kevinb

Good for him, but why?

I really would love to hear the Angels hiring for a president of baseball operations positions then a vp of same position then hiring of a gm. I mean then I’d feel better about the Angels going forward. If they’re just looking for a GM I’m not going to be super optimistic. 

6 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Why would you bother fucking with the entire season for 6 measly games? Just end the season August 31, who cares how many games that is. Playoffs start the first week of September, who cares how many teams as long as the World Series is over by the end of the first week of October. 

The further baseball gets away from football the better they are off. Also no one cares how many wins a team has once they get to the post season skates are wiped clean. I got one liked how many teams were in the playoffs this year. Made it more entertaining. Even the Angels had a chance to make the playoffs the last week of the season. 
 

also no one cares about stats anymore. Starting pitchers don’t pitch more than 6 innings. Bullpens start the games sometimes. Batting average Rbi hr 2bs 3bs don’t matter it’s all about the WAR. End the season And playoffs before football starts. Shorten spring training while your at it. No one needs to play 40 games before the season actually starts. 

Congrats Dodgers. You were the best team and you’ve been a top 3 organization for a while now. That being said the offseason starts right now. Arte needs to take notice and mirror what a class A organization looks like. 

20 minutes ago, Justin said:

Yes, I watch both, although I can't stand how the NBA has become a three-point shooting contest so I do not watch 1/10th as much as I used to. 20 years ago, I watched every single Lakers game. This year I stopped watching on Christmas Day when they blew a 15-point lead to the Clippers and attempted 45 threes in the game. I did not watch again until Game 1 of the Finals, and that was the only game I watched. 

I watch NFL every weekend, usually three games, sometimes more. 

My favorite sport besides baseball is college football, so that is what I watch the second-most. 

I watch every Angels game unless I have a date, so... well, all of them. 

Seriously, though, I watch at least 150 per season. 

I watch a lot of games. In addition to those 150+ Angels games, I probably watch another 50-100 games in total. 

I do understand that I am probably in the minority and most people would prefer less regular season and more postseason. But I don't get tired of baseball during 162 games. If the stakes were higher for winning your division, or it were the old days and only the best record in the league went to the World Series, I honestly think I would watch a 250-game season.

But like I wrote a little while ago, if they're going to stick with this 16-team postseason, or even if they go with 10 or 12, I have no problem with them cutting down the amount of regular-season games. There is no reason to have a 162-game marathon if it is then going to be followed by a 16-team sprint. 

Thanks for the honesty. I got to be honest I’m not a huge basketball fan but I prefer 3 point jump shooting to 5 step travel dunks but that’s just me. NFL is just fun it’s a timed game with an ending it fits into my life perfectly. Baseball is more tricky. I remember when I first had season tickets I could get people to go with me most games and then it became hard to long games long season etc etc and it’s not like I had bad seats I had seats 3 rows behind home plate. Even myself I kind of got over going to that many games. I applaud you for watching that much baseball honestly I’m probably around 50 games a year watching at least 5-7 innings worth. I honestly don’t think I’ve watched a full baseball game on television unless it’s a game I am personally  at in quite sometime. The last game that wasn’t an Angels game I watched was the Dodgers Red Sox World Series game I went to. Other than that I won’t watch other teams play. 

9 minutes ago, Justin said:

I definitely respect this opinion. I just don't share it. I wish they would make MLB more entertaining by making the regular season matter like it used to. For last 25 years, teams have been able to make the World Series without winning their division. With this current format, teams can make the World Series without even having a winning record, as the Astros almost did 

A lot of my friends call me "a purist," but I don't think I am. I love the DH, I like interleague play, and I love the enthusiasm players have been showing this postseason, when in years past it would have been frowned upon. 

I just would prefer that the regular season mean more than it does now. If they aren't going to do that anymore, then sure, might as well cut the number of games. There is no reason to play 162 anymore if you're not going to get a substantial reward for being the best team over a 162-game season. 

I respect your opinion. If I may I would love to ask some random questions...
Do you watch the NBA or NFL?

How many games of the Angels would you say you watch during the regular season?

How many other teams games would you say you watch during the regular season?

I ask this mostly because while I love baseball, I have found myself over the last 10 years watching less and less baseball and watching more and more football. I still care obviously I post here on the regular. But I just find this long season to be mind numbing to me. I think I would care more like I did this season with a shorter season and more playoff teams. I have nephews neices friends who have kids etc and all ages and out of all of them only 2 of them like to play baseball the rest don't want to watch, don't want to play, don't care about it. I see this as a problem and a problem MLB can fix with some finely tuned changes. 

9 minutes ago, Justin said:

Yeah, I could have phrased that better. I would like to go back to the days when the best record in each league were guaranteed the meet in the World Series.  

seriously? 

Just now, Justin said:

Are you under the age of 35? I'm not asking that to be snide; I'm actually curious. Because if you are, you probably don't remember pre-Wild Card baseball and the excitement of a pennant race.

The postseason is much more exciting now, but it has come at the expense of the regular season and a pennant race, which used to be the most entertaining thing in sports. 

I am 38 and I didn't take it as snide. I think baseball should adapt some NFL and to a lesser extend NBA kind of changes to make MLB more entertaining. When the NFL smokes the MLB in ratings on a regular season game compared to a WS game that's a problem. People are turning away from MLB more than ever. It is losing ground nationally, regionally it does well. But I honestly couldn't tell you a single Ray in the WS and I think that's a problem. I can tell you a player from every NFL team. 

5 minutes ago, Justin said:

Some people don't want to see baseball become like the NFL or NBA. 

Entertaining? Yep I get that. I'd rather have less regular season games more post season games and more post season drama. The regular season and post season has been completely regional the numbers are dwindling behind both of those. Time to revamp the process and keep more stars and teams involved later in the year to capture more eyes. The teams will play and the better team will win. That's why I would rather the post season be series of 5 or 7 instead of the one game play in etc. People tune in for the playoffs. How many regular season Tigers games do you watch? Now tell me how many NFL regular season games you watch that aren't your favorite team?

1 minute ago, Lou said:

They weren't under .500

Nope. Didn't say they were. Regular season means nothing. It's how you do in the post season. All you got to do is get there, doesn't matter how you do it. 

40 minutes ago, Justin said:

The Astros had a losing record and were one game away from playing in the World Series. If you think that's cool or exciting, I respect your opinion. But I hope we never again see a 16-team postseason. 

Ya it was terrible watching the 16-0 Pats get defeated by the Giants. What garbage

6 minutes ago, floplag said:

The Series has been enjoyable, but the season as a whole feel so asterisk'd.  Its hard to take it seriously playing less than half a season.   Somehow seems fitting that the Doggers get the monkey off the back in a shortened season, lol 

They played the same season as everybody else. And it’s not like anyone didn’t think they’d make the playoffs. If anything they had to play more playoff teams than usual once the playoffs started. If the Dodgers win just like the Lakers or Tampa Bays title all will be well deserved. You can only play what the league puts in front of you. Tampa has a shot to take this to a game 7 and you know what they say about game 7s. 

This season has been a blast. Every game mattered more. I think baseball can take a lesson from this for the future. I wouldn’t mind a shorter condensed version of the regular season to say 100 games and more teams in the playoffs. I’d prefer longer series in the playoffs to all 7 games series. But I enjoyed this season. 

I agree. I don't think baseball in general spends normally this off season. Especially with the fear that this stuff goes into 2021 and maybe even 2022. This whole economy could be in a world of hurt. 

9 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

There was, but the Atlanta one was Stewart...   They sent Dansby Swanson a year after taking him first overall plus Ender Enciarte for Shelby Miller who absolutely tanked.  

Kevin Towers also made his Upton and Chris Young for Nick Amber, Martin Prado, Randall Delgado and Brandon Drury deal with Atlanta.

Ahh now I am more confused. They've had so many terrible GMs. 

Also I think the one I am remembering is the Atlanta one. So you were right with Stewart. Now I don't remember what Byrnes haha. Either way I think being GM of the Diamondbacks should exclude you from being GM again. 

22 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Fair enough, he just more closely resembled the person you described as having signed/traded a bunch of guys.  But Byrnes was the guy who made the really big three team trade that had Max Scherzer and Ian Kennedy in it, so maybe that's what you meant and I misunderstood.    The only other guy would have been Kevin Towers.

I think it was that trade and wasn't there a big trade involving Atlanta as well? Maybe I am mis remembering? 

17 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

He's the guy you were thinking of...  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Stewart_(baseball)

On September 25, 2014, the Arizona Diamondbacks hired Stewart to become their general manager, replacing Towers. He reported to La Russa, his former manager when he played for Oakland, who served as the Diamondbacks' chief baseball officer.^[85] He transferred his management company to former A's teammate Dave Henderson when he took the Diamondbacks job.^[86] On December 4, 2015, the Diamondbacks agreed to a six-year contract with free agent pitcher Zack Greinke worth a total of $206.5 million. At that time, it held the highest annual average value in MLB, exceeding $34.4 million per year, and was also the largest contract by total value in team history.^[87] Stewart later said of the contract, "It could be franchise-changing for us, if everything goes well."^[88] In October 2016, Stewart and manager Chip Hale were fired by the Diamondbacks.^[89]

No I wasn’t thinking of him. I didn’t think Byrnes was the one who signed Grienke. But thank you. 

3 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Dave Stewart. 

Who

18 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

 he got fired from both the dbacks and padres.  

he hasn't done much when he's been the lead guy.  

maybe being under Friedman for the last few years has helped him.  Maybe not.  A lot of people assume he'll be like Friedman.  

I read a couple articles with quotes from both teams that fired him (both of who got trashed in the press a bit for doing so) and there were remarks about leadership in both cases.  Maybe I'm reading into what is probably just normal crap teams say when they fire a guy, but teams have not performed well while he was the GM or President.  

I don't know if it were me I'd stay away from a guy on his 3rd try at this job when he's failed two times before it. Maybe that's just me though. I would hard pass on Byrnes. But I could see Arte doing it. 

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

They’ve got Byrnes and White virtually in their backyard.

Isn’t Byrnes the old gm from Arizona who did nothing with that team. Traded and signed a bunch of guys and then was fired?

You lost me at 1. Sign best starter available. I don't think Bauer is realistic? He's not even realistic in your fantasy make believe scenario? haha Come on man you can't be that much of a debbie downer. 

Cole, Chapman, Judge

Trouts getting older. He’s still at his peak or at least we hope he is. But 32 will be here before we know it and the slow decline will hopefully not be painful. The best dude on the planet in the next year or two will be Tatis. 

35 minutes ago, Randy Gradishar said:

I'd take 0 championships for the rest of my life for either team, over 1 for the Dodgers and 90 for the Angels.

Wait what? I honestly don’t care for the Dodgers. They’re not in the same division as the Angels they don’t play the Angels but a couple times a year. If they win whatever. Good for them. I hope they win this year and the Angels win the one after that. I don’t understand your thinking what so ever. 

Go Dodgers! 
I’ll root for so cal over Florida. Also I feel like the Dodgers if they lose will go after Bauer and if they win they may not. So let’s go Dodgers!