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That was a ridiculous time to try a squeeze but the execution was awful! I don’t remember a guy trying to squeeze stepping in the bucket while trying to bunt. Randazzo said he would have had to throw his bat to make contact but that is exactly what supposed to happen. Either Wash doesn’t know if the guy can bunt or the guy made a piss poor attempt.

Walking out of the tunnel on the upper deck (1st base side) was also my first memory.  Can't remember the team that Angels were playing but my first look at the green grass and filed was awe inspiring to this 6 yr old,  and unforgettable.
Also remember looking out the back of the top deck to see the disneyland fireworks.

My first game was the Angels and Yankees in the early 70’s. I remember a picture of Mickey Rivers on the cover of the program and then walking through the tunnel to the upper deck and seeing the beautiful green Angel’s stadium grass and the size of the stadium. I just looked at the scene in awe and have loved the Angels since.

My first game was the Angels and Yankees in the early 70’s. I remember a picture of Mickey Rivers on the cover of the program and then walking through the tunnel to the upper deck and seeing the beautiful green Angel’s stadium grass and the size of the stadium. I just looked at the scene in awe and have loved the Angels since.

My first game was the Angels and Yankees in the early 70’s. I remember a picture of Mickey Rivers on the cover of the program and then walking through the tunnel to the upper deck and seeing the beautiful green Angel’s stadium grass and the size of the stadium. I just looked at the scene in awe and have loved the Angels since.

My first game was the Angels and Yankees in the early 70’s. I remember a picture of Mickey Rivers on the cover of the program and then walking through the tunnel to the upper deck and seeing the beautiful green Angel’s stadium grass and the size of the stadium. I just looked at the scene in awe and have loved the Angels since.

My first game was the Angels and Yankees in the early 70’s. I remember a picture of Mickey Rivers on the cover of the program and then walking through the tunnel to the upper deck and seeing the beautiful green Angel’s stadium grass and the size of the stadium. I just looked at the scene in awe and have loved the Angels since.

My first game was the Angels and Yankees in the early 70’s. I remember a picture of Mickey Rivers on the cover of the program and then walking through the tunnel to the upper deck and seeing the beautiful green Angel’s stadium grass and the size of the stadium. I just looked at the scene in awe and have loved the Angels since.

With these types of injuries, the biggest determining factor is whether the ankle was fractured into the joint line of the ankle disrupting the cartilage of the ankle. Very difficult to recover with long term consequences, think Tiger Woods. Also depends on how well the surgeon is able to align the fracture lines. If it happened above the joint, should heal well but the rehab is long.

Sorry son, Ohtani highlights aren't allowed on this forum. Find another place if you want to jerk off to Ohtani accolades on the Dodgers. 

I think Detmers has the best chance to be a sleeper for this team. The pure stuff is there and now just has to put it together with the experience he has gotten. I really think Adell is going to break out this season. Not maybe like a superstar season but one where he is at least an average player. I just really like the reports of how hard he hard he works and just feel like everything comes together.

The interesting part is that if I recall right, his first injury was some type of sprain/strain. Then he got drilled by a fastball in the wrist.  Third injury was fouling a ball off his tibia causing him to miss rest of the season. Not sure how much of his off season training program will help on those last two injuries.

Angels make a trade: everyone bitches about it
angels don’t sign a fa: everyone bitches about it.
angels sign someone: everyone bitches about it. 
angels 1961: bitches about everything all of the time.
 

Do I want Ohtani to get hurt, no. But I will root for him just like I do all the other Dodgers, hoping they all suck!!

I think the talk of Schanuel’s lack of power is just a little premature. The guy is literally just learning hit as a professional barely two months after being drafted. I would definitely give him the benefit of the doubt after showing he did hit for power in college. The bats in college do have some limits to their exit velocity, so they are not completely different from wood bats when barreled up. I think with the fact he has come up and not completely stuck it up means he has some serious bat ball skills, which will translate into more power. Plus, the guy is only 21 years old, and still is a few years from physically maturing. Get him some professional training and professional hitting instruction, should do wonders for him.

The injury that Trout suffered was a piece of the hamate bone was fractured called the hook of the hamate. The surgery took out the piece but the rest of the bone is intact. There is no further risk of injury once he returns.

I unfortunately was at the game and it was just embarrassing. Although, I did get a chance to talk with Kyren Paris’ father before the game. He was obviously very proud of his son and was a very nice guy and am really pulling for Paris to do well

I unfortunately was at the game and it was just embarrassing. Although, I did get a chance to talk with Kyren Paris’ father before the game. He was obviously very proud of his son and was a very nice guy and am really pulling for Paris to do well

Not sure if anyone saw this but last night quite a few of our new draft picks made their debuts in the ACL including our 1st rounder who went 2-3.

I'm not sure why a bunch here keep thinking that what the halos are doing is weird.  And by weird, I presume they mean unconventional or against the grain if you will.  This year seems pretty on par with the last two drafts.  
They did finally take a HS position player this year in Wimmer and another in rd 19.  
Two years ago we had almost no scouting info from the pundits.  Last year it was still pretty limited.  This year there was a ton more.  So I don't think it's Perry and crew doing anything different than they've been doing, it just seems more against the grain this year because others have their conventional scouting info to compare it to.  Good or bad, I think the Angels rely heavily on their spreadsheets.  Which likely included a lot of pitch track and batted ball data that most scouts and very few people in the general pop have.  
I do have some concerns that there might be some 'smartest guy in the room' mentality here.  And for the record, I really don't think the halos are using 'close to the majors' as much as people thing.  College guys just have more data available to evaluate them.  They're just more predictable.  Sure they're gonna take a couple flyers here an there.  
The dogs have a great system because they choose guys who match with the things they value in terms of how they development.   HS players in general are a pretty bad bet.  People still have PTSD from the Dipoto day of the supposed 'high floor low ceiling' approach that essentially amounted to low floor no ceiling.  
Or to put it another way, maybe the approach to getting Zach Neto was a bit of a fluke but to the people that took him he's exactly what they thought he would be.  It might not work as well with Schanuel, but if I'm the Angels I think I'd double down pretty hard on the eval process that got me the last guy.  
One more thing that might be important and we'll use Schanuel as an example even though I don't know the answer and it probably applies to Zach Neto as well.  Not only can you see what the player has done but you can parse out what a player did against them.  Schanuel and Neto came from smaller schools with supposed lesser programs where they likely faced lesser competition.  But not on every pitch they saw.  I guarantee they faced some tough pitchers or more importantly, some tough pitches from guys who probably didn't through tough pitches all that often.  What did those guys do against pitches with major league level vertical and horizontal movement and spin rates and velos?   I have no idea, but I bet the Angels do.  But I bet they would have far less info of that type if at all for HS position players.  
Anyway, I have no idea what info they have, but I guarantee it ain't just a scouting report with 'good face' or 'high ass' checked off.   

I don’t have any problem being disappointed in his play, suspensions and all the rest but this injury is like the last injury getting hit on the wrist by a fastball, bad luck and part of baseball 

I know everyone needs someone to complain about and Pujols isn’t here anymore but to complain that Rendon is not tough enough is just plain ridiculous. It would be like having someone hit you in the tibia with a sledgehammer. Remember the same thing happened to LaStella and broke his tibia. It’s just not a “bruise”.

I know everyone needs someone to complain about and Pujols isn’t here anymore but to complain that Rendon is not tough enough is just plain ridiculous. It would be like having someone hit you in the tibia with a sledgehammer. Remember the same thing happened to LaStella and broke his tibia. It’s just not a “bruise”.

I know everyone needs someone to complain about and Pujols isn’t here anymore but to complain that Rendon is not tough enough is just plain ridiculous. It would be like having someone hit you in the tibia with a sledgehammer. Remember the same thing happened to LaStella and broke his tibia. It’s just not a “bruise”.

I grew up in Bakersfield and the Dodgers had their single A team there. I grew up watching the Angels because of my dad and all my friends were Dodgers fans. In the 70s and early 80s, the Dodgers were good and the Angels not so much. My friends gave me a lot of grief about the Angels so I grew up hating the Dodgers!! And still have two favorite teams, the Angels and whoever the Dodgers are playing😂.