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26 minutes ago, Tank said:

i'm down another few pounds and have lost a total of 158.2 lbs.

 

Damn!  That's a whole human.  Congrats!!!

Curious as to why he had to be DFA'd.  He clearly should have options left, as he was a rookie last year.  Is it b/c he was on the 40 and they took him off?

who?

Thought this was gonna be about Shoe's inserts.  Matte.

Also having major lag issues.

9 hours ago, Tank said:

is Edd China related to Ron Mexico?

You mean Ronn Mexico?

5 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Beat me to that one, nicely one.   Carlton must have set a still standing modern era record for largest % of his team's wins in one season (27 vs 59 in 1972).  Both Ryan and Carlton also pitched until their mid-40s, and were both known for fanatical conditioning (the anti-David Wells/Colon). 

I kinda figured you would know that one.

4 hours ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

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8 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

I'm going to guess. They each led their league in strikeouts at least five times?

Maybe, but not the answer I am looking for.

Only these two players have done what they did in the expansion era.

5 others have also done it prior to expansion.

85. And with the +/- of 8 (same as PECOTA).

Lennon and McCartney

Merlot and weed.

15 hours ago, wopphil said:

Anyone still dieting?

I am still busting my ass, but my weight loss has totally stagnated. I am down 0.2 over the last two weeks, which is pretty terrible considering how hard I have been working. And it isn't like I am 8 percent body fat - I still have plenty of body fat I should be able to shed.

I have seemed to notice a direct correlation between carb intake and short term weight loss or gain. When I have a few low carb days in a row, I am 3-4 pounds lighter than when I have a few normal days in a row.

Yeah.  And I have experienced that lull too.  Had to increase my gym time and drop another beer out of the regular rotation.  Down 215 (35 pounds lighter-I am 6'1")

3 minutes ago, The Dude said:

It's too bad this game isn't televised, i'd like to get a look at some of the new acquisitions. 

tape delayed @ 4pm

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

After his playing days were over, he was the head baseball coach at USC and helped to establish it as a premier college program.

 

Rod Dudaux?  No way I could spell that.

3 hours ago, Brian Ilten said:

I think he made his point. The Angels have been down right nothing more than mediocre at best in the first month. 

 

The good news?  Scioscia is gone after this year!!!!

We can dream!

9 hours ago, ettin said:

Certainly I'd love to see him succeed in the rotation if that is still possible, that would absolutely be the best outcome.

However when you consider that he only pitched about 53 innings last year and only 92 the year before, it seems unlikely that he will pitch more than about 100-120 maximum in the best case scenario.

On top of that if the Angels start him in the Minors this year and wait until late May or June to call him up they can gain one more year of control moving him from 2022 to 2023.

Unless he absolutely astounds the Angels in Spring Training (and he could, he has the stuff) they will undoubtedly start him in the Minors. In order to manage his innings they will certainly have a plan to give him starts and bullpen innings to manage his innings totals and pitch counts. If the Angels need him later in the year the team needs to keep him flexible for whatever role they need him to occupy based on how the team is performing in the standings.

Scotty I have to disagree about him only providing value in the rotation. He has the arm to be a great back-end bullpen piece and that has a lot of value as well. In the end the important thing is that the Angels get something out of him and I think they will have a reasonably good chance of achieving that with Meyer.

BBRef has him already listed as a FA in 2023, plus he has 0.047 of service time from the Twins and the Angels-though they list him as still a rookie (I thought 45 games was the limit).

9 hours ago, NachoPop said:

Does his clock start if he starts the year in the bigs?

 

He's got MLB service time already, so I think the clock has started.

First thought is Red Shoendiest.  Looks like a younger version of an old Topps manager card I have from '69 or '70.

I went to Apollo Jr. High.  Named for these 3 pioneers.

Considering buying a C5 Corvette (1997-2004), but am a little hesitant about any problems that are inherent to these cars (don't know of anything major, have done some research).  I have wanted a Corvette for as long as I can remember.  I can deal with the increase in insurance, but don't want to buy a money pit.  There are always several for around $15K, with less than 75K mileage.  My fall back option would be a newish Challenger.

Any thoughts?

Have dropped 29 pounds since I started going to the gym (July) and cutting down on the beers.  Started at 250.  Would like to get down to 200 by June 1.

What about Iwakuma?  IIRC, for a while he dominated the Halos.

Any pitching rook making his MLB debut.