Gameday Thread 5/4

[HeavenlyHalos]

1) Aybar SS

2) Trout CF

3) Pujols DH

4) Ibanez LF

5) Kendrick 2B

6) Stewart 3B

7) Cron 1B

8) Conger C

9) Cowgill RF

[HeavenlyHalos]

Good to see Ibanez hitting clean-up again and Green hitting the bench, making this 1 of 3 games started by Green so far. The more things change...

[Sherlock31]

I see Cron  

[Quinlanforthewin]

Good to see Ibanez back hitting cleanup with his sub .150 average.  Seems smart.  

 

Also playing left over Green.  Love seeing that as well.  

[nando714]

I don't see Green

[Stradling]

Good to see Ibanez back hitting cleanup with his sub .150 average. Seems smart.

Also playing left over Green. Love seeing that as well.

Good to see Cron in the line up. I'll PM you my addressz.

[CanadianHalo]

Mods get mad when you call him that lol

Haha thanks for the heads up, I didn't know.

[Stradling]

Mods get mad when you call him that lol

Yes we do, mainly because it's lazy and unoriginal. However this is a mostly an unmoderated thread.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

This is ridiculous. Kendrick has been taking, why move him down? Cron looked good in the 5th spot, at least bat him over Raul. And playing Raul in LF!?

[jshep]

So instead of benching the unproductive DH, we're going to pretend he's an outfielder now. Neat.

[Stradling]

I love Howie but Darvish is exactly the kind of guy that could really take advantage of Howie's weaknesses.

[The Dude]

I see Pujols is the DH for the second day in a row. Wonder if they are just trying to keep him fresh or if maybe he dealing with a minor Injury or something. Could also be they want to see how Cron looks defensively at the ML level. Wouldn't say I'm concerned just yet, though I do find it kind of odd, especially with how well Albert has looked in the field to start the year.

[fan_since79]

I don't see Green

 

"I see bad left fielders."

 

[Stradling]

Tight hamstring was reported for Albert after the game yesterday.

[The Dude]

I see. Thanks for the info Strad. Missed the game last night and hadnt heard that.

[bloodbrother]

Ibanez in LF with a lefty on the mound. Bright side is that Skaggs has a pretty high GB% this season so hopefully we don't see too many rockets to LF

[Michael Pellicciotti]

I think we need a big game from Mr. Trout today.

[Kevin]

I love Howie but Darvish is exactly the kind of guy that could really take advantage of Howie's weaknesses.

Howie is 0-16 vs. Darvish.

[nando714]

I think we need a big game from Mr. Trout today.

I gotta hunch he's due

[Chimi]

There is no way Scioscia is going to bench a veteran like Ibanez for an extended period of time.  Come on, you guys know better than this.

[fan_since79]

Trout, last 13 games:

 

21 SO in 49 AB

 

.390 OBP because of all the walks.

Edited May 4, 2014 by fan_since79

[Guest]

Meh, at least Cron is in the lineup. Nice to see Conger again, too. 

[rafibomb]

What channel is the game on? It says it will be on FSW but it doesn't say that only my tv.

 

***Nevermind it changed.

Edited May 4, 2014 by rafibomb

[Homebrewer]

There is no way Scioscia is going to bench a veteran like Ibanez for an extended period of time.  Come on, you guys know better than this.

Is this going to be another situation where a player will need to be taken away from Scioscia because he won't stop playing him?

Well, Ibanez has looked SO BAD at the plate, guess the only thing to do is to hope he keeps it up and doesn't kill the team while shatting the place up.

How low does he BA need to go???? Maybe when it drops below .100, Dipoto will figure out HE needs to do something if he doesn't want to see him in Scioscia's lineups.

[eligrba]

Scioscia making a statement for all of the league to notice.