OldAndInTheWay

Oh shit "closing in" is not "signed".  Oh brother...

Well AO?  Feeling better?

Saw Bob Oliver crush a deep homer late in an extra inning game in '72 with Bobby Winkles managing.  Oliver's homer was the deepest fly I saw until Alex Rodriguez came along and routinely crushed bombs again us. 

3 minutes ago, Hubs said:

Jon Gray is a hard thrower which is what the Angels typically go after. Also they don’t need two more starters. With Sandoval, Suarez, Barria, Detmers, Canning, Naughton, and Junk… plus other minor league guys on their way up… they’ll be fine with one more add.

So which three starters do you want in a playoff series?  

16 minutes ago, Blarg said:

I think the market is in just as much denial as you are and someone with break the $30 million year baseline. I don't want the Angels to be his retirement fund for 3 years. 

Sign Scherzer and enjoy the ride.  It's not our money... and just like Arte, none of us is getting any younger

Scherzer.  Blow the bank!  Finally a TOR ace.

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Arte isn't the GM.

Unless he sees a FA that will bring in gate, then he tells the GM to jump.

3 hours ago, ukyah said:

if i was minasian and i was bidding for the same player, i would make a point to talk about the clubhouse. some things about dipoto are up for debate, but it's an indisputable fact that there are always questions and disharmony between the FO and the clubhouse. that is one of the areas i could take advantage of to create separation between the offers.

Mariners manager Scott Servais has been Jerry DiPoto's guy for 10 years, including his stint as Angels' Asst. GM.  Do spill the beans on the Seattle clubhouse issues.  We love good gossip.

If Noah can pitch half as good as he talks shit we have a stud in the rotation.

6 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Thing.

Touché 

7 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

He's gonna be the big bargain of the off season.  

Agreed.  Can we have nice things too?

5 minutes ago, totdprods said:

I am Twitter famous now.

You're Google famous too.

On 9/18/2021 at 9:21 PM, beatlesrule said:

It's good to read non bias takes and opinions. It's from a reputable website too. I posted another Q & A in the Trout thread.

There are no such thinks as non biased takes.  That is code for the opinions presented don't piss me off.

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Meh, it’s Roger Lodge.

Yeah, he's no Bob Rowe.

That report fires me up!  To hear the respect of a GM that is passionate, quick to the draw, and knowledgeable is GREAT!  

20 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I’d still take Stroman over Ray because I don’t like the idea of 4 lefties in the rotation.  

I'll either because I like the idea of improving our SP.

11 minutes ago, True Grich said:

"Moxie" is going to be the 2022 buzz word 

1 minute ago, Kotchman said:

Desperate is one take but I say this was resourceful. Sometimes the bar isn’t over flowing with super models. Sometimes you have to find the skinniest  chubby girl that is ready to bang. Yes we could have saved our beer money for next weekend but the goal was to bang now. 

Casey, I'm just betting you're divorced one or more times. 

On 11/8/2021 at 4:07 AM, arch stanton said:

 

@arch stanton Great post so apropos of this topic.  Also one of my all time fav's. 

2 hours ago, Jason said:

I’m not new and ok 

The Great Doc Holliday ain't new and not no huckleberry neither.  Purdy good avatar .  

Liked Ervin but his MLB debut was pretty ragged.  Gave up "the cycle" to the first 4 Cleveland Indian batters.  Watched on the hospital TV while waiting for granddaughter #3 to be born.

https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2020/05/tribe-cycles-through-ervin-santanas-debut-on-this-date-in-cleveland-indians-history.html

17 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

best off season ever.  

For me the '76-77 off season was the best.  Signings of free agents Joe Rudi, Don Baylor and Bobby Grich gave the long suffering fans a huge boost.

3 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

A pitcher with two innings pitched the past two seasons, plus generally TJS pitchers pitch okay their first season back.   They spent $21 million for probably just okay.

Can anyone name a TJS pitcher in the past who had a season worthy   of anywhere nears $21 million in today’s dollars?

Hey AO!  Stop pissing in my Cheerios.

1 minute ago, mmc said:

I really do think this is a crucial time for us, the Astros are still great, the A's are on the downturn but still have a history of having surprisingly good seasons despite everyone counting them out, the Mariners won 90 games last year and are clearly on the come-up and willing to spend, and Texas is perhaps a couple of seasons away from being where Seattle is.  Really worried if we don't spend our way out of our consistent 3rd-4th place spot this year we could remain there for quite some time still...

I agree.  But still I wonder, how did Cub fans handle their futility for years?

Just now, Angel Oracle said:

Canning, Canning, Canning

Dude was drafted 4.5 years ago from a major college baseball program, and still hasn’t accomplished a whole lot yet.   When does that start?

I'm okay with Canning starting for another team. Tired of the tease.