Trial

by thewebb on Feb 3, 2006 9:04 AM PST

I absolutely cannot wait for this stupid trial to get over so the papers can start writing about the baseball team instead of that.

Is some of this stuff really newsworthy? Just please tell me if they win or lose the lawsuit and if they need to change their name. Other than that, I'd rather have them tell me how Colon is doing, or that one of the prospects has added 20 pounds of muscle, or something. I just want baseball stuff at this point. (I know this last paragraph was pure rambling but I had to get to 300 characters)

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Trial is a Snooze

I don't think anything has come to light during the trial itself that wasn't reported or discussed or revealed during the twelve months leading up to it. Most of the news reports have been pretty ho-hum. No major revelations, anyway.

by Ox Wiebe on Feb 3, 2006 10:05 AM PST reply actions

Ken Rosenthal...

...just posted a new story on Stoneman's off-season strategy. It's the lead feature on Fox Sports MLB home page

by Higz on Feb 3, 2006 10:31 AM PST reply actions

also..

check out his notes on Mike Napoli (mostly a Stoneman quote) I can't find the stats anymore but I believe Napoli had the highest batting average in the Dominican Winter League this winter. Something like .419, but I don't know how many AB. Anyone have the stats or a link?

by Higz on Feb 3, 2006 12:27 PM PST up reply actions

There IS an interesting article

in the Register this morning about Bengie.

Hey, I know he's not an Angel anymore, but ANY baseball news is better than NO baseball news.

I also watched the Serie de Caribe (I think that's what it's called) aka the Carribean World Series yesterday. Dom Republic vs Puerto Rico and Venezuela vs Mexico.

If these are the same teams that are going to play in the WBC, Venezuela is gonna be tough to beat.

by pattimelt on Feb 3, 2006 10:31 AM PST reply actions

thanks for the tips

I need to watch that Carribean WS, I see I get that with one of the things I signed up for on MLB. Looking forward to the Rosenthal/Bengie articles.

Did you guys/gals see this new article on the chances of the Angels signing the elder Weaver? That would be shocking!

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/angels/la-sp-angels3feb03,1,6003164.story?coll=la-headlin es-sports

by thewebb on Feb 3, 2006 11:44 AM PST reply actions

Napoli's Stock Rising

Here are the Stoneman comments about Mike Napoli in Rosenthal's article:

Angels general manager Bill Stoneman on Mike Napoli, the catcher behind Jeff Mathis in the Angels' system. "This guy is a heck of a catcher. He handles pitchers well. He moves well behind the plate. He throws out a high percentage of base stealers. In addition to that, the ball just leaps off his bat. He's not a high-average guy just yet, but he's a highly productive hitter." Napoli batted .237 with 31 homers and 99 RBIs in 439 at-bats at Class AA last season ..."

Funny, but I had always read that Napoli was a subpar defensive catcher who projected to be a back-up catcher/dh. Perhaps he'll become an everday catcher someday.

By the way, one of the reasons Stoneman gave for letting Bengie walk was to move Mathis to the big club AND to move Napoli to AAA, where Stoneman felt Napoli needed to play.

Clearly the team is intrigued with Napoli's potential.

by Ox Wiebe on Feb 3, 2006 2:55 PM PST reply actions