is really no easy or quick way out of the morass that is the Angels these days. Underproducing, untradeable multi-millionaires (incl Scioscia), huge payroll, same ol problems at 3B (no power) and catcher (no hit), mediocre starting pitching/BP. Dangle Collapso, Aybar, Kendrick and most any pitcher as trade bait to get younger/hungrier. Keep Trout, Trumbo, PB, Frieri as core and hope you can overcome the underproducing multi-millionaires.

they have one...his name is Downs

Goober and Felix: get a room

All the joyous celebration about Pujols finding his stroke...he still looks like crap at the plate. 25M worth of crap. This team has 2 or 3 guys that give it 100%, the rest are turning the page.

70runner, on 18 Jun 2013 - 10:38 PM, said: Refer this. Sure he cares, so much that he continues to put nearly the worst hitter in MLB in the #2 slot, right after the best hitter on the team. He cares so much that he bunts PB so they can walk the Angels best hitter to get to their worst hitter. Immense level of caring, truly immense. Now lets turn the page because he truly cares.

Mikey: no worries, nice big, long term contract...just like his #2 hitter; they are both dogging it

Texas - ROLTFAO (their)

Thank Scioscia for putting this guy 2nd in the lineup despite looking like mush at the plate all season. Then he compounds his pathetic plate appearance by dogging it to first. Too blessed to hustle.

but, but, he really hustled down the line turn the page

too blessed to be stressed

He was 85 before the arm break and pretty much the same after returning. Guile, offspeed, grit work better when you can hit 90 on the gun. 85-86, not so much. Haren BP territory.

Mathis is top ranked, but Abreu is a close second. Scioscia was marching this bum out nearly every day hitting third when it was clear to even the Abreu fan club (both of them) he was mush at the plate. Embarrassing. Dipoto finally had enough and sent him packing. Hamilton is doing a pretty good Abreu impression against LHP.

Lets see. You already have more money than you can spend. The guaranteed, long term 7 figure paycheck arrives each month on time, whether you hit or not. Turn the page says the manager with his own huge long term contract, move on to the next paycheck. Fret about losing a few baseball games? Not so much.

Scioscia doesn't have to manage the bullpen tomorrow

move forward and don't wallow

Pujols, apparently certified as 33 by an official Dominican Rep birth cert, continues to look and play like someone 4-5yrs older. Foot pain or whatever, he's playing and creating a big hole in the MOTO. Hamilton, except for "recharge" days is an even bigger MOTO hole, but a happy one. Trout & Trumbo surrounded by happy, black holes, along with the now traditional assortment of poorly hitting catchers, 3B with no power, and a manager with a 10yr contract who's idea of motivation following an embarrassing 4 game sweep by one of the other worst teams in MLB is "move on and don't wallow". True recipe for success.

"move on and don't wallow"...well, finally some motivation from the manager, that should turn this disaster around

So many things wrong with this team, it's difficult to know where to start. Keep Trout, Trumbo, PB, Richards, Weav, perhaps Frieri as a core; everyone else expendable. No sane GM will take Pujols/Hamilton so we're stuck with them. Pretty much like we're stuck with a lifeless manager with his own big long term contract. May take years to fix.

I admire your optimism, but small hope for the future could need a magnifying glass. The rebuild option pretty much fell off the tree with the albatross nest. Hoping for a turnaround with Hamilton and Pujols...well, an expert in this forum stipulates Albert can't possibly be 36-37 because his Dominican Republic birth certificate says so. Ok, well, I agree, he looks closer to 40-45 when he's trying to run/field. Sure, bad feet. Whatever. Hamilton, can he possibly look any worse at the plate? He should be sitting against LHP as a start. Abreu could be an improvement over Hamilton. Difficult to see any silver lining around the albatross nest.

Of course. Everyone knows that Dominican Republic birth certs are unquestionably accurate. Like Danny Almonte's and Edgar Ferreira's.

how true don't want no youngins getting in the way of the Poohoo/Hamilton juggernaut

The debate at hand is predicated on a 33yr old, already in steady decline. If he is closer to 36-37 as some speculate, then it becomes an old guy (in baseball terms) in serious decline. Either way, he currently resembles not much more than a VERY expensive Abreu.

me 2, infinitely more interesting than goober

Houston should petition MLB to play the rest of their games in Anaheim

Yea, I miss goober talking about how great a hitter Poohoo is, that everyone simply needs to "drive the ball", then drone on - from his vast hitting experience - how to hit a junkball lefty.