LA Angels sign OF Josh Hamilton: 5 Years $125mm

[dmoney1980]

All I have to say is WOW! A lineup of Trout, Trumbo, Pujols, and Hamilton....now they just need some starting pitching and a bullpen that won't blow 25 saves

 

[techs]

That will buy a lot of heroin.

 

[purbeast0]

too bad their team name is redundant.

 

[dmoney1980]

That will buy a lot of heroin.

and Red Bull

 

[Cal166]

and Red Bull

Hookers and Blow foo

 

[Farang]

WOW.. overpaid. 25 million for 5 years? Unbelievable. As a Mariners fan, I welcome them being sunk by their payroll 2-3 years from now

 

[Schfifty Five]

Such BS.

 

[dmoney1980]

WOW.. overpaid. 25 million for 5 years? Unbelievable. As a Mariners fan, I welcome them being sunk by their payroll 2-3 years from now

Yeah big time, but you know that the owner has a TV deal coming just like the Dodgers. I'm sure they felt like stealing some of the attention the Dodgers have been getting. As a baseball fan this is fun - seeing Trout, Pujols, and Hamilton hitting 2-3-4 will be entertaining but no way do I sign that check if I'm the owner. They have $400+mm commited to TWO players in their 30's, and they will need money in 4 years to lock up Trout

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

damn I was hoping the dodgers might get him. angels are the clear favorite in the AL now with that kinda squad and the coaching.

 

[Baked]

Pitching wins Championships.

Sincerely,

SF Giants

 

[hclarkjr]

All I have to say is WOW! A lineup of Trout, Trumbo, Pujols, and Hamilton....now they just need some starting pitching and a bullpen that won't blow 25 saves

bad move IMHO. he is headed downhill and is back to his old ways of drugs and booze

 

[dmoney1980]

Pitching wins Championships.

Sincerely,

SF Giants

Yes it does! but you need to score some runs too. Just ask Panda, Posey, Scutaro, and Pagan

 

[sjwaste]

All I have to say is WOW! A lineup of Trout, Trumbo, Pujols, and Hamilton....now they just need some starting pitching and a bullpen that won't blow 25 saves

That's fine now, but in two years, Trout will be the only productive name on that list. 5 years of Hamilton is a bad contract like 10 years of Pujols is.

Good for them to go for it, but they're going to have two very unmovable contracts if things get rough.

 

[sjwaste]

PS. I'm a Phillies fan and was in favor of the 5/125 Ryan Howard got, but I'm now also very aware of what it does when things go bad.

 

[Gibsons]

bad move IMHO. he is headed downhill and is back to his old ways of drugs and booze

No no, he'll be perfectly fine in LA, that's a nice low key atmosphere with very few off the field distractions.

 

[Farang]

No no, he'll be perfectly fine in LA, that's a nice low key atmosphere with very few off the field distractions.

lmao.. awesome. He's going to get fried out of his mind in some mansion in Malibu

 

[thegimp03]

Hi,

Looks like they're trying to catchup to the other LA team that's trying to buy a World Series.

Sincerely,

Another SF Giants Fan

 

[Pr0d1gy]

LA doesn't seem like the smartest place for a recovering heroin addict to live.

 

[slayer202]

congrats, now they have the second best team....in LA

silly baseball

 

[Yourself]

WOW.. overpaid. 25 million for 5 years? Unbelievable. As a Mariners fan, I welcome them being sunk by their payroll 2-3 years from now

So they can join us in the cellar?

 

[The_Dude8]

congrats, now they have the second best team....in LA

silly baseball

the angels are becoming the Yankees of the west.

 

[dmoney1980]

does this mean that Swisher is a lock to go to the Rangers now? They lost Hamilton, Napoli, and couldn't get Greinke, so they have money to spend....

 

[Miramonti]

There's a lot of stupid going on with this team right now.

 

[bigrash]

He's not worth that kind of money. Angels will go nowhere.

 

[Farang]

So they can join us in the cellar?

meh, I'm an optimist. I feel like if we can get a couple of bats in the lineup it is going to help out the younger talent a lot. The lack of offense is.. I forget the word for it, but one of those cycles that makes itself worse.

Pitching is phenomenal. Only going to get better.