Mark Grote
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Oh, Hammoblin.
That's right.
Remember when they gave Hamilton like a billion dollars or something?
The Angels used to write a lot of checks.
They never met a check they didn't like.
That was for sure.
If you were a free agent who had had all-star status for a couple years, the Angels were like, oh, would you like to play in Orange County?
It looked good.
And then they gave people a lot of money.
Pujols batted 117 games and had a .2 war in Shohei Otani's rookie season with the Angels.
They existed together, but it was not a beautiful thing.
With Trout.
With Trout.
That's what I'm saying.
All three of them were together.
That year...
Mike Trout had a 9.9 war, and they couldn't do anything.
The Bulls never, like he was very good with the Angels, like in his prime still, but never, I don't think he ever quite lived up to it.
Like what he did in St.
Louis will always be more memorable, and maybe it's just because of my Cubs-ness, but I think that his days with St.