A history lesson
Moved Over From The Diaries...
Just a quick lesson for the chicken littles in the game threads.
2005:
May 7-9: Three game losing streak against the crappy Tigers (2) and decent Indians (1).
July 7-10: Four game sweep at the hands of the crappy Mariners.
July 24-28: Four game losing streak, including a sweep by the below average Blue Jays.
August 25-30: Five game losing streak, including a sweep by Tampa Bay. Tampa. Freaking. Bay.
September 12-15: Four game losing streak, including a sweep by Seattle, and a loss to the Tigers.
2004:
April 18-20: Three game losing streak
May 24-28: Four game losing streak, including a sweep by the Blue Jays who were even crappier than they were in 2005.
June 4-9: Five game losing streak against mediocre Cleveland and crappy Milwaukee.
June 16-18: Three game losing streak against Pittsburgh and Houston.
June 29-July 1: Four game losing streak, Dodgers and Oakland.
July 18-21: Four game losing streak, Boston (1), Cleveland (2), and Texas (1).
September 21-24: Three game losing streak, Seattle and Oakland.
2002 - Not even counting the awful start:
June 15-19: Four game losing streak, St. Louis and Dodgers.
June 24-25: Three game losing streak, all Texas, two in one day.
July 13-15: Three game losing streak, two against Kansas City.
August 7-9: Three game losing streak, Chicago and Toronto.
September 21-25: Four game losing streak, Seattle and Texas.
Sometimes a team goes through a rough stretch. Even very good teams. It's not the end of the world.
This Fan-Post is authored by an independent fan and may or may not be a reflection of human evolution, divine enlightenment or nine cans into a 12-pack.
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::backs away from the edge::
Some people around here are so quick to turn...
Thanks for the numbers.
by ReggieBullits on Jun 27, 2007 3:47 PM PDT 0 recs
I was kind of hoping it WAS the end of the world
by Rev Halofan on Jun 27, 2007 3:52 PM PDT 0 recs
Speaking of history lessons,

by Fan Since 1981 on Jun 27, 2007 3:58 PM PDT 0 recs
It's not 2012
P.S. Just keep beating our division rivals and we will be fine and I will be happy.
by elricsi on Jun 27, 2007 4:00 PM PDT 0 recs
Sure
by scareduck on Jun 27, 2007 4:39 PM PDT 0 recs
Agree with Scareduck
by AMB07 on
Jun 27, 2007 5:06 PM PDT
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Once in a while?
It's good to see that you take a loss so well.
It's called perspective. You both could use a bit.
by LA Seitz on
Jun 27, 2007 5:15 PM PDT
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Dammit
Make that "paying" attention.
by LA Seitz on
Jun 27, 2007 5:15 PM PDT
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Right
by scareduck on
Jun 27, 2007 5:45 PM PDT
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Pretty much, yeah
"The offense sucks". That's a hell of a lot different than "the offense is decent, but slumping at the moment."
I mean, fourth in runs scored, only ten runs behind the second place Indians? Yeah, the offense sure sucks alright. The other day you were complaining about a starting pitching staff that's tied for the second best starting ERA in the league. And if the Angels had lost 3-2 today instead of 1-0, I would lay pretty good odds that you would have found a way to complain about Jered Weaver.
I'm not exactly asking anyone to do cartwheels and throw a party. I hate seeing them lose as much as the next guy. I'm simply reminding people that every good team has a stretch or two at some point of the season that seems out of whack. Hell, the 2005 White Sox played under .500 for an entire month (from August 12 to September 11), and still won 99 games. And that included a sweep by the same Angels team that they bitchslapped in the ALCS.
by LA Seitz on
Jun 27, 2007 8:15 PM PDT
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Yeah... those White Sox surprised everyone.
by melvintoast on
Jun 27, 2007 8:25 PM PDT
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Truce
by AMB07 on
Jun 27, 2007 9:15 PM PDT
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Wow, what arrogance
by scareduck on
Jun 27, 2007 9:55 PM PDT
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And, just to refresh your warped memory
So, the offense stinks now, but clearly there was a time where it didn't. You just chose to stop reading after part (a).
by scareduck on
Jun 27, 2007 9:58 PM PDT
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Rob,
You have a reputation of being too negative. You have a reputation of harping on things from a "Sky is Falling" perspective.
When you make a negative post that also includes positive information, you cannot reasonably expect people to not call you negative. You cannot have it both ways based on one half of one post after your many years of neevr letting the Angels rest in their pursuit of excellence.
by Rev Halofan on
Jun 27, 2007 10:12 PM PDT
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Well said
by LA Seitz on
Jun 28, 2007 5:40 AM PDT
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Other people's prejudices
by scareduck on
Jun 28, 2007 9:14 AM PDT
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both of you
Rob, Seitz, you both maintain sites that I read on a daily basis, and both of you have perfectly valid opinions. You guys need to cut each other some slack...you're both obviously talented, and besides, you're rooting for the same damn team, so why the arguing?
by Carl Johnson on
Jun 28, 2007 5:30 AM PDT
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That's funny...
er, I mean "paying attention."
hehehe
by Angel Hawker on
Jun 28, 2007 4:12 PM PDT
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Apparently
by Higz on Jun 27, 2007 4:43 PM PDT 0 recs
Come on people now... Try and love one another

by melvintoast on Jun 28, 2007 9:02 AM PDT 0 recs
the bummer about this streak
by Hutch (someone took my name) on Jun 28, 2007 10:36 AM PDT 0 recs
Curiously omitted; Chicken Little squaks
by PieceOfAase on Jun 28, 2007 1:17 PM PDT 0 recs
What's curious is that these unmentioned
by PieceOfAase on Jun 28, 2007 1:37 PM PDT 0 recs
Do I really need to explain
But that's beside the point, which is that not all losing streaks are season killers. If that didn't come through, I suggest you re-read the post, because you clearly didn't get it the first time.
by LA Seitz on
Jun 28, 2007 2:34 PM PDT
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Your "post" makes NO distinction
by PieceOfAase on
Jun 28, 2007 5:44 PM PDT
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But the 9-game losing streak of 8/25/95
by PieceOfAase on
Jun 28, 2007 6:00 PM PDT
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Well
by LA Seitz on
Jun 28, 2007 7:02 PM PDT
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And when this turns into a nine game losing
by PieceOfAase on
Jun 29, 2007 1:10 AM PDT
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You are predicting sweeps by BAL and TEX
by Rev Halofan on
Jun 29, 2007 1:19 AM PDT
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No more so than the originator of this diary
by PieceOfAase on
Jun 29, 2007 7:35 AM PDT
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Don't forget 1985 and 1998
- 7 1/2 game lead on the Royals in mid-July
- 3 1/2 game lead on the Rangers in mid-Sept
Angels win their 2nd straight AL Western Division Championship in 2005, as they celebrate on the A's home field.
by Fan Since 1981 on Jun 28, 2007 1:52 PM PDT 0 recs
Aw man, the link didn't work
by Fan Since 1981 on
Jun 28, 2007 1:54 PM PDT
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Anyone care to guess what year this snippet is
139 Thu, Sep 8 box CHW KCR L 2-4 87-52 1 up 8.5 2:50 J Howell F Garcia 17,701 -
140 Fri, Sep 9 box CHW LAA L 5-6 (12) 87-53 1 up 7.5 3:45 B Donnelly D Hermanson 28,059 --
141 Sat, Sep 10 box CHW LAA L 5-10 87-54 1 up 6.5 3:03 B Colon J Garland 26,538 ---
142 Sun, Sep 11 box CHW LAA L 1-6 87-55 1 up 5.5 2:36 J Lackey O Hernandez 29,321 ----
143 Tue, Sep 13 box CHW @KCR W 6-4 88-55 1 up 6.0 3:01 J Contreras M Wood 9,535 +
144 Wed, Sep 14 box CHW @KCR L 9-10 88-56 1 up 5.0 3:03 C Demaria D Hermanson 9,922 -
145 Thu, Sep 15 box CHW @KCR L 5-7 88-57 1 up 4.5 2:58 A Burgos M Buehrle 9,258 --
by melvintoast on Jun 28, 2007 6:05 PM PDT 0 recs
2005
by Fan Since 1981 on
Jun 28, 2007 6:22 PM PDT
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