JEFF WEAVER'S AN ANGEL

is right about who the Red Sox are asking for, it's way too much.  However, if it's Kelvim Escobar, Steven Shell and Juan Rivera I say where do I sign.  I love Escobar and Rivera is solid, but Manny at DH over Rivera is an obvious upgrade, and they both bad right handed so I don't see it messing that up.  GA is still an above average LF.

So adding Weaver wouldn't be an issue.

The Red Sox would NEVER make an Escobar, Rivera, Shell trade.  Even Theo would get run out of town for that.  Would you take Manny for Santana, Kotchman and Erstad?

It would be smart for both sides to work on this trade suring Super Bowl weekend with the media distracted...

Stoneman has not only refused to include the team's premier prospects in a Manny deal, but he's also refused to pay ALL of Manny's salary, insisting that Boston pick up part of the tab.  

It's also been reported that Manny would want to negotiate an EXTENSION with his new team before approving any trade (remember, Manny can veto any trade).

And it's been reported that there's NO WAY Manny will DH full time. He wants to play in the field.

Hard to see how a Manny deal will ever be consumated with the Angels (or any other team, for that matter).

They'll be able to trade him for guys on the big club like that, but yeah that'd obviously be a no brainer.  Crummy thing is the Red Sox signed Gonzalez to play SS and traded one of the highest rated prospects in the game among others for Coco Crisp, so their interent in Cabrera and/or Erstad at this point would probably be zero unless they're willing to take Erstad on in LF.

I'm totally fine with not doing this trade in any form, I hope these guys come fast especially on offense so someone can start protecting Vlad.  Anyone that feels their 'plugged in' enough to have a valid prediction of who the 25 man roster out of camp will be?  I have a feeling '07 will be the year these guys really make a splash.  I hope the big name prospects rake at at least triple A this year.  Lineup if Morales isn't on the big club:

Figgins - 3B
Cabrera - SS (he'll bitch otherwise)
Vlad - RF
GA - LF
Guillen - DH (D-Mac righties unless he's hurt or Guillen is tearing it up)
Erstad - CF
Kotchman - 1B (obviously move him up if he's tears it up but why not start him low?)
Molina/Mathis - C
Kennedy - 2B

Just to be on the record.  Keep Manny Ramirez off of the Angels.  There are some stealth Red Sox fans promoting Man Ram here.  The Angels do NOT need Manny's salary or defense.

I was at the Big A picking out season seats on Wednesday.  The optimism of fellow Angel fans was contagious.  The 2006 Halos are going to go deep into October WITHOUT Manny Ramirez.  The Angels do not need him.  Put my money where my mouth is?  I already paid Arte.  "Just another Halo victory!"

Last night I woke up and I knew you were gone.

Playing Manny Ramirez in left field is like having an Egyptian ferry boat captain leave on the first life boat.  Lord Jim or Lord Manny?  Joseph Conrad if you please!

Vote no on Manny!  Keep him in Boston!

The great thing is Stoneman appears to be doing what he should be doing.  Acting uninterested unless he gets blown away by an offer.  I'm not in the camp that thinks the Red Sox are going to be down this year, just to put that on record.  Their starting pitching should be better than last year, and there should be very little, if any drop off from Damon to Coco.  If they still have Ortiz/Manny at 3-4, I think they're better than the Yankees at this point. (assuming Manny doesn't go off the deep end one of these years or just up and retire, wouldn't shock me)  If you take Manny away, Ortiz doesn't see a pitch so it basically would kill both of their numbers. Kind of like what happened to Vlad last year.

The As and us are pretty much neck and neck.  Both defenses should be solid and both pitching staffs should be as well.  The one advantage we have is we don't have any flakes or punks. (like Bradley for instance)

on numerous message boards.  Most are presuming the news of signing Weaver is true.  For your reputation's sake, I hope you are right.

If it's true, does that mean Carrasco becomes long reliever? What happens to Gregg? And is there no way we can get rid of Yan, I mean the guy offers nothing to the team really, apart from someone you throw the ball to when we're 5 runs up

Shortly after reading the Rev's post that Jeff Weaver was about to become an Angel I told my 5 year old son Roger what was on the coconut wireless.  I then checked some other websites and did not see any breaking news about the Dream Weaver.  I have not told anybody else what the Rev saw in his crystal ball.

Twenty years ago I took a boat trip from Surat Thani to Koh Samui in southern Thailand.  After disembarking I checked for mail at the Na Thon post office.  I then browsed for used books in an open-air market.  A fellow American came up to me and said the manager of the beach hut where he was staying had described to him the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.  This was prior to there being wide-spread television on Koh Samui.  This tale had a ring of truth to it.  I passed the word on to other expats on Lamai Beach with the caveat that the story was not confirmed.  The following day the Bangkok Post newspaper confirmed the tragic story.

That was a rumor I passed on after receiving it in person.  I am old fashioned to think that in person is more concrete than hearing about it on the internet.  In my Air Force days the rumors were correct about one-third of the time.  I am confident that the Rev has a batting average higher than that.

If Jeff and Jared Weaver are in the same rotation the Angels could be called the Dream Weavers of Anaheim.  Yes, for the record I was at the Big A on 9/17/67 when Reggie Jackson hit his first major league home run off of Jim Weaver.  Being at that game was one of the dividends I got for belonging to the Junior Angels Club!  Somewheres in our garage I have a wide-angle b & w photo of Reggie-ru about to cross home plate after hitting his only home run as a member of the Kansas City A's.  And 17 years later to the day I saw Reggie Jackson hit his 500th career home run off of Bud Black of the Royals.  There was a Kansas City/Anaheim connection for both of those milestone home runs.

from "the source?"

by your "most trusted source."

Or better yet, where in the hell is your 'source'?

When ???

you said it was going to be announced on Monday.....oops, guess not? Did Weaver get lost on his way to Angel Stadium?

I don't think his "source" even exists

I guess your source let you down.  I guess that's why I told the guy I work with "I'll believe it when I see it"

I'll stand by you like Chris Chambers stood by Gordie Lachance...(wait a minute, Chris Chambers was played by River Phoenix, who died, I don't like where this one is heading)

Weaver signing with the Angels was a pretty obvious move, and the large majority of people expect it to happen.  

However, your source was clearly wrong that the "ink [was] dry" on Saturday, because if it were, it would have been announced by now.  Your source can't claim a victory if the announcement is today, tomorrow, next week, or sometime in spring training.  He was wrong, plain and simple.  You got owned.

Your source, much like your pretentious, condescending, spiteful, and ignorant writing, is full of garbage.

Is Weaver a right handed version of Vladimir Guerrero?  LOL!

How about a new "ink is dry, signing will be announced on....."  date then ?

ps. If you were cooking something, it would have burnt by now.  LOL

you said it would be announced on Monday. What does your source say now?

btw, he was in SoCal, not Thailand.

is that you SAID it was going to be announced on Monday, which has already passed

your "source" was obviously wrong. Monday has passed and Weaver still isn't an Angel

maybe you should get a new "source"

admit that he was wrong. People are
very forgiving these days. :-)

Who knows when the team will make the announcement?  I believe I remember reading that the Big Unit signed with the Yankees about a WEEK before it was "officially" announced.

"You will hear about Monday everywhere else as Stoneman scrambles over the weekend to adjust the 40-Man roster."

I , in fact, think that it WILL get done. People are just calling him out on his source claiming it was a done deal and would be announced by the team on Monday.

... Toc...Tic ...Toc...

Your credibility  has been  bitch-slapped .

So anyone who disagrees with you is a troll?

I've been reading this blog since it was on livejournal.  I'm only stating my opinion on why the story hasn't been reported yet.  I could be wrong, but it's just my take on what's happened (or not happened, actually.)

Appreciate the info.

Keep up the good work.

we willl find out tomorrow.

"The Angels expect to receive an answer today from Weaver, who has been courted by several teams, including the Rangers and Cleveland Indians. The Angels originally offered Weaver a one-year deal plus an option for 2007, but they are believed to have bumped their offer to two years.

Angel owner Arte Moreno said he would like an answer by today so that if Weaver signs with the Angels, he can be in camp for the start of workouts Thursday. But it is unclear how firm Moreno's deadline is or whether the offer will be pulled if Weaver does not accept it by today."

But the ink seems to be dry... now.

Tell your brother Gene I said "hi"

Scoop !