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The best part of this is it moves Fletcher back to 2nd base.

I guess new Angels GM’s like to make their first splash with short stops.  
 
hopefully his bat ends up better than Simba’s.  We’ll see what we gave up. 

I like it. He’s basically a poor man Simmons... for 9 million less. 
 
Looks like Fletcher will be the full time 2nd baseman. 

8. Don't take financial advice from guys you do know on a message board. 

1. Don't fight the Fed.
2. Don't vote with your portfolio (ask people who went all cash November 2016 and stayed all cash how that went, and we can ask the same question in 2024 of a different set of people).
3. Your bias should always be to be invested, rather than all cash.  (Stated another way, don't fight the free market.)
4. In the long term, we're all dead anyway.
5. Did I mention don't fight the Fed?

my dad used to work a 7/11 graveyard shift as a 2nd job. i would hang out with him during his shift because i wanted to spend time with him. i remember watching guys buy a book of 500 tickets and just stand there scratching them off. i have to say it did have a certain degree of intrigue and suspense, as i sat nearby drinking my nuclear hot hot chocolate.

I am aware of how a large percentage of young adults make bad decisions and use the bank of mom and dad to support their lifestyle. 

you say this as a joke, but did you know a strong segment of the population, including a disturbingly relevant percentage of young adults believe this very thing? that's scary.
anyhwho, i'm waiting for something fun to talk about.

I prefer to use the lottery for investment purposes.

One I didn’t say put all your money in the stock market I said to put money in that and save as much as possible. And 2 sure there’s always some correction coming. But timing the market is foolish your basically guessing. Do what you feel comfortable with put money in the stock market or don’t the markets up and there’s a stimulus coming December or January all reports look optimistic for 2021 for the stock market but no one can predict the future. For me over the long haul I trust that the market will win out. 

i won't go on about this because few people care on a baseball board, but we're in the middle of a globally mismanaged pandemic and the usa is the poster child, i certainly wouldn't be advising people to put all their money in the stock market right now. there is a massive correction coming from the banks again and it's going to start at the year end. having said that, that's my opinion based off the information that i have, do as you please.

Never try to time the market. 

Downtown San Diego existed before Petco park went in. Right now Nothing exists except Angels stadium and a parking. But this deal seriously just sounds like they want to put all these maps get it all agreed to by the city and then flip it for someone else to incur all these costs of building it. I don’t know how or why this is a 25 plus year deal in the works. 

Exciting stuff. Ducks will be the first ones to get things completed and Angels will be right behind them 21 years from then. Should be exciting times. 

I'm sure the owners made major sacrifices to their own lavish lifestyles before screwing over 80 of their employees.

I joined Northrop Grumman in October 2010 and not just a year later they had a wide involuntary layoff and I was on the chopping block until I scrambled and found a different position working up in Palmdale. This was in mid-October of 2011. That was not fun and to see other employees crying and upset is not fun either. Same thing when the small launch vehicle company I worked for, Vector, suddenly lost their financial backing and had to fire everyone, basically. That sucked even worse as it was so sudden.
Hope all of those people are able to find steady work, it is difficult out there right now for a wide range of industries.

I'm excited until he makes a move I don't like, then he should be fired.

regardless of what Billy built, the key component of this team winning over the next couple of years is who Minasian and his team bring in to fill the talent gaps at the major league level.  

If Minasian wins and the team is successful while he's GM, he's going to win over Moreno. It's as simple as that. Even though that foundation was built by other GM's before him, Arte will give him the credit for that.
I'm sure his people skills will help, and it's good to hear that he is so highly thought of, but it's really going to come down to the success of the team in Arte's mind.

Some of us started hating him with the Walden, Madsen, Burnett moves...  
 
The talk was they wanted to shorten the draft yet again in the next CBA.   Some have said to as little as 20 rounds, others say 30.   None of it will matter if they don't allow for there to be fans and minor league baseball.   

2011: Jerry Dipoto is the Promised One.
2015: Fuck Dipoto.
2015: Billy Eppler is the Promised One.
2020: Fuck Eppler.
2020: Perry Minasian is the Promised One.
2024?: Fuck Minasian.

Pretty good article on Minasian from Fabian today, but one thing stood out to me.

 
The more I read stuff like this, the happier I am with the hire and the more I think he's a great fit.  My biggest issue with Eppler is that I never felt he was assertive enough about improving the major league team.  Someone who is an aggressive GM who also is capable of looking at the bigger picture and wants to improve all levels and positions of the organization, is exactly what we need.  It's also the ideal type of GM to mesh with Arte.  I'm very excited to see what his first big moves are to get a real sense of how he wants to construct this team.

31 year old pitcher getting his first shot at the majors. Ya I think I’ll let some other team take that gamble. 

Agreed I’m not advocating for them signing him. I’m just stating you can’t trade for him and not re sign him.