UPDATE: Jonah Keri REPORTS Angels have signed Abreu.
"The Angels have asked outright waivers on right-hander Nick Green to create a spot on their 40-man roster, according to a major-league source."
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Just saw this...
Right after I listened to Reagins announce that the player acquisition phase of the off season is over. Something’s in the works…
by rghan on Feb 10, 2009 3:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
hmm wonder why it was Green that got the ax though?
12/19/08 - Thank you KLJ for coming into my life.
by norcaliangelsfan on Feb 10, 2009 3:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
In addition to speculation about Abreu
I also want to tip the hat to Nick Green. He had a rough ride last year, but I think he could still break into the bigs with another team. He’s a great athlete and, by all accounts, has tremendous work ethic. The Padres could be a great fit.
This may also be in his best interest, since returning to Salt Lake could not have done good things for his career.
by rghan on Feb 10, 2009 3:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
God (in which ever form you may or may not accept him/her/it)
Please grant me the ability to tune out Ken Rosenthall, Jayson Stark, and anyone else who wishes to get the hopes of the few. For this false hope has at time created rifts between thy brothers and sisters. we now have divisions of epic proportion.
Either that or make the next week go by quickly so we can have some real Angels news from Spring Training Camp
by Seik1177 on Feb 10, 2009 3:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Abreu is FAT
I welcome our new cleanup hitter (guess) with open arms
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 10, 2009 4:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
lol tell us how you really feel
12/19/08 - Thank you KLJ for coming into my life.
by norcaliangelsfan on Feb 10, 2009 4:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jim Rome dude
I am good with this move.
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 10, 2009 4:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Although his away splits are not nice
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 10, 2009 4:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
tOPS+ my mistake
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 10, 2009 4:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but the 112 OPS+ isn't that bad for a road OPS
it’s a bit ugly and one sided, but it’s not he becomes totally inept on the road, a la 07 Ervin.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 10, 2009 4:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
True that. I like this signing
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 10, 2009 5:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No. sorry but there is no other reason to outright green
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 10, 2009 5:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nick Green
Was the kindest player at Spring Training 2008 to me and my family. A really nice fellow who sat and chatted with us for like 5 minutes without getting fidgety or starting to look elsewhere like most of the players do. I hope to see him do well and reach the bigs eventually.
Good Luck, Nick!
by Downing Rules on Feb 10, 2009 5:00 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Wasn't Nick better than Nick last year?
I.e., Green than Adenhart?
Weird that he’d be the one to go…unless he’s about to be packaged shortly after being off the 40-man?
Light Up That Halo!
by Clutch on Feb 10, 2009 5:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
He was terrible in AAA last year
He had a good whip in AA in 2007
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 10, 2009 5:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why?
Why Nick Green? If they had to get rid of a pitcher, why not Rich Thompson? What’s he ever going to do? Shane Loux? Or, as others have mentioned, Ryan Budde (redundant what with Bobby Wilson also on the 40-man)?
As for Abreu…excuse me whilst I barf. He’s washed up. Unless it’s for a one-year deal, I’d rather have the much younger Dunn, who’s more likely to hit 30+ HR and have an OPS close to .900.
by jjackflash on Feb 10, 2009 5:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Re: Abreu
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3898085
ESPN reports “serious talks” between the Angels and Abreu on a one-year deal.
Now THAT I can get behind.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 10, 2009 5:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
DEL TACO ALERT
$3 meals are being consumed in mass quantities as we speak. Oh, there might even be a Tuesday evening taco special in which the Ninja might be partaking.
by Downing Rules on Feb 10, 2009 5:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So THAT'S why the signing is today!
I had a $3 meal from Del Taco yesterday.
They had an advertisement in the window saying that crispy shrimp tacos are coming back toward the end of February. I guess I sort of thought any signing would be waiting until then. Maybe Bobby’s not big on shrimp…Kosher perhaps?
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 10, 2009 5:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Like the famous Rod Carew?
Light Up That Halo!
by Clutch on Feb 10, 2009 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
O.J. Simpson, not a Jew
but guess who is…
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 10, 2009 6:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
All Three Stooges? :-D
Light Up That Halo!
by Clutch on Feb 10, 2009 6:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You can spin a dreidel with Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock!
Angels fan since '67
by red floyd on Feb 10, 2009 7:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hall of famer Rod Carew...
he converted.
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Feb 10, 2009 10:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Goldie Hawn half-Jewish
Paul Newman too,
Put them both together… What a FINE LOOKING JEW!
Angels fan since '67
by red floyd on Feb 11, 2009 6:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What is it
with you slurs about Jews and Hitler? Are you people a bunch of idiots? What have you got a beer bottle education? Why don’t you keep your fucking prejudices to yourselves! Your humor is offensive. So fuck you asshole!
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 11, 2009 1:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Wingnut
They are referencing Adam Sandler’s “Hanukkah Song.” Up the meds, madame.
by OntariGro on Feb 11, 2009 2:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Except
Sandler is a Jew and his humor is self deprecating. Nick Green is a Jew and deserves fans that cheer him on and not those that call him a Jew.
As to the vulgarities, it too is from song which continues you homophobic asshole….
As to more meds, next time shoot the crank wherever you like, just stop with the Jews or Hitler references, you dumb fucks.
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 11, 2009 9:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
(raises hand)
Uh, KJ, is former Angel’s minor league player Nick Green really Jewish?
by Downing Rules on Feb 11, 2009 9:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Was Sean Green a Jew? They called him the Rabbi, while he played in New York, if you recall.
Being waived by the Angels would be devastating to this young guy. I personally cannot believe the Angels would do that for essentially a one year rental. However, to go into any type of racial epithet for Nick is hurtful. He is still an Angel.
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 11, 2009 9:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Mrs. SuperSensitiveAsshole
None of the above posters is being racist.
Were all those gentiles singing along in the audience with Adam Sandler’s performance of the Hannukuh song racists too?
To you, the mere mention of the word “Jew” is racist. That’s like saying to utter the word “Arab” or “Viking” is racist.
Stop being such a prick.
by Higz on Feb 11, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you
don’t get it. a player is gonna be removed from the 40 man roster. why start this stupidity? Can’t you keep your song and dance to yourself. It’s not the time to joke about some guy losing his dream, be it Green, Budde, or a trade.
So singing and dancing to a Jew song is inappropriate. Would you like it if you hadda job today and tomorrow you worked as a truck driver or a meat packer? Or were among the millions of unemployed? So show a little dignity.
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 11, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
dude
if you read back, this had nothing to do with Nick Green. It was CKOD making a joke about Abreu.
chill the eff out.
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Feb 11, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nick Green is a good enough pitcher to warrant being picked up elsewhere. The high altitudes didn’t help his numbers last year.
Don’t worry about him, he will get along just fine, especially with that positive outlook he has.
by Downing Rules on Feb 11, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No
s it Bobby Jenks all over again? There’s Conger coming along. Figgins is wanted by the White Sox and are willing to take him along with another player for Dye. GMJ is dead weight.
But pitching in SLC requires quite an adjustment because of the altitude. So the Angels know that and he’s a top prospect, otherwise he wouldn’t be on the 40 man roster.
It’s still pitching and defense that win. What sort of defense does Abreu bring to the table? Why not check out his bat speed before signing him.
Where’s the big bat? Juan Rivera does not get a chance again. What, is Abreu gonna be the DH?
Sure you can argue this acquisition makes the team better, however if the farm system gets hurt then is it really better?
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 11, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude he is not a top prospect.
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 11, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kristy Joe
we are heading to johnsamo territory.
you are the dumbest poster we have had here in a long while.
I have tried to be nice and accomodating without being patronizing, but let me lay it out for you:
You have never once backed down from someone pointing out the irresponsible stupidity from any one of your stupid posts.
In your responses, you bemoan that the world is always wrong and misunderstands perfect kristy joe.
So let me float this new attitude about you for everyone to read and for you to decide your next course of action:
If you are going to be a shrill fucking scold on your high fucking horse we do not fucking want you on this blog.
Chill the fuck out or get the fuck out of here.
The choice is all yours.
by Rev Halofan on Feb 11, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
REV GONNA MAKE ME UN-CAPS LOCK
CALLING OUT THE BAD BEHAVIOR
stay humble in a ferari
by MYSPASCOBAR on Feb 11, 2009 9:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my God
I can’t believe I spawned all of this with an Adam Sandler song.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 11, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
crazy, isnt it?
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Feb 11, 2009 11:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If it'd been "Ode To My Car"
Kristy Joe would be complaining you’re bad-mouthing her American-made Buick.
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
by WiHaloFan on Feb 12, 2009 4:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Who
is johnsamo?
Why not give examples of the dumbest. I’ll give you examples of yours. What are you 12?
Lookee here. You people spout stats and feel that you are correct with your logic without providing enough variables, sample data, or anything that resembles a statistical model to back up data analysis. So you call me a dumb fuck. O.K.
Look, I don’t bemoan anybody being wrong. I take an adversarial position. Someone should do that. Being a Halo fan isn’t always accepting what’s given as god’s greatest gift. For example, does this rental player with the slower hands and bad defense really warrant putting Juan Rivera back into his usual bench role and outing perhaps Nick Green?
So sure you can call me a dumb fuck all you want and call yourself the collective “we”. And you can lock me out. But you can’t stop me from questioning the obvious shortfalls of this move, namely, will the Angels win the division? Win the League and make it to the WS? Is this the guy to help them do it? Gimme a break. If he were, Cashman would never had let him go.
My family perished in the concentration camps as a result of Hitler. You people think Hitler is a big fucking joke. I can not just blot out the endless daily reminder of the Hitler remark day after day. And I don’t give a crap about Adam Sandler. When I start seeing Jew, I take it personally. I had 11 uncles hanged in 1 day. You did not see your father and mother shot. Yes it’s personal. You were not a slave in a Nazi concentration camp eating potato peels and being raped. You did not build Nazi tanks 16 hours a day in order to live. So people know better. They don’t use the N word, or Hispanic slurs. They should also realize that civility towards others is part of a blog, just as much as accuracy in statistical data.
That’s it chill on the Jews and Hitler and I’ll chill. However, as to the BB side of things there’s always room for discussion even when it cuts against your grain.
I read your posts and think your the biggest dumb fuck for calling this the greatest move since the invention of wonder bread. Sure the guy was great with the Phillies, but rumor has it that his bat speed at the end of the year was way down.The Angels bring him in for a physical, but what about a real test of his current abilities with the bat. Today. Not last year.
Why is it that he was available for a fire sale price? Wouldn’t any other team have given him a better offer?
So sure I’m skeptical. I don’t like giving away any young talent for another rent a player in his declining years. Ron GarGantuan.
So like any other fan, I’ll watch and enjoy.
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 12, 2009 3:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What make you think...
Abreu has slow hands? Do you have any statistical data to back that up?
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
by WiHaloFan on Feb 12, 2009 4:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
sure don't
No I don’t. I am too old to develop statistical models
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 12, 2009 4:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and Juan won't be on the bench
unless you think Willits is replacing him.
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Feb 12, 2009 8:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe
Willits should be on the DL and off the roster for now.
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 12, 2009 4:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and i'm sorry
but the only time Hitler got brought up was when YOU did it.
don’t yell at people for your own comments.
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Feb 12, 2009 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's that damn funny movie
You keep bringing up. Maybe to you. I’ve backed off, just leave me alone.
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 12, 2009 4:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think (s)he is talking about the WiHaloFan youtube videos that everyone here celebrates. I have not viewed any one of the videos simply due to Hitler being in them. And I am not even Jewish.
However, one can address the issue of being offended without going off and offending everyone in the process.
by Downing Rules on Feb 12, 2009 4:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
You haven’t watched them? I think that’s really interesting and you’ve got a lot of integrity to not watch based on your feelings. I was really torn about making them, and in fact I won’t be making any more.
Just to be clear though, it’s not really Hitler in the videos, it’s a German movie made a couple years ago (and nominated for an Academy award) about the last days of the third reich. I think it’d be completely over the line to glamorize that period of German history.
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
by WiHaloFan on Feb 12, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What makes you so absolutely sure that I'm not Jewish?
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 12, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think it matters
Her point is that intent – which, in this case, I think we can all agree is benign – is only half of the equation. Negative impact on the recipient is the other half, something that the speaker’s intent really has nothing to do with. That’s got to be acknowledged as valid, even if, in the end, you disagree with it. Otherwise things end in a mess. Like this thread.
by rghan on Feb 12, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I would give Kristy Joe that benefit
If (s)he hadn’t made this post already in regards to why it wasn’t okay that I had referenced the song, but it was okay for Sandler:
"Except Sandler is a Jew and his humor is self deprecating
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 11, 2009 9:43 AM PST"
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 12, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Your error
Your wrote:
What is it with you slurs about Jews and Hitler? Are you people a bunch of idiots? What have you got a beer bottle education? Why don’t you keep your fucking prejudices to yourselves! Your humor is offensive. So fuck you asshole!
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 11, 2009 1:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If you wanted people to change what they are doing, your post should have read like this:
“Guys, while I realize you may be joking, some people may be sensitive to this kind of joke. I kindly request that you please refrain from doing this kind of joking from this point onward.”
Your snarky zing at the end of your post “fuck you asshole” really makes people see red and makes them want to piss you off even further.
by Downing Rules on Feb 12, 2009 4:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry
There was no excuse for my behavior. I apologize to you and this blog. Call me K-Fraud.
It is a quote from a song by NIN or Meat Puppets or some other group referring to people that are biased towards homosexuals. I listen to it all the time on my MP3 and it is a song similar to your Chanukah song only in the sense that it is a song and was meant to bite back. I guess you are not familiar with those lyrics.
Look, I drove to Mesa AZ on the 31st of January and returned Monday night. I drove by the Angels facility which is 3 exits from my house on the Superstition Freeway (60). The weather in AZ sucks right now. I was miserable and came home to SoCal. Each storm that keeps blowing in here also moves into the Phoenix area. There has been little sunshine and teeth chattering nights in the valley of the sun. So I was extra grouchy about not staying in AZ as I cannot afford to heat that house. So I have to drive back again. The 380 miles or so, each way.
The point is that all this will go away once baseball starts. I’m just so miserable without baseball and the Angels. Even if it is Physioc.
Sure I have my opinions about the Angels. I love the Angels. I even loved Rupert Jones. Even when he slept in left field. We used to yell Wake up Rupert!
Sure I think Napoli is a way better cleanup hitter than Hunter. And sure I’d like to see Juan play a lot more and Figgins be gone and blah blah blah….but those are my opinions. I just hate the off season.
by Kristy_Joe on Feb 12, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Panther
Yes, I remember reading that Shawn Green and Nick Green are half-brothers — same father but different mothers.
I believe they all lived together in Venezuela growing up too.
by Halotosis on Feb 11, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that is her in the picture in fact
momma green!
by Rev Halofan on Feb 11, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So everyone with the last name Green is jewish?
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 11, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mean Joe Green, too, I guess. Isn’t that stereotyping? ;)
by Downing Rules on Feb 11, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
cuz he's black?
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Feb 11, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I thought mean joe was “green.”
by Downing Rules on Feb 11, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ttbh I love the Hanukkah song and I sing along
even though I’m Christian. I’d hate to be excluded because of my religion :/
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
by teopeht on Feb 11, 2009 5:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If it happens,
I’ll support it. But I don’t like it. I hope Bobby proves me wrong about his skill this year and hits like a madman.
Light Up That Halo!
by Clutch on Feb 10, 2009 5:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the .772 road OPS tells me that we'll still be searching for that impact bat.
by snowhor on Feb 10, 2009 5:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Snow, we had that impact bat last year and it didn’t help. I read somewhere that the win % pre-Tex and post-Tex was nearly identical.
by Downing Rules on Feb 10, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If anything
it might help to have him integrated into the team’s style all year, than to mess with Chemistry mid-stride. Not that he’ll replace Teix’s offense, but the high-OBP boost from the onset will be nice.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 10, 2009 5:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not gonna lie
as huge an Angels fan as I am, I had no idea that Nick Green was black.
Not that I care of course…I just saw the picture and said “who the hell is that?”
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 10, 2009 5:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I was looking at his stats in 2007 and came to the same exact realization
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 10, 2009 5:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and he wears colored contacts so his eyes are sparkly green or blue? I cannot recall. However, as I said above, he was a great personality especially talking with my kids. My kids finally realized that ball players really are real people after talking with Nick.
by Downing Rules on Feb 10, 2009 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And now that I think about it
I have Green’s autograph from Spring Training.
It’s on a ball with a ton of other signatures. But I do remember a young, personable black guy that was talking up all the fans. It was probably him, since I got his signature…but it was right as I was leaving the park, so I didn’t get a chance to stick around and find out.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 10, 2009 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think there was a comment last season about that.
Someone said that Nick Green’s and Reggie Willits’ pictures were switched.
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
by WiHaloFan on Feb 10, 2009 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was going to include that in my post
Reggie Willits is the blackest name ever given to a man who isn’t.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 10, 2009 6:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and Nick Green the whitest name
ever given to a man who isnt?
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Feb 10, 2009 6:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Only if he went by "Nicholas"
and maybe if you gave him like, a polish last name.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Feb 10, 2009 6:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He's ugly...
but he wields a decent bat that is slightly better than GA’s.
Right? …..right?
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Feb 10, 2009 6:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
On the Jewish topic...
did anyone else hear that David Eckstein won some award from a Jewish group for “outstanding member of the Jewish community” and David is not even Jewish. Kind of funny how someone’s name may lead others to simply assume he is Jewish.
Anyway, away from religion and back to Angels baseball! Go Halos! Screw Putz (jj, that is).
by Downing Rules on Feb 11, 2009 4:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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