and he’s right in his stance. hopefully, this will put the fear into the organization, make them re-think their approach and ultimately, make the necessary changes. (i’m diplomatic because i just watched the debate lol)

Tex’s problem this postseason was not on him – Boston’s pitchers gave him nothing good to hit, and they were smart in doing it. I don’t care if he didn’t have an extra base hit… the man got on base in every way imaginable and performed fantastically.

For position players, I believe the Angels organization in general has these priorities;
1) Speed.
2) Bating average.
3) Defensive capabilities.
4) Ability to get on base.
5) Power.

I write that based on a review of Angel minor league prospects (refer to any of Zu Long’s recent posts on minor league affiliates). There isn’t a lot of power in the minors.

However, they still acknowledge the need for power in the line-up. They have Vlad (and he did not have a typical Vladdy year). They have Napoli (though he shared catching duties with Mathis and was injured for part of the year). They signed Hunter last year. They traded for Teixeira (NOTE: the Rev did a post in late July where he used to Binoculars to check out "activities" in Arte’s box. His description of what he saw was pretty intense. If I remember correctly, Reagins was scratching his head pretty hard, while Forsch was trying hard to convince Arte of something. That something was probably the contemplated trade of Tex for Kotch. I think this was window into the inner philosophical conflict in the Angels organization).
So, I don’t believe they have an exclusive "singles" offensive strategy…it just worked out that way against an opponent with a tough "bend but don’t break" pitching staff.

All that written, I would really love to see them work pitching counts a lot better. A little less free swinging and a little more discipline. Give Teixeira more playoff AB’s, and I think he would be one to provide the power hitting we need in the playoffs.

all the dude heard up until the series is how he was owned by boston… he pitched his ass off against them in the regular season and in the postseason. it wasnt just the offense that let him down the defense failed miserably. changes need to be made quickstyle or the lackster isnt gonna want to re-up with the halos.. and that’d be a damn shame.

Of course he should be mad but he is going about it in the wrong way. Did you see the way he would stare down Howie Kendrick every team he made an error. Heck, I was scared of Big John just watching from home, how do you think Kendrick is going to feel. Kendrick is a young player whose confidence was reeling and he needed to be told to keep his head up like when Torii Hunter took the blame on the missed pop fly (not his fault) instead of being scared so shitless by Lackey that another error was only inevitable.

I’m glad someone’s pissed off. I know I am.

The Angels would be much better off if they just made pitchers work harder. Swinging all the time was great when they hit, what, .289 as a club in 2002? Not to mention the increase in power they had with Salmon, Anderson, and Glaus firing on all cylinders. Power’s down all around the majors, and while the Angels’ power outage was more pronounced during the ALDS, you’re still one hot catcher away from a homerless series for these guys. You don’t need homers to win, but they sure do help, and if you’re not walking AND not hitting homers, and instead you’re constantly putting the ball in reach of the best defense in baseball, you’re bound to lose. Get Tex back and I honestly think it’s enough if everyone else stays healthy.

I didn’t hear any of his hitters saying how they wished they had a pitcher who could shutout another team in a playoff game.

Maybe he knows it is shopping season and he is letting the powers that be know what he wants and he is frustated…..

If they go after CC I will puke.

how many times this season has the pitching been freakin fantastic and there was NO run support? Too many to count. Sometimes I think we got that 100 from sheer dumb luck