Quiet

Too Quiet

With Texas sigining every over-priced and ready to fall off arm in the western hemisphere it's about time we start looking around the AL West to see what is going on.


The Anaheim Angels just won the World Series. To celebrate, they have decided to crawl under a blanket, in a cave, down a mine shaft. Apparently, the Angels are scared that if they make a peep somebody will take away their trophy.


The Angels non-tendered Brad Fulmer and Al Levine, though they hope to re-sign both. They released Sal Fasano. They signed Benji Gil and grabbed Wilbert Nieves off of waivers.


The question is; why did Disney approve a $22 million dollar boost to the payroll if they are trying to add on the cheap? Disney is trying to sell the team and would like to do it soon. By publically saying they are incresing payroll, without adding any players, it gives the impression that the Angels are financially more well off than it seems. Hey, inflating profits and expenditures. Sounds great. Call Arthur Anderson and Enron to get some ideas from them.


The Mouse is bleeding and more crappy animated movies are not the answer.


Still, if the Angels stand pat, they are at worst a .500 baseball team. Not too shabby.


Seattle has made several moves, but none seem to have broken the wave of near silence. They got Randy Winn for Lou Pinella and Antonio Perez. They are competing with Arizona for the oldest roster moves signing Edgar Martinez, John Olerud, Dan Wilson, Jamie Moyer, Norm Charlton and Shigetoshi Hasegawa. The snatched Steve Kent off waivers and dumped James Baldwin, Doug Creek and Paul Abbott.


Seattle's front office (located somewhre in Japan) has basically tried to keep itself in tact rather than make waves. After all, if you have the same team as last year, you should do as well as last year, right? Or close to the year before, right? Right?


The Ranegrs are still making a mockery of the United States currency system. Value is to worth as coffee is to...


The Rangers grabbed Einar Diaz and Ryan Drese for Travis Hafner and Aaron Myette. A boderline catcher and a fifth starter for a possible 1B/DH stud and a number two or three starter. Is it any wonder John Hart screwed the Cleveland Indians into the turf so far, so fast?


The Rangers picked up Doug Glanville, Ugueth Urbina and Esteban Yan. We have no idea why. They also resigned Danny Kolb and Todd Greene.


It must be nice to spend other people's money.


The Rangers did something right by not doing anything at all. They let Hideki Irabu and John Rocker go as well as Juan Alvarez. Irabu and Rocker should start a PR firm together.


We're not sure if any team actually improved from all of these deals and transactions. Seattle may have just staved off collapse for one more year and Texas just bloated the pan-handle for no apparent reason. Anaheim, well, we'll tell you when they do something.