LA Angels Monday News Crash:

Nothing much happened this weekend, so I had a choice between a large selection of “are interested in” or “how can they fix this” articles. Actual news is limited as of the time of this writing. Hyeseong Kim got a three year deal with the Dodgers for at least $12.5 Million. Charlie Morton signed with the Orioles and will get $15 Million for one year.

Athletics President Dave Kaval resigned. The resignation will take effect tomorrow.

Cavan Biggio has signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals.

Photo credit: Rex Fregosi

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Cowboy26
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1 month ago

Wow this seems like something we could have done . Lux for a 2024 3rd rounder who’s never played professional baseball and a 2025 Comp pick seems a little light https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/reds-finalizing-gavin-lux-trade.html

Last edited 1 month ago by Cowboy26
Cowboy26
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1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

I guess it Also opens up a 40 man roster spot for the incoming pitcher Roki Sasaki

Jeff Joiner
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Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Per the sim, Dodgers got hosed, so you aren’t alone in thinking this is light.

The third rounder was drafted by the Dodgers out of high school but chose college and ended up in Cincy. They must be really high on him.

What does Cincy do now? They had an infield crunch, traded India, now added an infielder. Is another trade coming?

Fansince1971
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

I don’t think the Dodgers make a similar trade with the Angels. I think they want abject failure of the other Los Angeles franchise particularly after how Arte attempted to ‘steal’ their fan base in the early and mid 2000s.

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

I dont think the Doyers care one way or another about their cross town rivals which maybe worse for us than if they had extreme blinding hatred.They probably consider the Angels to be irrelevant and inconsequential to anything involving their operation.

Now Arte on the other hand, probably wont trade with the evil blue empire ever again. In fact he probably took extreme pleasure when Perry grabbed their Rule 5 pick, Garrett McDaniels.

TapatioMan
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Maybe I’m crazy, but I don’t think the Dodgers got hosed at all. Lux seems like a guy who still has that dodger-shine propping him up a bit.

Lux had throwing issues and arm strength issues after injury, so most likely limited to 2b. He is a guy with only 2 more years of control who has struggled to stay healthy, limited defensive flexibility, and an inconsistent bat.

The Dodgers basically replaced him with a faster version in Kim, and got what is arguably almost 2 first round picks for him.

https://x.com/jeffmlbdraft/status/1876414905412415953?s=46&t=aBK1MPhSIvfd0DTl6snnFw

This reputable guy is saying Sirota looked like a top 10 pick in the draft. And the Dodgers get a supplemental pick on top of that. Again, for a guy they basically replaced on the FA market with Kim.

That’s how you keep adding guys to your farm. I wish we were able to do things like that.

Cowboy26
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1 month ago
Reply to  TapatioMan

With a 2025 projected $2.5 million Arbitration salary for GLux, Kim is actually costing the Doyers twice as much

TapatioMan
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Flexing your financial strength to build up the farm further.

Isn’t that another version of taking on bad contracts in exchange for prospects, an idea that is often discussed on this site? And it’s not like they’re taking on a useless player on a $40M + contract to do this.

Last edited 1 month ago by TapatioMan
Born_in_59
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

With the Kim signing, I expected Lux to be the odd man out but did not expect the Reds to pay so little for him. I guess the Dodgers really wanted the roster space or maybe Lux hasn’t fully recovered from his injury, but the bat seemed okay last season.

grichmanpoorman
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Yeah, seems like we could have done that. Lux might have been a sneaky-cheap solution for 3B, too.

Jeff Joiner
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Legend
1 month ago

With his arm id keep him at second.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago

I started scheduling gamethreads today. It is getting that close.

Twebur
Legend
1 month ago

Bad scouting for the Angels, less meaningful?

Baseball America’s 2025 Scout Survey: Evaluators Fear Game’s Direction Amid ‘Doom And Gloom’ Offseason 

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/baseball-americas-2025-scout-survey-evaluators-fear-games-direction-amid-doom-and-gloom-offseason/

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Twebur

Formally documents and confirms that which we already believed to be true. Thanks, lot’s of data.

Senator_John_Blutarsky
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Reply to  Twebur

Not a good look considering Perry’s been here 4 years…..

Fansince1971
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Twebur

Wow. Summary is Dodgers are pretty much the best at everything. Angels are among the worst at everything. Unless there is a fundamental shift in the Angels Org (unlikely under Arte) things are likely to get progressively worse.

Last edited 1 month ago by Fansince1971
Jeff Joiner
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Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Twebur

That’s a great link. I will try to remember it for Weekend Links. It deserves a lot of readership.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  Twebur

All that told me is that, in the next few years, some smart AF team like the Brewers or Rays can take what they pay one shitty MLB roster spot and pick twelve scouts from a pool of increasingly good minds to go and “outscout” orgs that just pay a brain trust.

Arte will not do that cause his fans need the splashes. But Ben Charington?

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago
FungoAle
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1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Reminds me of Jeanie Buss yanking control from her brother, Jimmy. Disaster in the making.

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  FungoAle

…or Georgia Frontierre (Husband died) and the Rams…

FungoAle
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Angelz4ever

How could I forget. Magical Miss Georgia, not sure how she got her hubby Carroll, to drown in 2-feet of water. #PigskinAldultress

Twebur
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Angelz4ever

Jackie Autry on line 2…

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Angelz4ever

There. FIFY

or Georgia Frontierre (Husband died was murdered by her) and the Rams…

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Youch!

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  FungoAle

Tommy Boy wasn’t much better F.A.

YOUknowulovetheIE
Super Member
1 month ago

Suarez can fuck off.

That is all.

PedroCerrano
Super Member
1 month ago

Great, now you hurt his feelings…he will eat that pain at the buffet table and show up to Arizona looking like Jabba The Hut (again).

steelgolf
Legend
1 month ago

As of today, 1/06/25, at 12:30 pm, he still holds a spot on the 26 man roster. Yeeesh.

halofansince1978
Super Member
1 month ago

Watched the Bob Costa MLB TV Studio 42 Tom Seaver interview last night.

I could only find a couple clips from it…what a story teller Tom Terrific was.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=322562492195081

https://www.mlb.com/video/seaver-on-1969-world-series-c20029273

Born_in_59
Trusted Member
1 month ago

Regarding the 2025 bullpen, I see it starting the season with: Burke, Crouse, Joyce, Quijada, Silseth (I know he’s a starter, but can’t think of a better option that isn’t a starter too), Stephenson, Suarez (by default) and Zeferjahn. Overall, that group pitched strongly over the last season (3.86 ERA, 1.31 WHIP), but only for 177 innings in total (Suarez being the only one with more than 50 innings). If the starters continue to contribute only 870 total innings, that means the relievers have to come up with 580 over the course of 162 games. While there is potential here, asking them to continue to produce an ERA under 4 while adding 50 innings apiece doesn’t seem to be a great plan. It would be nice to add a couple of proven arms, but not at Stephenson’s price tag.

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Born_in_59

I would be surprised if Stephenson doesn’t start the season on the IL . I would also be shocked if the Ducks gave up not heir Rule 5 pick Garrett McDaniels before the start of the season.

Even if Perry dumpster dives, I really think the bullpen is unfinished. It would not surprise at all if they take a one year flier on a former closer like Kenley Jansen to strengthen the back end. the Of the 8 you mention 5 have minor league options so there are other moves they can make.

I would still love to see Silseth start where he has doe much better stat wise but he also cant seem to get past 5 inning before losing steam.

BTW José Suarez in the month of September after returning from a long IL stay:

4 Games 2 Starts 1.59 ERA 1.058 WHIP .598 OPS against 10.0 K/9 3.8 K/BB but in typical Jose Suarez he lost 3 of those 4 games.

Last edited 1 month ago by Cowboy26
Born_in_59
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

I think Jansen might cost too much, but I wouldn’t mind bringing back old friend Carlos Estevez or see if A J Minter or Ryan Yarbrough could be had.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  Born_in_59

AJ Minter has been talked about. Could do worse.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago

Yeah, that’s a guy I’ve pegged due to Perry’s ties to Atlanta.

FungoAle
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1 month ago
Reply to  Born_in_59

I’d sign off on Estevez so long as we trade him out come deadline, need a couple more pitching prospects

Jeff Joiner
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Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Perry usually adds a bullpen arm or two as camps open and there are still a ton of guys out there.

Just going off the top of my head here, a guy who can handle late innings and won’t cost insane money: Phil Maton, Carlos Esteves, Tommy Kahlne, Kirby Yates

Decent bounce back candidate: Dillon Tate,

Last edited 1 month ago by Jeff Joiner
gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  Jeff Joiner

Yah. I’d take a flyer on John Means, Dillon Tate or Sixto Sanchez. Maybe Brooks Railey, Ryan Yarbrough if he’s cheap, even a guy like Jalen Beeks could be good outside Colorado. Ryne Stanek, Paul Sewald, Hector Neris, Phil Maton, Jose Leclerc, Dany Jimenez, Dylan Floro…. there are a lot of innings out there that can become trade bait later.

Born_in_59
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

By the way, I’d like to think Suarez turned a corner after his September results, but 17 innings is hard to take too seriously when we’ve been down this road before.

steelgolf
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Born_in_59

Do not get sucked into the Suarez fools gold.

Twebur
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  steelgolf

“There’s an old saying in Tennessee—I know it’s in Anaheim, probably in Tennessee—that says, ‘Fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again.”

-CTPG (about Suarez)

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Twebur

Tennessee ? You mean the state where the new Angel buyer will move the team after acquiring the Angels from Arte’s widow?

Born_in_59
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Are you sure that the Los Vegas Athletics of Sacramento won’t get there ahead of them?

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Born_in_59

I think eventually they’ll get a deal done in Vegas.

Senator_John_Blutarsky
Legend
Reply to  Twebur

“Fool me once, strike one. But fool me twice… strike three.”

~ Perry

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  Twebur

“Nobody was trying to fool me, but I still feel like a fool. I won’t be fooled again.”

  • CtPG Guy
grichmanpoorman
Trusted Member
1 month ago

If there’s any team that will benefit the most from adding Santander, it would be the Angels. The Angels barely got any production from their designated hitters, which is quite painful. Mike Trout, however, will need more DH reps than ever considering his injury problems over the past few seasons, but Santander should be okay to take at least a dozen or so games on the field.” https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-angels-blue-jays-tigers-listed-as-anthony-santander-suitors

This writer is evidently unaware that we acquired Soler, who’s even more challenged in the field than Santander, from what I’ve gleaned.

Is Santander really that bad? Baseball Reference shows that led all right-fielders in range factor last season, and was +10 in fielding runs above average. His career numbers don’t look good, but seems like something clicked for him in 2024. Only two error in 130 games in the OF, seven assists.

Senator_John_Blutarsky
Legend

Is Santander really that bad?

No.

He’s just not that good to make a difference on any team that is strong enough to contend. On a 60 win team, he’s going to be adequate and not hurt the team.

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago

Well if amassing a -7 DRS in 1119 innings in right field last year is not that bad then yes. we could do worse.

Born_in_59
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

That’s a problem with fielding metrics. One says he was -7 last year while another had him as +10 and both considered him a + fielder in 2023.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  Born_in_59

His defense is “ungood” but not Schwarber levels of bad. Totally livable if he’s in LF and produces an 800+ OPS.

Unless, of course, we sign him. Then his defense is the worst ever and we all need to be very angry.

If our draft weren’t so important this year I’d be fine with paying him 20-25M a year for four years. He’s solid. A winning team needs like three of these guys filling out the line up around young stars, so fine.

I just don’t want to sign this player RIGHT NOW. Just like if Schanuel falls off a cliff this year and Alonso was available next year I’d be fine with paying the bear…. but not THIS year.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago

This.

We’re talking about giving up the 46th pick in the draft and the slot money that come with it and $1 million in international money.

If we were an 85 win team pushing to win a division or make some noise in October, perhaps Santander’s bat would be a fair trade for all of that. But we aren’t.

We are a team that is quietly assembling pieces to be good in two years and needs to keep doing that.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

Quietly Assemble. That should be what we all chant calmly. A guiding light. A true north on our journey. Other limp clichés. We should always ask “Is this idea quiet? Does it assemble?” If not, then we shouldn’t do it.

Quiet/Assemble

Splashes are for douche bags.

red floyd
Legend
1 month ago

I assume you meant OPS and not OPS+.

Last edited 1 month ago by red floyd
gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  red floyd

Yes. An 800+ OPS, Though I’d be even happier with an 800 OPS+

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago

Right now we just need a couple bodies who can put up a .780+ OPS against right handed pitching especially when MNT is out with an ouchie.

Last edited 1 month ago by Cowboy26
Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago

Yea we’re kind of stuck. Draft and next year we can make significant moves forward.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Roy Hobbs

I think we really could accelerate a rebuild if Arte allows it.

Rengifo and Ward are really good trade chips. Anderson has some value and I’d like to see his spot used to rotate in the kids.

There’s enough payroll room simply by trading those three to take on a bad contract or two in exchange for stud prospects. Castellanos, for example, has the same 2 years left as Rendon and costs the same as Rengifo plus Anderson this season.

Add in the second and 46th overall picks being developed college players, Moore, the collection of young arms, Neto, O’Hoppe, and maybe Schanuel and the narrative heading into 2026 is the young Angels.

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

I agree. It harkens back to Gitch’s request for evidence of either a rebuild or a compete. Trading those guys would definitely be evidence of a rebuild. Unfortunately, I would be very surprised to see that happen.

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Roy Hobbs

Wait. You’re saying Bubba & Gitcho are buds?

Hey Gitcho can you get us all some of that magic Goop?

Born_in_59
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

I’d agree with you about Anderson if I didn’t feel that Detmers and Hendricks will provide more than enough opportunities to see what the kids on the farm can do.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

Man. I’d love this…. I’m sad cause it probably won’t all happen. I know it’s crazy talk, but yeah, I’d trade WarGifErson and then just hit up any team looking at signing Bregman or Alonso and tell em “Hey, I’ll trade you (scrap cheap guy) for (Expensive guy) if you send me a top 5 prospect and let me pick a couple lower value prospects off your farm.

That, plus the draft, plus what we get back for those other trades…. much better farm.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago

Yeah, I’ve spent way too much time on the sim doing just this.

I know to take it with a grain of salt but I’ve built some pretty nice AA teams with upside lottery tickets at the lower levels.

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago

Look if Jo Adell could become a Gold Glove finalist in right field last year anything is possible.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

I though we’d see enough of Adell last season to finally know if he’d be good or not.

Yet here we are heading into this season with just as much clarity as we had last season.

Pineapple12
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

Going into 2024, Adell was not good with the bat or glove.

Going into 2025, Adell is coming off being a GG finalist.

Now we wait to see if the bat catches up.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Pineapple12

Yep and if you’d have asked me last February if I thought he’d take off with the bat or glove I’d have bet bat every time.

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago

If memory serves me, Santander made at least two defensive plays against the Halos that stopped a rare rally/scoring opportunity.

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Angelz4ever

Well you know with TrAdition, if we sign him he’ll probably make a helluva lot more plays stopping a Halos rally/scoring opportunity.

Pineapple12
Super Member
1 month ago

Not sure how many Anaheim Duck fans we have here. Yesterday we extended a player, and here’s what the GM said,

“Pat Verbeek says the structure of Frank Vatrano’s deal was inspired by Shohei Ohtani’s signing with the Dodgers—which included deferred money”

https://x.com/Derek_Lee27/status/1876059525964538020?t=65BQLdXLmgTm-4CkPy9CUQ&s=19

Deferring money is smart. Dodgers are smart, Arte is not

Kevin
Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Pineapple12

I don’t disagree — however typically in baseball the deferred money thing starts when you are in the hunt for a title, have a playoff worthy team, and want to get over the hump. It usually doesn’t happen during the development phase when you are just trying to win 82 games or the like. The latter of course is where the Angels are sadly.

Pineapple12
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Kevin

Deferring money doesn’t have to be exclusive to contenders. It’s a creative way to structure deals, especially for athletes who have a bias against CA tax.

The fact that Arte won’t leverage it as a tool puts us at a competitive disadvantage.

CAoldskoll
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Pineapple12

Question, wouldn’t Arte have a difficult time convincing a high dollar free agent to defer money when his team is lousy? Dodgers are full on taking advantage of being a good team with money. You want to be on the best team, agree to defer. Can you imagine offering a Pete Alonso a contract and asking him to defer. Probably laugh at us.

Born_in_59
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  CAoldskoll

Take Pete Alonso as an example. If he retires to Florida where there is no state income tax after this next contract, then wouldn’t he save the 13.3% California would have taken as taxes on whatever was earned in state? If that’s true, that would be a powerful incentive to defer.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  Pineapple12

Why are we so sure Arte is even given the opportunity to defer money?

steelgolf
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Kevin

Trying to win 82 games? This team is just trying to win 72 games!

Senator_John_Blutarsky
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Reply to  steelgolf

Exactly.

82 wins is a 2027 or 2028 goal.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  Pineapple12

In order to defer money you need to:

Be a team players really want to join more than other teams.
Be a team players will take less up front money from to play now.

The Angels are not in that spot yet. The Angels fans are far from inspiring this kind of delayed gratification from a player. Guys like Cozart and Rendon, to spite CtPG Guys deep insights, are exactly the type of popular guys around MLB locker rooms who we all think are complaining JUST about Arte but are likely aware of the piss bitches they play in front of too. And they have a lot of friends around the game.

cookmeister
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Pineapple12

Lol, this is entirely different situations.

deferring $7 mil in hockey vs. deferring nearly a billion dollars

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  cookmeister

Especially for a team that has almost the top amount of salary cap space available in the entire NHL

Pineapple12
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  cookmeister

Different situations, same concept of deferred money.

halofansince1978
Super Member
1 month ago

38 Days!!

Senator_John_Blutarsky
Legend
  • Anxiety medicine stockpile is in place.
  • Anger management techniques have been learned and ready to be applied.
  • All sharp objects and related ammunition is being put in storage.
  • Doctorate level studies on sarcastic quips regarding Arte and Angels baseball continue in earnest.
  • Lagavulin 16 is on subscription with bi-weekly deliveries starting May 1st.

I’m almost ready for the season to begin!

Born_in_59
Trusted Member
1 month ago

What? No Bob Seger Live Bullet album?

toad2065
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Born_in_59

Can Bob pitch?

Born_in_59
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  toad2065

No, but he can Turn the Page.

red floyd
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Born_in_59

Does that mean Arte would have to move the team East of Omaha?

PedroCerrano
Super Member
1 month ago

My hot girlfriend from my college years who just happened to sleep with all my friends taught me a great life lesson. It didn’t matter how much I loved her because I would never be able to trust her. The Angels are the less hot version of that.

  1. Expect very little
  2. Care even less
  3. Try to remember points one and two when you begin to be pulled back into the fantasy
Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  PedroCerrano

#3 is key, the force is powerful.

PedroCerrano
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Roy Hobbs

No lie. I’ve been wrestling with that demon since Tanana, Ryan and three days of cryin.

toad2065
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  PedroCerrano

But everybody needs a fantasy, Pedro.

PedroCerrano
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  toad2065

I know you really wanted to see this:

https://youtu.be/vPQgfaB3S1c?si=cV5myulLTAEKJEvi

BTW: Who else remembers seeing this as a preview at the movie theatre? Sadly my 17 year old self thought it was cool and I still have the LP.

red floyd
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  PedroCerrano

I’ll see your Aldo Nova and raise you some Earth Wind and Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0CVoFsUhC4

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  red floyd

Now we’re talking. This is music.

red floyd
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

When I was in the Velvet Knights (Drum and Bugle corps for the rest of you), this was our concert piece, and our exit was also EWF – “I’ll Write A Song For You”

PedroCerrano
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  red floyd

I totally agree! That’s a really great song by a real band. I saw them in the old San Diego arena when I was 16. Everybody was dancing and I was the skinny little white kid getting grinded on by full grown women. Thought I might just die but I would have gone with a smile.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  PedroCerrano

I went to fights at that arena last summer. It is still going and probably looks the same or about the same as it did back then.

red floyd
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

The Gulls (Ducks AHL affiliate) play there, too

Twebur
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  red floyd
Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  PedroCerrano

What the heck is that? The 80s were just bad.

PedroCerrano
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

It was truly horrible. My other passion was besides baseball was/is guitar. I got hurt playing ball in college, got really drunk for 6-12 months and spent some time playing guitar with hair bands on the strip. It was a dark time and before you ask, photos no long exist 🙂

steelgolf
Legend
1 month ago

Sounds like you’ll be in the “best shape of your life” to start the season!

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