Fish Oil

If Boras plays his waiting game with Cole, I can see the Angels going in another direction. They want him and Anaheim is a logical place for him to land, but given the critical nature of pitching for this team in the upcoming season, I don't see them putting all of their eggs in the Cole basket and waiting for the last minute to see what he decides.

This point is often overlooked. According to Sciocia, both he and Stoneman were summoned to a meeting with Disney officials soon after Disney assumed ownership and were directly told that they wanted a consistent contender to fill the seats, but could not justify the expense of building a championship caliber team. After the meeting, Scioscia and Stoneman met privately and decided they were going to win a world series in spite of what ownership said. The World Series victory is on Scioscia and Stoneman, NOT on Disney.

Dang Chuck, I've put this old body of mine through some serious trauma and never had a bruise like that. Couldn't hurt just to hear what a doctor says.

Had a spam sandwich for lunch yesterday. Good stuff.

We need to stop this from happening again. The next time I'm in Seattle I'll take one for the team and try to steal his passport.

Sounds like Jose Mota moved to Korea and became a sports writer.

Lawrence Taylor once said that he would sometimes stand on the field listening to the roar of the crowd and think to himself that he couldn't wait for his career to be over so he could go back to smoking crack. He had a real problem, but he handled it like a man. I don't hate Hamilton, but I do wish he would have been a stronger person and lived up to his responsibility.

Three points for inventing a new word.

I gave him 70% and two years. He has done a lot of good things for the team and has us heading in the right direction for the first time in a long time. But he's made his share of mistakes. Given what he has accomplished and how far he has brought us, as long as progress continues he shouldn't be held to a "do or die" year.

A sequel to The Shinning will be coming out soon ?

So you don't think 4/5 of the rotation suffering season ending injuries is a valid reason to help explain poor team pitching performance?

I don't usually read books unless they have cute animals. Does this one have a duck wearing a hat? Seriously, great read. Thanks for the hard work.

I was thinking something similar involving the old Aztec practices, but then I realized that's more Dodger fan territory.

Daaaang. 2014 doesn't seem like 18 years ago. Time really flies.

Good for him. I'm pleased that he is getting another shot. He performed well for us and seemed quite capable.

Right? Rentals just became worthless. Just teams looking to shape their roster for next year.

Sounds similar to what I read. Trades can still happen, but the players won't be eligible for the post season.

If this is the real Matt Thaiss that we have been seeing the past couple of weeks, we've got our 3B of the future.

Now there is a redneck word I can get with.

The Angels are on track to become a highly competitive team over the next couple of years and will be built to stay there. There is a 100% chance he plays in numerous playoff games, and there is every reason to believe they experience success. That said, making it to the World Series is a crap shoot as it just depends on who gets hot at the right time. I would say about a 50/50 chance he plays in a WS.

I'm not pretending to be an arm-chair GM, but with my limited knowledge of valuation, no way in hell do I trade Adell for Syndergaard.

It's obviously an exaggerated ask, but you have to start somewhere. I think the Mets would be very lucky to get one of them.

Hermasillo? Sure. We have plenty of good young outfielders. Marsh? I wouldn't say no to that, I would say Hell No!

I think Noe Ramirez wrote a better fight song.

I suppose one could plot some points and extract a derivative, but I could only guess at how they would construct their axes. More than likely it was just the the manager's choice given on the probable outcome of this game, the previous heavy usage, and the upcoming schedule. I haven't noticed many managers charting curves in the dugout, so I'll go with gut instinct as his determining factor. That said, I understand your point.