Capital_Dave

Oh man, we traded away PTBNL?  I had just bought his jersey!  Goddammit.

Oh man, we traded away PTBNL?  I had just bought his jersey!  Goddammit.

Announcing a name change for a long-time member.  I've been "HaloFromVegas" around here since the start of this board, well into the history of the old board, and hell even back to the ESPN board where so many of us first got acquainted.  But the truth is I've been living a lie.  For the last 2+ years, I've been "HaloFromVegas" posting from... Kentucky, of all places.  I moved here in 2015 to serve as Director of the Kentucky Legislature.  Still an Angels fan, still a regular lurker around here.  I'm a believer in the "quality not quantity" school of posting, and I have been frequently mistaken for Vegas Halo Fan (who it turns out believes in the "quantity and also quality" school of posting...)  I'm a veteran of three AngelsWin Fanfests and sightings of the old AngelsWin inside joke "... is and idoit" still makes me chuckle.  One of my proudest moments came when I received an email from Jerry DiPoto, and my wife keeps a picture of her and Kole Calhoun on her nightstand (he's on her "freebie list" if she ever gets the chance). 
I'm happy to be liberated from my shameful lie and will be posting as a proud (adoptive) Kentucky boy going forward.  My office overlooks the central rotunda of the Kentucky Capitol, so look me up if you ever find yourself in Frankfort.

Great pic
For those who don't know, Bill's son is in the Federal Witness Protection Program. 

Announcing a name change for a long-time member.  I've been "HaloFromVegas" around here since the start of this board, well into the history of the old board, and hell even back to the ESPN board where so many of us first got acquainted.  But the truth is I've been living a lie.  For the last 2+ years, I've been "HaloFromVegas" posting from... Kentucky, of all places.  I moved here in 2015 to serve as Director of the Kentucky Legislature.  Still an Angels fan, still a regular lurker around here.  I'm a believer in the "quality not quantity" school of posting, and I have been frequently mistaken for Vegas Halo Fan (who it turns out believes in the "quantity and also quality" school of posting...)  I'm a veteran of three AngelsWin Fanfests and sightings of the old AngelsWin inside joke "... is and idoit" still makes me chuckle.  One of my proudest moments came when I received an email from Jerry DiPoto, and my wife keeps a picture of her and Kole Calhoun on her nightstand (he's on her "freebie list" if she ever gets the chance). 
I'm happy to be liberated from my shameful lie and will be posting as a proud (adoptive) Kentucky boy going forward.  My office overlooks the central rotunda of the Kentucky Capitol, so look me up if you ever find yourself in Frankfort.

Announcing a name change for a long-time member.  I've been "HaloFromVegas" around here since the start of this board, well into the history of the old board, and hell even back to the ESPN board where so many of us first got acquainted.  But the truth is I've been living a lie.  For the last 2+ years, I've been "HaloFromVegas" posting from... Kentucky, of all places.  I moved here in 2015 to serve as Director of the Kentucky Legislature.  Still an Angels fan, still a regular lurker around here.  I'm a believer in the "quality not quantity" school of posting, and I have been frequently mistaken for Vegas Halo Fan (who it turns out believes in the "quantity and also quality" school of posting...)  I'm a veteran of three AngelsWin Fanfests and sightings of the old AngelsWin inside joke "... is and idoit" still makes me chuckle.  One of my proudest moments came when I received an email from Jerry DiPoto, and my wife keeps a picture of her and Kole Calhoun on her nightstand (he's on her "freebie list" if she ever gets the chance). 
I'm happy to be liberated from my shameful lie and will be posting as a proud (adoptive) Kentucky boy going forward.  My office overlooks the central rotunda of the Kentucky Capitol, so look me up if you ever find yourself in Frankfort.

We don't need no Rondons.  As long as we have Tyler Skaggs, we can get any prospect we want from DiPoto.

We don't need no Rondons.  As long as we have Tyler Skaggs, we can get any prospect we want from DiPoto.

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Josh Hamilton, Mo Vaughn, Gary Mathews Jr, Vernon Wells

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Trout, inspired by his teammate to try this two-way player thing, wins the Cy Young and hits 20 HR's.

Maybe that retard is gearing up to make another run at Skaggs

According to FanGraphs, Simmons is the 30th most valuable player in baseball in terms of trade value.  This is what it takes to pick up a contract with that kind of perceived value.  
 
FanGraphs wrote:
I’ve had more than one front office member point out that Simmons’ early career numbers look remarkably similar to that of Ozzie Smith. And if Simmons takes any kind of step forward at the plate, he’s a superstar. 
 
Fingers crossed that Eppler is right on this one...

Țrump is impeached, all incumbents are voted out and America resets the government with people committed to solving problems for everyone.

Once threw my then-8-year-old son a ball at a game.  Has since been one of our favorite scruffy underachievers.  Glad he survived and best wishes for a speedy recovery to the family.