Ray McKigney

Anything is better than the red ones

Im the total opposite. I love the red jerseys. (But if you look at the jersey thread, also like the ugly jerseys from the past, so maybe thats it)

Yeah, if you ever want to get rid of that, let me know.  Been looking for that specific jersey/brand from the early 2002 season.  

Anything is better than the red ones

This is funny. Not a bad song. Terrible video, but Alex's performance makes it worth the watch.
 

She's #1

Anything is better than the red ones

Anything is better than the red ones

Anything is better than the red ones

Boone was 34 when he signed with the Angels...he was a key part of the 82 and 86 pennant winners....but for my money, all things considered, Bengi tops the list....came up through the organization and was a key part of the early to mid 2000's teams that won a lot of ballgames...

I'd break social distancing guidelines so I could tongue-punch her fartbox.

We all need some baseball right now. I don't care where it's being played or who's playing it. 
I'm all in on the KBO until the Major Leagues return. 

So stoked for this. Heard about it on the radio earlier today. Been looking forward to it all day. Go NC Dinos!

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/espn-kbo-league-korean-baseball-sports-tv-deal-1234597027/
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29124646/power-rankings-top-players-key-storylines-more-everything-need-kbo-opening-day
 
 
 
 

Watched it. Forgot he struck out in his first at bat

Probably posted somewhere else.  But I'm too lazy to look for it.  Enjoy.
Mike Trout's Scouting Report From MLB The Show 2011 is the Dumbest Thing We've Ever Seen 
 

Good article. Interesting read. Good draft that year. Sucks that Bane missed the boat on Arenado though. Can you imagine getting Trout and Arenado in the same draft? Would've possibly been the greatest draft a team ever had.

Look who's eating at six o'clock. Your suddenly well-to-do president. 

This is pretty amazing guys. You can find any player's highlights now via their video vault. 
Check it out here: https://www.mlb.com/video/search
 

#4. WAR THROUGH AGE 27 SEASON
The next stat is one of my favorites, but also one that has been talked about extensively: WAR leaders through age 27, Trout’s official age for the 2019 season (the age threshold is June 30 to July 1). For the next three installments, we’ll be using Fangraphs’ version of WAR (aka ‘fWAR’).
WAR Leaders Through Age 27
Mike Trout 73.4 Ty Cobb 68.8 Mickey Mantle 67.9 Rogers Hornsby 64.6 Jimmie Foxx 64.6 Alex Rodriguez 62.0 Mel Ott 61.5 Ken Griffey Jr 57.0 Tris Speaker 54.4 Eddie Collins 53.7 If you want to know why some consider Trout to be the best player in baseball history, and why that idea isn’t as ludicrous as it might sound, you can start by looking at this statistic. What it tells us is this: Trout has been the best position player in major league history through his current age.
Now certainly it is probable that eventually he’ll fall behind, especially as Babe Ruth—who  didn’t become a full-time position player until his age 24 season (1919), and thus Trout has a four-year head start on--catches up. And of course Bonds’ spike in his late 30s led him to be only one of two players, along  with Ruth, to have surpassed 150 WAR for his career.
With that in mind, what lies ahead? What does Trout need to do to keep the pace?
#5: WAR PACE THROUGH OLDER AGES
Here are the top five WAR leaders through the next few years:
Age 28: Cobb  78.6, Hornsby 77.0, Mantle 74.8, Trout 73.4, Foxx 71.3 (Trout’s 5.2 behind)
Age 29: Hornsby 87.9, Cobb 86.4, Mantle 85.1, Ruth 79.4, Rodriguez 77.7 (Trout -14.5)
Age 30: Cobb 97.9, Hornsby 92.5, Mantle 91.1, Foxx 83.6, Ruth 82.9 (Trout -24.5)
In other words, Trout only needs 5.3 WAR in 2020 to maintain his lead through age 28, 14.6 (or 7.3 per year) through 2021 for age 29, and 24.6 (8.2 per year) through 2022 and age 30.
Now unfortunately, the current crisis puts a damper on his pace. Assuming that MLB plays more than half a season, Trout has a good chance of maintaining his lead through age 28. He has averaged 9.9 WAR through 162 games for his career, or 10.5 over the last three seasons, so half a season gives him a shot and 100 games should get him there easily.
Assuming health, he could catch up a bit in 2021, with a real chance of finishing the year with the highest WAR through his 20s in major league history.
Age 30 and 2022 seems less likely. Cobb had a monster age 30 season (11.5 WAR), the highest of his career, and jumped way out  in front.
What about beyond that? Here are the WAR leaders through all ages for the rest of Trout’s contract, with the WAR that Trout needs to average per year to keep pace:
Age 28, 2020: Cobb 78.6 (5.2)
Age 29, 2021: Hornsby 87.9 (7.3)
Age 30, 2022: Cobb 97.9 (8.2)
Age 31, 2023: Cobb 104.4 (7.8)
Age 32, 2024: Hornsby 111.9 (7.7)
Age 33, 2025: Hornsby 123.0 (8.3)
Age 34, 2026: Ruth 126.3 (7.6)
Age 35, 2027: Ruth 136.8 (7.9)
Age 36, 2028: Ruth 147.5 (8.2)
Age 37, 2029: Ruth 156.2 (8.3)
Age 38, 2030: Ruth 163.0 (8.1)
What I find interesting about that list is that the pace remains relatively  consistent: If Trout wants to remain the age WAR leader, he pretty much has to average about 8 WAR per year from here on out. Anything significantly above that and he’s ahead of the curve; anything below, and he starts falling behind.
It is also worth reminding ourselves of the names on that list: all guys who played a century ago, in a very different context. Once we get to the mid-30s, the only recent player in the top 10 is Barry Bonds. Before Bonds you have to go back to Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
Now it is highly  unlikely that Trout will average 8 WAR per season for the remainder of his career. But he might keep pace for a few years. And more so:  just the  fact that this is worth discussing reminds us just how great he is.

AL WEST
Angels
The Halos win it all (Oct. 27, 2002, World Series Game 7): The Angels were on the brink of elimination in Game 6 of the 2002 World Series before an eighth-inning comeback. Then, in Game 7, a three-run double from Garret Anderson in the third inning put the Angels ahead, 4-1, for good, as the team won its first World Series.
Ervin’s rare no-no (July 27, 2011): Ervin Santana allows a run after Cleveland’s Ezequiel Carrera reaches on an error, steals second and later scores on a wild pitch in the first inning. But he also doesn’t allow a hit the entire day, tossing a rare one-run no-hitter across 105 pitches.
Pujols reaches 600 in grand fashion (June 3, 2017): Albert Pujols not only slugs his 600th career home run, but does so with a grand slam off Santana, the former Angel.
Trout goes off (Sept. 8, 2018): Baseball’s best player is completely locked in against the White Sox, going 5-for-5, homering twice and driving in five runs for the Halos.
Sho takes the mound (April 1, 2018): Two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani makes his pitching debut for the Angels, pumping plenty of heat while allowing three runs over six innings in a win in Oakland.