Lazorko Saves

Simba ain't getting so much as a Christmas card after quitting, let alone a check for $18.9m.

Simba ain't getting so much as a Christmas card after quitting, let alone a check for $18.9m.

Simba ain't getting so much as a Christmas card after quitting, let alone a check for $18.9m.

I think the person making the more extraordinary claim is the one who needs to back it up.
The idea that teams selling zero tickets, zero parking spots, zero beers, zero hotdogs, zero fancy sushi in a plastic box, zero buckets of Cathy's Cookies, etc for an entire year...and yet still won't see a significant drop in revenues is a rather extraordinary claim.
I know there's more per-game and playoff TV revenue, but that would be a lot of heavy lifting by a marginal TV revenue boost.
That said, I don't have an opinion on if the Angels will cut payroll also.  Maybe, maybe not.

Actually, I realize now the correct answer is...
 

Actually, I realize now the correct answer is...
 

I think the person making the more extraordinary claim is the one who needs to back it up.
The idea that teams selling zero tickets, zero parking spots, zero beers, zero hotdogs, zero fancy sushi in a plastic box, zero buckets of Cathy's Cookies, etc for an entire year...and yet still won't see a significant drop in revenues is a rather extraordinary claim.
I know there's more per-game and playoff TV revenue, but that would be a lot of heavy lifting by a marginal TV revenue boost.
That said, I don't have an opinion on if the Angels will cut payroll also.  Maybe, maybe not.

I think the person making the more extraordinary claim is the one who needs to back it up.
The idea that teams selling zero tickets, zero parking spots, zero beers, zero hotdogs, zero fancy sushi in a plastic box, zero buckets of Cathy's Cookies, etc for an entire year...and yet still won't see a significant drop in revenues is a rather extraordinary claim.
I know there's more per-game and playoff TV revenue, but that would be a lot of heavy lifting by a marginal TV revenue boost.
That said, I don't have an opinion on if the Angels will cut payroll also.  Maybe, maybe not.

If Arte isn't willing to spend this year than he should never had fired Eppler.

We need to stop with this FA savior thing year after year after year after year....and start developing our own players.  Overpaid and most prime years (if not all) gone.  Identify and draft / Int'l sign players -- and develop them properly.  We will then either have our own or at least have guys we can use as trades to acquire a SP in his prime (mainly the former).  Stop chasing the rabbit -- be the rabbit! 

Like I said, I still got a minor kick out of it.  
Yep, it's a testament to the stuff he did behind the plate that he lasted this long.  Dude will walk away with a full MLB pension and likely transition into coaching.  All while sporting a career .194 average over 16 years.
It's the 16 years that's amazing.

It's more a sing-songy kind of thing, but to be honest, I can't quite get all those notes Julie Andrews could back before her James Earl Jones-ectomy.

Yeah I know, not everyone on the internet can be unfailingly witty and original.
In a moment of seriousness, yes, Mathis is elite defensively.  And some years that positive dWAR overcomes that negative oWAR.  And yes, obviously Mathis does some things managers like that the analytics don't measure.  I think we all get that.
 
But I'm still taking a jab at that career .194 hitter whenever I can.  Especially when we play the Rangers, I can now taunt the Rangers fans by pointing to Stassi and doing the "anything your guy can do, our guy can do better" chant.

Like I said, I like the Mathis jokes, at least those tend to be funny.  This... meh!, but I still got a chuckle.    Nice to meet you Lazorko, your namesake was a fun story

Those kick saves on certain base hits up the middle were awesome.

Yeah I know, not everyone on the internet can be unfailingly witty and original.
In a moment of seriousness, yes, Mathis is elite defensively.  And some years that positive dWAR overcomes that negative oWAR.  And yes, obviously Mathis does some things managers like that the analytics don't measure.  I think we all get that.
 
But I'm still taking a jab at that career .194 hitter whenever I can.  Especially when we play the Rangers, I can now taunt the Rangers fans by pointing to Stassi and doing the "anything your guy can do, our guy can do better" chant.

Sosh's first trade would be Ohtani for Jeff Mathis and a catcher to be named later.

A legend among those of us who did baseball cards as kids....

A legend among those of us who did baseball cards as kids....

A legend among those of us who did baseball cards as kids....

I dont hate Arte, I just have no faith in his ability to see the bigger picture.