Lou E Ville

We're not going to win 95 games. We will struggle mightily to win 90 games. We will get in as one of the two WCs (hopefully) and there will be no pressure on us. I mean, other than the obvious pressure of winning the WC game, but the other team feels the same pressure. Not saying it all means World Series bound, but damn just once I'd like to see us play loosey goosey in the postseason. Seems like the leadoff hitter always craps the bed and that puts pressure on the rest of our lineup.

We'll be lucky to go .500 this month. Which will put us behind somebody (Minnesota? Toronto?) fighting to get in. When the playoffs start, every game will be no different than what they have gone through for two months. Instead of hosting a wild card team having won 98 games. Scioscia's first playoff team there was no pressure on us. We played like it. Almost every time since we've played tight. Offense can't do anything.

...I think this team can do some damage if we just get in. We'll have scraped and clawed to get in, and we'll be more dangerous than we were last year. Discuss.

Relief pitcher has to be Doug Corbett. We traded Tom Brunansky for him in 1982 and he completely crapped the bed. May have cost us the World Series that year.

Fire Trout. When's the last time that underachieving POS hit a home run?

First thing I thought of when I heard his comments was Vladimir Guerrero and his penchant for boneheaded buggery.

Jerky Overrated Schitt Head

I am a direct descendant of Robert The Bruce. I'll not have thee taking umbrage at his name.

I wonder if Dipoto and other GMs fancy themselves as Billy Beane (as played by Brad Pitt) to their own detriment? I'm going to be that guy, when the organization doesn't need that guy. They might need a guy who can get along with the manager.

Those of us who experienced the 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, and 1987-2001 seasons laugh at the notion that this is the worst organization in baseball. We have one of the worst records in the postseason. That I can't argue with.

"As long as Iannetta keeps his fingers, we're okay." -- Mike Scioscia

Josh Hamilton hit 43 home runs the year before we signed him. He was viewed as one of the best comeback stories in sports, someone who threw everything away, but salvaged a career and his life at the last minute. Why some people on here blame Arte for the fact that Hamilton regressed into his former self is beyond me. Arte wanted his team to win. He needed a left handed bat and he needed power. Don't rip an owner who spends money trying to make his team better. Rip the guy who doesn't. He's the one ripping off his fans.

Mike Scioscia to be played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman's ghost. Jerry Dipoto to be played by Brad Pitt. Scioscia: I don't want to go through this again. The lineup card is mine. Dipoto: I didn't build this team for you, Mike. Scioscia: No *&^&.

From twitter. Some guy named Angelsweekly or something like that said he'd heard nothing good about him from inside the Angels organization and the minor league affiliates. Maybe it's best if he move on?

I made the same comparison on twitter. Keeps trying to patch up previous screw-ups publicly.

Josh needs to either focus on baseball right now 100 percent to help himself NOT focus on this OR he needs to retire. In between he's just wasting Arte's money. I'd be pissed if I was Arte, too.

Ventura's got that "Fish stole my bish" look

Hamilton will become a verb. Man, we just got Hamiltoned. Of course, we Angels fans have seen this movie before, but this is a national story.

If anyone in the Yankees front office said anything about ARod (they may have, I don't know), I wouldn't look at it as a bad PR move. I'd look at it as an organization that is right to feel the way it does and say so.

The Angels front office screwed up. What drug addict is going to want to play for this organization now? If someone signed a $125 million dollar contract, sucked for two years and then pulled this crap, I'd be pissed, too. You've got fans who can barely afford to attend your games who, if they tested positive for drugs, would NOT be able to afford the tickets any more. Enough coddling these people. Drug addiction sucks, but if someone gives you a chance you don't take a crap all over them. I speak from experience here. Gave a buddy of mine a break and he screwed me over. He picked drugs over our friendship, and Josh picked drugs over his responsibilities to the Angels team and organization. I say hear hear to the Angels execs calling him out on it.

I always thought he and Josh Hamilton favored each other. To think we got more out of Farrell this year than we'll probably get out of Hamilton.

1979, the Angels were playing three in Kansas City and I happened to be there. The Royals won one game 14-2 and everyone was giving me grief about it. The next night we beat them 16-4.

I'd like to be at Game Two of the ALCS against the Yankees. When ARod came up in the ninth I'd yell at Fuentes when he got to 0-2 on him not to give him anything to hit. Also, I'd like to be at that dreaded game in 1986. I'd tell Gary Lucas not to pitch Rich Gedman inside.

Miracle on Ice Rams Super Bowl win 2002 Game Seven 2002 Game Five against Twins 2002 Game Four against Yanks Game Three in Fenway when we swept the Chowds