Things the ninja must do before the playoffs:

To most.

Bengie or JoMo I like. Soria ain’t happening, and neither is Pudge (and I don’t think he’d do the trick anyway).

Better to have this effing terrible stretch now than in October, I say…assuming we still get there.

Catchers:
Napoli takes over.. he’s better with full playing time. Wilson becomes the back-up. Mathis gets left out.

Bullpen Guys:
Jason freaking Bulger. Problem solved. Throw in some one like O’Day, and you’re good to go.

Rotation:
Lackey and Santana aren’t power enough for you? And yes, Saunders will cut it in the playoffs. He’s solid. Garland has a good track record in October, so we’ll see how that goes.

Center fielder:
We already have 8918236 outfielders. Not gonna happen… it’s either Willits or GMJ. Take it or leave it.

Back-up INF:
Rodriguez is pretty solid, to be perfectly honest. Wood plays SS and 3rd, and he’s been tearing up AAA. You can’t go THAT wrong with either.

I’m pretty drunk too!

Thats all I have to say………and I aint drunk.

Oh did I mention Mathis and Matthews are REALLY GOOD?!?

and would be pretty cheap.
But the rest of your suggestions aren’t going to happen. I agree with howiestheman, bring up Bulger to see what he can do…what would it hurt??
Rotation’s solid. Bad games happen, but this group has been good…sometimes great, more often than bad.
Again, howiestheman is right about CF. HGH and Willits will work just fine in the limited role they’ll play.
And again, howiestheman is correct about Rodriguez and Wood. Jeez, why am I writing this, I should just cut and paste howiestheman’s post.

The Angels will be fine. Relax, this team is too good for this slump to continue.

yup, this reads a 99.5 on the Ain’t-Gonna-Happen Meter. Patent pending.

Look at the competition, man. We have more than a legit shot at the ring. The Big Bulge will help put some power in the pen. Leave Weaver out of the rotation and we’ve got 2 power arms, and 2 ground ball guys, that’s good balance. The catchers? Catchers are not expected to hit excellently. If we’ve got catchers producing a combined 22 homers and 70 RBI’s, and calling a good game, I don’t care if their avg. is low. And the CF bench? I might be in the minority here, but I think if you’ve got a gold glove center fielder who has shown potential at the plate in the past, and he’s just sitting on your bench, you are sitting pretty. Even if that man is GMHGH.

what a joke.

1) decifer Newton’s secret texts on alchemy
2) create our onw Philosopher’s Stone
3) dig up the graves of the 1927 Yankees
4) put Gehrig at 1B and trade Tex for every draft choice Steinbrenner has for the next decade.
5) put Ruth in RF and move Vlad to DH
6) put Dugan in at 3B and restore Figgy to super-sub
7) DFA Matthews and platoon Hunter and Combs
8) return S Rod to AAA and start Lazzeri at 2B
9) make Aybar and Koenig fight it out at SS
10) DFA Speier and slot in Shawkey
11) Joe seems done, move him to long relief and insert Hoyt.

That should do it.

Oh wait, you’re serious? You want the team to pick up two front-end starters, two top relievers, Jorge Posada, Curtis Granderson, and Chone Figgins’ clone?

I want what you’re smoking.

this post is basically what you see on the angelsbaseball.com forums 90% of the time.

And people agree with it.

And I fail to see the humor in this.

This is the kind of post that I come here to avoid. Maybe we could get all of the teams that aren’t going anywhere to drop all their good players, like the guys who fuck up fantasy leagues every year. This is a championship caliber team, regardless of the recent skid. It’s only a matter of time before we are all singing the praises of explosive offensive production and brilliant pitching. And when Justin Speier pulls his head out of his ass, it’s on.

maybe not his face, but his “words of wisdom”

I have been lurking in the shadows though.

Is this a post about the Angels or a Fantasy baseball team?

I guess a guy can’t be an extreme fan….geesh!