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What makes the Angels a serious threat in any given season is fairly obvious: Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon. Trout starts just about every season as the MVP favorite at least for now and signing Rendon last winter brought in a second sorely needed superstar. A team that employs these two begins each year as top-tier contender… if they can just build a .500 team around the pair. That’s been the riddle the Halos have found themselves unable to solve; the last time the team had a winning record was 2015, and their last playoff appearance was 2014.
A decade of Trout without a single playoff win represents arguably some of the most wasted baseball potential in history. Sure, there have been examples of the Angels having terrible luck. Albert Pujols declined more quickly and more steeply than anyone imagined he would when he headed to the west coast for a mega-deal after the 2011 season. The problem is the team has frequently doubled-down on bad luck rather than mitigati
he got a nice ovation from the people who were there. unfortunately, there weren t many there. first home major league at-bat for bryce harper. strikes out to four pitches. 0 for three in the game. he is two for nine in his young career. the stadium wasn t filled up? no. not even half full. he threw that dude out at home plate. the guy was called safe, but it was a dart to home plate. the runner called safe, though. and the nationals actually lose their fifth straight game. they have lost five now after a hot start. oil can boyd. mike s close friend from 86. he has done an interview with espn in which he said he smoked crack every day during the 1986 season, including once before a start in oakland where he smoked crack in the bathroom, went out to the mound, put the rest of the crack in his hat and had it under his cap as he pitched the game in oakland. i guess you can go two ways.
shall we? yes. here is a tease for the end of sports. oil can boyd, the 1986 season. one of the highlights. one of mike s top customers in 86. wow, did you read that story? yes. let s start with the nba. the top seeded bulls playing their first game since the crushing lost of mvp derrick rose to a season-ending acl injury, taking on the sixers in game two. a big standing ovation as he came out with that cast, that brace on his left knee. could they win without their best player? that s been the question. the answer turned out last night to be no. they led at halftime, but philly owned the third quarter. a couple of alley-oops there. the sixers go on to win the game 109-92 on the road, tying the series at one game apiece. looks like it will be tough sledding without derrick rose. celtics on the road without rajon rondo, suspended for bumping the ref. but they still had paul pierce
this gloating is unbecoming. this is unbecoming of you. what s your point? what do you think, willie, do the sox squeak by? yeah. mike? yeah, they re going to get their wild card and 3-0. is buck holt coming back or not? oh, are you kidding? i don t think this helps. whatever. you can t depend on that. they re going to be okay. you give a splinter well. oil can boyd still around? can we run him? oil can, i ll take oil can right now! i ll take anybody! absolutely. you got any stories, willie, about presidential candidates in meat lockers? look at this. michele bauchmann getting her hands bloody on the campaign