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Originally Posted by 2002halos

Edmonds could certainly make plays that no one else could.... But it wasn't the daily level of special uniqueness that the other guys I mentioned had, if you know what I mean. With Edmonds it was more like a once-a-week highlight.

Salmon and Anderson were great and I'll always love them, but they don't have characteristics that really separate them from all the great players that all the other teams have, in the same way that the guys I mentioned do.

Ryan... twice in person I saw him take a no-hitter past 7 innings, lost one in the eighth and one in the ninth, in both cases because the Angels scored too many in their prior half inning and he had to sit around in the dugout too long. He was overpowering like few ever.

Abbott... with overcoming his disability, no one else like that in our time. Though not at the same ability level as the other four guys I'm putting forward, deserves mention with them for uniqueness and inspiration.

Vlad... line drives that left the park in seconds. Hits balls that no one else would even TRY to hit, and hits them out.

Now Trout putting up numbers not seen since the days of Willie, Mickey and the Duke, doing it all, and doing it with class. And Shohei doing things not done since Babe Ruth.

Next level of Angels certainly includes Salmon, Edmonds and Anderson. Also through the years, Dean Chance, Albie Pearson, Jim Fregosi, Frank Tanana, Grich, Downing, Joyner, Erstad, Glaus, Percival and Eckstein all made big fan-favorite unique contributions to the franchise history. Probably leaving someone out, but I think I've covered the most important ones.

As a Expos fan, I understand your love for Vlad. The only game I see in person from him was in 2003 and he was awesome(I can't see all games, I'm living 600 km away of Montreal and I was very young in this time) . He was a better fielder in is time with Montreal with a canon arm...I remember this game very well, he retired a guy at first base from the right field and have a great game offensively with Cabrera too, one home run each. He was a little more athletic in is younger age. He was a pure natural hitter and some speed on base at this time.