Gameday Thread: 6/1/14 Angels @ A's (No Trout)

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@MikeDiGiovanna: #Angels at #Athletics: RF Calhoun, SS Aybar, DH Pujols, LF Ibanez, 3B Kendrick, 3B Freese, 1B Cron, C Conger, CF Cowgill, RHP Weaver.

[tdawg87]

Welp, no reason to watch this one.

[Redondo]

Ibanez at cleanup again? Ugh

[Richard]

Still batting 4th lol

[nando714]

Sonny Gray about to go HAM

Fantasy purposes!

[Glen]

Raul Ibanez in LF yet again. We're gonna win by eight.

[EDinTUSTIN]

Lol. Love that middle of the order. #3-6 is the bomb! Lol.  Also, I know that Sosh has been employing the shift of defense quite a bit lately, but aren't two third basemen a tad extreme?

 

Edited June 1, 2014 by EDinTUSTIN

[tomsred]

Lol. Love that middle of the order. #3-6 is the bomb! Lol.  Also, I know that Sosh has been employing the shift of defense quite a bit lately, but aren't two third basemen a tad extreme?

 

One going to play up for bunts Ed, the other is going to play back for the rockets that get by the first one, LOL.

[70runner]

Pujols - Ibanez - Kendrick - Freese: the new murderers row (A's will be laughing their way to a sweep)

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@JeffFletcherOCR: #Angels Mike Trout (back) said he feels better but still not there. "I just want it to get better."

@Alden_Gonzalez: Mike Trout said he's feeling better, but not good enough to swing the bat. Will try to stay loose in case they need him. #Angels

Edited June 1, 2014 by AngelsAndRamsFan

[Guest]

@JeffFletcherOCR: #Angels Mike Trout (back) said he feels better but still not there. "I just want it to get better."

Before the season started I noted that the Angels would be doomed if they suffered one injury to Trout or any of the top four starting pitchers 

Edited June 1, 2014 by ScottLux

[rageous]

Enjoy being swept Angels.

I will be enjoying my sunday not watching angels baseball.

[Chuck]

This is actually a good idea. Rest Trout today and tomorrow so we'll get him back out there with Hambone on Tuesday.

Oh and if Ibanez sucks today he may be the one waived when Hamilton comes back.

Something to look for.

[Halos of Anaheim]

It would be a miracle if we could pull this one off and still be 2.5 games back heading into Tuesday with a hopefully healthy Trout and Hamilton returning into the lineup.

[Redondo]

This is actually a good idea. Rest Trout today and tomorrow so we'll get him back out there with Hambone on Tuesday.

Oh and if Ibanez sucks today he may be the one waived when Hamilton comes back.

Something to look for.

 

That would be nice.

[Jason]

They can't beat the As so why risk Trout?

[Ray McKigney]

Why not bat Cron 4th or 5th? When Freese and Howie came up yesterday, with the bases loaded in the 1st, I was sitting there thinking how much better it would have been if it was Cron in that situation. 

[Ohtaniland]

Last 7 days...

 

Pujols .130

Ibanez .143

Kendrick .172

Freese .154

Conger .000

 

I'm pumped!

[OregonLAA]

I was expecting to lose 2 out of 3 so if we win today, I shouldn't be disappointed. But the ways we lost were awful and we aren't showing any signs of beating anyone in the division. Not good

[jshep]

Lol at Ibanez "playing" LF

Lol at Ibanez "hitting" cleanup

[Homebrewer]

Love Freese-Ibanez trading days in the cleanup spot.

Better get going with the Scioscia extension talks soon, only 3 2/3 seasons left to get something worked out with him.

[nando714]

Last 7 days...

Pujols .130

Ibanez .143

Kendrick .172

Freese .154

Conger .000

I'm pumped!

They're all due

[fan_since79]

Two of the best hitters on the team batting 7 and 9.

 

The worst hitter batting cleanup.

 

Yeah, that'll work.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@Alden_Gonzalez: Mark Buehrle is the slowest-throwing non-kunckleballer in the Majors & Jered Weaver is the fourth. They're a combined 16-4 with a 2.52 ERA.

[Docwaukee]

Oakland just bitch slapped us in the first two games.  There is no way we see a shakeup for the third game.  Right or wrong, the message is that those first two games were just another couple of losses and don't mean anything more than two losses to any other team.  One more game with Ibanez in the 4th spot is unlikely to make or break the season.  Trout is out, and both he and Hamilton will be there on tuesday.  It will be a good excuse to make some changes.  If you make the move today, it looks like panic.  If you make the move tomorrow, it's just typical in season roster adjustment. 

 

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see Ibanez in there, but I don't want the manager sending a message to the team that these games mean more than any others.  If Tuesday rolls around and its Green going to AAA and Ibanez hitting behind Josh, I'll smh.  For today?  Whatever.