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An Emotional Plea for John Lackey's Return
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Nov 22, 2009 1:32 PM PST
11 comments
I am surprised by the general sentiments that have befallen over fellow HH’ers regarding John Lackey. It seems that many seem rather indifferent over whether we sign Big John or not. Many of the off-season posts are acting as if Lackey is as good as gone. Perhaps, this stems from a lack of confidence in our FO putting up the $ to re-sign him. But I ask you this: How is John Lackey NOT the face of this organization? And why wouldn’t the FO put up the money?
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Mike Napoli Ranked Worst Defensive Catcher in Baseball
"As for the bottom ranks... Josh Bard is at -7.3, the human swing machine, Miguel Olivo, is at -8.8, and the Living Stereotype, Mike Napoli, is at -9.7. No wonder the Angels think Mathis is a good defender."
about 7 hours ago
figgifig
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Gary Matthews Jr. Signs-This Date in Angels Blogging History
by Rev Halofan on Nov 22, 2009 11:00 AM PST
in News
7 comments
On this date in 2006, 3 years ago today, Halos Heaven went on record as saying that the Angels signing of Gary Matthews Jr. was a stupid thing and, in the first of three posts from that sad day, held out hope that another team would swoop in and sign the free agent outfielder.
By noon, the Angels had signed him to a five-year deal and I overreacted in a post, awarding the division to another team for the next three seasons when I read that Matthews would have a three-year no trade clause.
By that evening I was live-blogging my own meltdown, sinking into a weeping, desperate prayer that this terrible signing be somehow redeemed.
I guess those prayers were answered as the Angels have managed to win three division titles despite this albatross contract holding a mediocre 4th outfielder in place on our bench. If there is a silver lining, it is that I can always refer to the posts linked above to show that I called one right and, much more importantly, this deal was not as bad as the Dodgers signing of Juan Pierre for the same 5 years, $50 Million as GMJ. (see comments where that assertion is disproven by Turks Teeth)
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A's Sign Dallas McPherson
Damn. I was hoping to see him back with the Bees. It's going to be very hard to root for a guy in the green and gold, but I'll do it. Good luck Dallas.
about 8 hours ago
rghan
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Happy Birthday Lyman Bostock
by Rev Halofan on Nov 22, 2009 2:02 AM PST
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3 comments
The late Angels outfielder Lyman Bostock would have turned 59 today.
Happy Birthday, wherever you are.
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ANGELS ALL TIME JERSEY ROSTER - #48
by Rev Halofan on Nov 22, 2009 12:04 AM PST
in All-Time Jersey Roster
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Angels Uniform #48 ... Highest number on the Angels teams of:
1962, 64, 70, 72, 73, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 83, 88 and 1989
1962: George Witt and Don Lee
1963 - 65: Don Lee
1967, 68: Orlando McFarlane
1970: Terry Cox and Paul Doyle
1972: Paul Doyle
1973 - 75: Bill Singer
1976, 77: John Verhoeven
1979: Ralph Garr
1980: Ralph Garr and Ralph Botting
1982: Ricky Adams
1983: Ricky Adams and Curt Brown
1984: Curt Kaufman
1986: Ray Chadwick
1988: Brian Dorsett and Frank DiMichele
1989 - 91: Mike Fetters
1992, 93: Hilly Hathaway
1995: Ken Edenfield
1996: Ken Edenfield and Pep Harris
1997, 98: Pep Harris
2006: Hector Carrasco
2007: Hector Carrasco and Ryan Budde
2008, 09: Torii Hunter
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Aroldis Chapman & Kendry Morales now have the same agent
by thejd on Nov 21, 2009 10:18 AM PST
2 comments
On mlbtraderumors.com is a report that Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman dumped API as his representation and is now represented by the Hendricks Brothers who Kendry Morales recently defected and jumped ship to as his new representation. What does this mean? Probably nothing but this is the kind of story that keeps us warm during the hot stove league. Did API (who doesn't have another baseball or maybe even athlete as a client) rub too many teams the wrong way with their demands?
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Angels 40-Man Roster Set at 38
by Rev Halofan on Nov 21, 2009 2:56 AM PST
in News
15 comments
As the rights to exclusive negotiations with their free agents closed, like every major league club, the Angels set their 40-Man Roster yesterday. It stands at 38. Here they are listed in order of the earliest that each can become a free agent. The final move was the addition of Peter Bourjos to the roster in order to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft in December.
The Angels who are 34 or older: Abreu, Matthews, Hunter, Shields and Fuentes
The Angels who are under 25: O'Sullivan, Bourjos, Trumbo, Bell, Ortega, Wood
* means a club option exists for an extra year.
- After 2010
- Brian Fuentes*
- Maicer Izturis
- Scot Shields
- After 2011
- Bobby Abreu*
- Scott Kazmir*
- Gary Matthews Jr.
- Juan Rivera
- Ervin Santana*
- After 2012
- Torii Hunter
- Mike Napoli
- Joe Saunders
- Howie Kendrick
- Jered Weaver
- Erick Aybar
- Jeff Mathis
- After 2013
- Kendry Morales
- Reggie Willits
- Jose Arredondo
- Jason Bulger
- Dustin Moseley
- After 2014
- Trevor Bell
- Robert Mosebach
- Sean O'Sullivan
- Anthony Ortega
- Matt Palmer
- Kevin Jepsen
- Fernando Rodriguez
- Rafael Rodriguez
- Rich Thompson
- Ryan Budde
- Bobby Wilson
- Matthew Brown
- Freddy Sandoval
- Brandon Wood
- Terry Evans
- After 2015
- Mark Trumbo
- Peter Bourjos
- Chris Pettit
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