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That rookie reliever didn't do much either.....

He's made some bad decisions but, bottom line, he cares....and he puts his money where his mouth is (sometimes foolishly but he's always been willing)...I remember Jackie Autry and Disney....I love Arte....

This.
We can knock him all day long for some bad meddling in what he should leave to his gm. Thats fair. But ive never understood some of the hate hes gotten from some angel fans.
'He lowered beer prices, big deal'. Hes also kept the team VERY affordable while keeping the payroll very competitive. Hes for years mongled with fans at games. He showed up to meet with a bunch of internet nerds from angelswin.com when he has taken a beating from the website forums. Hes spent a ton to upgrade the stadium, profitted, and redistributed it to the fans.
How? Pujols and hamilton. Dumb signings, yeah. But he still spent a ton. When people assumed he was broke again, he locks up trout and shuts people up.
And the stadium experience is still very affordable. I know some people have a tight budget, kids to take care of etc. But compare it to the other stadiums (if youve been) and its generally cheaper than what ive seen.
I think hes been great personally.

Going WAY back, reminds me of 1995. Around July they just started blowing out teams every night for weeks. (Cheating at Baseball Almanac I see a 15 game stretch where they scored 126 runs.)
 
Just before the roof caved in.
 
What was number-funny about this run is how it kept climbing, hit a peak, then barely tapered off. Run totals went 5, 7, 8, 14, then back the other way 12, 9, 8, 7. Then they ruined it by going back up to 11. 

It's never easy to win a playoff series, let alone 3.

Cron is better than Hamilton though.

I always thought it was possible that we'd have a year where everything went ridiculously right and we'd be one of the best teams. So in my head that was Pujols and Hamilton bouncing back to their glory days, Weaver and Wilson turning into their former ace-like selves and Frieri and Burnett leading a dominant bullpen. The crazy thing is that none of that has really happened. Pujols and Hamilton have been better, but not really by much. Weaver has been decent, Wilson terrible and Frieri and Burnett provided significant negative value and no value respectively.
 
Going into every season, there's about 20 teams who could be really good if everything goes right for them. What's crazy about this team is we've had more than our fair share go wrong and have still done so much better than realistic expectations. It's been real fun to watch.

Not sure....Pujols and Hamilton both will need more and more DH time...like it or not...neither is going anywhere....

How about the last 2 seasons? I guess you have to cut him a little slack with a broken hand this year but he's actually been pretty consistent since April 2013.....

I think Beckham was picked up with an eye to 2015...Freese is going to be non-tendered....

That's why we traded a lot for him....

He's 22 and his pitched 12 innings in the majors....might want to give him a little more time....

The offense has been terrible more time than good this year. The pitching has carried this team

He's 22 and his pitched 12 innings in the majors....might want to give him a little more time....

He's 22 and his pitched 12 innings in the majors....might want to give him a little more time....

Might explain Beckham......

They know it....this division isn't up for grabs....we're playing for 9 innings against King Felix....

They know it....this division isn't up for grabs....we're playing for 9 innings against King Felix....

They know it....this division isn't up for grabs....we're playing for 9 innings against King Felix....

Yep...Not even debatable...screw the standings...we aren't even close...night and day when we play them...we know it, they know it...

Yep...Not even debatable...screw the standings...we aren't even close...night and day when we play them...we know it, they know it...

Pitching is fine....we don't need Colon...we need a whole new offense...our at least our best hitter since the ASB (Calhoun) in the lineup...

One word, really good pitching.

At this point, I think we need to focus on making these 5 inning games.  This means that our bullpen needs to keep doing what it has been doing and our offense needs to step up.  We don't need our SP to be lights out, only good enough.  I'll feel very good if we are able to get our SP to give us 5 solid innings.  The bullpen has been, and likely will continue to be overworked, but I like our depth and September might give some of these guys a breather when rosters expand.  

A Rip Van Winkle rest, for about 3 years, would be ok.....just in time for his contract to expire....