Has Scioscia lost his mind

[NrM]

Absolutely terrible bullpen management. Why not give Mike Morin a shot? 

Bunting with 2 on and no outs early in the game two games in a row. Basically killing the chances of a huge inning.

Playing shuck way too much...

Batting Ibanez 4th. Yea.. the guy hitting .167...

 

 

Everything he does has me scratching me head.

Edited April 30, 2014 by Poozy

[wopphil]

Why bring in a guy who has exceptional control when you have a three run lead? What sense would that make?

Scioscia is either stubborn, stupid, or both. He has no clue how to manage a bullpen. But dipoto is the one putting this garbage on the roster and giving Scioscia the c-4 to put into the fire.

[wopphil]

And schuck should be given a one-way ticket to Salt Lake. He has no business on a major league roster.

[Butcher'd]

Scioscia is clueless. He goes with proven crap over young guys with real upside. Morin, Alvarez, and Bedrosian all need to be on the team and pitching in key roles

[Pujols4MVP]

Thats why my username on the new forum is MikeScioscia4MVP.

When it was Napoli4MVP he got traded away.

When it was Morales4MVP he broke his leg & got traded to Seattle.

Based on that trend I chose this username, Scioscia is another year in his contract & there is less years remaining that Arte would have to pay if they fire him.

[joeywings]

I think he's as senile as Sterling now.

Ever since that series Texas two years ago, he's gone stupid with his bunting .

He had Torii bunt Howie to third with nobody out early in that game.

Like the pen was gonna hold the lead anyway.

[gurn67]

I'm afraid Mike went the Leonard Tose route a few years ago.

 

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/healybytes.html

[Chuck]

Lol @ this thread.

[YouthofToday]

The bunting stuff has gots to go. Outs are sacred. Don't sacrifice them to the enemy!

[arch stanton]

I have no problem with Howie bunting in that situation.

[Angel_Fan_4_Life]

"Bunting with 2 on and no outs early in the game two games in a row. Basically killing chances of a huge inning."

 

Are you kidding me?  Howie bunting two guys over for Trout...that is a no brainer!!!

 

Kendrick has historically hit into ALOT of double plays/rally killings.  If that would have happened, I can you only imagine how many bloggers would have said MS should be fired for not having Howie bunt.

 

I have to laugh...no matter what, some people complain and nit-pick over games even when the Angels WIN.

 

Give the team kudos...they are on a roll

Go Halos!!!!

[Glen]

Absolutely terrible bullpen management. Why not give Mike Morin a shot?

Bunting with 2 on and no outs early in the game two games in a row. Basically killing the chances of a huge inning.

Playing shuck way too much...

Batting Ibanez 4th. Yea.. the guy hitting .167...

Everything he does has me scratching me head.

And yet we won both of those games.

[ABC]

peanut gallery conference this way

[Angel Oracle]

Why bring up Morin but not use him in ANY of the 3 games so far?

Here is what I have realized.

Scioscia will immediately use a recycled MLB reliever the first game after being called up, but he takes his own sweet time using a rookie. Name even ONE good reason behind that?

[19HALO71]

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't we win both games that your complaints are regarding?

[Bobster7587]

I don't care if we won or not. Doesn't mean we have to agree with the BP management in this game. Herrera has proven to be horrible and we had Morin just sitting on the bench when almost the entire rest of the pen got into the game.

[seenoevil]

Angels won the game.

[Angel Oracle]

Yes, we won these games.

But can we expect this bullpen mgmt to work out in the LONG run?

Bringing up Morin and not using him serves WHAT purpose?

Edited April 30, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[Guest]

"Bunting with 2 on and no outs early in the game two games in a row. Basically killing chances of a huge inning."

 

Are you kidding me?  Howie bunting two guys over for Trout...that is a no brainer!!!

 

Kendrick has historically hit into ALOT of double plays/rally killings.  If that would have happened, I can you only imagine how many bloggers would have said MS should be fired for not having Howie bunt.

 

I have to laugh...no matter what, some people complain and nit-pick over games even when the Angels WIN.

 

Give the team kudos...they are on a roll

Go Halos!!!!

 

In Howie's case I agree with it (runner on 2nd). 

 

In Shuck's case (lead runner at 3rd) it was a bad call as he hasn't traditionally been a GIDP hitter and even a flyout or GIDP would have at least scored a run. 

[jshep]

I don't care if we won or not. Doesn't mean we have to agree with the BP management in this game. Herrera has proven to be horrible and we had Morin just sitting on the bench when almost the entire rest of the pen got into the game.

 

Yeah, but on the plus side Morin would have been nice to have in extra innings if somehow noted relief ace Yoslan Herrera failed us.

[Jay]

News flash... we won the game last night.  I thought we were supposed to rant only in the rant thread.

[Stradling]

Morin will be used in a lesser leverage situation for his debut. The reason he will use a retread MLB reliever right away is he doesn't have to worry about the guys development. With Morin or the two still in the minors they will be handled differently. We all want instant gratification but they have to do what they feel is equally in the best interest of the young player as well. Imagine if Morin comes in and gives up the lead in his first ever outing, don't you think that hurts the confidence a bit? But if he gives up a run in his first outing but we have a bit of a cushion or we are already down a few, it hurts but not as much.

[seenoevil]

News flash... we won the game last night. I thought we were supposed to rant only in the rant thread.

I'm enjoying the win myself

[Adam]

The bunting stuff has gots to go. Outs are sacred. Don't sacrifice them to the enemy!

 

Yeah man. Seriously. No reason to do it. 

[Bobster7587]

Yeah, but on the plus side Morin would have been nice to have in extra innings if somehow noted relief ace Yoslan Herrera failed us.

I hear you. I didn't get to watch the game, but looking at the line score, it looks like Herrera went in when we were up 4 to 0?