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  <title>Angels manager Scioscia gets multiyear extension</title>
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        <body>I believe the Yankees LOST in 01...</body>
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          <body>Scoscia is a great influence on the players in the locker room along with making some very good decisions during the games.  Nobody is perfect, though, I will take Mike over any other manager in baseball.  Teams need a manager to keep sanity in the locker room for the longest regular season in any sport.  Unfortunately, I don't think there is a manager out there who could have brought the Angels bats out of the postseason deep freeze.  That is entirely on the players.  And please get facts straight.  The year the Angels won the Series, they didn't sweep the Yankees, they lost game 1.  The year they swept the Yankees, they lost to the White Sox in the ALCS.</body>
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        <quoted-text>Scoscia is a great influence on the players in the locker room along with making some very good decisions during the games. Nobody is perfect, though, I will take Mike over any other manager in baseball. Teams need a manager to keep sanity in the locker room for the longest regular season in any sport. Unfortunately, I don't think there is a manager out there who could have brought the Angels bats out of the postseason deep freeze. That is entirely on the players. And please get facts straight. The year the Angels won the Series, they didn't sweep the Yankees, they lost game 1. The year they swept the Yankees, they lost to the White Sox in the ALCS.</quoted-text>
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        <body>thanks for the clarification on the facts. and especially reminding me of the year we lost to the w.sox. you're awesome.</body>
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          <body>Laker4life...you are an idiot.  I really enjoyed not laughing at either of your two identical posts..though I must admit, your second post was edited superbly.  I almost smiled!

But nice move for the Angels, even if I do support Billy Beane up in Oakland</body>
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        <quoted-text>Laker4life...you are an idiot. I really enjoyed not laughing at either of your two identical posts..though I must admit, your second post was edited superbly. I almost smiled!But nice move for the Angels, even if I do support Billy Beane up in Oakland</quoted-text>
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        <body>Oakland? Beane? That figures...U tard! Didn't Balco Labs secretly sell that team when Seco &amp;amp; Mac left... they have been a bust ever since? Or maybe because your boy Beane is as worthless in the office as he was on the field. 219 career BA &amp;amp; the all impressive 3 HR's that he hit in 8 years was even better.</body>
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          <body>Tell me Angel's fans, how is ur team any different in terms of success than the Yankees. The Angel's basically make the playoffs every year but haven't won it all since 02 and Yankees 01. Ur own blew the Teixera deal which screwed ur teams offense.</body>
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        <quoted-text>Tell me Angel's fans, how is ur team any different in terms of success than the Yankees. The Angel's basically make the playoffs every year but haven't won it all since 02 and Yankees 01. Ur own blew the Teixera deal which screwed ur teams offense.</quoted-text>
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        <body>The Angels don't spend $220 million a year moron
It's pretty pathetic that Yanks have been unable to purchase a title.
Yanks have been irrelevant now for 8 years.
Steinbrenner egos (father and sons) have taken a ham-slamming.</body>
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        <body>Scoscia is a great influence on the players in the locker room along with making some very good decisions during the games.  Nobody is perfect, though, I will take Mike over any other manager in baseball.  Teams need a manager to keep sanity in the locker room for the longest regular season in any sport.  Unfortunately, I don't think there is a manager out there who could have brought the Angels bats out of the postseason deep freeze.  That is entirely on the players.  And please get facts straight.  The year the Angels won the Series, they didn't sweep the Yankees, they lost game 1.  The year they swept the Yankees, they lost to the White Sox in the ALCS.</body>
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        <body>LOL, you guys crack me up.....</body>
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        <body>Hahahah, you guys are funny...</body>
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          <body>Tell me Angel's fans, how is ur team any different in terms of success than the Yankees. The Angel's basically make the playoffs every year but haven't won it all since 02 and Yankees 01. Ur own blew the Teixera deal which screwed ur teams offense.</body>
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        <quoted-text>Tell me Angel's fans, how is ur team any different in terms of success than the Yankees. The Angel's basically make the playoffs every year but haven't won it all since 02 and Yankees 01. Ur own blew the Teixera deal which screwed ur teams offense.</quoted-text>
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        <body>us angels fans only care about beating up on the yankess every year. To answer you question: the last time we won it all was the year we swept the yankess in the playoffs.</body>
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          <body>Laker4life...you are an idiot.  I really enjoyed not laughing at either of your two identical posts..though I must admit, your second post was edited superbly.  I almost smiled!

But nice move for the Angels, even if I do support Billy Beane up in Oakland</body>
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        <quoted-text>Laker4life...you are an idiot. I really enjoyed not laughing at either of your two identical posts..though I must admit, your second post was edited superbly. I almost smiled!But nice move for the Angels, even if I do support Billy Beane up in Oakland</quoted-text>
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        <body>thank you for your support.</body>
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        <body>tell me Angel's fans, when is the last time ur team won it all, not since 02 right?</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mike Scioscia&lt;/strong&gt;, already the longest-tenured manager in the American League, is going to be with the Angels a lot longer. The club has signed him to a multiyear extension beyond his previous deal that would have taken him through 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;We're excited having him on board for a few more years,'' Angels general manager &lt;strong&gt;Tony Reagins&lt;/strong&gt; said. &quot;We've talked about it for some time, and we thought it was important. From a stability standpoint, we thought it was a very positive thing.''&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Scioscia's previous deal ran through 2009, with a club option for 2010. A report on Yahoo.com said the new contract is believed to run at least through 2012, but&amp;nbsp;Reagins called it only a &quot;longterm'' deal and didn't give any specifics.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Scioscia, 803-655 overall in nine seasons, has established himself as one of the best managers in baseball. His Angels teams have reached the playoffs in five of the past seven years, including 2002 when they won the World Series. Scioscia also won two World series as the catcher for the Dodgers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Angels owner &lt;strong&gt;Arte Moreno&lt;/strong&gt; told SI.com this summer they he intended to sign Scioscia to a very long deal.&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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  <intro>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mike Scioscia&lt;/strong&gt;, already the longest-tenured manager in the American League, is going to be with the Angels a lot longer. The club has signed him to a multiyear extension beyond his previous deal that would have taken him through 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;We're excited having him on board for a few more years,'' Angels general manager &lt;strong&gt;Tony Reagins&lt;/strong&gt; said. &quot;We've talked about it for some time, and we thought it was important. From a stability standpoint, we thought it was a very positive thing.''&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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