Angels Official Website: Calhoun excelling as platoon player

[AngelsWin.com]

Kole Calhoun, despite platooning with Collin Cowgill in right field, has been on a tear recently, hitting .364/.436/.697 with nine RBIs in his last 10 games.

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[tdawg87]

lol

[Stradling]

This should be a fun thread

[jshep]

Just gonna leave this here:

 

Scioscia said recently that Calhoun is "too good a hitter" to platoon.

 

From May 30th.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140529&content_id=77418544&notebook_id=77527362&vkey=notebook_ana&c_id=ana

[Stradling]

[insert quote about Cowgill being too good to platoon here]

[jshep]

My quote was directly from Scioscia and I sourced it.

 

I win.

[bloodbrother]

Now they're trolling us

[Hollyw00d]

Mike wrote this article, didn't he.

[mtangelsfan]

Ha, perfect timing.  Trolling.

[Sherlock31]

Calhoun has made it fun by hitting .314 with 34 runs scored in 35 games as the No. 1 hitter. 

Since June 17, Calhoun leads the Majors with 16 runs scored.

 

 

And Sosh bench him against crappy lefty.............................

Edited July 4, 2014 by Sherlock31

[Docwaukee]

the platoon is putting Kole in a position to succeed.  

[tennischmp]

If not for the platoon he would be Ibanez

[Glen]

Scioscia is like a baseball Rainman. "If it's a lefty then Calhoun definitely sits."

It's retarded.

[arch stanton]

Sometimes a platoon is more about getting the other guy in than about sitting someone. Just sayin.

[Agalloch]

The title of this article alone was clearly enough to frustrate me. Why did I have to go and read it?

[seenoevil]

Play him every day Mike

[fan_since79]

Scioscia is like a baseball Rainman. "If it's a lefty then Calhoun definitely sits."

It's retarded.

 

I laughed real hard reading this.

[fan_since79]

Most hated words/phrases:

 

platoon

contact play

productive out

matchups

[jshep]

Most hated words/phrases:

 

platoon

contact play

productive out

matchups

 

I don't have a problem with platoons in general. The As use them quite effectively.

 

This one just doesn't particularly make sense.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Imagine how much more he could excel as an every day player!

[NachoPop]

Platoon Cowgill and Cron. If you want Cowgill's D then let Calhoun DH some of those days. Don't sit your 2nd or 3rd best hitter.

 

This. Even Calhoun occasionally at 1B and 'rest' Pujols. Gotta work out how to get Green in there as well

[ten ocho recon scout]

Platoon Cowgill and Cron. If you want Cowgill's D then let Calhoun DH some of those days. Don't sit your 2nd or 3rd best hitter.

after seeing cowgills abs, I think we all want his D

Wait...wait, wait, wait, I mean..

[ten ocho recon scout]

Reality is we have a good problem. We have an excess of guys who can play. Thats rare...not just for us, but for a lot of teams.

Simce Kole heated up, I want him starting. That said, I like cowgill too. Great defense, can run, and a bat thats better than expected. Ill still take calhoun over him, but I also want to try and get green into a game or 2 a week

[mtangelsfan]

Scioscia is like a baseball Rainman. "If it's a lefty then Calhoun definitely sits."

It's retarded.

 

I know this is just a joke and I'm taking it too personally, but as the father of an autistic son I can't tell you how badly I despise the term "retarded".