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August 20, 2012 BP Daily PodcastEffectively Wild Episode 24: The Rays Are Rolling/Assessing the Angels' Strange SeasonThe Rays demolished the Angels in a four-game weekend sweep, which gives Ben and Sam the idea to discuss the two teams' divergent directions since the deadline and reevaluate Anaheim's offseason approach. Effectively Wild Episode 24: "The Rays Are Rolling/Assessing the Angels' Strange Season" Download Here (20 MB; 21:44) Episode 24 Companion All times are approximate 00:00: Today's intro sound is shuffling cards. Like Wild Cards. Like the Angels and the Rays, shuffling places in the playoff odds. Topical! 03:50: Ben Lindbergh brings up the Los Angeles Angels' aggressiveness at the trade deadline. Here's our coverage ($) of the Zack Grienke deal, where the Angels went all-in. 14:50: We've run down several of Jerry DiPoto's moves this offseason. Sam Miller also mentions the Ernesto Frieri deal with the Padres; here's our analysis of that move. ($) 15:55: Sam wrote about the Angels' signing of Albert Pujols for ESPN: The Magazine--you can read his article here. Compiled by Dave Pease
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So, the Rays are both rolling and assessing the Angel's season? I would like to hear what BJ Upton has to say about Scioscia.
the Rays are regularly assessing everything in baseball, in addition to rolling.
I would also like to know what rolling the Angels entails. Sounds like a fancy euphemism for smoking PCP to me.