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Perhaps old news - but I just saw it on NetFlix - get documentary -- our pal (formerly. Pinetar here - Rob Goldman - author of "when they  were Angels' and also a book about. Nolan Ryan is in the documentary quite. a bit - talking about his. days as an Angels bat boy and about watching Nolan Ryan    Anyway, it's a great documentary about one of. MLB's greatest pitchers of all time,
It talks about Ryan's Texas roots -- and the documentary made me more understanding why it's OK for Nolan Ryan to be wearing a. Texas cap in the HOF -- even if his best seasons and best stats. were during his Angels years --  although. - as the documentary points out -- Ryan had some great stats from age 35 to almost 44. and pitched as well during those years than almost any time of his. career.
I. really enjoyed the documentary  --everybody here probably watched it long ago.

2006 doesn't seem that long ago --  GEEZ -  how true. -  TIME FLIES.  And Howie Kendrick !!  Always liked the way he played.   An All Time Halo. 

2006 doesn't seem that long ago --  GEEZ -  how true. -  TIME FLIES.  And Howie Kendrick !!  Always liked the way he played.   An All Time Halo. 

2006 doesn't seem that long ago --  GEEZ -  how true. -  TIME FLIES.  And Howie Kendrick !!  Always liked the way he played.   An All Time Halo. 

In 2006 I was working on a project in Dallas.  Fortunately there was another guy on the project that was an Angels fan.  When he found out I was also a fan he asked if I spent any time on the Angelswin site.  I had never heard of it.  I am very thankful that he told me about AW.
I recall that one of the topics he and I discussed was the future of Howie Kendrick. 
2006 doesn't seem that long ago.

Or the OMB.  Anyone remember _____? 
 

You're welcome, @Lhalo!! The ESPN Boards inspired me to doing something much better, so they get some credit. 

My son doing some of these graphics kind of speaks to the life moments everyone has shared together on this website.  Chase is 15, so we were only 5 year into the AW journey when he was born.  That he's now contributing to the AngelsWin by doing graphics with the other guys is just crazy to me ... but I love it!
 

Big shoutout to @TroutBaseball, @rossleigber & @Spirit's son Chase for their help on the graphics. 
Here's all them if you wish to share them on social media or elsewhere. We are definitely going to do t-shirts too! 








 

 

 

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I really felt he was Los Angeles Dodgers bound for at least a year now, if not longer.
He should have been dealt at deadline time to a team that could have competed with the Dodgers to sign him long term.
We would have gotten some top notch pitching prospects and the team that acquired him (Yankees, Seattle, SF ?) would have gotten not only a very valuable player for the stretch run -- but also two plus months to convince Ohtani to sign with them instead of Los Angeles.
I said that then back before deadline - so no Monday morning quarterbacking here.

I really felt he was Los Angeles Dodgers bound for at least a year now, if not longer.
He should have been dealt at deadline time to a team that could have competed with the Dodgers to sign him long term.
We would have gotten some top notch pitching prospects and the team that acquired him (Yankees, Seattle, SF ?) would have gotten not only a very valuable player for the stretch run -- but also two plus months to convince Ohtani to sign with them instead of Los Angeles.
I said that then back before deadline - so no Monday morning quarterbacking here.

I really felt he was Los Angeles Dodgers bound for at least a year now, if not longer.
He should have been dealt at deadline time to a team that could have competed with the Dodgers to sign him long term.
We would have gotten some top notch pitching prospects and the team that acquired him (Yankees, Seattle, SF ?) would have gotten not only a very valuable player for the stretch run -- but also two plus months to convince Ohtani to sign with them instead of Los Angeles.
I said that then back before deadline - so no Monday morning quarterbacking here.

I really felt he was Los Angeles Dodgers bound for at least a year now, if not longer.
He should have been dealt at deadline time to a team that could have competed with the Dodgers to sign him long term.
We would have gotten some top notch pitching prospects and the team that acquired him (Yankees, Seattle, SF ?) would have gotten not only a very valuable player for the stretch run -- but also two plus months to convince Ohtani to sign with them instead of Los Angeles.
I said that then back before deadline - so no Monday morning quarterbacking here.

I really felt he was Los Angeles Dodgers bound for at least a year now, if not longer.
He should have been dealt at deadline time to a team that could have competed with the Dodgers to sign him long term.
We would have gotten some top notch pitching prospects and the team that acquired him (Yankees, Seattle, SF ?) would have gotten not only a very valuable player for the stretch run -- but also two plus months to convince Ohtani to sign with them instead of Los Angeles.
I said that then back before deadline - so no Monday morning quarterbacking here.

this NEWS JUST IN.
A bunch of us have been saying. here for about. a year now that Ohtani would be a Dodger in 2024.
the only question was - how much.  $700 million about $200 million more. than I expected
I felt then and feel now that we should have traded Ohtani for pitching at the deadline played the Dodgers off the Yankees, maybe Giants -who-ever the Dodgers biggest competition was to signing Ohtani (I would have never guessed Toronto. They weren't even on the.  radar until  ten days ago). You. could have gotten any of. those teams to way over pay for an. Ohtani rental for the stretch run/ playoff (Dodgers could have used  him but he wasn't pitching - even back then at deadline  time) plus had a leg up to talking to him and signing long term.
Oh. well, water under the bridge,.
The real prize in FA. this off season has. yet to sign - Yamamoto the. Japanese. starting pitcher. -- may be a better. FA for 2024 then. Ohtani -  limited to DH

another question about this -- did y'all see the Dodger website posting. -- and I mean the team site posting its own story not some random poster and not  the. MLB.com site "plane to Toronto' guy -- the. Dodgers PR dept. put out a story Friday night that the Dodgers. were OUT and that Ohtani was entertaining an offer from Toronto.
I saw that - folks forwarded it all over the place - and immediately thought  it was a Dodger head fake - perhaps demanded by Ohtani's people to make up for Manager Roberts' comments earlier in the. week that Ohtani took exception to. -- remember - this is a weird FA negotiation - the player wants NO NEWS OUT, NO LEAKS - and Roberts' comments violated Ohtani's rule -- and Ohtani's way of enforcement is - if you leak news of any sort - I'm not signing with you.
 
So - if it was FAKE NEWS generated by the. Dodgers PR office  - should the commissioner's office. take action? Or is this the start of FAKE NEWS being generated by teams to impact FA market?
Boras and. other agents. used this tactic - send out news that teams A, B and C are expressing interest in his client so that Boras can pressure team D.

this NEWS JUST IN.
A bunch of us have been saying. here for about. a year now that Ohtani would be a Dodger in 2024.
the only question was - how much.  $700 million about $200 million more. than I expected
I felt then and feel now that we should have traded Ohtani for pitching at the deadline played the Dodgers off the Yankees, maybe Giants -who-ever the Dodgers biggest competition was to signing Ohtani (I would have never guessed Toronto. They weren't even on the.  radar until  ten days ago). You. could have gotten any of. those teams to way over pay for an. Ohtani rental for the stretch run/ playoff (Dodgers could have used  him but he wasn't pitching - even back then at deadline  time) plus had a leg up to talking to him and signing long term.
Oh. well, water under the bridge,.
The real prize in FA. this off season has. yet to sign - Yamamoto the. Japanese. starting pitcher. -- may be a better. FA for 2024 then. Ohtani -  limited to DH

another question about this -- did y'all see the Dodger website posting. -- and I mean the team site posting its own story not some random poster and not  the. MLB.com site "plane to Toronto' guy -- the. Dodgers PR dept. put out a story Friday night that the Dodgers. were OUT and that Ohtani was entertaining an offer from Toronto.
I saw that - folks forwarded it all over the place - and immediately thought  it was a Dodger head fake - perhaps demanded by Ohtani's people to make up for Manager Roberts' comments earlier in the. week that Ohtani took exception to. -- remember - this is a weird FA negotiation - the player wants NO NEWS OUT, NO LEAKS - and Roberts' comments violated Ohtani's rule -- and Ohtani's way of enforcement is - if you leak news of any sort - I'm not signing with you.
 
So - if it was FAKE NEWS generated by the. Dodgers PR office  - should the commissioner's office. take action? Or is this the start of FAKE NEWS being generated by teams to impact FA market?
Boras and. other agents. used this tactic - send out news that teams A, B and C are expressing interest in his client so that Boras can pressure team D.

Trout era in five words:   Out of Contention, No Playoffs

Just hoping he can play a full season -- at least 150 games.  If he does, he will hit about .285, 35 HRs - 105 RBI and I'd like to see him steal Moree bases (20 on the season would be nice) but that's probably not happening.

warming up a bit to Washington as manager.
wish he were a tad bit young than 71 but oh well.
the reaction around the league and with players seems positive.

The first words out of my mouth when I read this were, "Oh holy f##k!  I hope, as a lifelong Angels fan, that I'm wrong.

Baseball and the MLB media have no one to blame but themselves... the foam at the mouth constantly talking about the same teams while ignoring the bulk of the league so when the also rans have success they generated no interest in them.
MLB network might as well be YES 2 most of the time when it should be going out of its way to talk about the entire league.. but that doesnt help their ratings, and thats all that matters even when they shoot themselves in the foot 

Yep. The powers that be are still making billions of dollars, so there's very little incentive to change the system until it collapses on its own.