June 8, 200916 yr QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jun 8, 2009 -> 12:16 AM) station to station, pull only hitters. watch a full day of other teams and you will discover things like sac bunts, hitting the opposite way, and shortened swings. exactly, watch a week of Angels baseball, and you'll see the full tool kit: power, speed at almost every position, perfectly executed bunting, situational hitting, stealing, opposite field shots, a 17M center fielder performing miracles with the glove, a 5'7" Figgins snagging everything that comes his way and firing across the diamond with the best of 'em, not to mention a continuous flow of new names and faces from the farm system that bring immediate impact most of the time, a manager who usually makes decisions that you'll agree with, and a GM that actually lands people like Hunter/Texeira..... they have injuries like any other team (Lackey, Santana, Escobar, Vladimir), lost some key free agents like Francisco Rodgriguez, and had the severe misfortune of a having a super promising pitcher die in his first full season......but they find a way to grind through droughts and emerge strong.....every year I live here the more impressed I am and wonder at which point it's time to ditch the Sox....(which I was firmly committed to in the winter of 2005 when they traded the power away, seemingly quitting on the fans,,,, then they opened up the season on fire and never looked back of course and sucked me right back in..)
June 8, 200916 yr QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 12:54 AM) exactly, watch a week of Angels baseball, and you'll see the full tool kit: power, speed at almost every position, perfectly executed bunting, situational hitting, stealing, opposite field shots, a 17M center fielder performing miracles with the glove, a 5'7" Figgins snagging everything that comes his way and firing across the diamond with the best of 'em, not to mention a continuous flow of new names and faces from the farm system that bring immediate impact most of the time, a manager who usually makes decisions that you'll agree with, and a GM that actually lands people like Hunter/Texeira..... No offense, but I disagree with so much of this post. Hunter is terrible in CF now besides the fancy home run robbing plays. Not to mention they're wasting 11 million on Gary Mathews Jr. Could you imagine the Sox having an outfielder who makes that much that they can't even play? Vlad looks like he's just about done being a slugger also. Those prospects you talked about have yet to make a big difference in the majors, and most would say their vaunted position player prospects over the last 5 years have been a huge bust. We play at the Cell...if you can't hit the long ball, you're not going to win.
June 8, 200916 yr 1. Terrible hitting -- clutch, situational, power. 2. Slow. 3. Can't stop opposing teams from running and running and running. 4. Inconsistent starting pitching. 5. Bad vibe between manager and players. 6. Young guys pressing trying to establish themselves in the big leagues. Other than that, everything is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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