Angels

Can the Mind, Body, and Spirit of a Baseball Team be any more powerful than a trio featuring a player that is in the rare 700 Home Run Club, another payer recognized by many as the best player of the past decade and another that is doing things that have never been done on a  MLB Diamond before and has a huge future ahead. All 3 (Albert Puljols, Mike Trout, and Shohei Ohtani) even at this stage of the game appear to be First Ballot Hall Of Famers!  

Albert recently announced that he is coming back to Anaheim to fulfill his Services contract with the Angels. We do not exactly know what capacity he will work within the Angel organization in 2023. However, many feel it will be a Front Office position some where. In my opinion if he is not the new G.M. or a position up high in the organization Albert is not going to be used to his fullest potential. Think about it for a minute.In 3 Centuries of Pro Baseball Albert has the second most R.B.I.'s in Baseball history, he is a member of the 700 Home Run Club, and he has proven over the years he can hit for a high average. The Angels have been handed a git and recently they fired the hitting Coach. Has anyone given any thought to the fact that Albert could dramatically help the team in this capacity?  The Angels have also fired the 3rd Base Coach. Has anyone ever realized that Albert had a passion for running the bases? He may have never been the fastest, but do you remember when he was battling Plantar Fasciitis and he used to run through the Angels 3rd Base Coaches "Hold Up" hand signals on the Bases and would be thrown out by a mile. Albert would be thrown out by a mile, but he had that passion and fun on the bases. Could you imagine how much fun he would have running the 3rd Base Box? 

Fun is contagious and it is what this team needs! The Clubhouse would respect Albert in this role.Guys on the Bases would run harder for Albert than they have ran for any recent 3rd Base Coaches and Albert would take some gambles. When the gambles paid off, the team and Albert would have a great time. Even when the gambles did not pay off, the team would  not be in any worse position than they are right now. Albert should be used to his full potential;, on or off the field. 

I hope we have a General Manager in Anaheim that is growing and listening to this and Open to things like this. When I say growing,  I say it because the Angels have a G.M that traded 2 payers to a team in the middle of the season and not only got un equal compensation but traded them to a Team that was just average at the time. Now this team is closer to winning the World Series than any team. That mistake was preceded another mistake a coupe of months earlier by firing a Manager that holds the all time Tampa Bay Winning Pct by a Manager and also is the only Manager in more than 100 years that figured out how to win a World Series for the Chicago Cubs. That mistake was firing Joe Maddon,  by the way...remember Maddon was replaced by a Rookie Manager that was suspended not only less than 10 games into his tenure for 10 games for his part in the Angels/Mariners fight. So, if the G.M. of the Angels does not see this, can someone please let him know what it could mean to the Team and the City of Anaheim if Albert were used correctly especially with Trout and Ohtani around him in 2023! 

It's Albert's decision to come back and fulfill his terms of service, it's up to the Angels to use him properly in a way that could really help the Team in 2023.