Mike Napoli is the Awesome.
by Turks Teeth on Sep 29, 2011 2:06 AM PDT
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PrintI love Mike Napoli.
I celebrate Mike Napoli from now through the end of time.
He's nobody's wingman any more -- he's the bloody-beaked griffin of baseball destiny, gobbling up Reagins' gut tripe like cheap menudo on Alvarado St.
What an incredible friggin' comeuppance!
What epic Scandinavian black metal revenge!
What a triumphant Wagnerian fist pump of Schopenhauerian world-will!
What a deadly angel of history swiping his bloody sweat-stained wing against the complacent clucking mugs of bureaucratic capons!
Napoli is Al Fucking Swearingen, pissing out the dull lump of Angel hubris from his penile shaft like a pus-slathered kidney stone.
And yes – what a Nietzschean fever dream, proving that we at Halos Heaven – quote after quote, tortured rhetorical salvo after tortured rhetorical salvo – are the Cocteau's mirror of the Angel universe, and the svelte hand of death reaches through our mercurial surface to throttle crappy middle manager mediocrities and toady beat writers like so much factory farm poultry.
Our heros are their tormenters.
Our gods are their undoing.
Meanwhile, Napoli is that other Babe magnet, drawing misery unto its essence – and when I say "Babe" I mean the ruth of tears.
Scioscia slugged Napoli to the curb, just some "spent used jet trash" in a Tom Waits ramble-ballad, and Arte financed his "No, No, Nanette" with the proceeds - an utter flop of a spectacle that may pay us cursedly backward for years to come.
No, No, Napoli!
No, Scioscia couldn't handle one more Italian MIke with big lumber putting the lie to his self-constructed cosmology of the "catcher's game", so he re-priced you as gutter slough.
Scorned, you ran away from home, but you came back like Nicholson after a twitchy Duvall, bearing an axe. And you chopped that door down with a wolf whistler, brother. And you cut off the last whittled bit of front office manhood that remained.
Napoli, the awesome cockswain, shoved his oar up the hubristic netherholes of our managerial catamites, and made them eat their own muddly filth.
It was a scene that would make a German porn fetischist avert his eyes, and make any Samuel L Jackson character blush.
Not for children, certainly, unless it was for us children of the damned, who - like hollow-eyed extras in a Bonnie Tyler video - recognized a kindred catastrophe in his brobdingnagian black sun of vengeance.
Mike Napoli is the final, fatal hand of justice, and he will not be denied.
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Was alcohol involved in this fanpost?
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-12
No, just epic frustration stemming from missing the most poetic night of baseball in years...
…while manning the pledge drive for a community radio station. I watched clicking my mobile like a cross-eyed drone, goggle-eyed at the Gameday black magic.
by Turks Teeth on Sep 29, 2011 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
This fanpost
Could be the most epic fanpost of this offseason (possibly rivaling that of DOV but in a different sort of way).
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-12
by blast21dave on Sep 29, 2011 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Also a tribute to the Rev.
Can’t match his byzantine syntax, dangling clauses, and expressionistic firehose of snark, but I can at least mix metaphors with him like a Buster Keaton cuisinart.
I thought it was Baroque syntax
but yeah, equating the Napoli for Wells deal with Babe Ruth is genius.
I was at the game
One couldn’t help but feel Napoli’s indignation emanating from each thunderous blow.
I love baseball. Thank you for your great post
I agree uncritically
with everything you wrote here.
The Angels frankly did not deserve to win after their epic fail treatment of Napoli. We’ve posted enough about this, making some people think we’re going overboard. I think it was last week when someone sarcastically mentioned that we’re making Napoli out to be Johnny Bench.
To which I have to reply, “when exactly did Johnny Bench ever slug .631?”
"That boy is our last hope" - Obi Wan Scioscia, as Francisco Rodriguez left for the Mets. "No, there is another" - Yoda Reagins.
by RallyMonkey5 on Sep 29, 2011 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I was driving back from working off site 2 hours from home
Mariners game on radio. Hitting refresh on mlb at bat like you wouldn’t believe.
I was bent
I'd like to DFA Reagins
Mike Napoli winning the World Series MVP would give me the biggest boner ever.
Three epic prodigious inches.
I’m single, ladies.
I've got nothing.
by bc56274 on Sep 29, 2011 1:58 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
Then your boner would quickly deflate
After the realization that the Texas Rangers would then be World Series champions.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 29, 2011 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You're saying ...
that the word “prodigious” is longer than the thing it describes. Awesome.
by LazorkoRules on Sep 29, 2011 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Game
That’s game right there.
Tim Salmon: The once and future Kingfish.
by Teixeira Who? on Sep 29, 2011 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. This is deep. Must step away and contemplate the words.
From Jeff Mathis' TOPPS card: "Jeff is a defensive catcher, but he can rake it when it counts." Jeff has a lifetime .199 MLB batting average
The word you're looking for is pus
Only one S. But I like the reference to Deadwood.
I really hope Arte is wildly upset about Napoli killing the Angels all year. This isn’t a guy who benefited only in Texas; he came to Anaheim this season and collected more satisfaction than his entire career pre-2011.
Good for you, Naps. And Angels, I’m worried about the next few years.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
by Kernel on Sep 29, 2011 6:26 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Every knave in the outer dark needs a copywriter as copilot.
Thanks, and fixed.
by Turks Teeth on Sep 29, 2011 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel like the guy pointing out a dust mote at the Sistine Chapel
It really is a wonderful piece that reminds us that we should be mad at the Angels FO and support a guy who never got any, who deserves our cheers as he goes to the playoffs, no matter who he plays for.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
"support a guy who never got any"
I don’t know Kernel, Napoli was definitely gettin’ laid! :P
(I did get what you meant, btw.)
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Napoli, the awesome cockswain, shoved his oar up the hubristic netherholes of our managerial catamites, and made them eat their own muddly filth.
I want to use that in a book.
...on the road....
Napoli hit more HRs against us than any other team this year
He hit 6 against us this year! Ironically, he hit 5 against the Red Sox. Which reminded me that Napoli was always a Red Sux killer and one more reason why I loved him.
I’m glad Napoli went off on us. Its rare to see such exact revenge in sports. The FO and the Angels coaching staff deserves it.
I WILL say though that Napoli has never hit THIS well. He switched his personal hitting coach in the off-season. Look liked it helped.
"The Transplant" (So. Cal boy stuck in NYC)
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Sep 29, 2011 7:18 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Also didn't play much behind the plate this year
I wonder if that kept his legs stronger throughout the season.
Rare to see such revenge
except with Vlad last year and god knows who next year.
by Halowitz on Sep 29, 2011 2:00 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Some evil part of me thinks it will be Trumbo
Front Office will bet on Morales and Trumbo will take Seattle to the top.
God, what a nightmare.
"I have something 95 percent of all those All-Stars only wish they had: a World Series ring. If I had to choose between that and being an All-Star, it would be no contest. I’d grab the gold ring and never look back." -Tim Salmon
Then they will lowball fielder and we'll end up with carlos lee
"id take 5th Dimention Wormhole Rivera over Wells any day of the week"
-clover_black
by the king of CERA on Oct 5, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Jeffy Premium ended 2011 with a .174 B.A.
While Napoli lapped both Vernon and Mathis. I only wished they would have just kept a camera on Sosh and Reagins (split screen) this whole series as Naploli was surgically removing their souls.
CONGER, CONGER, CONGER !!!
My exact feelings, just written 100 times more EPIC than I would have thought possible!
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You've finally impressed me. Really.
I don’t impress easily.
I don’t think most of the regular visitors here can comprehend what you wrote.
I wonder where you got your initial inspiration.
Wow, you're cool.
I don’t think most of the regular visitors here can comprehend what you wrote
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 29, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
I hope Side Salad reads this.
We miss you, Mike!
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Great writing Turks. And Napoli's "final, fatal hand of justice"?
.320/.414/.631 w/ 30 home runs and a .372 BA w/RISP. Awesome. About as awesome as the foolishness of the trade.
A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.
You mention .372 BA w/RISP
2011, Napoli’s slash line w/RISP is .372/.486/.744, OPS 1.230, sOPS 233.
2010, Napoli’s slash line w/RISP is .182/.314/.327, OPS 0.641, sOPS 72.
In 2010, Scioscia kept bitching about Napoli’s performance w/RISP. One of the articles I read quoted Napoli’s saying that he had learned from the catching instruction from Scioscia; evidently, he also heeded his advice regarding hitting w/RISP.
by wumbug on Sep 29, 2011 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The only thing Napoli needed was to get away from the nit-picking, never satisfied, uncomplementary manager named Mike Scioscia,
who never allowed Naps to “play” the game. Napoli spent all his time at and behind the plate wondering if he was living up to Papa Sosh’s high demands.
When is the last time you had someone sit right behind you at work and critique what your performance? How did you do? It sucks, doesn’t it?
A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.
by angelslogic on Sep 29, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ummm...what I think nearly everyone misses in these incredible numbers is...
HE DID IT IN 369 AB’s! 1HR every 12.3 AB’s.
He also walked 50 something times…I bet you can take 3-5 Angel regulars, add them together, and they didn’t walk as often as Naps…pathetic!
Rojas just tweeted this
" Mike Napoli averaged 1 HR every 12.30 AB’s;among 24 players w 30+ homers this season,only Jose Bautista (11.93) owned a better rate."
"Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in" -George Costanza
by Howie's Batting Title on Sep 29, 2011 10:19 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Thanks VICTOR! We know, we got PWNED
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 29, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
This team is stupid.
Scioscia is stupid, Reagins is stupid, Arte is stupid. Go Naps!
"Ballplayers play baseball. Hrrmmmff." -Jose Mota
Next season... and forever
Mike Napoli deserves a standing ovation from every Angel fan every time he comes up to bat in Angel Stadium. And it must be such an ovation that Mike has to step out of the box for a moment to accept it. Victor and Gubbi must take notice on the air as well… all season long. And then the camera must zoom in as far as it can on Mike Scioscia fat, red, bloated face during said ovation. Then, if Tony is at the game, the camera must pan to him also. For the rest of Mike Napoli’s MLB career.
"Bloody your hands on a cactus tree/
Wipe it on your dress and send it to me."
Everytime he came up, we boo'd...
but I was booing Tony, Scioscia and Wells.
This move has effectively broken our team, fanbase and front office. Great times in Texas.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 29, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Way to confuse people into thinking that you're booing Napoli
nice work
"Bloody your hands on a cactus tree/
Wipe it on your dress and send it to me."
Great post.
It left me with a total eclipse of the heart.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Awesome post, TT
“We at Halos Heaven – quote after quote, tortured rhetorical salvo after tortured rhetorical salvo – are the Cocteau’s mirror of the Angel universe, and the svelte hand of death reaches through our mercurial surface to throttle crappy middle manager mediocrities and toady beat writers like so much factory farm poultry.”
If that isn’t HH’s official mission statement, it ought to be.
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Sep 29, 2011 8:20 AM PDT reply actions 6 recs
I had to read that twice,
but damn it was good.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Sep 29, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I'm going on line to look for an old Napoli Angels jersey
I’ll be wearing it to every game next year.
"Bloody your hands on a cactus tree/
Wipe it on your dress and send it to me."
I was thinking last night about trying to find one too
the Halos should start carrying his jersey’s in the team store next season, they’d probably sell a shit load of them
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Sep 29, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
They already do.
But they fucked up on spelling Napoli. They’ve spelled it T-R-U-M-B-O.
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
I blog about the Angels at First2Third.net
I'd like a Halos Home Jersey.
- on the back. Right below the name “Schadenfreude”
Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.
Who did Toronto trade Naps for?
That’s kind of a dumb trade too.
"Ballplayers play baseball. Hrrmmmff." -Jose Mota
by Fred Fredrix on Sep 29, 2011 8:28 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
yeah... nice work Toronto...
We all seem to forget that the Halos didn’t intend for Napoli to end up in Arlington. It just sort of happened. Which, I’m not sure, does that make it better or worse?
Rangers have been smart through out the past few years… they take Ranger killers from the Halos and make them into heroes. Vlad, Naps, in 2-3 years they’ll have Trumbo in their line up.
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
I blog about the Angels at First2Third.net
Texas will turn around Wells ... bank on it.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 29, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
And they led the MLB in HRs and SLG in 2010.
To be fair, an offensive catcher was the least of their needs.
I Agree
My point was more that they didn’t really need Napoli. Perhaps they should have gotten more for him than Frank Francisco, but even with hindsight, I doubt they regret moving him to Texas.
Frank Francisco
The snozberries taste like snozberries!!
by Chrom on Sep 29, 2011 12:50 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
This left me speechless.
+1 to infinity -and a “No, No Nanette” reference to boot! I actually feel a little better. Awesome! Thanks, man
I meant the OTHER Howard!
I still don't get how Texas only gave him a little less than 450 PA's.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 29, 2011 9:23 AM PDT reply actions
He was hurt for a few weeks
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
I couldn't come up with anything witty. Damn it.
by GutterDem0n on Sep 29, 2011 9:56 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I wish there was something else on here...and better...
Let’s start a Facebook page for this instead…
Representing the Angels in Sin City.
by maze88 on Sep 29, 2011 3:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
there has been one for months
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 29, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fire-Tony-Reagins/176751229018914
I couldn't come up with anything witty. Damn it.
this is the single greatest sentence I've ever read on this site. bar none.
Napoli is Al Fucking Swearingen, pissing out the dull lump of Angel hubris from his penile shaft like a puss-slathered kidney stone.
and for those who don’t get it, watch Deadwood. a great show.
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
Agreed. Absolute greatness.
Of course, it also brought back the memories of that whole cringe-worthy kidney stone extraction scene from the show, causing my wiener to rappel down my Dockers and run screaming from my cubicle.
"Napoli is Al Fucking Swearingen, pissing out the dull lump of Angel hubris from his penile shaft like a pus-slathered kidney stone." - TT from HH
by DonDrapersOPS on Sep 29, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
but isn't that the point since thats what happens to me every time Nap hits a HR?
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Sep 29, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Your wiener rappels too?
Awesome. We should start a blog.
"Napoli is Al Fucking Swearingen, pissing out the dull lump of Angel hubris from his penile shaft like a pus-slathered kidney stone." - TT from HH
by DonDrapersOPS on Sep 29, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
with pics and everything
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Sep 29, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
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"Napoli is Al Fucking Swearingen, pissing out the dull lump of Angel hubris from his penile shaft like a pus-slathered kidney stone." - TT from HH
by DonDrapersOPS on Sep 29, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I just purchased the domain rights
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Sep 29, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't you mean, .com?
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Sep 29, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
.xxx
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Sep 29, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Enough already. The Angels did NOT trade Napoli to TEXAS.
AND where were ALL these numbers when he did play for the Angels. Why wasn’t he hitting like this for us… oh wait he was when he played. If you noticed when he only got a single he was the same Nap – clogging the bases. Yes, it stings to watch him hit these HR’s against us. He is in a perfect place in their line up that is why he’s getting the he gets.
Let’s move on please.
shut up
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Sep 29, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
The sting is compounded by the Angels retaining Mathis. It is impossible to move on while Mathis plays for us.
Mathis is a daily reminder of the stupidity of this organization.
P.S. Ditto for Wells. This is what we got for Naps? If you could find another GM who has only 1/1,000,000 of the stupidity of TR, he would have taken Wells for nothing AND had Toronto throw in money. That is exactly how bad Wells.
...on the road....
by Jack Kerouac on Sep 29, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
....how bad Wells is.
...on the road....
by Jack Kerouac on Sep 29, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
This
If Conger had been given the majority of the season to acclimate himself, I’d be much less angry about Naps right now. Why? Well, it would still suck, but Conger would probably have hit 15+ HR with a decent OBP and actually produced some WAR from the catcher’s spot. Using Mathis, a known antidote to productivity, as Naps’ replacement is what makes this unforgivable.
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Sep 29, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree
If Conger had sucked for a FULL season, then at least Sosh can say he gave Conger a chance and he’s seen enough to evaluate that they either need to go back to Mathis or move in a new direction and get a new catcher. But now that he’s only played sporadically, and even getting demoted during the year, you end the season not knowing what you have in him. On top of that, all of these mind games that Sosh played on the kid, the classless comments he made to the media about Conger, and just having him catch for the scrubs may have probably stunted his development.
I mean, wasn’t the kid hitting at .273 at one point? What’s the highest that Mathis hit?! .200? How about Wells?!
So now we’re back to the start of this season with regards to the catching position. Instead of having a clear answer moving forward.
Hey, Mathis can rake it when it counts!
According to Topps Baseball Cards, anyway.
I meant the OTHER Howard!
Halos Heaven is a known antidote to my productivity.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Clogging the bases?
Seriously?
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
He's confusing Naps and Bengie Molina
Trust the Deception
by Rally Manatee on Sep 29, 2011 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
He doesn't have Hatcher and Scoscia screwing with him anymore.
It has become evident that guys like Black, Roenicke, and Maddon made Scoscia look better than he actually is. Not to mention that Hatcher has ruined more players than Astro turf and the brick wall at Wrigley combined.
by mustang6944 on Sep 29, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
and mike is nothing without them
conger > mathis
Ya, I'm so glad we got rid of that base clogging Napoli.
When was the last time you saw Vernon Wells clogging the bases?
You are are being too kind to this dullard.
How does this team win with this offense? Hey, anyone....DRAW A WALK!!!
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
you are are wrong
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Sep 29, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
All this Naps and Wells trade stuff is depressing!
What right will this team do to fix this blunder?! In the mean while, like a bad case of crabs, I don’t wanna talk about it! Haha
"Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in" -George Costanza
by Howie's Batting Title on Sep 29, 2011 10:22 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
PANTHER
From Deadwood to bombastic ’80s one-hit-wonders, weaving philosophy, German porn and Wagner. One of the best posts ever.
I am just curious
was trading Napoli the kick in the butt Napoli needed to improve. If he had remained with Angels, would he have done just as well?
Stay on the damn bag!!
I don't think he would have been quite this good
Due in part to playing in Anaheim and not the Arlington Space Center, but I think he would have been roughly as good.
Though he surely would have cost the staff +1 to each pitcher’s ERA. I’m sure of it. Lyle told me so.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
From what I gather based on quotes sicne the trade...NO.
One of the burdens placed on Napoli was the ongoing drilling and attention to every little detail about playing catcher. This wore him down and he was glad to be free of it all and just play.
This would not have changed had he remained. Fear for Conger.
Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.
by Stirrups on Sep 29, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
I remember Naps saying that. Ron Wash just let him play his game. No pressure.
Trust the Deception
by Rally Manatee on Sep 29, 2011 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
its called mike 'know-it-all' soshsalsa
conger > mathis
Napoli's performance last night was studding.
The first home run was a pie in the face to Soth, Tony, and Arte. The second homerun was the knee in the crotch to our FO. It was better than any WWE smackdown.
Napoli didn’t have to whine or make up excuses why the Angels traded him like Scioscia does, he proved it last night with his bat that he is a valuable and capable player.
"It's our money," owner Arte Moreno said.
So Napoli crushed the Angels? Doesn't surprise me.
*Didn’t watch or read about the last 4-5 games of the season. Best decision of my life.
"Lose your pants and only good things can happen."-MayhemInTheHood
by Mayheminthehood on Sep 29, 2011 11:38 AM PDT reply actions
Many times, in fact.
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Sep 29, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Consider it a mix tape.
If you’re Mike Napoli and I’m the adolescent contralto love child of Klaus Meine and Freddie Mercury, that is…
But two months of Nietzsche, the Smiths and AM radio misery can make any greying dude from the San Joaquin feel fifteen again.
by Turks Teeth on Sep 29, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow.
We ought to change the name of this place from Halos Heaven to Napoli Nirvana.
You boys stick around--there'll be turkey and ice cream later!
by rspencer on Sep 29, 2011 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I would read an e-Book of the best Halos Heaven posts
Including a handful of epic threads (last year’s F-bomb festival, etc.). This would obviously be the Epilogue, or something.
Was the f-bomb lift after the Naps trade?
I don’t remember.
Trust the Deception
by Rally Manatee on Sep 29, 2011 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope only for the one game last year in 2010
It was the sickest game ever.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 29, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Fucking Fuentes
(There’s mine for September!)
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
I know I was in on it,
but I just didn’t recall what prompted the lift.
Trust the Deception
by Rally Manatee on Oct 1, 2011 2:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I would have though Naps mom would have made a cameo by now
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
Her chest probably has....
How does this team win with this offense? Hey, anyone....DRAW A WALK!!!
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
I still wish we had gotten him
I don’t think he would’ve been anywhere as bad playing in Anaheim as he was in Boston. reminds me of what Bill Simmons wrote today about him, which I completely agree with;
I have to come clean: I feel as bad for Crawford as you can feel for someone who’s worth nine figures and helped ruin your baseball season. I don’t think he ever wanted to play in Boston, then they offered him so much money that he couldn’t turn it down … and everything’s gone wrong ever since. Like the Karma Gods just said, “Dude, we’re calling you out on this one — you know you wanted to go to Anaheim, you jumped at the money, and now you know, money isn’t everything.”
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
by 2pintsofbooze on Sep 29, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought it was well established that Crawford wanted to play in Boston...regardless the money..
He ended up with much better stats than VWells, but, hey, we’ve got Wells for three more years. Boston has Crawford for six more years.
was it well established after he signed with them?
if so, I don’t buy it at all.
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by 2pintsofbooze on Sep 29, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
by Angelsfan015 on Sep 29, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Could you hear a Del Taco cashier in the background?
Vernon Wells 2011 Stats (.218/.248/.412) and 2010 road stats (.224/.299/.400). The front office shouldn't have been surprised.
I am hanging out in another browser window waiting for the podcast to be posted.
I will link as soon as it appears.
Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.
Now uploaded
here.
Gotta start listening to it, myself, so nothing to report.
Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.
I am listening to Max post-interview now and he picked up the same thing about Reagins talking about Trout
Maybe trade him???
Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.
God, we really need to pray TR gets fired before he ruins his team for a generation.
He really did sound like trading Trout was a possibility, without actually saying it. It might be the only way to get rid of Wells.
I’ve never really listened to these guys, I think Max is pretty good. He doesn’t get answers, but at least he asks pertinent questions.
I've got nothing.
To quote Reagins:
“Well, initially, Kendry will probably come back as more DH oriented and play some first base if everything goes like we expect it. And Trumbo, he can play not only first base but he can play the outfield and DH, so there will be at bats in that situation. And we’ll also be able to move a player around a little bit with the outfield situation.
And then we’ll see what happens with Trout. There’s a lot of things that we can do going to the offseason. Things that look they are locked out at this point may not be that way in a month from now, two months from now, maybe before spring training."
Was he talking about TRADING Trout, or moving him to the infield? Gonna make this a fanshot.
Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.
I listened to this. I don't know whether to...
a) vomit
b) laugh
c) turn in my tickets, or….
I think I just feel helpless. I’ve rooted for this team for 50 years. Much of that time the state of the team has been much worse than the present.
But, dammit, I always had hope. I don’t think I do now. We have a GM who should not even be in the business. As you listen to Reagins, you have the hope sucked out of your bone marrow.
...on the road....
by Jack Kerouac on Sep 29, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
45 years here.
I don’t know if TR actually meant screwing with Trout. That’s just one possible way of interpreting what he said. And the most controversial.
But, to your point, we can always have hope. What we can justifiably be pissed off about now is that, after all those bad and frustrating years, the mountain HAD BEEN CLIMBED! What was required out of TR was maintenance, not jumping.
Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.
It's a Napoli world.....
…..we just live in it……..
It's what happened AFTER the games of thisseries that's the real story....
When one Mike Napoli was once again unleashed on the unsuspecting women of Newport Beach!
Wait. What?
There can be found women in Newport Beach who are “unsuspecting”?
Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.
by Stirrups on Sep 29, 2011 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
at first glance he looks like a furry teddy bear.....
but once Naps unleashes his inner manwhore, not only do the Newport Beach ladies turn to jello, the Coto De Caza cougars even start sniffing around.
Was that a Dethclok reference in for the Scandanavian Metal?
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
WTF did I just read?
I need to get edumacated yo’
I have a secret place, inside my mind, where I keep hidden inspiration you wont find.
by Tapatio Man on Sep 30, 2011 12:06 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Metaphors made me mad dizzy yo'
I have a secret place, inside my mind, where I keep hidden inspiration you wont find.
by Tapatio Man on Sep 30, 2011 12:09 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Compared to the catchers the Angels have on their roster, Napoli is teh sex.
Not sure if there is a mancrush there or not, but I’d take him back in Angel red in a heartbeat.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
Napoli is fat and strangely endearing
but he is still better than mathis+conger+wilson
in baseball, pulling quasi hot chicks, and attracting man love
Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Oct 6, 2011 1:09 AM PDT reply actions
Did you guys know
that Napoli had no bigger fan than Lyle while he was here?
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