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Picked the lock, thread back open. If we can't post threads celebrating accomplishments then what is the use of this forum.
 
Peter is the one really bright light in the darkness that is the Angels offense. Whether he keeps shining all year doesn't mean squat, what is important is he is doing it right now and deserves a little praise. His fielding has been exactly as expected, well above league average. The fact his bat now is as well means we have a rare commodity for a center fielder, a commodity we had last season that few teams had.
 
Long may the Bourjos express roll and may the rest of the team hop aboard.

Yea trade him.  No need for any youth, speed, and energy when we can offer another long, huge contract to yet another aging big name.  He'll fit right in with the rest of the dormant multi-millionaires on this team. 

Uh nice try, but Hamilton has been like this before and he has gone through long slump stretches (prior to the second half last year). LOL that they "finally" got a book on Hamilton and it took them several years to figure him out. You cannot be serious. Slumping hitters look like crap at the plate. Good hitters find their way out of a slump eventually. Hamilton is a good hitter. 

Scioscia didn't build this  team and at the end of the day it's the players who have to perform. I'm sure this has been brought up a lot but he has a WS ring and 5 division championships in 10 years. I'll continue to take my chances with him.
 
In many instances I would jump on the "fire the manager bandwagon" if you can see it in the players that they don't have confidence in their leadership. I don't think that could be further from the truth with Scioscia. If you start to hear noise and controversy coming out of the clubhouse then you know there are issues but you never hear that from a scioscia managed team. Players believe in him and vice versa.
 
This team has to gel and hopefully they will start to do that soon. Once they do that they will be fine. If I can blame anyone for the slow start I would blame Dipoto. This team does not look like a playoff contender when you look at the pitching staff but somehow they will have to figure it out like we did in 2002.
 
I have confidence we will figure it out. this team is very capable of going on a long winning streak.

Sports is just entertainment, or at least is supposed to be, but so many people dive into it so deep, researching every player, every trade, every signing, any prospects on the horizon or potential international signings they forget they are not part of the team or management, they are only a fan. When they forget the premise of why they watch sports they can never really enjoy it unless there is a never ending string of success.
 
When anything in your life becomes so all consuming that your mood is completely contolled by an event you can't control, you need to break away from it. Gene Mauch retired from coaching and once was quoted that he just could not take the loses any longer and baseball is always about 60 losses, 60 wins and to reach the playoffs it is determined by the results in 42 games. When you can't handle the 60+ losses you can't handle baseball. From the postings on this website it is obvious many here cannot handle any losses let alone 60, 70 or 80. 
 
Maybe the idea of being a sports fan is not reaching those people. Maybe they need to go back to not having so much information to make decisions that they really are not involved in, whether it is player management or aquisition. Maybe they need to go to a game where they don't know every little detail about everyone involved on the field and just see the game unfold as the pure entertainment that it offers.  
 
Or maybe they need to take a break, a real break where they kick this control habit and move on to something else in their lives. Because for many here, baseball is just not any fun and as a result they just are not any fun to be around when the Angels lose, in fact they aren't even happy when they win.
 
I think I am going to take in a game up in Lancaster tonight or tomorrow night. Never been to that stadium, don't know who is on that team, heck I barely know the 66ers roster. Should be a good time because it is baseball.

I don't need a break from Angels baseball... maybe some Angel fans, but not baseball.  No way.  The off season is too long and not having baseball to watch is awful.  The way I see it, following the team through ups AND downs is part of the journey.  It's funny to see fans bailing in April, but that's their prerogative.  If they're just going to whine and complain and play the blame game, I'd rather they did take a break because having them around makes watching a game far less enjoyable.
 
I get frustrated and angry too, but I'm not about to take a break.  That's MY prerogative.  I love baseball - especially Angels baseball, warts and all.  That's just me.  Again, if people want to bail or take a break - more power to them.  I'm fine with intelligent conversations about why the Angels have sucked so far, but the venting gets old.  It's perfectly understandable, but it still gets old.

Arte hasn't won shit.  There is no way the Angels (or any other team/venue/etc) can dictate what I do with a ticket once I purchase it.  If I choose to resell it, that is my business not theirs.  They have their money.  While language might be there on the back of the original ticket that you are only allowed to resell using "XYX Co." there is no way they are going to be able to enforce it without alienating the fan.  And if you want to make sure there are butts in the seats, you don't alienate the fan.
 
Case closed.

Not in the 9th inning with Trout, Pujols, Trumbo and Hamilton due up.

All I heard on here for years is "small ball is dead, Scoscias a bum". So he's got the big guns to bring PB in and you complain that he's not playing small ball.
 
 

All I heard on here for years is "small ball is dead, Scoscias a bum". So he's got the big guns to bring PB in and you complain that he's not playing small ball.
 
 

This is the way I see it. Once the team has sold the ticket they have received their revenue for it, and they are not entitled to squat if the ticket is resold, nor should they be able to dictate how it is resold or to whom. The Honda analogy in the story is appropriate. Would you buy a house, for instance, if as a condition of the sale the previous owners insisted on telling you who you must use to resell it and insisted on a cut of the resale price, and the resale was subject to their approval? Once you have sold something it is gone, and you have relinquished all rights to decide what happens to it.

Good copy and paste from last year.

That was hit so hard it was like a MILE HIGH DREAM!!!

Opening Day will be a sell out, regardless of whether or not there are still seats and/or tickets available.

I am going to defend him.  If this offense produced the way it is supposed to, Downs giving up runs is a non-issue.
 
You want to blame someone - try hitters 3-4-5 in our lineup.

Maybe Conger is just not as good as we all hoped he would be.

Maybe Conger is just not as good as we all hoped he would be.

I am a big PB fan, but I do think some of the predictions are a little unrealistic.  I will be excited if PB hist 270, let alone 280 or 290 as some suggest.

The only ones who are bitter and are making a big deal out of it are his agent and fans who can't comprehend that there is usually more to the process than what is in a newspaper.

This coming from a guy thats never had to budget more than his lunch money.

This coming from a guy thats never had to budget more than his lunch money.

I hope he retires as an Angel. Baseball needs more guys like this.

Wasn't there just a thread that was putting down bitter Texas fans? Lackeys gone. Let it go.