Alberto Callaspo Angels Walkup Music (in a perfect world)

by Rev Halofan on Feb 10, 2012 12:30 AM PST in Team Lore

Our series asking what the Walkup Music for our favorite Angel players continues... What should Alberto Callaspo's Walkup music be? Well, maybe it is time for AC (new, user-friendly, self-explanatory nickname alert) to get a little confrontational while simultaneously being aggressively standoffish to all who would want to discuss his role on the team. Note: unpleasant lyrics ahead.

Nothing like a little GG Allin to make sure everyone understands that a thin line is being walked. Here is the master mauler with Don't Talk To Me...

The Angels traded Callaspo for Jason Bulger back in the day. Then they traded to reacquire him after the golden child Brandon Wood lived up to ten percent of his billing. Will Smith and Sean O'Sullivan have done nothing for the Royals while Callaspo dug the 3B slot out of the negative WAR grave that B-Wood dug for it in Anaheim.

For thanks, Callaspo gets the team handing his position to a guy who has not played it since little league. GG Allin's slogan "Most hated in the nation" may not quite apply in this situation, but AC has every right to assert the end of pleasantries in the absence of a proven heir to his hot corner throne.

Poll

Alberto Callaspo will bat...

.288 or over

174 votes

.287 or under

138 votes

312 votes | Poll has closed

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AC would be my pick

to bat lead off on this team. No, he doesn’t fit Big Mike’s prototype for a lead off hitter (be really really fast!) but he has so many attributes that would make him a nice fit for a role the team hasn’t filled since Figgy headed north:

- Switch hitter with no major platoon split
- Draws his walks to keep his OBP respectable
- Makes a freakish amount of contact to keep his average up

I seem to remember him being Torii-bad on the base paths, but the stats don’t tell that story. Besides, do we really want someone running wild while Pujols is at bat? Plus, with AC’s superior bat control and patience, Mike can still run his hit-and-run and stolen base plays with Petey and Aybar at the bottom of the order.

by dmhead on Feb 10, 2012 7:53 AM PST reply actions

I get giddy when I think about Trout hitting in front of Pujols one day.

Do whatever you want in the meantime.

by moralesforpresident on Feb 10, 2012 10:28 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

Anything by AC/DC?

If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?

by red floyd on Feb 10, 2012 9:15 AM PST reply actions

Middleman by Bright eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNkCh394lIw

I traveled though the atmosphere as a wall of feedback climbed
The pegs were gold, the band was old, they played in half time
Now every dream gets whittled down just like every fool gets wise
You will never reap of any seed deprived of sunlight

So I have become the Middleman
The gray areas are mine
The in-between, the absentee
Is a beautiful disguise

So I keep my footlights shining bright just like I keep my exits wide
‘Cause I never know when it’s time to go, it’s too crowded now inside
The dead can hide beneath the ground and the birds can always fly
But the rest of us do what we must in constant compromise

So I have become the Middleman
The gray areas are fine
The “I don’t know,” the “maybe so”
Is the only real reply
It is the only true reply

by Darth Duane on Feb 10, 2012 10:15 AM PST reply actions

Good Song

Works well for Alberto, too.

R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel

by Kernel on Feb 11, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions

Something about being "Underappreciated" might be good, considering the context

More Howie please...

by hk47 on Feb 10, 2012 10:16 AM PST reply actions

Brandon lived up to 10% of his billing? #generous

by moralesforpresident on Feb 10, 2012 10:23 AM PST via mobile reply actions

Regarding the poll question, I'll be a bullish vote for Collaspo.

He should be our leadoff hitter.

The only thing VW did differently last year than the year before, besides inflate his stats by playing half his games in Toronto, is buy into the Scioscia/Hatcher philosophy that a walk is as good as an out. 2011: .218/.248/.412. 2010(road stats): .224/.299/.400.

by snowhor on Feb 10, 2012 11:19 AM PST reply actions