Its time for Tony to Go.

Nobody even reads this. That's ok.

I'm writing for catharsis.

Angels. oh, man, what have you gone and done to yourselves?

Seriously, you were the toast of the ALWest, and you had respect. You had an owner who did the right things, an amazing fan experience, and a recent WS win. You had some names people could recognize, in their primes, and you made smart baseball decisions.

What has happened? Seriously?

In 12 short months, the team that went from "we're going to do something big" then promptly traded away their best offensive (only?) catcher (napoli) and a bit of a wasted player in Rivera for the WORST contract in all of baseball.

I like Vernon Wells. As a person, in his prime, he was a great ballplayer. For those that don't know, I grew up in Canada and always followed the Blue Hays with some degree of interest after their big years in the early 90's. I liked Wells enough.

Not for the money he got.

Not in Anaheim as a pure attempt to please fans clamoring for heads when we misplayed our hands completely at the Free Agency table and missed out on Crawford. He's been a big disappointment this year, too, in Boston, but still better than Wells.

We shit the bed at the Free Agency table last season, and this year we have no indication that there is any way to not repeat the past mistakes.

Its time for Tony to go. Putting the control of the team in a pseudo-GM who is just a media patsy for the owner and manager is a mistake. He clearly missed the boat completely last year, not only misreading the market but also misreading negotiations and tactics and interest completely. He's out of his league in this game, and that is evident by his lack of competency across the board. Sure, he made some good movies in the past, but his "good job" kudos have long been exhausted. Its time

I'll post about MAthis later.

Scioscia- - it's time to get your catchers head out of your ass. I love you as a coach, you're a class act, but this season, you're entire approach can be summarized by this look:



That seriously sums it up. Your team is plain and simply AWFUL offensively, and unless you play the kids and fall out of man love with Mathis, it will remain that way. I always thought that when they said you played a National League style of game that they were referring to lots of running,small ball, aggressive type stuff. I didn't realize until this season that it means you need to have a sub .190 hitter at the bottom of your lineup as an automatic out.

Its time to an overhaul in committment and approach, not just personnel, and it needs to start now.