Make Angels Great Again

A middle infielder that can't hit their weight is always a requirement for us i guess.

34 minutes ago, Ariamus said:

If/when the Angels get swept out of Cincy today, they’ll be 9-13.

After, they come home for 9 games against three teams, two of which are legitimate World Series contenders. And the third was a preseason consensus favorite to win their division. Then they go back on the road to face the team with the best record in the AL.

This is going to get ugly quick…

I don't know how to look at strength of schedule, but the Angels have to have had one of the most difficult so far...

O'Hoppe may end up being our best catcher ever.

Dude is an absolute stud.

Dude is fuckin raging out there lol

Co-worker of mine is an Ashcraft.

Dude is the nicest person in the world, but also a total hick. I'm talking tucked in t-shirt to jeans every day kinda guy. Really knows his stuff though.

Agreed, this shit should stay in the political forum. I think Taylor has had this told to him more times than anyone on this board.

that said, nothing homophobic about what you quoted. Having the opinion that some groups have preferential treatment isn’t phobic. Not relevant to the topic at hand though.

I don’t see any homophobia.

People caring about Bauer not being signed vs Brandon belt is pretty freaking obvious by the way, and you have to be pretty stupid to not notice.

10 minutes ago, James said:

You can call something disgusting and not find humor in it and not actually be offended. 

Strange culture we live in where people love to say "triggered" just due to a response that was counter theirs. 

You find it funny, I don't. It can just be that simple.

You also have failed to connect that clip to what the discussion is here.

Who did Bauer beat up? 

he’s a troll, don’t bother. You won’t get serious responses.

44 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

There's no incentive for MLB to say anything else about it unless they're compelled to for some reason.  They've said he has served his suspension and any team is free to sign him.  As an institution, there's nothing else for them to say.  If teams aren't signing him, that's their right.  You cannot force an individual team to sign a player.

how would a sports organization have more incriminating information than law enforcement were able to find through a high profile legal proceeding? Do you actually think that’s it’s likely enough to be worth consideration?

Still, good.

14 hours ago, NrM said:

 

lol

 

I think this is really more about the fact that Israel is a massive player in the tech industry, and Google doesn't want to rock that boat.

This has nothing to do with taking a moral stance.

It is certainly strange that we've been playing exclusively east coast teams through the first 18 games, will continue to for the next 7, and won't play a west-division team until 45 games into the season.

big yikes

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Mike Trout on Chatting Practice (mlb.com)

Not clear exactly when it starts presumably soon.

Chatting Practice: Mike Trout | 04/16/2024 | MLB.com

Good lineup, tho no idea why Moniak is in front of O'Hoppe. I guess left/right switching? But 7 of 9 hitters are righty...lol.

lmfao at the "BET" reaction.

Feels like we’re gonna have a collection of all stars this year. Trout, Ward, and Detmers. Maybe o’hoppe as well

4 minutes ago, BTH said:

I wonder how that compares to the league average in those situations.

Not sure, but the dude said in the thread that he was going to do the same for mookie, Acuna, judge and some others

5 hours ago, totdprods said:

This is pretty incredible

 

Someone actually did the work, lol:

I'm sure some grifter somewhere is making an "Aaron Bushnell Foundation" now that I think about it. There's always that we can cling to.

Or we can acknowledge that setting yourself on fire outside of a foreign country's embassy to protest a war that you have no involvement in is fucking mental. And to glorify it is actually irresponsible. There's that option.

36 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

 

That's not quite what I said. What I said is that he was having an impact, inspiring protesters:
 

 

Do you still believe he's having an impact?

I just remembered someone earlier in this thread suggesting that the retard who burned himself for "FrEe PaLeStInE" would inspire change.

Anyone else thought about that dude lately?

On 4/13/2024 at 7:24 PM, Angelsjunky said:

Yeah, because retaliating for having your embassy blown up and two generals killed is piracy.

The Portuguese-run MSC Aries container ship bombed Iranian generals?

That's pretty badass.

Ward is 6 for 16 with RISP.

Trout is 1 for 12.

There's your explanation. Ward has had more opportunities, and he's done better in them so far.

I'm sure this shit will even out over time. Hopefully.

6 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=3&month=0&ind=0&startdate=&enddate=&season1=2016&season=2024&sortcol=2&sortdir=default&pagenum=1

Leads MLB in WPA.... WPL/LI (situational wins)

But apparently 468th of 470 in 'clutch'?

How does that square? Is his WPA/LI good due to accumulation?