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The gameday thread will be much shorter now without the 4 to 5 pages devoted strictly to Ibanez rants, ramblings, sarcasm, lolz, skus, OMG's. Wont miss any of that sh*t.

LOL @ the White Sox being a really good team. They are a step below average. It just might not show sometimes because their entire division is as well.

Wow! Thats really creepy.

I actually half enjoy the two A's anouncers. Very little homerism, and are pretty knowledgable about opposing teams.

The Angels have actually produced some incredible home-grown talent in recent years. Obviously, Trout and Weaver top the list. But you've also got Santana, Kendrick, Trumbo, Bourjos, and Calhoun (I think he's going to be solid). 
 
Unfortunately, a handful of guys who would have been huge assets for the organization were traded away (Segura and Corbin have a 3.5 and 3.4 WAR). The jury is still out on Skaggs and Chatwood.
 
The Bolden and Clarke first round picks were inexcusable, though. That is just an unmitigated disaster.
 
The biggest problem I see with the organization is the win-now mentality; it comes at the expense of building a young nucleus of cost-controlled players, which would make competing yearly a viable goal. True, big market teams can get away with this, but only for so long before it comes back to bite you in the ass. The White Sox have been doing this for years, and it's led to the crisis they're currently in. In sharp contrast on the Northside of Chicago, Theo and Hoyer are going about it the right way. They should yield results in a year or so. The Pujols and Hamilton acquisitions were very short-sighted. So were the trades for Greinke and Haren.
 
I would imagine it's got to be frustrating for Angels fans who can envision what their team should be like right now. In an alternate reality, the outlook would be very bright moving forward.
 
If the Angels have a shift in philosophy, they can right the ship. Dipoto needs to change his tactics, and the Sciosica mystique has run its course. In the meantime, I would hope that Hamilton and Pujols bounce back next year so you can unload them on the Yankees or another big market team willing to eat some of the money. Easier said than done, but that should be the plan at this point. Accept the sunk cost and move on.

You two must not have been around for Arte's opening press conference in 2003.

At one point, Pujols was pretty fast, too.

The real idiots were the ones who added Hamilton to the team 
 

The nationals were one of the best team in the majors last year.  The Angels was bad last year.  So I go with the Nationals as a worse season.  They dropped a lot more than the Angels did.

The look on the texas players faces was like "love playin' these bitches".

The look on the texas players faces was like "love playin' these bitches".

LT, i'm def on your side on this one, but man, caffinated much?

Hopefully Weaver can make it through this inning.
 
Guessing this is his last.

No 40/40 due to his bad April, maybe next year. I could easily see 35 HRs/35-40 SBs this year though.

If some of the media reports are accurate, that might be one of the last things Mattiingly does as their manager.

Good job, had some struggles but minimized the damage.  More than you can say about 90% of the starts by our SPs this season.  Hope he can keep it going.  Richards looks pretty good in the pen.

http://www.foxsportswest.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/story/Scioscia-No-plans-to-quit-despite-strugg?blockID=899567#.UYfhCO3Gvrg.twitter
 
A fired-up Scioscia wants to make it clear -- he's not interested in bailing out.

"I've never quit, given up or anything else like that in my career," the Halos' manager said after an 8-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. "I'm certainly not going to start now.

This means they won't be able to spin it when they fire him.

We've REEKED since late February.
Get ready for a 75-87 type season.

i keept thinking of this! they need to chill on walk off celebrations...
 

We really need to consider how far we can let this team be bad with Scioscia at helm. Is there even a line that can be crossed
before moves are made? 
 
This isn't a Fire Scioscia thread, more like a fire Butcher/Eppard thread and if the team still sucks..consider firing Scioscia.

#LTBU ... Super stoked!
Albert Pujols first signature moment with the Angels. Roth, Richards and Jimenez big contributors too.
Woooooo

Butcher goes first, sounds crazy, but this team isn't quite disastrous enough yet to fire sosh. 3..2..1..