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Justin Speier - This Day in Angels Blogging History

November 19, 2006, 3 years ago today, the Angels signed former Toronto Blue Jay pitcher Justin Speier as a free agent. It was a Bill Stoneman signing.

The 4-year deal (yes we will be paying him next season) was a precursor to trading Scot Shields and a prospect to the Atlanta Braves for Andruw Jones - whoops wait a minute, was that my analysis? Oh dear. And then in the comments, Welch says "no way" in the comments and I say "way" and am actually persuasive about it.

Funny thing - nobody in the comments was upset about this signing, especially relative to the vitriol that Speier managed to "just inspire" among Angels fans.

Read the NOVEMBER 19,2006 Halos Heaven Post.

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Seemed like a good investment at the time

He was coming of a couple really good years in Toronto and it just made the bullpen that much stronger. He even played pretty well for us that first year.

by HaloFanInDC on Nov 19, 2009 11:24 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I wonder if any team will hire him for 2010.

The 2009 Pregame Picks Winner and Iron Man of Halos Heaven.com

by 44FAN on Nov 19, 2009 2:33 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

To pitch? No.

To do really bad impersonations of Harry Caray? I’d say no, but then we had a full season of batting stance guy…

by sothball on Nov 20, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

i remember the first home stand of 2007

gmj looked good and speier was lights out. i remember thinking that stoneman was a genius and he was going to be the last one laughing about those signings, boy was i wrong. i also think that hillenbrand was signed after rivera got hurt, what a horrific off-season after the 2006 turned out to be!

by thejd on Nov 19, 2009 2:45 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

It was a good move at the time

Remember how nails we all thought he was until he got that stomach bug, and even then for most of 2007? And how nails we expected him to be in 2008?

It’s just too bad the deal didn’t work out.

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on Nov 19, 2009 5:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

"...and a prospect"

[Sad sigh.]

For some offseason fun, check out the Mac & Windows Space Shooter game I helped make: Insectoid

by AlanFalcon on Nov 19, 2009 10:56 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I remember that day

after the failed JC Romero experiment I thought it was a great signing. I figured it would add to ur bullpen depth and we wouldn’t have to over work Shields. It went great for the first year and everything looked great.
But we all know how that one ended

by UCIHalo on Nov 20, 2009 12:01 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I have fond memories of being at Speier's last game

and getting whiplash from watching those 3 HR’s leave the park in the 5th inning. Everyone was looking around at each other like “what the hell just happened?”

I am fan various years ago.

by Fred Fredrix on Nov 20, 2009 6:36 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

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