Wallerrrr

Fast food and PB&J sounds f*cking awesome actually

Yes, I interviewed the King of all Fish, Tim Salmon on stage in front of 200 guests afterwards, despite feeling like crap earlier in the day. I also had no voice in the morning. The drink was a savior. :-)

Listening to anyone for three hours a day gets old.

The board would go ape sh*t if wilson was signed by the halos..lol...id love it tho

id make out with that line-up

lmao..awesome

Major kudos to Chuck on breaking this story.  
 
His birdie was right this time!

One night of doing coke with Ron Washington.

Somebody tell sosh "its only spring training"

The Angels apparently enjoy Thai food.

EVEN THOUGH its only spring training....Mike Scioscia and Mike Butcher should be fired
(just wanted to save ya the time angelduck...your welcome)

HA!
http://www.theonion.com/articles/tiger-woods-lindsey-vonn-announce-theyre-just-ordi,31763/

As if that injury couldn't happen during a spring training game. It sucks, but it happens. This doesn't change my stance on letting Angels players play in the WBC.

I don't think it happens in Spring Training or the Regular Season.

The 80% number is not correct and it continues to drop.  
 
The actual break-even point according to most of the hardcore data was right around 68-69%, and that number tended to drop depending on the situation. Even the biggest detractors like Joe Sheehan and Mike Wolverton (who at one time wrote what many considered to be the definitive study on SBs), have come around recently as the value of getting an extra base has increased as power/offense has become harder to obtain.  Look no further than how often the A's try to steal bases now compared to the early 2000s.
 
Ultimately, it's the usage that's always been the rub.   Risk Vs Reward.   As the risk rises, so does that break-even point.

Before we can determine whether or not stolen bases are 'overrated' we must come up with a determination of exactly how people are rating stolen bases...
 
A steal increases a player's chance of scoring around +20%, as in from around 40% to 60% (depending on the base / out scenario).
 
Now these 'new' theories were derived near the height of the offensive era. It is important to realize that as average run scoring goes UP the value of each base goes DOWN, and the value of simply not making an out increases. Think of if this way, if a team had a near 1.000 OBP there would be no difference in the value of different types of hits. The only value is in not making an out, there would be no point in attempting a steal.
 
The last couple of seasons have seen dramatic declines in offense, to the point of being among some of the more pitcher friendly eras of all time. As offense decreases the value of each base increases. Steals are more valuable than ever, and the downside of being thrown out is minimized,
 
At the height of the offensive era the break even point on steal attempts was around >70%, I haven't seen any research on it today but I would wager that it is closer to >60% now.

so your argument isnt that stolen bases are overrated anymore, its that its not worth the risk trying to steal if you are sh*tty at stealing bases?

6 years later and Scott wears the same hat.

Then complain about it in 5 years when he's a $25M bench player instead of making us all suffer through the whining and moaning about Pujols health decline in year 9, while he's still fine to go out there and play.

What about the the guy that won't stop asking ridiculously stupid questions during a meeting? Everybody just wants to get out of the meeting and this one numbskull asks question after question.

And so the bring back Figgins movement begins again...

i think the board would freak out but i think it'd be pretty damn awesome.

I'd actually like to see our ties continue mount up...i feel it keeps the team content; they dont get too cocky or too down on themselves...