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Halos Heaven Voted for Just a flier by the Angels, nothing to see here...move on. on Halos Heaven - 01/08/09 1:05 PM PST

Halos Heaven Voted for Garry Pettis on Halos Heaven - 01/08/09 1:51 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented My from-the-arse numbers on Morales and Wood in 2009 on Halos Heaven - 01/08/09 1:49 AM PST

Halos Heaven Posted Very Interesting Interview With Eddie Bane on Halos Heaven - 01/07/09 4:09 PM PST

Halos Heaven Voted for I hate you, Mark Teixeira on Halos Heaven - 01/07/09 3:44 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Bill Rigney was a monster at creating bullpens on Top 100 Angels: Bob LEE #48 on Halos Heaven - 01/07/09 3:26 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Because we are autonomous individuals on I want Giambi in a Halos Uniform for 2009 on Halos Heaven - 01/06/09 2:57 PM PST (2 replies)

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Halos Heaven Voted for This is Great! on Halos Heaven - 01/06/09 7:12 AM PST

Halos Heaven Recommended I am 51. on Halos Heaven - 01/06/09 2:10 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented He traded XBHs for singles and walks, then stopped hitting singles on Chone Figgins on Halos Heaven - 01/06/09 2:09 AM PST (2 replies)

Halos Heaven Recommended You are the single stupidest poster on this site on Halos Heaven - 01/05/09 2:13 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Subtract four, and you've got me on Gene Autry is the greatest Angel owner - hands down on Halos Heaven - 01/05/09 2:09 PM PST

Halos Heaven Recommended should I even bother? on Halos Heaven - 01/05/09 10:05 AM PST

Halos Heaven Recommended bad post on Halos Heaven - 01/05/09 9:59 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Brendan Donnelly wasn't a "prospect" either on With Fuentes Aboard, are the Angels Set? on Halos Heaven - 01/05/09 7:27 AM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Rich Thompson might scratch into that bullpen on With Fuentes Aboard, are the Angels Set? on Halos Heaven - 01/05/09 1:07 AM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented We *don't* know he can hit on What would make the Angel offseason complete? on Halos Heaven - 01/04/09 10:39 AM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Voted for Arte Moreno on Halos Heaven - 01/04/09 1:02 AM PST

Halos Heaven Recommended Here's an "off the radar" thought on Halos Heaven - 01/04/09 1:01 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Also, Comiskey (or whatever it's called) is a righty hitters park on Someone To Consider? on Halos Heaven - 01/04/09 12:56 AM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented I think a 31-year-old with a bad back and a .306 career OBP is not a priority on Someone To Consider? on Halos Heaven - 01/04/09 12:49 AM PST (3 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented Other defensive metrics have him as pretty brutal on What would make the Angel offseason complete? on Halos Heaven - 01/03/09 1:06 PM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Because Vlad is sliding into a DH role on What would make the Angel offseason complete? on Halos Heaven - 01/03/09 12:13 PM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Will take a LOT to have the pitching be as good on Maybe The Halos Can Shed GMJ! on Halos Heaven - 01/03/09 12:09 PM PST (2 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented He's young and fast, but .295 with 9 HRs & 19 BBs in a hitter's league ain't much on Maybe The Halos Can Shed GMJ! on Halos Heaven - 01/03/09 12:06 PM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Even worse, we haven't had an outfield prospect since Darin Erstad, and still don't now on Maybe The Halos Can Shed GMJ! on Halos Heaven - 01/03/09 11:02 AM PST (2 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented What I'd like to see on What would make the Angel offseason complete? on Halos Heaven - 01/03/09 11:00 AM PST (4 replies)

Halos Heaven Voted for Bench him permanently and wait for him to ask to change his contract. on Halos Heaven - 01/03/09 10:47 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented You are correct, sir on What Do Those 5 Draft Picks Mean? on Halos Heaven - 01/03/09 6:05 AM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented "only 21 home runs in his 1968 season" on Top 100 Angels: Rick REICHARDT #51 on Halos Heaven - 01/03/09 5:32 AM PST

Halos Heaven Recommended Crede is not exactly a high reward. on Halos Heaven - 01/03/09 4:48 AM PST

Halos Heaven Recommended Why would the Brewers trade Prince?!? on Halos Heaven - 01/02/09 9:10 AM PST

Halos Heaven Recommended Helton on Halos Heaven - 01/02/09 6:19 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Poor man's Jamie Moyer on Top 100 Angels: Geoff ZAHN #52 on Halos Heaven - 01/01/09 11:18 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Another thing to think about -- Fuentes' vesting option on The Frankie-for-Fuentes Trade on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 11:55 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Peavy I still believe on Angels sign Fuentes on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 11:30 AM PST (3 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented Kotchman for Teixeira? on Angels sign Fuentes on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 11:30 AM PST (3 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented The Angels have said definitively that they won't sign Manny on Angels sign Fuentes on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 11:23 AM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Voted for Ninja! on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 11:13 AM PST

Halos Heaven Posted The Frankie-for-Fuentes Trade on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 11:13 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented You imagined wrong! on Angels sign Fuentes on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 10:59 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented We have 25, 26, 46ish, 47ish, and 54is (the last when Garland signs somewhere) on Angels sign Fuentes on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 10:40 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented It's actually kinda like a trade on Angels sign Fuentes on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 10:39 AM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented We lose pick #33 in the draft on What Do Those 5 Draft Picks Mean? on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 10:11 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Add in 2006-07, and what do you get? on Catcher ERA on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 9:47 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented I've studied this question at length, though I haven't published on What Do Those 5 Draft Picks Mean? on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 9:45 AM PST

Halos Heaven Recommended i dont know how many times this needs to be said on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 9:41 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Hell no on Varitek on Signings and trade ideas on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 5:45 AM PST (5 replies)

Halos Heaven Recommended Adrian Gonzales on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 5:44 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented I'm having a hard time remembering a great hitter who was a good coach on What Do Those 5 Draft Picks Mean? on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 5:43 AM PST (3 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented How could the best available athlete NOT be an outfielder sometimes? on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 5:40 AM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Substitute Quinlan for Kendrick, and *then* they'll bite! on Howie Kendrick on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 5:37 AM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Don't forget -- we also handed over Rance Mulliniks at the same time on Top 100 Angels: Carney LANSFORD #53 on Halos Heaven - 12/31/08 5:36 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented "unfortunately for you"? on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 11:36 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented By hitting .335 with 40+ doubles on Howie Kendrick on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 11:30 PM PST (2 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented "knows absolutely nothing about baseball" on Howie Kendrick on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 11:27 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented You lose me at "his job" on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 2:10 PM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Wood will hit at least 20 if he starts on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 12:37 PM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Don't forget -- he was the Japanese league MVP in 1992! on Top 100 Angels: Jack HOWELL #54 on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 7:34 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented They got no money, and need to slash payroll on G.A.: Green and Yellow? on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 1:58 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Because I for one don't want to see two slap hitters in the lineup on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 1:55 AM PST (2 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented yeah, sure, I'll bet you on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 1:48 AM PST (2 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented Rev ain't yr bitch on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 12:48 AM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Dreaming about the best young cheap players on other teams is like.... on Hanley Ramirez in Play? on Halos Heaven - 12/30/08 12:47 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented He and Izzy were a push offensively last year, for what it's worth on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/29/08 12:23 PM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented There are many people here who can answer that question better than I on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/29/08 12:22 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Don't want to throw him away, just don't want him starting, because he likely won't be good on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/29/08 3:06 AM PST

Halos Heaven Commented that's not very Christian of you on Top 100 Angels: Bartolo COLON #56 on Halos Heaven - 12/28/08 12:50 PM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented that "though" speaks volumes on G.A.: Green and Yellow? on Halos Heaven - 12/28/08 12:47 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented nevermind, hit the wrong button and now I'm tired on How competitive will the Angels be in 2009 on Halos Heaven - 12/28/08 12:44 PM PST (2 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented Totally disagree that 2009 will be 2006 on How competitive will the Angels be in 2009 on Halos Heaven - 12/28/08 12:41 PM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Brown's not a prospect on Left Side Infield... Prospects for a Year? on Halos Heaven - 12/28/08 12:20 PM PST (5 replies)

Halos Heaven Commented I'm just appalled, though not astonished, that we're still reading this shit in 2008 on Mark Whicker is not very bright on Halos Heaven - 12/28/08 12:07 PM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented Absolutely awful 80% of the time? on Mark Whicker is not very bright on Halos Heaven - 12/28/08 12:00 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented His best as an Angel couldn't come close to Vladdy's worst on How competitive will the Angels be in 2009 on Halos Heaven - 12/27/08 2:37 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented Ignorance being more blissful, sure on Jack Howell on Halos Heaven - 12/27/08 2:32 PM PST (1 reply)

Halos Heaven Commented I had assumed Schaal sucked until yesterday on Jack Howell on Halos Heaven - 12/26/08 11:48 PM PST

Halos Heaven Commented And don't forget -- factoring in inflation, payroll has been flat for five years now on Some questions on Halos Heaven - 12/26/08 10:41 PM PST

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