Angels target Miguel Cabrera - this sucks

by eknpdx on Nov 8, 2007 11:36 AM PST Comment 75 comments

The Angels are showing the heaviest interest in Miguel Cabrera, according to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.

My first reaction is the thought that comes right after the doctor says, "OK, this will just be a minute, and when I tell you to cough . .. " Please, if anyone has some voodoo spells hanging around to get this to fall through, I'd suggest you start the ceremony now.

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I don't listen to anything on Fox

Unless the show starts with "Family" and/or ends in "Guy."

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by Librocrat on Nov 8, 2007 11:40 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Or "The" and "Simpsons"

or "American" and "Dad".

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Nov 8, 2007 11:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not an American Dad fan

To me, that kind of gung-ho right wing attitude is its own humor - I don't think it's that funny satirizing it. Too played out for me.

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by Librocrat on Nov 8, 2007 12:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The alien cracks me up.

I over value prospects

by Thingray on Nov 8, 2007 12:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That is a spot-on assessment

of why that show does nothing for me.

On the other hand, I will laugh at this until I die:

"I'll take a Z, a 4, a Q, another Q, a third Q, aaaand the Batman symbol..."

by Shawk on Nov 8, 2007 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You misspelled "The Simpsons".

I watch the Family Guy too, but it doesn't have the rewatchability factor of The Simpsons.

by Jed MC on Nov 8, 2007 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I like Simpsons too

I disagree with your family guy statement though.

If I had included Simpsons, it would have been too long... "I don't watch anything on fox that doesn't begin and/or end with "Family" or "Guy" or "The" or "Simpsons." See? "The" is too broad. Would have ruined my joke.

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by Librocrat on Nov 8, 2007 12:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes

Just because he works for Fox, Ken Rosenthal is an unreliable reporter...

Whatever.

by tait644 on Nov 8, 2007 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

24 is tops. As was Arrested Development

Family Guy hasn't been funny to me ever since South Park's "Cartoon Wars".

The Simpsons peaked more than a decade ago.

by Katal LM on Nov 8, 2007 12:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

24 has fallen apart

Seriously, last year was a trainwreck. This year looks even worse - Tony's not dead? He's alive? And he's a terrorist? Really? And, lemme guess, there'll be a mole inside CTU, a beloved character will die (my money's on Chloe), and many, many perimeters will be set up and subsequently breached.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 8, 2007 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

24 was good for one, maybe two seasons

after that, it broke my ability to suspend disbelief.

by Matthew on Nov 8, 2007 12:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The first thing

that made me start to lose patience with 24 is actually very minor, but it happens at least twice a week:

"I'm twenty minutes out".

Jack Bauer could be in Long Beach, trying to get to somewhere like Burbank, and he'd still say "I'm twenty minutes out!" when it would probably take 20 mins to merge onto the freeway, much less get somewhere.

And, much like I'd never send anyone to the hospital in grey's anatomy (seriously. They kill more people than cholesterol), I'd never entrust my security to the people at CTU. Between the regular mole infestations and the fact that they can't set up a perimeter that would stop molasses, I can't really believe that they are capable of protecting the country from anything.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 8, 2007 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's been going on for decades.

Magnum P-I was notorious for the whole time warp driving thing. Chase scenes were so out of wack it was beyond comical. It's a freaking island, there's literally one highway around it, and yet he could speed on a road with no other cars around.

Hawaii 5-0 actually made a fine attempt to be very accurate, and that was a 1970's show. Jake and the Fatman wasn't too bad.

Go Fo Broke!

by eknpdx on Nov 8, 2007 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The mustache was the first tipoff

that you should not take Magnum PI too seriously. The second? All of his clients were rich, hot babes who would wear bikinis to business meetings.

by G_ on Nov 8, 2007 2:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The second

That's actually true in Hawaii, but they are topless, and live in grass shacks.

Go Fo Broke!

by eknpdx on Nov 8, 2007 2:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You must work

for the Hawai'i Visitor and Convention Bureau.

by G_ on Nov 8, 2007 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No I don't

But I probably have a cousin that does <inside Hawaiian joke>

Go Fo Broke!

by eknpdx on Nov 8, 2007 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You probobly wont have to worry about 24 this

season

"The writers strike has struck down the Fox thriller "24."

"24" is absent from the network's revised, strike-affected schedule
for midseason. In its announcement, Fox explained the "Day 7" season
for the series would be indefinitely postponed to ensure an
uninterrupted run.

Like most series written by members of the Writers Guild of America,
"24" is falling prey to a shortfall of scripts. But the heavily
sequential, real-time "24" is dependent on a full-season run of 24
episodes."

by Don275 on Nov 8, 2007 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

yay!!!

by Matthew on Nov 8, 2007 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

(cry)

by Katal LM on Nov 8, 2007 3:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The suspension of disbelief didn't break...

When the wife got amnesia in Season 1? It was like All My Circuits.

Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.

by JAH on Nov 8, 2007 3:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

"It was like All My Circuits"

Great reference!

I over value prospects

by Thingray on Nov 8, 2007 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

One of my personal favorite scenes:

I over value prospects

by Thingray on Nov 8, 2007 4:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Damn.

my picture disappeared again.

I overvalue prospects

by Thingray on Nov 8, 2007 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Last season was awful

but I'm stoked that Tony isn't dead.* His return is cheesy, but he was the best character in the early seasons.

* At least, I will be until Jack inevitably kills him.

by Katal LM on Nov 8, 2007 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He was a great character

but the 24 writers are reeeeeally dredging the plot barrel to come up with his return as a terrorist. What's next, another cougar in the woods?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 8, 2007 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Another cougar wouldn't be bad

if it means Johnny Drama's return to the show.

by Katal LM on Nov 8, 2007 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

in "day" 10

Jack Bauer fights the cast from Lost in a battle to plot death

by Matthew on Nov 8, 2007 3:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

And then everyone gets confused and disinterested

and starts looking for the Mexican couple from Heroes.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 8, 2007 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

out of all the heroes

I dont think anybody actually likes them anyway. I just lose interest when the show flips to them

by CKel on Nov 8, 2007 4:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think they'll be around much

if the show recovers from the strike. Nobody seems to care about them. Myself included.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 8, 2007 5:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I also doubt it

Tim Kring did an interview with EW where he apologized to fans that the 2nd season has sucked so far, and outlined some of the lessons they've learned in the process. One was that they completely botched most of the new characters. There's hope, though:
"Kring says a few newbies won't make it beyond this second volume, which wraps Dec. 3"

Even more than the brother and sister, I hope they get rid of Claire's boyfriend. That kid annoys the hell out of me.

We want the funk! Give up the funk!

by thejew4u on Nov 9, 2007 4:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He won't survive

I read that article too, and I took from it that Claire's boyfriend won't last long. That's a good move.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 9, 2007 8:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Claire's boyfriend and the male Wonder Twin

Those are my picks to bite the dust by the end of this volume.

by Katal LM on Nov 10, 2007 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I have to go with President Palmer

And of course Jack, but Tony was top 3 for sure. I haven't had time to go back through my Season 5 DVD and analyze his "death" scene to see if this may have been pre-planned or is straight out the monkey's ass, but it's on my list. Besides, it's not like I'll have anything to watch this spring now.

Personally I think Tony as the bad guy is exactly the spark this show needs to rebound - when he and Jack squared off in Season 3, their "chemistry" as good guy/bad guy was fantastic. Season 5 was the best because Gregory Itzin played such a fantastic villain, and a major detractor from Season 6 was the merry go round of uninspired big bad bossies... If they're looking for new life, giving Jack someone to go after with the fury he had for Nina Myers is exactly what they need. Oh, and more Elisha Cuthbert.

We want the funk! Give up the funk!

by thejew4u on Nov 9, 2007 4:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm...

Prolly their Plan B if they don't sign A-Rod...

"I restore a sense of childlike wonder to people's lives; you give them Zunes and Vista." -- Fake Steve Jobs to Borg employees

by PositivePaul on Nov 8, 2007 11:41 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Just remember that it was

Ken Rosenthal reporting and everyone with a brain would try to get in on Cabrera. It's like "team X" is interested in Johan Santana. I used to like him until the became the useless sideline reporter for FOX. Can't they just hire some hot chick with cleavage for that job?

by Jed MC on Nov 8, 2007 11:43 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I think that would be preferable for almost

every job.

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Nov 8, 2007 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Replace Bill Bavasi with Cleavage Babe Now!

by johnbai on Nov 8, 2007 4:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It might suck for 08

but I'd LOVE see the angels gut their farm system.

by chrisisasavage on Nov 8, 2007 11:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

But it's not like Cabrera is some veteran

He basically IS a farm system in himself. And the guys they would give up (Morales, Wood, who would they give up?)

I don't know about his contract right now, but I'd imagine if they got him he'd be in the west for a while, which is a really scary proposition.

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

by Brick on Nov 8, 2007 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He's got 2 years left

than FA.

by Matthew on Nov 8, 2007 12:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

WE ARE SO FUCKED!

by Edgar for Pres on Nov 8, 2007 12:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Every year we hear the Angels are going to sign

(insert big name free agent here), and then nothing happens.

I'm not shitting my britches just yet.

I over value prospects

by Thingray on Nov 8, 2007 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Except Vlad

they really did sign him

there should be three levels of terror alert: Jesus Christ, Goddammit, and fuck me! -LB

by Mere Tantalisers on Nov 8, 2007 12:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's true,

but that's been about it.

I over value prospects

by Thingray on Nov 8, 2007 1:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Still SOOOO FUCKED

They have a good team.

by Edgar for Pres on Nov 8, 2007 7:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

OMG~!!!!!! BZZZRRT WRONG

NO, ERRRRRT, WRONG, TEHY SGINED ORLANDO CABRERA AND GARY HUMANGROWTHHORMONE JR, SO THEY SIGN OTHER NOT VLAD BIG STARS TOOOZ. OCAB CAME FROM RED SOX WORLD SERIES >>>>>>> ALL MLB PUT TOGETHER SO HE IS SUPER STAR AND GARRY MTATHGHEWS JR HGHAS JR, LIKE KEN GRIFFEY, AND SO HGHE IS A SUPER STARZ>!>!~~~~ AND THEY GAVE HGHIM $$$$$$$$ SO HGHE IS LA-$TAR

by chrisisasavage on Nov 8, 2007 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dude

put down the freakin coffee

by tkballer22 on Nov 8, 2007 1:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That actually caused me pain to read

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 8, 2007 1:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

did I say something wrong?

I'm a bit flabbergasted here

there should be three levels of terror alert: Jesus Christ, Goddammit, and fuck me! -LB

by Mere Tantalisers on Nov 8, 2007 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not you

the all-caps guy.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 8, 2007 1:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I RPELIED 2 TEH WR0NGX0R p0$7~~!~!!

by chrisisasavage on Nov 8, 2007 3:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

THat was really fuckin funny.

"Goddamn Romans. Sure know how to make a ... drum room." --Matt Cameron

by JI on Nov 8, 2007 1:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't know Will Thompson could hijack accounts

by Gomez on Nov 8, 2007 4:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think you mean..

Thom---

oh wait, you spelled it right. aaah damn

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

by Brick on Nov 8, 2007 4:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Funny Gomez.

"Kruger! My son tells me, your company shtinks!"-Frank Costanza.

by Coach Owens on Nov 8, 2007 5:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

1 <B j0Hn 0l3rUd

by chrisisasavage on Nov 8, 2007 6:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ehh

He'd cost their farm a shitload - this is the marlins we're talking about remember? And he's an FA in two years. Its not like we're going to be better than the angels after this winter anyway. Take last year's Ms, improve a lot, and you still have last years M's (88-74). Take last years Angels, change nothing, subtract some injuries, take the crank away from willits and chone, and they still comfortably win the division.

Whatever

there should be three levels of terror alert: Jesus Christ, Goddammit, and fuck me! -LB

by Mere Tantalisers on Nov 8, 2007 12:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

You have to admit that the potential

of Vlad, Arod, Bonds, and Miggy in the same lineup frightens you. It certainly scares the bejesus out of me.

by CKremer on Nov 8, 2007 3:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

On a baseball blog

nothing should ever scare the Bejesus out of you. It should scare the DeJesus out of you.

by chrisisasavage on Nov 8, 2007 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ivan or David?

by G_ on Nov 8, 2007 3:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i guess

but there's no way that will/could happen

by Matthew on Nov 8, 2007 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If they sign more than one of those players,

I'd be shocked.

I over value prospects

by Thingray on Nov 8, 2007 4:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

When did they get a billion dollar payroll?

When life gives you scurvy, make lemonade.

by Mariner John on Nov 8, 2007 8:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It really wouldn't be a TON.

Arod's going to get at least 30 mil. 35 was just Boras talking Arod up, but 30 I could see happening. Bonds shouldn't get more than 15, but teams do overpay. Vlads already under contract, and Miggy is making 7.4.

I know it will never happen, but if the pieces fell right and the Angels were willing to throw down a lot of talent an about 55 mil per year more... ya it won't happen. But still, fun/scary to think about.

by CKremer on Nov 8, 2007 10:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Miggy will make more in arby this year.

I overvalue prospects

by Thingray on Nov 9, 2007 10:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hurray!

Angels Gut their Farm System!
M's Fans Smugly Await 2014

I'm sure Boston Fans in 1997 were thinking, "This is awesome... look at how much money NY is spending... and their farm system is for shit. They are so going to regret this!!"

by johnbai on Nov 8, 2007 4:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Lucky for them Boston Management was thinking:

"Oh, shit, that's right, we're competent."

And a some years later they became WS champs.

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by Librocrat on Nov 8, 2007 4:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Angels Farm System

really isn't better then ours. Brandon Wood is a fine prospect but that 2005 Rancho Cucamonga tour really overrated him to start with and he has fell back to earth the past two season not to mention that Arkansas and Salt Lake are both hitter's parks as well, he is probably right on track with Jones as far as prospect value goes. Adenhart's value is starting to stagnate, although Angel's pitchers tend to be underrated while there hitters tend to be overrated (park factors) Hank Conger, Sean Rodriguez are also nice even if Rodriguez took a step back this year. Unless they intend on giving up Kendrick who is really the talent it would take to get Cabrera, I don't see this happening

Don't listen to their lies, Bill! Look at the sparkly ERA! Sparkly sparkly! - McCovey Chronicles

by Trenchtown2 on Nov 8, 2007 7:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs