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Steve Physioc and Rex Hudler Got To Go!

UPDATE: (Link) "It was a very short meeting." -Steve Physioc to the LA Times.

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How do you FEEL about the dismissal of Rex Hudler and Steve Physioc?

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ANGELS ALL TIME JERSEY ROSTER - #43

Angels Uniform #43

1961, 62: Ted Bowsfield
1963: Mel Nelson
1964-68: George Brunet
1969: George Brunet and Steve Kealey
1970: Greg Garret
1971: Jim Maloney
1975, 76: Sid Monge

1977: Sid Monge and Tom Walker
1980: Jim Dorsey
1981-84: Ken Forsch
1986: Ken Forsch and Vern Ruhle
1988: Ray Krawczyk and Mike Cook
1990-92: Scott Bailes
1993: Darryl Scott

1994: Russ Springer
1995: Russ Springer and Rich Monteleone
1996: Rich Monteleone
1997: Anthony Chavez
1999-2002: Al Levine
2003: Julio Ramirez
2004: Raul Mondesi and Andres Gallaraga
2006: Esteban Yan
2007, 08: Matt Brown

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Stephen Smith's top 10:

1. Trevor Reckling LHP
2. Garrett Richards RHP
3. Will Smith LHP
4. Hank Conger C
5. Mike Trout OF
6. Jordan Walden RHP
7. Mark Trumbo 1B-OF
8. Peter Bourjos OF
9. Randal Grichuk OF
10. Alexi Amarista 2B

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A Few Good Men: Director's Cut


With this being re-run season at Halos Heaven, here is the "A Few Good Men" comic re-done using another program.

I was trying something out for next season and I needed a test file...here's the output:

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ANGELS ALL TIME JERSEY ROSTER - #44

Angels Uniform #44

1965: Julio Gotay
1967 - 69, 71, 72: Rickey Clark
1970: Doug Griffin
1974: Luis Quintana
1975: Luis Quintana and Joe Pactwa
1976: Mike Overy
1977: Carlos May
1980: Bob Ferris
1981: Manager Gene Mauch
1982 - 86: Reggie Jackson
1987: Jerry Reuss
1988, 89: Rich Montleone
1990: Joe Grahe
1991: Chris Cron
1992: Julio Valera
1993 - 96: Chili Davis
1997: Kevin Gross and Ken Hill
1998, 99: Ken Hill
2000: Ken Hill and Shawn Wooten
2001 - 03: Shawn Wooten
2005: Jeff Mathis
2006 - 09: Mike Napoli

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Kendry Morales & Historical Angels MVP Votes

As noted earlier today, congrats to Kendry Morales for joining a select group of six other players in Angels HISTORY to finish in the top 5 in MVP balloting. Also kudos to Chone Figgins for becoming just the third player in Angels history to garner MVP votes in at least 4 different seasons (along with Vlad's 5 and Jim Fregosi's 8).

Do you feel like looking at a (hopefully complete) list of Angels appearing in the MVP vote? Here goes, with the parentheses for those who came to the dance on multiple occasions:

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Best Angel to never receive MVP votes

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Rule 5 Draft - Who Could Get Poached?

Below the jump are the Angels' prospects who are eligible for selection in the Rule 5 draft.  Mount, Statia, Moore, and Mendoza have all graced the Angels' top prospect rankings in the past, and Mendoza in particular is coming off of a strong season.  I can see him and/or Marco Albano having the most short-term and long-term value to a poaching club.  I based the list on my Wikipedia-deep understanding of the Rule 5 draft, so if there are errors, please point out the necessary corrections. 

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Mark Whicker: 6 Days Late Breaking Dumb Trade Rumors

How backward and out of touch is Orange County Register sportswriter Mark Whicker?

Sunday afternoon he reported the Paul Konerko-to-Anaheim via Adrian Gonzalez-to- White Sox rumors. The one where the Angels surrender great prospects to the Padres for one year of an arthritic has-been.

The wholly false rumor, contemptible alone because there is no place to even put Konerko on the Angels, is the product of offseason speculation sprouting wings as "rumor" on days when there is nothing left to report and reporters are even to lazy to look at the needs of the teams they involve in their exotic fantasy threesomes.

But Whicker's sin is not in repeating a piece-of-dirt rumor... no his complete oafish incomprehension that online reporting has whizzed so far past him and made him a relic of a bygone time is evident in the mere fact that he is linking to a six day old piece-of-dirt rumor. Can someone please wake up the Dodo bird?

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The Worst Sports Columnist at the OC Register is

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