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Originally Posted by Morug
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.
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He still had that cannon arm with the Angels. He had this great look after throwing a guy out on the bases, like "Why'd you even think of trying that? Seriously? Really?"
But his knees were shot from playing on the artificial turf in Montreal for so long. Plus he made monumentally bad baserunning decisions.
I really wanted to go see him get inducted into the HOF this year. First player wearing an Angel cap, although Ryan should have been made to wear it. I had always intended to go there for the first Angel, but couldn't make it. Been lucky that most of my fan dreams have come true, so I can't begrudge not getting that one.