LA Times: Angels are rolling, but can they carry it over?

[AngelsWin.com]

Angels win Freeway Series opener 7-5 over Dodgers to extend exhibition winning streak to nine games.

The Angels had a dismal spring last year, losing a major league-worst 20 games. And that lethargy carried over to a regular season in which the team spent just one day above .500.

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[Inside Pitch]

From the article

 

"All I know is right now we're pitching much better than we did at any time last spring. And that gives us, hopefully, some confidence as we turn the page on spring training into the regular season," Scioscia said.
 

All I can say is LOL....

Edited March 28, 2014 by Inside Pitch

[Taylor]

From the article

 

"All I know is right now we're pitching much better than we did at any time last spring. And that gives us, hopefully, some confidence as we turn the page on spring training into the regular season," Scioscia said.

 

All I can say is LOL....

 

Let's hope this is the last page they have to turn for awhile.

[Homebrewer]

He just can't help himself.

[Inside Pitch]

He just can't help himself.

 

I find it comical, not that he says the stuff over and over, but because people get so bent when he does.   It's his schtick, I genuinely LOL every time I see one of his tried and true one liners.

[fan_since79]

I believe we're in the top 5 this Spring in both hitting and pitching.

 

Good signs all around. Now let's hit the ground running on Monday. The first 12 games are against Seattle, Houston, and the Mets. I expect nothing less than a 7-5 record.

[Stradling]

I find it comical, not that he says the stuff over and over, but because people get so bent when he does. It's his schtick, I genuinely LOL every time I see one of his tried and true one liners.

Yea, people here take his speech patterns and his art of repeating himself and really saying nothing at all, and they use that as fire to fuel their anger towards him. They act like because he says that to the media, that he uses that same approach with the club. Who gives a **** if we turn the page 67 times this year, as long as we win 95 games.

[jshep]

Relax guys, he's just looking for the page about bunting.

[Stradling]

jshep, take my last post, but instead of it saying turn the page, have it say bunting and yea, basically that.

[Homebrewer]

I find it comical, not that he says the stuff over and over, but because people get so bent when he does.   It's his schtick, I genuinely LOL every time I see one of his tried and true one liners.

Most of these "pat" sayings have been formed over the past few dismal seasons, to deflect questions about why things are going so badly. Hopefully the team starts winning, and he has to develop some new, more positive, schtick.

[Stradling]

That is not at all true Hb. He has been turning pages for the better part of 15 years.

[Homebrewer]

Whatever. Using the same phrase over and over is like, you know, lazy.

At the end of the day, it's, like, annoying. You know what I'm saying?

[WallyWorld]

I have my issues with Scioscia, but almost none of it comes from the things he says in interviews.  Dude is asked basically the same questions every single day for about 6 months straight.  What does one expect him to do?

[Homebrewer]

At least he doesn't thank God for giving him the opportunity, every time.

[Blarg]

I believe we're in the top 5 this Spring in both hitting and pitching.

 

Good signs all around. Now let's hit the ground running on Monday. The first 12 games are against Seattle, Houston, and the Mets. I expect nothing less than a 7-5 record.

 

The Angels are ranked 3rd in batting average, 4th in OBP and 2nd in SLG% which gives them and overall 3rd for OPS.

 

Pitching the Angels are 4th in team ERA, 5th in Strikeouts and 7th in WHIP.

 

Fielding is improved, they are 20th in errors this Spring (higher number is good), 10th in Fielding % and 6th in Defensive Efficiency

[NrM]

I'm just glad they managed to stay healthy

[floplag]

can we just stop posting Times links.. seriously, they are so far up the Dogs arse they never have anything good to say so... meh

[Blarg]

This is an article by a LA Times writer questioning if the Angels can perform like they have in Spring Training while the Dodgers better hope they don't.

 

The Dodgers are almost last in offensive categories hitting as a team .237/.323/.366/.689

 

Their pitching is not helping much being middle of the pack 16th in ERA and 17th in WHIP. It wouldn't be fair to list stikeouts because they have played fewer Spring training games.

 

They are ranked 26th in Fielding %.

[Inside Pitch]

Whatever. Using the same phrase over and over is like, you know, lazy.

At the end of the day, it's, like, annoying. You know what I'm saying?

 

C'mon..  Havent you ever heard him say the same thing and thought "this @#$%ing guy" and just sort of laughed.

 

It's funny in part because it can be so frustrating.

[fan_since79]

I don't mind the "turn the page" thing as much as when he tips his cap to a journeyman pitcher who just humbled us in a critical late-season game. That makes my blood boil.

[Homebrewer]

I don't mind the "turn the page" thing as much as when he tips his cap to a journeyman pitcher who just humbled us in a critical late-season game. That makes my blood boil.

Or a kid just up from AAA for a spot start.

[Brian Ilten]

"We want to finish spring strong," outfielder Josh Hamilton said. "It's important to start hot in April. Start off fast and put pressure on other teams.

We haven't done it in two or three years here. So it's time."

 

 

Horrid journalism... Can not believe the writer would just write the above and ignore the facts.

 

The FACTS are that the Angels, in Scioscia's tenure, are a combined 171-180 to start seasons (March + April).

 

The LAST time they were over .500 was in '11 and they were a whopping +3 - Hardly a "hot start" or a "fast start putting pressure on other teams."

 

The BEST any Scioscia led team has done to start a season is +8 games in '08.  The next best was +4 in '07.  So the argument can be made that they have started "WELL" for ONE YEAR since Scioscia took the helm.

 

 

Believe me, I want them to get off to a fast start.  I want them to put pressure on the other teams in the division.  But history doesn't lie... and it is going to take something HISTORICAL for them to do just that.

[Homebrewer]

The fact that Scioscia has stuck with basically one lineup most of the spring, and the possibility of seeing said lineup most of April (barring injury) says we could be seeing history in the making.  

[Second Base]

You turn the page...and wash your hands. And then you turn the page, and then you wash your hands. -Rocko's Modern Life

[Fontana Halo]

Sigh. Are they really playing with themselves over having a winning ST record? Nothing else to write about?

 

I must not be the only person who finds basketball boring.