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When Kohn struck out Miggy earlier, I think I heard Miggy yell something somewhat similar to this... 

... If you really want to watch all 10 minutes of Shatner, be my guest. 

We need a miracle... oh and some pitching would be nice... and maybe we can trade this Hamilton to the Rangers for the real Hamilton... 

Okay, maybe just a joke to spark some smiles since, besides last night's game, this season has been quite dismal... who would you rather have out there, the $125 MM Josh Hamilton, or our favorite Angel of all time, the Angel that did so well that it just went unnoticed, Jeffrey Graham DaVanon?

Chuck

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Christian Ilten (halo15fan)

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What character are you at Disneyland?

He plays Reagan in the Presidents of the US attraction.

Sorry guys! No Character Costumes for me! I work in Innoventions in the heart of Tomorrowland! While usually just an Ice-box, right now we have 8 Iron Man Suits from the movies! Mark I-VII and the latest and greatest, Mark XLII. These suits are the real suits they used in the movies. The exhibit is called Iron Man Tech at Innoventions presented by Stark Industries. If you will be at Disneyland between now and September, I highly recommend it! 

Talk to your dad about what it was like to be a fan of the Angels from 1987-2001.

Oh I remember 2001... yeah... I remember that... I guess.... I don't know... 2 years in a row that they have picked us to win it all, and in time we are going to be the scaffolding that holds up the rest of the AL West... Including the Astros... 86 was the heart break, and while I was not alive to see it, I understand it. Then we went on the skid... I understand that as well... but we were arguably one of the best teams in baseball from 2002 to 20010 (disregarding 2003... and maybe 2006...)... And now we have fallen off like a boulder off of a cliff. 

Many of you know that my father is @Angel25fan (AKA Brian Ilten, Director of Marketing for Angelswin.com)... Now, you all know that being born into a family where Brian Ilten is the father meant that I was either going to be an Angels fan, or put up for adoption. I have been an Angels fan since 1994... the day I was born, 2 weeks into my life I was at a game... that's the way it was...

When MLB Network launched on January 1st, 2009, I remember sitting around the television with my father and brothers and we watched the first edition of "Hot Stove"... since then, I have not been able to avoid punching in 2-1-3 whenever I get the remote. Whether the Angels were playing, or it was just highlights from around baseball; Bob Costas could be doing one of his "Studio 42: With Bob Costas" specials, or they could be doing the Prime 9 Moments of the Boston Red Sox feature.... I wouldn't care, MLB Network was always where I went first when I had the remote... and I figured that this would never change... even after the slow start of last season for the Angels.

And then, this year started... and I had hope... but to be honest, the well has run dry. It hurts to turn on MLB Network... I can't stand watching the highlights of the Astros defeat the Angels, or watching the team sink lower and lower on the Standings Board in Studio 42. The 2013 Angels have something I thought impossible... they have made me not want to watch the game I love. Now, if I want to see if the Angels won, I won't check the phone, or the laptop, or anything else... I will just be on the bus back to the Cast Member Lot at  Disneyland (Where I work), and see whether the halo is lit or not... I have worked there for almost a month now... and granted, I don't work every night, but I have only seen the thing lit on 3 occasions. The Angels have made it so painful... Thank God the Anaheim Ducks are in the playoffs... because without that, I don't think I could watch sports...

By all means, I am still an Angels fan. Always have been. Always Will Be. The fact of the matter is though that the team has destroyed any thought of plans I had this October. 

I want to know your opinions on all of this... how much, if any bit at all, the Angels have changed baseball for you this year... please tell me this isn't only me. 

You start anyone... it doesn't matter... send out frickin' Shane Demmit! Dude is just a clubhouse worker guyer, but still... he is absolutely terrible right now... Anyone remember last year when we benched Pujols... and then he hit a bomb the next day... hmmmm

Downs out because of injury... who is left for us to call up if he has to go on DL? We this is getting ridiculous... 

We should strap a cheetah to his back.

We are quoting AT&T Commercials... good God this team is terrible...

Attend Fanfest 2015... 

Minnesota is a tough place to win. LAA is used to sunny and perfect weather. The Twins are used to those frigid temps. Its like a dome football team going to Lambeau field...

If you are in any way blaming this on the weather, than you haven't watch all the other games this season...

Working hard at what? relieving their necks from whiplash? 

The only silver lining I know of is that we are 1993 days away from the end of Scioscia's contract...

I must note that this was to October 1st of that year... so it may not be 100% accurate, but its right around there...

Until Scioscia's contract is officially up... too early to start the countdown? Probably won't make it to the end of April at this rate, but I figured it was worth going and looking at...

9-18. Scioscia will have been fired by that point. 

I mean... Chuck, you are right... its pathetic... I don't even know what to do... I am so happy that I am working tomorrow night so that I can't watch the game. 

Angels deny any reports of talking with Percival. 

This is getting ridiculous... It's the Twins people... It's not like we are playing the Nationals or the Braves who are lighting up the scoreboard every night, its the Twins! The team that was predicted to be in last place in the AL Central this year (Behind Cleveland and Kansas City)... this is unwatchable. 

http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?tcid=mm_sd_vid&c_id=sd in case anybody missed it. 

He slowly drifted off the radar... Can't remember why... might have been injury that plagued him... 

The Angels sign Brad Hawpe to a Minor League Deal... 

Hawpe, 33, didn't play at all in the majors last season and failed to earn a spot with the Pirates during spring training. The former All-Star will serve as organizational depth.

For the 2nd year in a row, I will be in attendance! Not sure where we are sitting, thats up to @Angel25fan to tell me! 

For those of us in Southern California, whoever drives by the Honda Center knows that the Grand Terrace is set to be done with Construction by May or June... but that is not the only renovation to the building. Since the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim started playing there in 1993, the building has seen little to no update in its history. 

As someone who walks behind the scenes often at the Honda Center, and talks to the people in charge, there is a major change coming, well, at least, hopefully coming to the Arena. The idea is, that if an NBA team is assigned to the Honda Center, it would help boost the need for a new Jumbo Tron in the Honda Center. The bulky current machine has had problems in the past, and an easy way to fix the problem is to just replace it. Now, the word "easy" comes with a very high dollar sign, but, the rumors I have heard is that there could be a new Jumbo Tron at the Honda Center within the next 3 years.