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It wasn't beer. That damn hippie.

You knew it was a matter of time for the A's to trade him. They trade everyone. Red Sox to Tigers, Red Sox had too many OF'ers and not enough pitching, and Cespedes didn't acclimate well there. So they traded him to the Tigers for Porcello and signed him to a 4 year contract. Tigers then sent him to NY, which probably wasn't a bad move since they are a top 10 pick and he was a FA after the year. Of course the Tigers also traded Price and Soria at about that time also. They got two minor league pitchers in Fulmer and Cessa for him. According to Baseball America, Fulmer is the #1 prospect in the Tigers organization. So the price was quite high.

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People also forget that he has been in the MLB for a total of 4 seasons. He did well his rookie season. Not so well his second season. Third season, A's sold like they usually do to Boston. He looked like he was going to have a good season in Oakland up until the trade, and 1/3 of a season in Boston I more attribute to getting used to. 4th season, Boston then trades him to the Tigers, and Tigers trade him to the Mets. He had good numbers in both those lots. The other thing regarding Cespedes and his age is, he doesn't have as many miles as most players that signed this offseason. He played mainly 90 game seasons in Cuba. So he may age better than most of the players. Of course it's all a moot point, because we won't sign him.

On the bright side, if Trump works for the Angels. Maybe he will put a wall around Arte, to prevent him from making another impulsive acquisition.

In Murray I trust. I mean that dude seems to only make lopsided trades, and the other team just bends over and takes it. If the Ducks scouting department was on the Angels, we would be #1 in prospects, and making moves that Beane would give a high five over.

Supposed to rain today. Probably like it was supposed to rain yesterday. I will water my drought plants today.

Looking at MLBTR's predictions. They have been pretty close on their predictions. Price 7/$217 actual 7/$217 Heyward 10/$200 actual 8/$184 - Yearly $20 vs actual of $23 for less years Greinke 6/$156 actual 6/$206 WTF Upton 7/$147 actual 6/$132 - yearly $21 vs actual $22 Davis 6/$144 actual 7/$161 - yearly $24 vs actual $23 Cespedes 6/$140 So for Cespedes, looking at $23 was what MLB trade rumors was projecting. Looks like the actual contracts these guys got if lower in years is a bit higher in AAV. So probably 5 @ $24 for a total of $120 is what they are looking at. 6 @ $23 for a total of $140, and 7 @ $22 for a total of $154. In other words, About $20 million too much per year for the Angels.

That's a big signing. $22 million per season. If he can't handle AL pitching, that deal is going to suck big time. If his OPS is in the low to mid 8's, should be an ok signing.

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Check with the desk. I once had that happen to me. ****ers changed gates on me without announcing it. Was an hour early to the flight. Because the shits changed gates after I got my boarding pass, was 2 minutes late, with no overhead compartments available, so had to have my computer in front of me under the seat. You take those 6 inches for granted, but it sucks if it's taken away.

Yeah, I've had one of those incidents Cals. Flying to Vermont through Philly. Land in Philly to catch my connecting flight to Vermont. Crystal clear weather in both Vermont and Philly. Guess the problem was that the flight out of Virginia or wherever was snowed in. So it couldn't make it to Philly. Had to spend 8 hours at the airport waiting for a plane to get there. When it probably would have been easier to turn back a returning flight, since it couldn't take off to get to Virginia or whatever.

I'm not going to mention names. But someone should have said yes when offered a one year $15.5 million offer. By the looks of things, that person and Fowler will have plenty of time to spend on the golf course close to home. And the way it's going, Upton and Cespedes might make it a foursome.

This is by far my favorite versions of this song. I love how he starts it, in front of a live audience for the first time, and they don't know what song it is, until the familiar rift. Then they go nuts.

This one hurt as much as Bowie. Both gone too soon, but will never be forgotten.

It was supposed to rain today. I cancelled my golf reservations. It did not rain. Who's fault? AO's.

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So the day after, what do you guys really think? I liked what I saw from Perron so far. He wasn't afraid to shoot the puck. Wasn't afraid to throw the body around. Seemed to gel well with the players. Overall, except for the second where the Ducks for some reason stopped pressing and played prevent defense (which never works well), I thought it was a good game. We had plenty of opportunities to tie/win the game. Just couldn't capitalize on it. The kick goal was one, the open netter where our guys pretty much knocked it off each others stick was another. I'd be happy if they played like last nights first and third periods the rest of the season.

Welcome to the Ducks Perron.

Sucky 2nd period like usual.

My god. What a tip by Rakell. Way to answer boys.

I am confused. The refs are calling penalties for the Ducks? This is already some bizzarro game.

Man, good first PP. Some nice chances.

Perron with Kessler on the shutdown line. PP Time.