Eating, sleeping and breathign Angels baseball is a great way to live… most of the time. However, there are a few things I could do without; chief amongst them is the collection of Angel-related jokes that have been beaten to death over the years. I think it is high time we identify these lingering pieces of unoriginal humor and ban them from the Halosphere once and for all.
- Jeff Mathis only getting to play because he has incriminating pictures of Scioscia. Technically, this isn’t a joke because it is probably true, but I think we can all agree that hearing this same punchline for the last five years is only slightly less frustrating than actually watching Mathis play.
- Too bad Jered Weaver is going to end up a Yankee. Not only is it a bad joke, but it is also something that just isn’t going to happen, making it unfunny and factually inaccurate.
- Fernando Rodney crooked hat jokes. I’m just as guilty as anyone of this, but this one has been beaten to death, brought back to life and killed all over again.
- “The Angels scored a run, hell must’ve frozen over!” The Angel offense is terrible, but it isn’t that bad… OK, maybe it is, but I think we can all do better than that.
- Any joke about Kendrys Morales’ walk-off broken ankle. I’m not tired of the jokes in this case, but rather they depress the hell out of me.
- It sure would be nice to get fired from my job and make $10 million like Kazmir. This joke is less than 24 hours old and I already hate it.
- In a bases loaded situation, joking that the Angels are obviously going to ground into a double play. This needs to stop not because it isn’t funny, but rather because it is making too many people look like Nostradamus.
- Mike Scioscia Fat jokes. Hey, be nice! Sosh is looking a little bit slimmer, no? Is it just me? Maybe I’m just sensitve about my own weight. Man, I really need to work out.
- “I remember when Torii Hunter used to be alive.” There is a pretty good chance I am the only one making that joke, but it needs to go away. Hunter sucks this year, but he’s been such a good guy that he deserves more respect than that.
- The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of (insert some obscure locale here) jokes. Halo fans never make this joke, but everyone else does. Seriously, people, the name change happened 6+ seasons ago. Get over it already.