Fish Oil

I'm hoping that one day MLB will recognize what a truly great player Bonds was. He will always be the poster boy of the steroid era, but underneath all that stuff was one of the all-time greats.

The tragedy of Bonds is he probably would have made the HOF even without the steroids. What the chemicals gave him, possibly, was the ability to withstand the injuries and other rigors of time and the added upper-body strength to power the home runs farther. I don't think steroids can explain his fabulous hand-eye coordination. The guy was a great, great player who got too greedy for more.
 

Ah, Shirley Hardman I remember her. I think she was an Outlaw.
I thought the picture resembled the Blonde Bomber whose real name I don't remember.
Anyone remember Psycho Ronnie Rains? Dude had a great act, first as a heel then a good guy on the T-Birds. lol

No doubt the Angels are a much better team. I think the players believe they can compete for the division title .... for me that’s all that matters. 
 
 

Arte should just post him for $30M and call it a day.

I love AW.com.  You know why?  Everyone here remains calm and is always patient.  We wait for a large sample size to determine if someone is going to make it or they suck.  No one ever jumps to conclusions.  Yup, I love this site.

Nope, he hasn't changed my mind a bit. Kinsler is the type of player that feeds both into and off of his team. The atmosphere he was exposed to last season, being on a nothing team with a loser attitude, was a big part of why he had a down year. I fully expect a return to his career norms and for him to be a big part of a winning and successful season.

Wait.......what?

Wait.......what?

This is a well rounded and versatile team. To say we can't make it to the playoffs without any one particular player is selling the rest of the players a little short.

This is a well rounded and versatile team. To say we can't make it to the playoffs without any one particular player is selling the rest of the players a little short.

This is a well rounded and versatile team. To say we can't make it to the playoffs without any one particular player is selling the rest of the players a little short.

He might say rebuild isn't in our DNA, but since Eppler took over, a rebuild has occured. It's not a fire sale, and purposeful losing, but it was a strict limit on spending, trading for low cost building blocks and accumulating prospects. 
That's how I explain Nava/Gentry, Giavotella, Maybin/Revere. We also traded for Simmons, Heaney and Upton for minimal prospects. We've also somehow retained or brought in Ohtani, Adell, Maitan, Marsh, Barria, Canning, Adell, Hermosillo...
I think Billy Eppler is schooling the rest of baseball on how to conduct a rebuild while maintaining a competitive team. Had Richards, Skaggs, Tropeano, Heaney, Shoe and Meyer not gotten injured, they'd have been a playoff team the last three years.

You may be onto something. 

Haha, a few doses of sub-cooled LOX could make this planet a better place
 

My name is Gary, born in 59, and I've been an Angel fan since they started. Go Gene Autry!!!!!
I'm a senior source inspector with a company that is extending our travel options to space so if anyone would like to nominate a fellow board member to be shipped off on a one-way trip to Mars let me know.

Mr. Kennedy.  I understand you have an interest in delivering a legendary performance. . .

Angels down 4-0 in the bottom of the ninth.
Now leading off for your Angels, Mike Trout. Trout is 3-4 for in the game, two doubles and a triple.
And he Singles to first.
Pinch running for Trout, Eric Young!
Now batting again, Mike Trout!
Triple into the corner, Young scores. 4-1.
Runner on Second. No Outs. Pinch Runner, Kaleb Cowart!
Now Batting for the third time in the inning, Mike Trout! Strike Out, bummer.
Runner still on Second, One Out. Now Batting, Mike Trout!
Home run! Cowart and Trout score!
Angels down 4-3, now batting for your Angels, Miiiiiiiike Trout!
Trout singles from first.
Pinch running is Eric Young!
And you guessed it, Now batting for your Angels, #27, Mike Trout! Trout needs a second HR to hit two cycles in the game, and the pitch....belted high into right field, hits above the line, Angels win 5-4! Trout was 8-9 in the game, with two cycles, and a strikeout!
 
DUMB IDEA. But you know, Trout getting 1400 AB's in a season pretty much kills any record he may not be able to break otherwise.

Am I the only one seeing the O’s trade Machado AND Sisco AND Mullins, and only getting back the up and down Shoe, up and down Bedrosian, and the questionable hitting Cowart?

Prospect: Brandon Marsh Rank: 4 2016: 5 Position(s): Outfielder Level: Rookie Ball Age: Entering Age 20 season in 2018. Height: 6’4” – Weight: 210 lbs Floor: Minor league depth.   Ceiling: All-star starting outfielder.   Likely Outcome: A good starting outfielder in the major leagues.   Summary: Brandon Marsh is one of the few cases where I just can’t figure out what the rest of the prospect world is missing.  I mean here we have a kid that’ built like Josh Hamilton and is yet a teenager with huge power potential and enough speed to make him a five-tool threat.  He also marks off the intangibles….a former standout wide receiver in high school, absolutely loves the game of baseball like Mike Trout and Kole Calhoun do, and he’s absolutely dedicated in the weight room.  And if that weren’t enough, he hit .350 in his first taste of professional baseball.   So why isn’t this kid on every top 100 prospect list?   I can’t answer that, all I can guess is that scouts simply haven’t seen him play as much as others, and the general decade-old stigma that still comes with being drafted by the Angels.   Whatever the case, someday people are going to know about Brandon Marsh, and AngelsWin will have added another name to the list of prospects they knew about long before the rest of the publication even had a clue.   Drafted out of Buford High School inGeorgia in 2016, many of Marsh’s scouting videos were clearly self made.  We didn’t see him show up at any of the usual suspects (Perfect Game, etc).  He was probably too busy making a name for himself on the gridiron.  Whatever the case, he didn’t garner much attention from professional or college scouts until his senior year, and the Angels definitely liked the upside he brought.  He wasn’t a first round pick, and hadn’t been around long enough to make teams feel comfortable with him in the second round, but the Angels saw the chase to get a first round talent in the second round of the draft and took it (very similar to Jahmai Jones who was drafted a year earlier).   There was a bit of a hold up in Marsh signing a professional contract with the Angels however, because of a tree fracture suffered in his back.  While he was looking for an over-slot bonus, the Angels needed to be more confident in him healing before signing him for that much money.  Eventually they agreed to a slot bonus, but with the caveat that Marsh wouldn’t play any baseball until the injury was healed.  So we didn’t get a chance to see Marsh except for a couple snippets during instructional ball, where he really impressed the staff.   That’s when us fans began to realize the Angels may have really found something here in Brandon Marsh.   Marsh’s power likely won’t show up much in the minors, mostly because it’s the last tool to develop and he’ll hit in a series of pitcher friendly parks before reaching AAA Salt Lake, so Marsh may be able to remain under the radar for a while.  But that shouldn’t bother fans.  He has the type of strength and loft in his swing that he should be a consistent 30 HR threat in the major leagues.  Marsh’s bat in the general sense is what we’d consider “very good.”  He can barrel pitches in the zone and is never cheated, despite having a controlled swing.  Brandon also has the type of speed that could result in as many as 40 SB a year, but will likely hover around 20 on an annual basis.   But, if there is one weakness in his game, it’s his plate discipline.  In Marsh’s first taste of rookie ball, he didn’t see many pitches he didn’t like.  So Brandon is susceptible to a good lefty breaking ball or a slider in the dirt.  That will need to change before AA, otherwise Marsh may stall in his development.  Still, givens work ethic and ability, it may only be a matter of time before Marsh’s plate discipline is satisfactory.   What to expect: First and foremost, Marsh needs to stay healthy, which he’ll look to do this next year at Burlington, his first foray into full season ball.  I’ll be closely paying attention to Marsh’s ability to cut down his strikeouts and take a walk.  We already know he can hit, but advanced pitchers might find holes in his approach that others haven’t yet. So I’ll definitely be paying attention to that.  And just for fun, I’ll be peeking at the HR and SB totals, just because having a talent like Marsh is fun for that.   Estimated Time of Arrival: 2021, Brandon’s age 23 season.   Grade as a prospect: B+/A-   Grades Explained: Grade A player is a future superstar.  Grade B player is a future regular.  Grade C is a fringe major leaguer. View the full article

Moustakas was an imperfect fit to begin with. He's a poor defender and this is a team that's as good at run prevention as anyone. He doesn't get on base at a high clip, and this is a team that needs men on, and while he hits for power, because of last year's surge, his HR total is suddenly becoming less and less valuable as we enter a hitter friendly era.
Cozart is a better fit.

Or Pujols was finally healthy enough to train like everyone else rather than rehab an injury, like he has the past two off-seasons. 

Since the Angels are trying to revolutionize roster construction with Ohtani, I think they should allow Cowart to try working as a pitcher. He had a good fastball and may have already been a major league relief pitcher had he gone that way after he was drafted.
It's a longshot that he'll be a star third baseman, though I suppose he could Justin Turner us, eventually. And he is young, but reinventing himself as a hybrid RP/Util guy would be an interesting thought.
Also, I'm bored waiting for spring, so I just threw this at the wall hoping to get some discussion.

I lost my wife to cancer. She was 48.