AZMike

I suspect the Angels bid $125M for Greinke. The Dodgers bid $145, and gave him an opt-out clause to boot. 
 
Hard to fault the Angels for not signign Greinke to that kind of money. The problem was turning around and giving that money to Josh Hamilton. We would have been better off doing nothing in the offseason and remaining comfortably under the luxury tax cutoff. 

Three games, all decided by one run, two of them 1-0, the other in 15 innings. Incredible. The only thing better would be to have an actual rooting interest.

I suspect the Angels bid $125M for Greinke. The Dodgers bid $145, and gave him an opt-out clause to boot. 
 
Hard to fault the Angels for not signign Greinke to that kind of money. The problem was turning around and giving that money to Josh Hamilton. We would have been better off doing nothing in the offseason and remaining comfortably under the luxury tax cutoff. 

I suspect the Angels bid $125M for Greinke. The Dodgers bid $145, and gave him an opt-out clause to boot. 
 
Hard to fault the Angels for not signign Greinke to that kind of money. The problem was turning around and giving that money to Josh Hamilton. We would have been better off doing nothing in the offseason and remaining comfortably under the luxury tax cutoff. 

It wouldn't be a matter of WHOM I would root for, but WHAT I would root for -- mainly for the stadium to explode, or maybe something like that football-game incident in "The Dark Knight Rises."

Those were the worst.  By far. 
 
And someone in the organization recognized the error AND MADE A CHANGE.
 
Arte ought to think about trying that.  Instead of rearranging the deck chairs on the baseball equivalent of the Titanic.

That didn't work out as well as I had planned.

I know who's sleeping like a baby tonight.

So Corbin and Segura are All-Stars, Skaggs looks solid, Chatwood just put up a good season in Coors Field, and Sean-Rod is a nice role player for Tampa Bay. Now the guy the Cardinals took with our pick might be a stud.
Oh and Mike Napoli and John Lackey play for the Red Sox and they're probably going to face the Dodgers in the World Series.
Somebody please wake me up from this nightmare.

It's an announcement saying that the sarah Jessica Parker/lackey/horse "jokes" are not over used and are definitely funny after all these years

The Angels, no doubt in my mind.

Nihilists! **** me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.

Someone's getting promoted to the front office.

Best bet would be to give Vargas a qualifying offer (to make him less valuable to other teams due to draft compensation being attached) but, simultaneously, try to work out a longer-term deal for lower AAV (Better for 2014 luxury tax)
 
IMO we either need to bite the bullet and pay luxury tax to go hard after pitching, or start to dismantle the team and rebuild. Half measures will just lead to more seasons like this one (mediocre ~.500 baseball).

He was pretty much stating the truth. If his teammates don't like being told they suck, that is on them.

Good job Tampa Bay! Thanks for doing what the Angels couldn't do! 

Go Joe Maddon
Go David Price
Go Tampa Bay
I'm hoping this thead doesn't stay up too long

finding a stranger in the Alps

Farrell's.

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I've been using this after frieri pitches way too often...

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I've been using this after frieri pitches way too often...

finding a stranger in the Alps

That was the hit that will turn his season around. Expect great things from him to finish out the year.

Defending Scioscia by referencing Washington's actions is a fool's errand.