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I’d start with getting some pitching , then I’d go get some pitching and after that - some more pitching 

Season over - this year is cancelled really - everything holding off till 2021 - not sure why everyone thinks 2021 will be the magic fix - seems like everyone’s answer is to put life on hold indefinitely.... 

 I hope the passage of a bunch of time will fix this thing but if it doesn’t we might need to learn to live with it in our midst 

6 hours ago, eligrba said:

Sorry, I will use simpler ideas next time. So to summarize your position,  covid is nothing to worry about because of the demographic it kills. Got it.

Good talk.

 

I believe there is a middle ground - is it serious ? Yes , Is it real ? Yes 

 The problem is we keep getting people saying “ it’s too soon “ too soon to be in public , too soon to go to a baseball game , too soon for Disneyland to open etc etc . 

 We hear a lot of “too soons “ if now is too soon when will it be ok ? When there’s a vaccine ? (12-18 months ) when it completely goes away ? ( years ) . We may have to come to grips with reality - this thing is going to be around for a while - so how do we go back to living life with it in our midst ? Let’s take baseball for example - it’s been common opinion that outdoors are safer . So let’s say Angel stadium holds 40,000 ( I should know the capacity ) so what If we capped admission to 10,000 game - leaving 30,000 seats to social distance outside ? 

 We may have to think about things like this if this virus doesn’t go away ( it won’t anytime soon I hate to say - hope I’m wrong ) 

22 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

I believe most everyone has had this virus already, just contracted it or will eventually get and much to their surprise they had little to ZERO symptoms. Testing has ramped up, so there's obviously going to be more cases now than March, April and May. Duh!

There's a 99.8% if you've contracted this virus that you're going to live. If you just got it, the odds are in their favor. So please just stop! 

Unless you're grandma or grandpa or in shitty health, your chances are pretty damn good of surviving this novel flu. But these guys in professional sports don't fit the profile. They're mostly in tip top shape. If they have an underlying health condition, sit the season out. If you're a staff member wear a mask. 

I'll even add, I've read many stories of those in their 90's and a handful in their early 100's that have survived the Corona Virus. 

Everyone needs to chill. 

Agreed Chuck - these are young men in top physical shape they will be ok - the constant charts , graphs and endless predictions are breeding fear . Is this virus real - yes but the reaction is overblown - if we had charts , graphs , endless news stories on every virus we would never leave our homes again. 

8 hours ago, Tank said:

i hope their idiot airline goes belly up. spirit airlines, too.

Agreed - Frontier sucks - I’m a musician and I had to catch a last minute connecting to flight to Nashville last sept - the rate was ok but after paying $100 for my guitar to go in the overhead ( electric guitar in a small case , American and Southwest let me carry it for free ) and other fees it wasn’t worth it 

Honestly there is almost zero point in candidates campaigning- how many Trump voters are going to change their mind and vote for Biden and vice verse - the two sides are so opposite I can’t imagine anyone is changing their mind . I’d be willing to bet that everyone has already made up their mind 

My Trust in the media was never great but not it’s pretty much at zero - so much garbage to sift through 

I’d go to a game - I mean I went to a spring training game at Tempe Diablo on 3/9 it was packed and I survived that - 2 days later it was like the virus magically touched down and all was shut down - this virus has been here for awhile 

Just wait - we will have daily murder hornet press briefings , lockdowns , and I can’t wait for a prominent news anchor to get stung by one and give us the play by play of what he’s going through.... 

Wood 

Reckling 

Richards 

i hesitate to include Kendrick - while He hasn’t become a huge star -although with  the way things went last year for him and looking at his career numbers - he’s had a successful career as a major league player 

On 4/9/2020 at 9:17 AM, Catwhoshatinthehat said:

I'm all for masks or gloves being worn to reduce the spread while higher risk individuals can continue to quarantine.  I understand where the health experts are coming from but it's not feasible to run at say 70% capacity for a year while we hope a vaccine comes along.   

Agreed 

Great signing glad to see this - great to get a top notch player in his prime 

We have a trade deadline - how about a free agent signing deadline ? If spring training starts and you’re not on a team you sit that season out - maybe that would move negotiations a bit 

Gotta spend smart  this off-season you don’t bring in Maddon and surround him with one year contracts with the Harvey , Cahill types etc etc - 

This is good - Callaway is best as a pitching coach and mediocre as a manager 

Great news - I’m excited to see who we bring in playerwise to make 2020 a strong season - great first step 

On 9/25/2019 at 12:05 PM, SoPas Angel said:

That is certainly one possibility with Kendrick.

But another possibility is that people look at the rotation of players the Angels have run out at second base the last five seasons and think to themselves You know, I really didn't appreciate Howie enough when we had him. 

This is my thought exactly - although Fletcher is a solid player at least 

“But I’m the other Howard “.... 

 I was / am a Howie fan - I was bummed when he was no longer an Angel - nice to see him be the one to knock the Dodgers out - here’s hoping he gets a WS ring 

Here’s hoping - I think he’s a good match for us for sure 

So sad - this is crushing sad news - RIP Tyler - gone way too soon 

I watched the footage of the Shoemaker injury - looks like they barely made contact - players sure are fragile these days - I’ve always liked Shoe and wish him the best - would’ve rather he stayed an Angel then the Harvey experiment 

God that was embarrassing 

I feel that Harvey will join the exclusive club that has members such as Josh Hamilton and Vernon Wells .... 

So far so good - now it’s time for Harvey to get it together 

Yes by this time next week