tomsred

Harper just cost his team the use of his services for XX games.  Getting yourself injured doesn't advance the team cause.

More Scioscia-Butcher "Magic"..

LAAOFA...where pitchers and catchers come to die.

Do you really believe this stuff?  Wow.

Wow moreno doesn't watch any games does he? Or he doesnt know a damn thing about the game of baseball.

And you do?

Kind of like finding a pearl in a bucket full of smashed oysters.

I don't know how anyone older than around 13 years-old could enjoy listening to Hudler do the games. He comes off sounding like a cheese ball clown. He talks down to the audience and treats the audience like a bunch of 8 year-old little leaguers that have never played baseball before.

+1

How many runners trying to steal 2nd base has he thrown out this season?

"2" - that's 6.7%.  Impressive, huh?

And just to put it in perspective - Mike Sciocia's lifetime caught stealing % = 34%.  Jeff Mathis lifetime = 26%.

Fat Iannetta.  He's Mathis without the pounce, but he scares pitchers enough to walk him, frequently.  For that fact he makes a lot more than Mathis.

Post your predictions here for season game #40, 5/15/13 vs. Kansas City.  Game time is 7:05 pm PST.  Winners from tonight's game #39, 5/14/13 vs. Kansas City are shown below.  The Predictions Scoreboard will be updated after tomorrow night's game.

4 Points, 3 Points, 2 Points

None

1 Point

Jammer36  (Pujols 1 RBI)

Troutipoo27  (Trout 1 HR)

Angels N Skins  (Callaspo 1 single)

Angels_Baseball  (Trout 1 run)

Jimmag  (Hamilton 1 HR)

True Grich  (Hamilton 1 run)

We will definitely look better - on paper anyway.

We did use Segura for a pitcher, Grienke just didn't stay around.

I think they should all stay.  Letting them leave is just letting them off the hook, they need to clean up their own mess.

I'm glad Madson's about ready, we need someone to protect Blanton's leads, .....oh wait.

I was there, but must have missed it.  But then my head was down most of the night avoiding Royal liners.

I was at the game. This team is the worst I have ever seen them and I go back to the 70's.  They don't even dive for the ball to try and get and out. They just let it go through.  As far as Blanton goes they can throw him in the garbage.  Dipoto should be fired over that one.

I was at the game too.  I didn't know you could learn all of that from one game, I'm impressed.

Let him replace Butcher, he can tell the pitchers what not to do.

What's he upset about?  He's a free agent after this year is up, he won't have to clean up his mess.

You don't "fire" people in baseball, you "replace" them.  Given the track record to date, I'm not sure that's a good thing.

Good, I'm looking forward to seeing Iannetta in a Manny wig.

Trout 2-4, 1 single.

Fair enough.

I hope Arte is having fun, because the fans are not.

After the 09 season, Based on the Mathis love affair alone... I would have let Scioscia go.

Arte gave him a lifetime contract instead. Then he promoted a nobody named Reagins to be a front man for Scioscia.

It has been all downhill from there.

Arte has tried hard, and spent money, but his decisions after the 09 season have been mostly disastrous.

One bad move after another. They are piling up on him, and his team sucks, he owes half a billion in bad contracts, that are getting worse, and his stadium is empty.

Yes, I don't own this team...but I could have run it better, and I saw the mistakes he was making, as he was making them.

None of this is hindsight.

I wish I had been wrong.

This team performed quite well after the slow start in 2012.  There were plenty of reasons to be optimistic.  Trout was clicking, Pujols was clicking, and players were settling into defined roles nicely.  I think Arte and DiPoto got a little full of themselves thinking they could change it into something much better, it looks like they could not.  They changed it into something worse, something ugly and inflexible, and Scioscia and his staff can't make soup out of garbage.  That's my take. Who will go and who will stay is up to Arte, it's his team and eventually it will be his decision alone.

Anything will stick to a wall already covered in poop.

Post your predictions here for season game #39, 5/14/13 vs. Kansas City.  Game time is 5/14/13 pm PST.  Winners from tonight's game #38, 5/13/13 vs. Kansas City are shown below.

4 Points, 2 Points

None

3 Points

Jeff S. (Pujols 1-4, 1 RBI)

Troutipoo27  (Trout 1-4, 1 single)

1 Point

AZMike  (Hamilton 1 double)

Jellybean  (Hamilton 1 double)

AngelsAndRamsFan  (Trout 1 run)

tdawg87  (Hamilton 1 single)

paws  (Callaspo 1 single)

Ray McKigney  (Callaspo 1 single)

Well at least everyone can spell correctly.  Three perfect titles.

I know, I took exception with you sometime back, and now you are you are taking out my offense.. in flesh.

Some of you sure love to make things personal around here.

Nippy little poodles, a whole pack of em.

Lifetime and the Mods.

You guys can all cuddle up in a ball and watch this team suck for a 4th straight year, enjoy. At least you all have each other.

Homebrewer, I don't have anything against you.  Not everyone sees situations the same, and there are valid differing opinions throughout this site.  Not everyone agrees how the situation with the team should be corrected.  In the end that is up to Arte to decide, he owns the team, not the fans.

Is there any starting pitcher in the AL worse than Blanton?

Yes, Barry Enright.