PattyD22

The Dodgers and their fans rolled into Anaheim with their sea of blue, their fans bravado, and their "LET'S GO DOD-GERS" chant.  It actually had a playoff style environment last night.  The crowd was the biggest I've seen in years and while the Dodger fans were loud, I didn't see any extra curricular stuff in the stands.
When the Dodgers went up 3-0, I honestly felt the game was going to get bad quick, but credit to Canning, who settled down and really pitched his ass off.  When Kole hit that home run, it got substantially more quiet, yet I think the Dodger fans thought they clearly had this game in the bag.  The middle innings, the pitchers settled in and the Dodger fans started their cheers again.  
That's when the magic of the 7th inning happened.  Apparently, Dodger fans aren't exactly thrilled with Dylan Floro.  He's probably the equivalent of Justin Anderson for the Dodgers.  Hard throwing guy, but makes mistakes.  The Dodger fans behind me were already nervous when Trout came to the plate.  When Trout hit that bomb (with 2 strikes on him), the stadium was as loud as it was since 2002 when Speiz hit his HR.  The place went nuts and it was awesome to hear the Dodger fans in their stunned silence.  The only thing that was better, was when Joe Kelly came in.  THAT'S when the REAL Dodger fan bitching started and it was awesome.
To score 2 runs on 0 hits was insane, but to watch the Dodgers simply implode was even better.  And their fans.....holy crap.  You would have thought this was the World Series again.  Cussing, complaining, and heading for the exits.
Of course as Angel fans, nothing is ever easy for us with our bullpen and Ty Buttrey and Hansel Robles sure made things uneasy.  But I give credit where credit is due.  The entire bullpen, including Cam Bedrosian, stepped up and did the job.  It was a great win last night.  Yes, it's only one game, and yes, we're still under .500, but the atmosphere and the environment took me back to the days when that was the normal at Anaheim Stadium.
And it was fun for once.  

Let's not start this again.  I'll agree it was a great game, as it always is when the Angels beat the Dodgers and their goofy fans, but we all saw what happened last week when the Angels erased a 7-1 lead against a division foe, then proceeded to shit the bed for the next 3.

The Dodgers and their fans rolled into Anaheim with their sea of blue, their fans bravado, and their "LET'S GO DOD-GERS" chant.  It actually had a playoff style environment last night.  The crowd was the biggest I've seen in years and while the Dodger fans were loud, I didn't see any extra curricular stuff in the stands.
When the Dodgers went up 3-0, I honestly felt the game was going to get bad quick, but credit to Canning, who settled down and really pitched his ass off.  When Kole hit that home run, it got substantially more quiet, yet I think the Dodger fans thought they clearly had this game in the bag.  The middle innings, the pitchers settled in and the Dodger fans started their cheers again.  
That's when the magic of the 7th inning happened.  Apparently, Dodger fans aren't exactly thrilled with Dylan Floro.  He's probably the equivalent of Justin Anderson for the Dodgers.  Hard throwing guy, but makes mistakes.  The Dodger fans behind me were already nervous when Trout came to the plate.  When Trout hit that bomb (with 2 strikes on him), the stadium was as loud as it was since 2002 when Speiz hit his HR.  The place went nuts and it was awesome to hear the Dodger fans in their stunned silence.  The only thing that was better, was when Joe Kelly came in.  THAT'S when the REAL Dodger fan bitching started and it was awesome.
To score 2 runs on 0 hits was insane, but to watch the Dodgers simply implode was even better.  And their fans.....holy crap.  You would have thought this was the World Series again.  Cussing, complaining, and heading for the exits.
Of course as Angel fans, nothing is ever easy for us with our bullpen and Ty Buttrey and Hansel Robles sure made things uneasy.  But I give credit where credit is due.  The entire bullpen, including Cam Bedrosian, stepped up and did the job.  It was a great win last night.  Yes, it's only one game, and yes, we're still under .500, but the atmosphere and the environment took me back to the days when that was the normal at Anaheim Stadium.
And it was fun for once.  

The Dodgers and their fans rolled into Anaheim with their sea of blue, their fans bravado, and their "LET'S GO DOD-GERS" chant.  It actually had a playoff style environment last night.  The crowd was the biggest I've seen in years and while the Dodger fans were loud, I didn't see any extra curricular stuff in the stands.
When the Dodgers went up 3-0, I honestly felt the game was going to get bad quick, but credit to Canning, who settled down and really pitched his ass off.  When Kole hit that home run, it got substantially more quiet, yet I think the Dodger fans thought they clearly had this game in the bag.  The middle innings, the pitchers settled in and the Dodger fans started their cheers again.  
That's when the magic of the 7th inning happened.  Apparently, Dodger fans aren't exactly thrilled with Dylan Floro.  He's probably the equivalent of Justin Anderson for the Dodgers.  Hard throwing guy, but makes mistakes.  The Dodger fans behind me were already nervous when Trout came to the plate.  When Trout hit that bomb (with 2 strikes on him), the stadium was as loud as it was since 2002 when Speiz hit his HR.  The place went nuts and it was awesome to hear the Dodger fans in their stunned silence.  The only thing that was better, was when Joe Kelly came in.  THAT'S when the REAL Dodger fan bitching started and it was awesome.
To score 2 runs on 0 hits was insane, but to watch the Dodgers simply implode was even better.  And their fans.....holy crap.  You would have thought this was the World Series again.  Cussing, complaining, and heading for the exits.
Of course as Angel fans, nothing is ever easy for us with our bullpen and Ty Buttrey and Hansel Robles sure made things uneasy.  But I give credit where credit is due.  The entire bullpen, including Cam Bedrosian, stepped up and did the job.  It was a great win last night.  Yes, it's only one game, and yes, we're still under .500, but the atmosphere and the environment took me back to the days when that was the normal at Anaheim Stadium.
And it was fun for once.  

It was a clusterfuck in the last few innings, but ill take it.
Great to see Canning get over the nerves and settle down.

It took foreverrrrrrrrrr to get in the parking lot yesterday. Maybe we've been wrong and Chavez Latrine hasn't had a bad parking situation all along but it's just the retarded Doyyer fans who don't know how to drive to and from a stadium.
Or maybe...

The Dodgers and their fans rolled into Anaheim with their sea of blue, their fans bravado, and their "LET'S GO DOD-GERS" chant.  It actually had a playoff style environment last night.  The crowd was the biggest I've seen in years and while the Dodger fans were loud, I didn't see any extra curricular stuff in the stands.
When the Dodgers went up 3-0, I honestly felt the game was going to get bad quick, but credit to Canning, who settled down and really pitched his ass off.  When Kole hit that home run, it got substantially more quiet, yet I think the Dodger fans thought they clearly had this game in the bag.  The middle innings, the pitchers settled in and the Dodger fans started their cheers again.  
That's when the magic of the 7th inning happened.  Apparently, Dodger fans aren't exactly thrilled with Dylan Floro.  He's probably the equivalent of Justin Anderson for the Dodgers.  Hard throwing guy, but makes mistakes.  The Dodger fans behind me were already nervous when Trout came to the plate.  When Trout hit that bomb (with 2 strikes on him), the stadium was as loud as it was since 2002 when Speiz hit his HR.  The place went nuts and it was awesome to hear the Dodger fans in their stunned silence.  The only thing that was better, was when Joe Kelly came in.  THAT'S when the REAL Dodger fan bitching started and it was awesome.
To score 2 runs on 0 hits was insane, but to watch the Dodgers simply implode was even better.  And their fans.....holy crap.  You would have thought this was the World Series again.  Cussing, complaining, and heading for the exits.
Of course as Angel fans, nothing is ever easy for us with our bullpen and Ty Buttrey and Hansel Robles sure made things uneasy.  But I give credit where credit is due.  The entire bullpen, including Cam Bedrosian, stepped up and did the job.  It was a great win last night.  Yes, it's only one game, and yes, we're still under .500, but the atmosphere and the environment took me back to the days when that was the normal at Anaheim Stadium.
And it was fun for once.  

The Dodgers and their fans rolled into Anaheim with their sea of blue, their fans bravado, and their "LET'S GO DOD-GERS" chant.  It actually had a playoff style environment last night.  The crowd was the biggest I've seen in years and while the Dodger fans were loud, I didn't see any extra curricular stuff in the stands.
When the Dodgers went up 3-0, I honestly felt the game was going to get bad quick, but credit to Canning, who settled down and really pitched his ass off.  When Kole hit that home run, it got substantially more quiet, yet I think the Dodger fans thought they clearly had this game in the bag.  The middle innings, the pitchers settled in and the Dodger fans started their cheers again.  
That's when the magic of the 7th inning happened.  Apparently, Dodger fans aren't exactly thrilled with Dylan Floro.  He's probably the equivalent of Justin Anderson for the Dodgers.  Hard throwing guy, but makes mistakes.  The Dodger fans behind me were already nervous when Trout came to the plate.  When Trout hit that bomb (with 2 strikes on him), the stadium was as loud as it was since 2002 when Speiz hit his HR.  The place went nuts and it was awesome to hear the Dodger fans in their stunned silence.  The only thing that was better, was when Joe Kelly came in.  THAT'S when the REAL Dodger fan bitching started and it was awesome.
To score 2 runs on 0 hits was insane, but to watch the Dodgers simply implode was even better.  And their fans.....holy crap.  You would have thought this was the World Series again.  Cussing, complaining, and heading for the exits.
Of course as Angel fans, nothing is ever easy for us with our bullpen and Ty Buttrey and Hansel Robles sure made things uneasy.  But I give credit where credit is due.  The entire bullpen, including Cam Bedrosian, stepped up and did the job.  It was a great win last night.  Yes, it's only one game, and yes, we're still under .500, but the atmosphere and the environment took me back to the days when that was the normal at Anaheim Stadium.
And it was fun for once.  

The Dodgers and their fans rolled into Anaheim with their sea of blue, their fans bravado, and their "LET'S GO DOD-GERS" chant.  It actually had a playoff style environment last night.  The crowd was the biggest I've seen in years and while the Dodger fans were loud, I didn't see any extra curricular stuff in the stands.
When the Dodgers went up 3-0, I honestly felt the game was going to get bad quick, but credit to Canning, who settled down and really pitched his ass off.  When Kole hit that home run, it got substantially more quiet, yet I think the Dodger fans thought they clearly had this game in the bag.  The middle innings, the pitchers settled in and the Dodger fans started their cheers again.  
That's when the magic of the 7th inning happened.  Apparently, Dodger fans aren't exactly thrilled with Dylan Floro.  He's probably the equivalent of Justin Anderson for the Dodgers.  Hard throwing guy, but makes mistakes.  The Dodger fans behind me were already nervous when Trout came to the plate.  When Trout hit that bomb (with 2 strikes on him), the stadium was as loud as it was since 2002 when Speiz hit his HR.  The place went nuts and it was awesome to hear the Dodger fans in their stunned silence.  The only thing that was better, was when Joe Kelly came in.  THAT'S when the REAL Dodger fan bitching started and it was awesome.
To score 2 runs on 0 hits was insane, but to watch the Dodgers simply implode was even better.  And their fans.....holy crap.  You would have thought this was the World Series again.  Cussing, complaining, and heading for the exits.
Of course as Angel fans, nothing is ever easy for us with our bullpen and Ty Buttrey and Hansel Robles sure made things uneasy.  But I give credit where credit is due.  The entire bullpen, including Cam Bedrosian, stepped up and did the job.  It was a great win last night.  Yes, it's only one game, and yes, we're still under .500, but the atmosphere and the environment took me back to the days when that was the normal at Anaheim Stadium.
And it was fun for once.  

The Dodgers and their fans rolled into Anaheim with their sea of blue, their fans bravado, and their "LET'S GO DOD-GERS" chant.  It actually had a playoff style environment last night.  The crowd was the biggest I've seen in years and while the Dodger fans were loud, I didn't see any extra curricular stuff in the stands.
When the Dodgers went up 3-0, I honestly felt the game was going to get bad quick, but credit to Canning, who settled down and really pitched his ass off.  When Kole hit that home run, it got substantially more quiet, yet I think the Dodger fans thought they clearly had this game in the bag.  The middle innings, the pitchers settled in and the Dodger fans started their cheers again.  
That's when the magic of the 7th inning happened.  Apparently, Dodger fans aren't exactly thrilled with Dylan Floro.  He's probably the equivalent of Justin Anderson for the Dodgers.  Hard throwing guy, but makes mistakes.  The Dodger fans behind me were already nervous when Trout came to the plate.  When Trout hit that bomb (with 2 strikes on him), the stadium was as loud as it was since 2002 when Speiz hit his HR.  The place went nuts and it was awesome to hear the Dodger fans in their stunned silence.  The only thing that was better, was when Joe Kelly came in.  THAT'S when the REAL Dodger fan bitching started and it was awesome.
To score 2 runs on 0 hits was insane, but to watch the Dodgers simply implode was even better.  And their fans.....holy crap.  You would have thought this was the World Series again.  Cussing, complaining, and heading for the exits.
Of course as Angel fans, nothing is ever easy for us with our bullpen and Ty Buttrey and Hansel Robles sure made things uneasy.  But I give credit where credit is due.  The entire bullpen, including Cam Bedrosian, stepped up and did the job.  It was a great win last night.  Yes, it's only one game, and yes, we're still under .500, but the atmosphere and the environment took me back to the days when that was the normal at Anaheim Stadium.
And it was fun for once.  

Hell yeah. Awesome win tonight guys in a hostile environment in our own stadium. 
Awesome

I certainly don’t want to be an antagonist on this site, nor this thread.  We love being season ticket holders, and we even love these rivalry games.  It reminds me of when we used to be relevant, and the Yankee, Red Sox and hell, even the Ranger games were crazy.  Regardless, it’s nice to see the stadium filled and loud like the old days.
the only thing missing is thunder sticks and victories 

Hell yeah. Awesome win tonight guys in a hostile environment in our own stadium. 
Awesome

I certainly don’t want to be an antagonist on this site, nor this thread.  We love being season ticket holders, and we even love these rivalry games.  It reminds me of when we used to be relevant, and the Yankee, Red Sox and hell, even the Ranger games were crazy.  Regardless, it’s nice to see the stadium filled and loud like the old days.
the only thing missing is thunder sticks and victories 

I certainly don’t want to be an antagonist on this site, nor this thread.  We love being season ticket holders, and we even love these rivalry games.  It reminds me of when we used to be relevant, and the Yankee, Red Sox and hell, even the Ranger games were crazy.  Regardless, it’s nice to see the stadium filled and loud like the old days.
the only thing missing is thunder sticks and victories 

I certainly don’t want to be an antagonist on this site, nor this thread.  We love being season ticket holders, and we even love these rivalry games.  It reminds me of when we used to be relevant, and the Yankee, Red Sox and hell, even the Ranger games were crazy.  Regardless, it’s nice to see the stadium filled and loud like the old days.
the only thing missing is thunder sticks and victories 

It’s a steady stream of blue in the right field reserved parking lot.  As expected.  
Obviously here to see Tommy LaStella

I seriously want to punch my fellow season ticket holders in my section for selling their seats.  A holes.  I’m surrounded by idiocy 

Hell yeah Kole.  Shut these A Holes up for a bit

It’s threads like this that make this site so great.  I love the information from people who know what they’re talking about and who do diligent research for the rest of us.
kudos Second Base and Angelsjunky.  Thanks

I'm an old school baseball fan and I don't really know or follow the sabermetrics of spin rates, launch angles, and exit velocities.
All I know is this staff is handing out home run souvenirs at a near record pace.  There should be warning signs out there

It’s threads like this that make this site so great.  I love the information from people who know what they’re talking about and who do diligent research for the rest of us.
kudos Second Base and Angelsjunky.  Thanks

It’s threads like this that make this site so great.  I love the information from people who know what they’re talking about and who do diligent research for the rest of us.
kudos Second Base and Angelsjunky.  Thanks

Nice post, Scotty, but you might want to do the same exercise for the five-year span previous to that, as it usually takes at least a few years for most draftees to reach the majors. So if we go back to 2009, when Trout was drafted:
2009: 1st - Grichuk, Trout; 1st Sup - Skaggs, Richards, Kehrer; 2nd - Corbin
One of the greatest drafts in baseball history? You've got one generational talent, one #2 starter, one very good but injury plagued starter, one middle-rotation injury-plagued starter, one average regular outfielder, and one flame out. That's 5 of 6 in the majors right now as regulars. Total bWAR: 102.2 (!!!).
2010: 1st - Cowart, Bedrosian, Clarke; 1st Sup - Lindsey, Bolden; 2nd - Tillman
 The Force seems to want to bring balance to the universe. Total bWAR: -0.4.
2011: 1st - Cron
A mediocre pick, but he's doing fairly well now. Total bWAR: 6.4
2012: No 1st or 2nd round picks.
But we got Pujols. And CJ.
2013: 2nd - H Greene
But we got Josh!
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An interesting trajectory. 2009 was very possibly the best first two rounds in draft history, 2010 possibly the worst. 2011-13 were essentially lost drafts due to poor free agent choices. 2014 was OK, pretty good if you consider Newcombe got us Simba. 2015-16 look like mixed bags - to be determined. 2017 was terrific, and it is too soon to tell with 2018-19.