Taylor Blake Ward
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Adam Eaton making leap from Michigan State development director to Angels big-league base and outfield coach; John Gibbons bringing much-needed experience (1500+ gms) to chair next to Kurt Suzuki
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Adam Eaton making leap from Michigan State development director to Angels big-league base and outfield coach; John Gibbons bringing much-needed experience (1500+ gms) to chair next to Kurt Suzuki
Tony Blanco Jr. hit a ball 123mph tonight, which is impressive enough on its own, but he also did it on a BP pitch, which is like, brain-hurting mythological kind of crap
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Tony Blanco Jr. hit a ball 123mph tonight, which is impressive enough on its own, but he also did it on a BP pitch, which is like, brain-hurting mythological kind of crap
Munetaka Murakami brought internal debates about whether hit tool can be fixed enough to get to power enough to pay enough for first baseman with alarming hit tool -- FO roundtable seems fun at times but when $150M+ is on the line, that decision ain't a fun one to think about being wrong on
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Munetaka Murakami brought internal debates about whether hit tool can be fixed enough to get to power enough to pay enough for first baseman with alarming hit tool -- FO roundtable seems fun at times but when $150M+ is on the line, that decision ain't a fun one to think about being wrong on
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Shapiro and Atkins gunning for it, good on 'em
January 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Shapiro and Atkins gunning for it, good on 'em
happy for Shapiro and Atkins
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
happy for Shapiro and Atkins
Richard Conway smiling upon his work
October 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Richard Conway smiling upon his work
Shohei just shooting 118 EV out the gate, because, like, I don't know man, it's annoyingly good
October 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Shohei just shooting 118 EV out the gate, because, like, I don't know man, it's annoyingly good
Aroldis sandbagging?
October 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Aroldis sandbagging?
Ray Montgomery surprised me with his baseball prowess and decision-making in a positive, but the results speak for themselves as does the bulk of his decision-making; may not ever be a big-league manager again but he's more a baseball man than I thought
September 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ray Montgomery surprised me with his baseball prowess and decision-making in a positive, but the results speak for themselves as does the bulk of his decision-making; may not ever be a big-league manager again but he's more a baseball man than I thought
Skubal on Saturday, Crochet on Sunday... Sox and Tigers and Bears and stuff, oh my...
September 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Skubal on Saturday, Crochet on Sunday... Sox and Tigers and Bears and stuff, oh my...
Matthew Stafford, known mostly for being a high school classmate of Clayton Kershaw, is attending Clayton Kershaw's final regular season start; Stafford is believed to be in town for work related items
September 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Matthew Stafford, known mostly for being a high school classmate of Clayton Kershaw, is attending Clayton Kershaw's final regular season start; Stafford is believed to be in town for work related items
You may be an open book [social media], but I'm a bit more complicated than that. The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.
... social media is a dark place, and it sucks...
... social media is a dark place, and it sucks...
September 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
You may be an open book [social media], but I'm a bit more complicated than that. The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.
... social media is a dark place, and it sucks...
... social media is a dark place, and it sucks...
Anthony Rizzo has all the accolades of being forever remembered as a star without the Hall of Fame label, incredible career, incredible dude
September 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Anthony Rizzo has all the accolades of being forever remembered as a star without the Hall of Fame label, incredible career, incredible dude
as Cal League playoffs begin, a quintet of Angels kids will have an opportunity to play in three professional championship series in the span of 13 months:
- Yokelvin Reyes
- Ubaldo Soto
- Brayan Vergara
- Marlon Quintero
- Hayden Alvarez
- Yokelvin Reyes
- Ubaldo Soto
- Brayan Vergara
- Marlon Quintero
- Hayden Alvarez
September 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
as Cal League playoffs begin, a quintet of Angels kids will have an opportunity to play in three professional championship series in the span of 13 months:
- Yokelvin Reyes
- Ubaldo Soto
- Brayan Vergara
- Marlon Quintero
- Hayden Alvarez
- Yokelvin Reyes
- Ubaldo Soto
- Brayan Vergara
- Marlon Quintero
- Hayden Alvarez
this Shohei Ohtani guy is pretty good, eh?
August 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
this Shohei Ohtani guy is pretty good, eh?
I, like you, came over here today to see if there was anything different that the other blue bird stuff -- guess not, see you all soon
July 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I, like you, came over here today to see if there was anything different that the other blue bird stuff -- guess not, see you all soon
I once again return to the other bluebird app with a concept, not sure what it would be called and how to average out evolving offensive traits but may encapsulate offensive production from simplicity: (TB+BB+HBP)+(SB-CS)+(SH+SF)-(K)-(GISPx2) = (offensive production?) -- idk, thinking out loud
July 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I once again return to the other bluebird app with a concept, not sure what it would be called and how to average out evolving offensive traits but may encapsulate offensive production from simplicity: (TB+BB+HBP)+(SB-CS)+(SH+SF)-(K)-(GISPx2) = (offensive production?) -- idk, thinking out loud
Day in the Life of TBW:
*feels confident after finishing work request*
*checks maximum word count*
*notices he is 500+ words over count*
*screams internally attempting to refrain from profanity at self*
on a semi-related note: Corona HS is loaded and worth a lot of words to talk about
*feels confident after finishing work request*
*checks maximum word count*
*notices he is 500+ words over count*
*screams internally attempting to refrain from profanity at self*
on a semi-related note: Corona HS is loaded and worth a lot of words to talk about
February 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Day in the Life of TBW:
*feels confident after finishing work request*
*checks maximum word count*
*notices he is 500+ words over count*
*screams internally attempting to refrain from profanity at self*
on a semi-related note: Corona HS is loaded and worth a lot of words to talk about
*feels confident after finishing work request*
*checks maximum word count*
*notices he is 500+ words over count*
*screams internally attempting to refrain from profanity at self*
on a semi-related note: Corona HS is loaded and worth a lot of words to talk about
deja vu, veja du, vuja de
February 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
deja vu, veja du, vuja de
Thrice waxed lyrical poetry once when they sang:
RED, I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
RED, I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
January 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Thrice waxed lyrical poetry once when they sang:
RED, I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
RED, I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
I'M SEEING RED
Albert Morel got big boy dollars for Angels incoming int'l pitchers at $400K -- loose arm/wrist with delivery to project starter chances and more incoming velo (sits upper 8's), soft cut/slide piece could be something with more intent, far distanced follow arm who'll spend DSL year as 17-year-old
January 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Albert Morel got big boy dollars for Angels incoming int'l pitchers at $400K -- loose arm/wrist with delivery to project starter chances and more incoming velo (sits upper 8's), soft cut/slide piece could be something with more intent, far distanced follow arm who'll spend DSL year as 17-year-old
if you pitch in the Dodgers system, it may be time to look at real estate in Oklahoma
January 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
if you pitch in the Dodgers system, it may be time to look at real estate in Oklahoma
as I do yearly updates, I progressively see more grey hair and bags under the eyes -- I'm now older than 97% of the players in the Angels organization (only six dudes older)
January 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
as I do yearly updates, I progressively see more grey hair and bags under the eyes -- I'm now older than 97% of the players in the Angels organization (only six dudes older)
Blue Jays already $27K+ up on what Dodgers can max out on, this is all in the hands of Roki Sasaki and Wasserman
January 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Blue Jays already $27K+ up on what Dodgers can max out on, this is all in the hands of Roki Sasaki and Wasserman
Shapiro and Atkins gunning for it, good on 'em
January 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Shapiro and Atkins gunning for it, good on 'em