FRIDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Ervin Santana Slows Down, Vincente Padilla An Angel?
by WiHaloFan on Jun 5, 2009 6:43 AM PDT
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Up next for Angels: at Detroit - Los Angeles Times
International scouting director is fired - Los Angeles Times
Fox Sports reported Thursday that Daniel had been fired because of "improper activities by some of the scouts he had hired."
This story could get even bigger, and I'm sure we haven't heard the last of it.
The Rumor Mill: June Test Drive : Baseball Digest
As for Padilla, there’s word from the West Coast that the Angels have expressed an interest, and the White Sox have inquired as well. However according to an NL East scout, the Mets had a front office official watch Padilla’s start against the Yankees on Tuesday night, and "liked what he saw".
WTF? (Thanks to Scareduck at 6-4-2 for the tip)
Santana gets another chance Friday - Angels blog - OCRegister.com
Santana’s velocity has been down as much as 5 mph. But Scioscia said he doesn’t consider that a sign that Santana is still pitching with an injury or has yet to break through any mental barriers about trusting his elbow to hold up.
Velocity down by 5 mph? So Mike, what is it a sign of?
Dissecting the Disabled List by Team, Position, Year and Injury - Beyond the Box Score
I have always wondered why there isn't an injury database available for people to use for analysis since injuries play a huge role in determining player performance. After being frustrated long enough, I decided to go ahead and create a database myself. After finishing it, I can see why one didn't already exist. It was a pain in the butt to put together.
Has lots of pretty graphs!
The legend of Danny Goodwin -- The Hardball Times
The Angels moved quickly to sign the player who was now labeled, at least by some observers, as "the black Johnny Bench." Goodwin accepted a reported bonus of $125,000.
Team Reports - MLB at CBSSports.com
6 -- Games the Angels had lost this season when leading after seven innings, through May 31. That matched their total for the entire 2008 season.
Does that mean they're not allowed any more this season?
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How on earth could the Angels be interested in Vicente Padilla?
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jun 5, 2009 7:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Padilla is replacing the rally monkey as the new animal to intimidate the enemy team.
by ttsec on Jun 5, 2009 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Missing poll option
Who gives a (rally) rat’s ass about fantasy baseball?
Angels fan since '67
by red floyd on Jun 5, 2009 8:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I would venture to guess that at least half of the readers...
who come to this site are involved in fantasy baseball. Those are the people who give a rat’s ass. It’d be stupid of us to ignore such a large number of fans just because those who don’t care about fantasy baseball may feel intruded upon.
What I think is interesting is why those people who don’t play fantasy baseball give those of us who do grief about it. I’ve never read about a fantasy team owner giving anyone shit for not playing.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us."
by WiHaloFan on Jun 5, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
as a non fantasy player, I could care less
but I get so tired of “we need to do such and such because of my fantasy team.” In the paraphrased words of Percy, “f* your fantasy team”
play the fantasy teams, talk about them, discuss them …whatever. Just quit determining real life based on the fantasy baseball….that’s why it’s called fantasy..it ain’t real.
(and this is not directed at you, WHF…..this is just a generalized gripe of mine)
RIP Nick
by ladybug on Jun 5, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's like people who talk about their experiences on the web site:
SECOND LIFE.
Get a first life then we’ll talk about your second one.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jun 6, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I play fantasy baseball. I have for a long time.
I just realize no one gives a shit about my team so I do not post about it in game threads etc. Links etc about fantasy baseball are cool IMO.
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Jun 5, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm the same way
I rarely ever mention anything about my team because I know no one else gives a crap about it.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us."
by WiHaloFan on Jun 5, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some "smart guy or gal" needs to calculate the probability...
…of that bird flying right in front of that fastball at that particular moment in time. Freakish. We could paly baseball another 500 years and not see it happen again.
by sothball on Jun 5, 2009 8:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Probability
is 100%, because it already happened.
by ttsec on Jun 5, 2009 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Were not inquiring about Padilla...
no way in hell. That is just sports writers seeing we are struggling with pitching and seeing Santana struggle and thinking we would care.
No way.
Do it for Nick '09
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jun 5, 2009 11:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Padilla should be an Angel
He’s a hero now – he tried to teabag Teixeira with a couple o’ balls up-and-in.
Or is Kendry perhaps the one who needs to sit?
by BBFan1 on Jun 5, 2009 3:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Did you forget the 100 times he threw at Vlad's head?
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Jun 5, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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