Claude

6 hours ago, Lhalo said:

To me it’s about being anti war. I’ve never seen a President show such a strong military posture without invading country after country. I disagree with many of his fiscal policies but he’s got my vote for foreign policy. His stance against the riots is an added bonus. He has my vote this round. 

He says he has a medical plan ready to go but he doesn’t. He wants to wipe out Social Security. He wants his daughter to be the next president. He lies all the time. He continues to deny his suckers and losers comment. His marriage is a fraud. 

Albert's uniform is very clean tonight.

2 minutes ago, Bronson said:

In a full season we are in the hunt for a wild card. 

A full season nets us 68 wins.

1 minute ago, eligrba4ever said:

Balmer looks like he's wondering why it was he spent all that money on building a new arena.

He looks peeved. 

Just now, Jay said:

LOL @ Doc Rivers

He's going to get fired. 

4 minutes ago, FD2You said:

If this this was a New York team.,  the fans would run this team out of town on a rail.    We should demand a lot more.

Different market, different ownership, different expectations.

We're getting Napoli'd by Kole.

13 minutes ago, Jay said:

Too bad there's not a decent crowd on hand to give Calhoun a proper welcome.

 

It's September, there wouldn't be any fans anyway.

Walsh is the word.

Oh well, he's a lame duck.

Trump is getting torched on the President and the People. Everyone needs to watch. 

5 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

You no understand statistics.

We can agree that they were both great players and leave it at that.

Pujols in 2003 & 2004 was at his best. Mike Trout has never put together a season like either of those. 

6 minutes ago, ScottT said:

Ted Williams doesn't compare to Pujols either.

I guess.

Ted Williams can be compared to Mike Trout.

Albert played in 77 postseason games so their careers are not even comparable. Not many players have 19 hr’s and 54 postseason RBI’s and two championships. 

I only wish that guys like Arte would just vote privately and STFU. 

Just another stat that goes unnoticed and what I feel is one of the biggest reasons why Trout gets cheated out of playing in the postseason. 
 

Pujols 2001 - 2010 averaged 187 PA’s wRISP per season.

Trout  2012 - 2019 averaged 143 PA’s wRISP per season. 
 

That’s a huge disparity.

10 hours ago, ukyah said:

 

don't agree with something so obviously wrong. 

the assertion isn't that albert was in decline. the assertion was that albert knew he was in decline, which is a load of bullshit.

also, notice that the numbers that he posted are awesome numbers btw, and he conveniently left out that albert hit 37 homers his last year in stl.

yeah, i'm sure albert was really thinking he was on his way down while he was crushing the ball.

https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/1686314-albert-pujols-bitterness-toward-cardinals-shows-he-regrets-decision-to-leave.amp.html

“It's no secret that Pujols, now 33, is on the decline. His production and performance has dropped off for “four straight seasons” now, following his third MVP campaign—and second straight—in 2009.”

And another story talking about the same thing. 
 

We like the illusion that baseball players can be good until their late 30s or even early 40s. And every now and again, a player like that does come along — you can look at what Ortiz is doing now. But it’s a rare, rare thing. Albert Pujols is doing EXACTLY what the Angels should have expected. They signed a 32-year-old player already showing signs of decline, moved him into a tougher hitters ballpark in a new league. If you take emotion out of the equation and forget that his name is Albert Pujols, his decline into oft-injured designated hitter who hits a few home runs would have been as predictable as the Anaheim weather.

But we can’t just take emotion out — what fun would baseball be without emotion. And so it’s important to remember just how good Pujols was and why the Angels wanted to believe.

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Yep that was exactly my point. Also the no trade clause wouldn’t mean a damn thing if he isn’t any good. 

Yet we have a new thread today describing Pujols “prime years” as 2001-2010.

9 minutes ago, Stradling said:

My favorite part is “He knew that” when the narrative has always been, “Albert still thinks he is a middle of the order bat”

He knew he wasn’t playing as well as he did in the past. The stats pointed towards decline before he signed with the Angels. Arte got caught in the moment and the rest is history. 

Looking forward to the postseason. 
 

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is optimistic about the potential for the league to welcome back fans for the final two rounds of the playoffs.

37 minutes ago, Blarg said:

The Marlins out bid the Angels. 

The Marlins wouldn’t provide a no trade clause and they couldn’t provide a DH spot. Albert would’ve been an even bigger disaster if he had signed with the Marlins. He knew that.