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....or this just punched Pete Rose's ticket into Cooperstown.   What he did was child's play comparatively.

Yeah, that was IMO again Bill Stoneman.  Stoneman had to have been a difficult guy to bargain with, he essentially drew a line in the sand and wouldn't cross it.  I think his tendency to know when to say "no", is why Arte didn't try his usual BS on him.  
The thing that set Stoneman aside from the guys that followed him was his absolute commitment to the farm system. People forget or maybe just don't know how much money Stoneman dumped into the system -- he consistently spent first round money on guys taken in the middle of the draft and on draft and follow types. Mark Trumbo was taken in the 18th round because of signability concerns and a college commitment to USC. Nick Adenhart was taken in the 14th or 15th round after having been considered a potential 1-1 pick. Adenhart's selection raised eyebrows because he had gone down to Tommy John surgery in HS but Stoneman convinced the family that his best shot at making a full recovery was to have him be taken care of by the Angels medical staff.  Weaver, Adenhart, Trumbo were all taken in 2004.   
Stoneman swung and missed on other guys but at least they tried. Chris Davis, Buster Posey, Kyle Hendricks, Brian Matusz, Matt Harvey, Brandon Morrow, were all HS guys Stoneman attempted to throw money at, as were touted college FB guys Patrick White and Jake Locker. Some have attempted to lay the blame on Arte for not allowing him to offer more, but the reality is Stoneman was able to take more of those risks and offer more under Arte than he had at any point under Disney.
Stoneman is the single most impactful person in Angels history other than the guy that set out to get the radio rights to an expansion team and ended up a MLB owner.

2002 we lost to Cleveland opening day. Then went 6-14. The rest is history.

I miss Bill Stoneman. 

Heyman is such a Boras suckup.

The offense has flat out been ass all spring. 
 
im not feeling super comfortable with any aspect of this team right now. 

Or Boras is using the media.  

I have to disagree. 
it's a short term deal. 3 years is  good deal considering Snell's age and injury history. 
there's enough money left where you can offer Snell that 35 mil year one, and work out the other 2 years without have issues with money. 
if he decides to opt-out it works for us aswell with the crop of free agents next year. If he gets hurt or underperforms.... well we out of that contract in 3 years instead of 5 or 6 years. 

This is exactly the type of deal the Angels should NOT offer Snell, in my opinion. There's zero upside in this deal for the Angels.

Only thing worse that that would be Lodge teaming up with Patrick O' Neal.

Only thing worse that that would be Lodge teaming up with Patrick O' Neal.

Lodge, Valentine, and O’Neal

Only thing worse that that would be Lodge teaming up with Patrick O' Neal.

Only thing worse that that would be Lodge teaming up with Patrick O' Neal.

Only thing worse that that would be Lodge teaming up with Patrick O' Neal.

I love that they still have Rada getting time with the main team. 

Not at 7 mill

I don’t think he’s getting $25 million a year 

They owe him the money on his contract and he's already cleared waivers, so I'm sure they'll just leave him at AAA for a while to see what happens.  No harm in it, really.

Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building

Yeah, they already have the Eiffel Tower and a pyramid.

The reality is almost any player could skip a few days for tightness and it's a complete non story. Rendon has brought attention to himself to where things like this become fodder. 

I kinda like it in the sense that it fits everything fake about Vegas.