At the Helm: Looking grim in 2011

07 January 2011

Looking grim in 2011

If the season started today, this is one of the possible lineups for the 2011 Angels:

3B- Maicer Izturis
2B- Howie Kendrick
RF- Torii Hunter
1B- Kendry Morales
LF- Bobby Abreu
DH- Mike Napoli
C- Jeff Mathis
CF- Peter Bourjos
SS- Erick Aybar

One night in September 2009, the Angels fielded a lineup with all nine batters whose batting averages were .300 or better. And this is the best that general manager Tony Reagins can do? Now I understand why my friend Robert refers to the GM as Reagins the retard.

With this lack of offense, several months ago, my friend Robert and I, when texting each other, would leave out the O in each word, since the Angels have taken the O out of offense.

My friend Charles frequently expresses his frustration with his favorite team, the Yankees, and GM Brian Cashman. Charles says Cashman is the worst GM in all of professional sports.

Well. Cashman may be the worst GM in all of professional sports. But I struggle to have sympathy for a team with 27 World Series championships while my team has only a single championship.

Truth is, when you are not on the top, you want to get to the top. And once you get to the top, you plan to stay there. It sucks to lose, regardless of your team's history.

Good luck, Charles. Regardless of our teams' prior championships, your Yankees and my Angels will be enjoying the post-season the same way as you and I ... from home.

-B. C. Helm

4 comments:

UnknownJanuary 7, 2011 at 8:00 AM
So on the Bench would be Alberto C., Juan R., Co-ed line Willits, B.Wilson and B. Wood .... Hope we get pick up a bat even just a solid top of order hitter. We do need to get younger.
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The Camera EyeJanuary 7, 2011 at 4:04 PM
Definitely need to get younger. Here's hoping we get better, too.
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Mr-HaloJanuary 19, 2011 at 5:32 PM
God help us !!!
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The Camera EyeJanuary 19, 2011 at 5:33 PM
I wish HE would start by firing Tony Reagins and Mickey Hatcher.
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About B. C. Helm

My father took me to my first baseball game when I was seven years old ... way back in 1973. Little did my father realize he had created a monster.

Since then, I have gone to hundreds of baseball games, both Major League and Minor League. And I plan to attend many, many more games. Eventually, I will go to games in all Major League Cities.

The Anaheim Angels are my favorite team. Win or lose. Sadly, the Angels have done a lot more losing than winning. We (yes, we. The Angels are my team) have won only one World Series Championship since our inception in 1961.

But being a baseball fan is about more than cheering only for your team. Baseball ties generations together like very few other things can. Baseball has been in existence since the 1700s. Though the sport has experienced many advancements, the sport is still essentially the same as it has always been.

In this blog, I plan to write about anything and everything that is baseball, anything and everything that piques my interest. I will do the best I can to site sources and attach weblinks, unless doing so destroys the flow of reading.

I will assume that if you are reading this blog, you have a working knowledge of baseball and are capable of doing your own research.

If you read something I have written, and think I left something out or misstated a fact, feel free to bring it to my attention as a comment. That said, I am not interested in anyone hijacking this blog. If you want to be a critic, then go write your own blog.