SF Chronicle Article

by SactoFan on Sep 23, 2008 9:42 AM PDT

Bill Dwyer of the LA Times may hate the Angels--or at least according to this morning's LA Times article and the fan post on this site--but Bruce Jenkins of the San Francisco Chronicle is all envy.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/22/SP4A132JL6.DTL

Thought you folks would like to see what's being written up here as the playoffs begin next week. The best line I like is where the writer postulates that the Angels could be dominant in the AL West for the next 10 years and how this must keep Billy Beane awake at night. Nice stuff.

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This will be a team to watch in the off season.. For me, I am happy to see Tex on the team for now and helping the team in the playoffs,the reward is better then the risk in this case.

by raven191 on Sep 23, 2008 10:59 AM PDT reply actions

For the next 10 years part, we'll have to see what happens this off season.

Alot depends on where Arte and Reagins want to go from here, and this team could change enormously in the next 2 years. I don’t doubt for a second they have a plan, but past experience has led me to the conclusion that I’m terrible at predicting what that plan is.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Sep 23, 2008 11:07 AM PDT reply actions

Hard to F up this team

Even a worst-case scenario, of both Frankie and Teix walking — which won’t happen, btw — would end up being a contender, with Kendry and Arredondo providing at least replacement value for cheap while the rotation & the good young infield motor on. And meanwhile, we’d be stockpiling high draft picks.

by mattwelch on Sep 23, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Great Article

Thanks so much for sharing.

"why do you we still have quitlin?" -VladdyG

by cupie on Sep 23, 2008 11:53 AM PDT reply actions

He also posted that article on Frankie last week. Solid.

The Angels may have beat them 8 times in a row, but winning three before they do is all that matters.

by hauldog on Sep 24, 2008 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Easily my favorite line in the entire article

blockquoted paragraph The Angels have become baseball’s model of excellence, surpassing the Red Sox and leaving the Yankees in a little pile of dust

i pledge alliegance... to mike Scioscia
and the angels way of baseball
and to each pennant and ring we are sure to win.
one fanatic, under the halo, unwavered
with in n out and world series rings for all

by halofan4life on Sep 23, 2008 12:01 PM PDT reply actions

This was a close second...

What must disturb Beane is that the Angels, unlike such wildly fluctuating entities as Detroit, Colorado or Houston, aren’t going away. They easily could be the runaway favorite in the AL West for the next 10 years.

by Downing Rules on Sep 23, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions

It must be a horrible feeling

To have the local paper slam you while exhaulting your rivals down the coast.

by halofan4life on Sep 23, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Yup...

and the comments section bears that out.

by SactoFan on Sep 23, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Ditto!

Whodathunk we would be rooting for a former Ranger come August...?

by K3YEROUT on Sep 23, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I liked the bit about

Then again, if you’re CC Sabathia or another star on this winter’s market, what’s a more attractive option than Anaheim?

Also, I had no idea that Torii’s deal was made at that specific Del Taco. I used to go there all the time!

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Sep 23, 2008 1:00 PM PDT reply actions

This article is an ego-booster, no doubt.

On the one hand, it’s nice to be recognized. On the other, we should seek to avoid a sense of entitlement. Beane gave up this year, but he’ll be back in the years to come. Rajai Davis and other recent acquisitions speak to a possible shift in Beane’s station-to-station philosophy. We’ll have to see where he goes from here.

I did like this line though:

Scioscia’s lineup essentially is a bunch of maniacs who (save Teixeira) hastily put the ball in play, take risks, look to steal bases and execute the hustling first-to-third mentality better than any other club in the game.

Maniac-ball. I like it. It’s a got a nice ring to it.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Sep 23, 2008 3:24 PM PDT reply actions