The Angels’ 2016 season has, at times, been a brutal, impossible gauntlet; a river of MLB opponents rushing all over the Halos, beating and bashing them against their very own rocks in the centerfield water feature. There have been times when it was palatable, and other stretches where it’s been refined, poetic entertainment.
But mostly, it’s just been bad. You know it. I know it. The players most likely know it. Mike Scioscia knows it. Billy Eppler knows it, but with him being on the prowl so intensely at the trade deadline, that means Scioscia now has to answer questions about the Angels and giving up:
I just want to use this space to proclaim my allegiance to Mike Scioscia.