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.

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.

Thanks so much for sharing.

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

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!

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.

and shed a tear.