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ANAHEIM, CA - JUNE 29:  Portrait of Vladimir Guerrero #27 of the Texas Rangers during the ninth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on June 29, 2010 in Anaheim, California.  This is Guerrero's first return to Angel Stadium as a Texas Ranger.  (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

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almost 2 years ago: ANAHEIM, CA - JUNE 29: Portrait of Vladimir Guerrero #27 of the Texas Rangers during the ninth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on June 29, 2010 in Anaheim, California. This is Guerrero's first return to Angel Stadium as a Texas Ranger. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

...the past is close behind...

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ohhhhhhhhhh i like the feeling of this thread
It's got some good MOJO to it!
rally gnome + rally monkey =

unbeatable

It feels like decent baseball
that photo

bums me out

We'll leave all the negativity in the last thread
no kidding

it was getting pretty nasty.

nice catch bobby!
Wow, good catch by Bobby
Somebody go grab Vlad by the ear and pull him over to the hom edugout wher ehe blongs
woohoo typos!
I almost thought you meant to do that...
OK, heart of the order coming up

Let’s do this

People asking about Kaz contract

Angels’ contracts

The GMJ of starting pitching for the Angels
Huge premium

On lefty starters in this league

But like

good lefties, right?

You'd hope so
Evidently washed up lefties with pedestrian stuff get them too
Jelly of the month club

the gift that just keeps givin Clark

ouch

i keep forgetting that we owe GMJ and Speier money
wowsers

wonder what reagins extension is

seems so intertwined in FO that he’s not going anywhere.

Looking ahead for TXS ...

A four game series with the Baltimore . Thats just great .

screw that

let’s just beat their asses tonight and tomorrow

I heard they've got a road series against the little sisters of the poor.
i wonder who the Rangers had to pay off

to get their pathetically easy schedule,

Goooo Halooooooos!
Get on base table setters
Please score some runs Angels!
Angels interested in Hank Blalock

Link

oh sure, why not....
Rangers announcers

way too into it

That was

Ridiculously hung.

TWSS
Almost put that in

Parentheses at the end of my post. But then I’d have looked like I expected you guys to be immature.

Why is Mathis starting again?
Chicks dig him?
because he rarely wears underwear

and if he does, its usually something unusuall

hah

the difference of a thread, last time it was why isn’t mathis starting tonight (I dont mean you, just Angels fans as a whole)

I don't believe that anyone really likes Mathis
I don't like him

I just think he needs to be given a shot at consistent playing time, he has sucked after injury as most people do. If he continues as is, he’s done. If he plays like the 09 playoffs/pre-injury this year then we win.

He has had 2 years to not suck

last year was an aberration.

Dude is 27

and has shown flashes. It was his first 2 years getting decent playing time and even at that he didn’t get anything consistent. He probably didn’t get every start in a series without Naps being hurt.

I know you have faith in Mathis

If he played say 130-140 games a season behind the dish, what do you see his numbers as? Do you feel he can hit for average, power, OBP, or all of the above? Just curious.

Good question

I don’t know much about trying to project out what kind of hitter someone would be.

He plays for a team that contends every year

They can’t waste major league at-bats hoping he develops.

Willits impersonating Elvis...
I can't figure whether to make a he-dead joke, a drugs joke, or a weight joke

Someone else do it

golf shot

stooge reggie

that's not gonna get it done
i got a feelin~~

so let’s not screw this up and score 2+ ru s

reggie sure got ahold of that one
On the positive side, at least he didn't pop out to the catcher
Dammit Willits

Do not swing the bat

alright

i’ll take a run!

Eh, got a run

Bullpen needs to hold for this offense though

That was Willits homer
Woo hoo! They finally score a run with a runner on base!

“Future Batting Champ” is up too!

Howie you owe us
get on base Howie
wow this is kind of fun actually

watching Angels game and posting on HH at the same time is entertaining that is

Why do you think

So many of us do it?

none of us

have a life

YAH

what took you so long

A run is a run is a run
howie with the base hit!
One run game ftw
Mike Maddux looks nothing like Greg
dad from family ties
What would we do baby? Without us?
That was terrible fielding by Abreu
you talking about the catch at the top of the inning?
Both plays

He made them look harder than they actually were.

It's up to you Old Man

better not go 0 for 4

Yesterday

It was Juan saving our pitchers. Now it’s Abruu.

Howie pulled the ball?!>
It is such a rare occurence

the SS was playing up the middle or else he probably would’ve fielded that

Well

Finish the equation. “Howie pulled the ball!” is greater than what?

Howie grounding out to second?
striking out on ball in the dirt with runner on 3rd with one out...

???

cmon torii!
LETS GO HALOS
Hula D..

Please..?!?!

Please come through Torii
bullpen full of (x) angels
homer

you heard it first

Why the hell?
double steal

angels baseball!

Double Steal

doesn’t mean anything if Torii can’t come through. C’mon

Sometimes I wonder

What’s wrong with the angels.

Mike Scioscia is retarded
I'm not sure what Scioscia did wrong there

Don’t think he told Torii to line out to the pitcher

No, but he called a double steal with two outs

Torii had to take a pitch to allow that boneheaded play then he was down 0-2

Could have been a contact play and Torii just didn't swing

Other possibilities as well. But I don’t think it was necessarily Soth’s fault.

gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

wasted

Mahalo Hula Dula
...what the hell?
awful at bat
because of torii's beard?

????

Why didn't we consider

Walking vlad with the bases loaded?

because then you have...hamilton with the bases loaded?
And?

I’d rather face him than vlad, tbh.

not right now

Hamilton’s June has been ridiculous.
 
Plus if we walk Vlad yesterday we probably lose

If I were any other team,

I’d agree. But unfortunately, Vlad’s got a bone to pick with us.

That still isn't enough

A guy with a retooled swing that has made him hit like a god or a guy with intangible things like wanting to show his old team they were wrong. I’ll take the chance against the intangible guy instead of the potential triple crown guy

obviously you haven't been watching Vlad bat during this series..
Hamilton's gone from good to triple crown candidate

in a month, where he has a 1.301 ops. Yeah Vlad is killing us, but Hamilton is killing everyone. Hindsight is 20/20

Hula FAIL!

Way to tell Vlad that this is YOUR team now! NIce to see ya! NOT

I have aybar's

Walkup music stuck in my head

SOS

Hold Them!!!!

weren't those Doyer fans????
Weren't you banned?

Oh wait, that was me

only in Mexico
Remember that one time

We voted on whether you should be banned?

Is it too late for me to vote?
No, but the Reggie Jackson guy probably ate a couple during the Freeway Series
Way OT

But this is a good what if scenario read for Lakers fans. Here

read that earlier today

Pretty interesting read, love those what-if type stories

nice inning sean

let’s get some runs!

Could our DH possibly get on base tonight????
Way to let Vlad dominate Godzirrahhh

pull your head out!

he did walk earlier tonight
big f'ing whoopdeeedoooo

Vlad had Salami and double

well he asked if he would get on base

i was just saying: he has.

"Kinsler is just a little bit too cocky"?

nice understatement there Terry

Terry said that?

When?

Just before Kinsler popped out to end the inning
First read:

Pooped out. Which would be hilarious.

Just before end of inning...he said, "KInsler is one of those guys you love to have on your team and hate him if he is playing against you"
the quote continues with Terry saying

because Kinsler is just a little bit too cocky.

Don't look now but that is 7 straight for SOS
Damn. Sully's holding it down for the home team
coors or miller?

BEER.

I need you more than anyone darling
This damn song

taunts me every time we’re losing in the 7th

It's a song about a loser

Catchy? Kinda. But has some bad juju around it.

Let's Go Halos!
The foundations.
If we can pull this out...

O’Sullivan for POTG.

Vlad would'a ran that out..
and maybe pulled a hammy
yeah he kinda jogged that
55 now 44
Is that the over/under on Matsui's real age?
no double plays this season
I hate Elvis
Dammit Andria
*Andrus
Freudian slip?
iPod touch

Auto correct

Or auto true desire

Fransdian slip?

Good time for his 1st homer
boring matsui robot with zero emotion

makes clover_black sleepy

Vlad triple for the cycle?
ohhhhhhhhhh vlad
STOP PISSING OFF VLAD
Good job, Sully.

At least gave us a chance to win after Kazmir crapped the bed.

ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL
That's why I walk him.
AhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHH!
give me a freakin' break!
Can someone tell me why we let him go?
We didn't know he'd lose like 30 pounds

and workout for the entire winter

because he's 35, looks washed up and has suspect knees

…oh wait, that’s Matsui

Yeah, Reagins. Nice.
Vlad enjoying this very, very much and I can't blame him at all
"No pay for bunt"
Nothin' like playin' at home eh Vladdy?
victor rojas has a boner

i know this guy wears a ranger leotard under his suit

very very bad visual
We Have MATSUI

We Have Matsui.

God Damn I’m Proud.

Thank God his splits are so bad!!
He IS playing at home after all!
So we are better than the Rangers

but not better than Vlad. I get it.

You can't make this shit up
Ninja!

I don’t like you right now.

Oh, and Hamilton is on roids. I have proof.

Go.
his flame tattoo tip you off?
Why'd we pull SOS?
Because we hate winning baseball games
I don't know how I feel about being Vlad's bitch
WTF just happened in the last 5 min?

i went to take a quick shower after we finished 123 top of 7th inning
i come out of shower and score is 6-4
did we even bat?

well we were up

but we did not bat

Define "bat"

We stood up there with bats, yeah.

Frankie 2.0

I’ve heard of regressing to the mean, but disintegrating to it?

Kohn and Thompson Rev....

When hitters strike out we can say they got Kohn’d.

Nice job pitching to him
pitches down the middle of the plate with no movement is sure to not get Vlad out.

Why is frod in there
Arte make us all proud

and fire the Ninja tonight

aghhhhhh

sloppy

Error-eola by Nipples
damn it vladdy

stop rubbing it in our faces that we didn’t resign you! its not our fault our GM is an idiot!

Team imploding now.

Reach on error.

Sets up the DP
I Hate Vladdy!

Being on the other team

E6ybar

YOu piece of shit…that was an easy play!

…and you guys get on Wood for his defense? That was pathetic of Eybar!

We deserve this, because Vlad deserved better.

Clearly he can still hit outside of Arlington.

Bullshit

Vlad would not be this motivated in an Angels uni. He could have done this in 09, but he was out of shape.

This

He was burned by 29 teams, so he worked out like a mofo

and the Rangers are reaping this reward.

Exactly

Vlad would not be reproducing this production with the Angels right now. Simple as that.

but he would be reproducing

with Lackey’s leftover strikeforce girls

Plus he was unwilling to DH

until he had no other alternative. The Angels weren’t going to wait for him to make a decision.

It was a lose-lose-lose situation
I love Vlad and miss him, but I didn't expect him to hit THIS good.

He has found the fountain of youth (at least for this year) and is hitting like it’s 2006 Vlad

Basically what I am saying is the Rangers got lucky

They also got lucky with Colby Lewis.

But not Rich Harden

See there is a certain amount of luck involved.

True about Harden

They also got lucky with C.J. Wilson, but I think he will regress. Colby Lewis is for real this year though.

yep

we were pretty much screwed either way. it just so happened that him ending up with the rangers screwed us the most

Aybar,

It’s legal to stop and make a good throw

Angels,

it’s legal to play good baseball

Its also legal
to throw Vlad high fastballs

SO glad we have Matsui.

This is such bullshit. Reagins needs to go.

Replace Vlad with gimpier Matsui, continue to let good relievers go while throwing ridiculous contracts at mediocre pitching, signing plenty of aging outfielders..

Yeah if I could go back in time, I would have resigned Vlad and Oliver

Let go of Shields and promoted Kohn and Thomspon immediately

Shields has been pitching great lately.
Shields hindsight is 20/20 here

No one thought he would have returned so poorly.

so
no one expected Shields to start poorly after spending most of last year on the DL?

Not this poorly

It was suspect, but no one knew. There was no reason to not let him have a shot

that is not what that statement means

it means that there was a chance it could go either way and looking back on a decision like that it is easy to say what the decision should have been

Thank you

Our FO doesn’t have the gift of hindsight that we do here.

haven't you heard

every other team’s GM does except ours

*re-signed

sorry, pet peeve.

if we could go back in time to then, I'd sign Glaus

and not sign Fuentes

Letting Glaus leave after 2004 was one of the all-time idiotic moves.

Vlad hit with no help for almost all of his best years in Anaheim.

kRod II

i had almost two feet on the bandwagon.

wtf holmes

Is Vlad going to hit 40+ homers this year?
no the texas heat will get to him
he's from the DR. The heat ain't gonna bug him
lotta road games for them

in the time they ordinarily wilt

Can we get pitchers
that don’t throw meatballs down the middle against Vlad? What do Angel pitchers have against throwing him high fastballs?

snugge night 2.0?
Good night

can’t watch this guy stick it up anymore

ZOMG FIRE REAG1NS!
sarcasm noted

the fire tony reagins reactionary bandwagon after vlads bombs is funny.

its scary the intellect of people who actually believe in this GM though.

It's been less than 2 years since he took the job

He has made some good trades and made bad ones. He has also had good signings and signed some duds.

It’s not like he is Dayton Moore.

Is Reagins doing a good job?

If we miss the playoffs this year, I think it’s a real discussion.

It could be an after the year discussion in that hypo

It shouldn’t be one right now.

Yes.

But the Kazmir trade and letting Vlad go to bring in Matsui are killing us this year.

Hopefully we turn it around, and hopefully we made the most of the extra draft picks this year and last.

reminds me of the OLD Angels moves...

Sign big name players past their prime for revenue.

Rodney also sucks

Reagins, Sosh, or whoever is making the player personnel decisions in regards to free agent signings isn’t doing a great job.

the only reason why someone signs Mastui
is for the postseason. He’s an average player in the regular season, but tears up the ball in the postseason where this team needs a lot of help. However, if the bullpen along with Saunders and Kazmir keep stinking it up, that won’t happen.

I love

when people actually get it

Need to make the postseason first.
I kinda wonder why this is

Is he saving himself? Does he only really get up for big games? Did he always just assume the Yankees would make the playoffs?

yea
with juicers surrounding him, who wouldn’t?

Vlad 5 plus 1 run from Rangers to the Angels 4
Well... it sucks that it is likely a 2-game switch...

…but it’s pretty awesome with what Vlad is still doing. Can’t hate the guy…

  • stares at the hitting coach *
NO official word from Texass about Benjie deal...
really?

Several reports I’ve read have confirmed it

quoting Terry

So Texas trying to sign ex Angels like the Ms did
although a lot of good that did

The M's? No.

The Rangers? So far, yes.

why would they do that?
Let's Go Angels!
k3yerout Wilson
Willits has that little bat you can buy in the team store
$5

$4 if you want the pink one.

i would love to see

BWood pinch hit for a homerun
probably won’t happen…

I would love to see Q Pinch hit for a homerun!

got a better chance of Reggie hitting a HR, and I dont mean Mr. October

I don't think it is humanly possible for him to hit one out

in a game.

i could see him hitting an inside the parker

with Damon as the guy fielding the ball

i would love to see

us win

the World CUp

is over the US lost

Wah Wah Wah Lol

J/King

dont joke

so close to americas birthday

Anyone really expecting the usa to win the cup were only kidding themselves
TRUE AMERICANS

i guess your not one of them?

Realistic
Exactly. Our best player was ranked like 50th in the world.

No chance.

That doesn't make sense
to a true american it does

USA USA USA

But I am a terrorist if that's what you were asking
At least Dono is drunk when he's like that.
Who needs alcohol

when you’re retarded

trolliing again?
What's trolliing?
Trolling on shrooms
trolling but with gusto and an extra "i"
Should've added one more

You can never have too many

Bwahhahahaha

I think you’re being serious

And there's DOV.
i dunno man

sounds to me like you hate freedom

I did just admit to being a terrorist

Kinda a prerequisite of joining up

Willits little bat

Hopefully the team-store bat gets him on base.

Those things are quite durable
small bat small p++++
Keep your inadequacies to yoursef, please.
k3yerout Reg
damnit reggie

you can’t repeatedly swing at the high stuff

the Rangers throw high pitches
why can’t the Halos?

its a rule

lucky teams can’t throw high pitches

Well that was pointless.

Way to make him throw some pitches Reggie…

Just got home

Man Kazmir sucks. The guy needs to go. His arm is obviously not right. The last time the Angels had a starter this bad he pretty much kept the Angels out of the playoff by himself and his name was Jeff Weaver in 2006.

What scares me guys is do you realize that even before Kaz’s bad start today Weaver had the LOWER WHIP in 2006 than Kaz does in 2009 which is MORE pitcher friendly. I think after tonight their ERA + will be almost identical in the low 70’s.

How much more of his crap do we have to endure? Personally if I was Soth I’d tell him he’s going to start and that he’s only a 3-4 inning pitcher. Do go as hard as he can in those innings and see if that increases his fastball velocity at all. If it doesn’t, his arm is SHOT and you might as well release him.

I didn't read your comment but I'm pretty sure I know what it says

it looks like it should have been a fan post, it also would have been easier to ignore that way

I'm guessing you two don't like each other
mh252525 is pretty much spot on
Kazmir is done.

and the guy we traded for him, Alex Torres, is tearing up AA right now.

Let’s just trade Q for Oswalt and have this problem be over with

We can also thrown in Kazmir so he can play closer to home
its AA

who cares

Guys in High A?
I heard this one guy Brandon Wood is awesome in AAA
yeah, but there was this dude at Salt Lake named Robb Quinlan who was even better
you mean the future HOF?

blind optimism, not sarcasm

You should have told Reagins this was coming
Not to REALLY bum everyone out but....

….we were supposed to have a great young pitcher in the rotation this year named Nick Adenhart. Unfortunately, the worst tragedy in Angels history had to happen. So we lost a great young player and our system doesn’t have anyone close to being ready (because they weren’t supposed to need to have anyone for us).

Sadly, this is the case
in Blazing Saddles it was "Reverend"

in HH it is “R’obviously”

yea
if it wasn’t for some drunk, Adenhart would be the 5th starter and S-Rod will be on the bench or on the field.

yea that's a great point however

at this point I don’t think Bell or SOS could do much worse than Kaz. We know what we are going to get with Kaz…..

so if the Halos lose this year
we can blame the dumb drunk for ruining the Angels

Sorta.

It feels crass to look at the baseball effects of the Adenhart tragedy, but I did immediately think that it really screwed the team over. We were really counting on him, and some scouting reports had him as our no.1 starter eventually.

Aybar's

Chaw is as thick as his bat handle.

halofolife checking in.

Finally back from the midwest, able to watch my Halos again. Lets do this!

You should've skipped this one
No shit.

I regret trying to get back to Cali so soon. ;)

Hey Aybar

we’re playing baseball not grabass

Are you screaming at your dog or the player?

Or is there a difference?

His dog is smarter
since it's 3 minutes to 12 here in Texas

I’m about to use my July F-Bomb before I ought to.

I do not like Vlad Guerrero
I love Vlad Guerrero

I do not like Vlad Guerrero the Ranger

i named my son after him

ditto kingfish

Liar.

You said he was named after another Vlad. It used to be in your signature.

And yes, the only reason I know this is because you so annoyingly replied to every single thing anybody ever said during spring training to run your comment count up..

People count those things?
i said that to cover the lie to my wife

and are you stalking me? do you know where i leave and my car that i drive?

No, that's Inkara
rev's got him

i got borderline

I know nothing about you DOV.

Except that you’re incessantly annoying. I was just making an observation, since I had to stare at your annoying posts day after day in spring training.

And no, I have no idea where you leave, in fact, I’m not even sure what you’re leaving or why it is that you are leaving it..

that is good to know

i am married and with kids

God bless their souls..
What happened to our great minor league system

3 years ago it was rated the best now it sucks?

Funny thing about saying "3 years ago"

That was 3 years ago. People were promoted, some were traded, etc.

The guy killing Adenhart
depleted the farm system

He was our no.1 prospect.
i know things happened but

how so quick?

Adenhart was killed

SRod/Torres traded
Few people made the big league club

And the Angels lost out on restocking the pool a lot due to the numerous FA signings.

Wood bombed.

Can’t overstate how important that was. He’s not even an OK major league player and he was our other top prospect (with Adenhart).

Wouldn't know...he is back to sitting on the bench...just like the last couple years...

management f’ing him up again!

and a lot of risks that didn't work out in the draft

if the Angels had Harvey, Cone, and Matsuz or however you spell it things would be looking a lot better

we'll trade Conger in two weeks

and call it a decade

god no

he is the Korean HOPE

It does?

I actually thought it was over-rated a few years ago but is getting a lot better now.

We're watching some of them play right now
KMo ended his own season...
Director of Player Development went on to destroy something more significant
The well is dry

It seems like Morales and Weaver are the only ones that have turned out to be All-Star quality. Maybe Napoli could join the list if he gets enough PA’s. Saunders was an All-Star, but he’s really just a 4th starter. Aybar and Kendrick are average. Mathis stinks.

So, at least 2 runs off Feliz? This one's in the bag.

no prob
we got Spezio’s 3 run HR due up anytime

it is the 6th inning?

then Salmon’s 2 run HR?

GA is gonna clear the bases with a double
and then percey

comes in to close

the great old days

;o

i had a nap mid-this game and dreamt salmon was playing left field and batting sixth

Left?
It was one hell of a nap I guess

Bat 6th?
Who was batting 3rd?

pull out the world serise dvd
I hope so, there's gotta be a reason why I'm still watching this shit
Still trying to figure out what happened with Kaz

He was cruisin’ and then just forgot how to pitch in the 4th

He remembered he was Kaz and not Weave

he was told that
imitating other pitchers wasn’t very nice

yeah, honestly I dont think he was doing too bad

hittin the corners and making the batters swing.

his head just exploded in the 4th. take out that inning and its a 4-2 angel lead

Doesn’t it seem that its always
1 inning that screws Kaz over? He always loses it in 1 inning, but its too late.

It's better than him losing it in 2?
howie with the glove

now show us some bat and get us started!

Dude! Why didn't we resign Vlad!??

Come one. Who’s with me on this?

this is a fascinating thought

and i’m surprised that it has not yet been brought up today

Just about everyone.

Bah.

No one expected this kind of year
Might as well also ask why we didn’t resign Washburn and Glaus

at the time it didn't make any sense

who would of thought he would have made is big of a comeback.

you don't bet against franchise players like that

at least make an effort to ensure HOFr retires as an angel… it would have been worth a down year.

^^^^^^^this^^^^^^^^
Agree

It seems that 29 other teams and various projection systems didn’t think Vlad would have this type of year too. The Rangers basically won the lotto with Vlad.

i was for it

i had just got a Vlad shirt that winter wanted to wear it out

maybe
another couple of pitchers were needed instead. Pinerio was a decent signing, but Kazmir, the most inconsistent guy on the rotation next to Saunders

At least Saunders pitches well occasionally...Kaz just sucks!
seems like a valid reason to re-sign someone
They should also fire the GM

amirite?

Yeah, and mike scioscia

I don’t think a lot people got my sarcasm

haha i was suprised

how many people didnt get it

hey isn't past your bed time
thats up to you
I love how everybody is blaming Reagins tonight about Kaz and Vlad

and I got shelled for saying that a month ago….losers.

fo sho!

the newds need to get off the tony reagins hate train

Oh man, you're always right

You should make a fanpost about how you’re always right.

next why don’t u tell us
whose gonna replace Kazmir?

Oh wait

Good for you!

wow!

another boneheaded sarcastic comment

you guys are like the middle and h.s freshman I teach.

Oh dear God!

Anyone can be a teacher these days.

america

fuck ya

it's FRESHMEN

Christ, you’re lame

beacause great prophets are always persecuted in their time... Nostrodamus, Jean Dixon, Miss Cleo, DM_RMBRS '95
DM_RMBRS '95 is Jesus?
He's getting crucified, isn't He?
He died for HH's sins
blame the LSBs
miss cleo

told me i would win the lottery
has not happened yet
DM_RMBRS 95 is so smart

well maybe not Vlad..but definitely Kaz
well now you can sleep well tonight knowing how right you were
that 7th grade sarcasm

isnt that insulting…try harder

I think you'd have more friends on the lone star ball boards buddy

You aren’t impressing anyone with your end of game snipes….loser

i don't blame Reagins. I was all for it
great minds think alike
So do poor minds.
so why did you think he had an ERA of almost 6 when the Angels got him?

just wondering

matsui

3 run walkoff shot =]

Only works
in the playoffs silly.

The way a GM shows that he is bad

when roughly the same amount is being spent but your talent pool is at a a drop off

disagree

the same amount is being spent but these are the years were we are getting absolutely NOTHING from Stonemans horrible decisions. I think Reagins is slightly better than Stoneman, but I think they are both below average GM’s

that is true. Stoneman was awful

lousy signings

i dont want to trade stoneman

please

He better hit a 2-run HR here
This game was an abortion
Well that sucked
Hey stRangers...that's one in a row...
Buckwheat 4 for 4 ? OTAY .
when i would watch the games my

wife would ask my Coolie-O was playing for the angels

I'd also love to see more from the people saying that Matsui

is a killer postseason player…he had a great series last year against Philly…but after A-Rod finally set up the table for him by finally being clutch. Hideki was in NYY for how many years and won how many WS titles until A-Rod finally got clutch and Texiera came into town.

playoffs

we need to think about .500 first and staying there

we are 8 games over

with no signs of turning back….

same thought process

that Kaz is a boston / NYY killer.

holds absolutely no truth.

I'd like to hear from more people who can't stand you

might run out of server space though

I think this "clutch" argument about Matsui performing in the playoffs is insane

Ugh….It’s still a small sample size. Plus you have to get to the playoffs first. I would like to think that our GM is a bit more rational. You never know though.

I'm gonna go give myself a stRanger
Don't hurt yourself
I have problems believing this is a real thing
At least I don't live in Texas
Glad I don't live in California anymore.

That said, screw the Arlington Rangers of Dallas and sometimes Fort Worth.

Awful awful awful

I can’t believe it’ll last, but the Halos aren’t good right now.

Enjoy the sheep-screwing in Grand Prairie tonight hayseeds.

this "turn" the page idea

is getting tired..

youre right...

its time to close the book on the season.

Did you get locked out of your World of Warcraft account?

I’m trying to figure out why you’re torturing us after a loss.

Haters gonna hate
I had a roommate who played for 16+ hours a day....everyday....
Are you sure it wasn't DM_RMBRS '95?
you can't make it this easy on me man
the fact that the fans are so blind to the problems of our team

is truly unbelievable..but the fact that you guys fight so adamant against the idea is worse…its like dodger fans

Hahahahahahaha

There’s so much negativity in the game threads. There’s no way to avoid it. The team has problems yes. You coming in here saying you knew it all along with some unearned sense of entitlement is entirely another.

First of all, this must be a reply fail because it makes zero sense here

Secondly, no one is saying the team doesn’t have faults, we are just saying your annoying bitching after we lose and saying the team will go nowhere literally adds nothing to the conversation.

And finally, we fight adamantly, didn’t you say that you are a teacher?

Cocaine's a hell of a drug
I'm Rick James bitch
uh huh

you really are a teenager huh? Why am I coming here during a loss? Because when we win, the organization is feeling like everything is ok and nobody listens…it just hides the faults. Even if we make the playoffs, there is no chance in hell we are winning anything. This team has no true scary bat, just many complimentary players. Matsui never carried an offense in his career, so why would he now? Our pitching staff has no true proven ace yet. Weaver is pitching amazing, but the jury over a whole season and in the playoffs is still out. Our bullpen is crap.

duuuude I know your alternate id

it’s desecrator_09 right?

until fans actually show some passion

and put some heat on the organization…they wont fix any problems and just continue to roll out the MLB’s version of the Dallas Mavericks

you mean the Clippers?
The Angels are neither the Mavericks nor the Clippers

Because they’ve actually won something

we are the yankees of baseball
in 2002

we are still stuck on that? 8 years ago?

Umm

Since it is our 1 title…yes. It was a bad analogy since the Mavs nor the Clips have ever won ANYTHING.

yes

2002 forever

how does that not show a defeatest feeling?

we are fine…we won 8 years ago.

I'm having problems with you saying you're a teacher

Poor reading comprehension and poor spelling. I know they go to town on these things in M.Ed programs, so I’m not sure what’s wrong here.

and your defeated comments serve to improve the situation how?

Guess what?

No one gives a shit

which is why our team wont win anything anytime soon..no fan pressure

because you dont give a shit

you are nothing but a troll in sheep's clothing

so please leave

uh huh

i love the Angels too much to see them fail…but you could care less

Maybe you should call Arte and tell him all about it

or better yet

just buy the team!

We give a shit

just not about defeatist posters who only appear after a tough loss in a game we all had an emotional investment in.

*muah

you guys care?? you guys are the definition of bandwagon some of you

read a Game Thread back to yourself…its all highs and lows.

Wait

People respond with emotional highs and lows to the highs and lows of the game? What?

That's just crazy talk

What’s the definition of “fan” again?

Thats how all passionate fans react
can i be a low

i dont do drugs

This is bold ....Angels will lead the division at the all - star break .
If by bold you mean high

Then I agree.

that statement

makes a ton of sense

Will Karmis still be in the rotation?
I can see how this is going to set up

Vlad has a monster year, wins the comeback player of the year award, is the running for the MVP, makes the playoffs, but disappoints. The Rangers happy sticking it to the Angels award Vlad with a 4/60 contract. Vlad has another decent year then craps out turns into a injury prone double play machine.

Then vlad retires as a ranger in the HOF

yeah, woohoo, we won.

thats how we treat franchise players.

wow someone actually said this

when i said it in my sarcastic rant i thought i was taking it further than anyone else would

nothing far fetched about that one.

and it wouldn’t be the first time the angels FO screwed themselves out of seeing their logo in the HOF

So is Texas where Angel HOFs go to retire?
Apparently

Because the Angels hate franchise players and would rather have them retire with the Rangers.

It had nothing to do with the fact that Vlad was unwilling to DH and take less money.

Give vlad the money.

Let him hobble into the HOF as an angel.

Unfortunately for the Rangers and Angels Vlad will likely go in the HOF as an Expo.
No way

The playoff appearances and MVP sway him towards an Angel HOF

yes, yes it is far fetched

even if he does retire as a Ranger which is unlikely, what do you think it would take for that to actually happen for Vladdy stat wise

Kazmir gets traded to Houston and wins 20 games next year

Fans complain that we gave up on him too soon.

Howie for getting picked off 2b in first...

total blunder. Andrus had just gone out to mound.

It seems like an Angel is getting picked off every other game

This nonsense has to stop if the Angels want to win the division. The Angels are giving up way too many easy outs with their stupid base running.

Can Texas just fucking secede already?

To bump up the collective U.S. IQ by 10-15 points if for no other reason.

I laughed

And not with you, but at you.

Mind if I call you MoMo?

some people on here need to take a chill pill........

a win tomorrow…….and the Halos come out of this series better than it came in..

And have to say……….I like their chances with who they have going tomorrow.

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