Oakland response to Street

[YouthofToday]

Walk off bomb by Donaldson. If the angels do not win the west it is extremely difficult to rationalize this. Even if the Angels win the AL west a lot of other things must happen for this deal to make logical sense

[SoCALkid]

Reports are that Donaldson muttered "This is for Street" before that AB

[Mad5577]

I would worry more about Seattle in the post season, especially that one game playoff against king Felix

Edited July 19, 2014 by Mad5577

[Turd Ferguson]

We are still a wild card team and we still are facing Felix in the one game coin flip. Meanwhile, our farm got exponentially weaker, as did our trade bait, and we are going to have to rely on the FA market again next season to improve this team.

I hope I'm wrong and this gets bumped in October.

[arch stanton]

It's not a coinflip. It's a baseball game and this is a pretty good baseball team. According to recent statistics the chance of winning is better than 60-40. Coinflip that.

[Mad5577]

It's not a coinflip. It's a baseball game and this is a pretty good baseball team. According to recent statistics the chance of winning is better than 60-40. Coinflip that.

Did u factor in king Felix in that 60-40?

[Reveille1984]

Nobody knows who we are facing in a one game wildcard.  It won't just automatically be Felix, it depends on how the end of the season plays out and how close the race is for the second wildcard.  

[arch stanton]

Did u factor in king Felix in that 60-40?

That's a giant leap of waaaaaaaaa. Bring on whoever you want. Running scared is for losing loers.

[Glen]

How in the world is that a response to the trade?

[arch stanton]

How in the world is that a response to the trade?

Because waaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

[Hollyw00d]

Baltimore's pitching really sucks. No idea how they are a winning team

[101halo]

It's not a coinflip. It's a baseball game and this is a pretty good baseball team. According to recent statistics the chance of winning is better than 60-40. Coinflip that.

And statistics generally come with error bars. Which would essentially make this a coinflip.

[seenoevil]

**** chokeland

[The God of Runs]

Halos have good stats against Felix. But, I expect get Halos to win be West. Bullpen is no longer a question mark. Offense is dangerous. Starting pitching is good.

[AngelsLakersFan]

It's not a coinflip. It's a baseball game and this is a pretty good baseball team. According to recent statistics the chance of winning is better than 60-40. Coinflip that.

 

Where could you have possibly gotten those numbers?

[ScottT]

The A's needed to react to the rumors.  

[arch stanton]

Where could you have possibly gotten those numbers?

I get the standings on several sites. they all tell me that the Angels win more than 60% of the time these days. More than any team the might face in a wild card playoff.

[HaloMagic]

LOL @ the A's. They are dealing with injuries so they aren't able to field their players in the spots they normally would. They have three catchers all hitting pretty well so instead of doing what normal team would do and leaving one out in case of an emergency they put all three in the starting line-up. And instead of any part of that plan backfiring due to injuries or subpar defense with them playing out of their position none of it does. Must be nice.

[arch stanton]

I miscalculated. Since the game would be in the Big A it's more like 69-31. 

[OregonLAA]

Samardzija was really good tonight...

[OregonLAA]

Also Vogt has been damn good, but once Reddick and his pathetic bat get healthy, Vogt is going to be sent back down. Brilliant

[HaloMagic]

I doubt Vogt goes anywhere. I think Frieman is more likely to get sent down. He's not hitting. Plus, he's the one who took Reddick's spot to begin with.

Edited July 19, 2014 by HaloMagic

[Bruce Nye]

How in the world is that a response to the trade?

 

 

The OP's brain got mixed up with his Bud Lite.

[floplag]

tell me again how Oak isnt the luckiest team in the history of the game?  I mean that walk off three run job, not their first, was part of the game plan.. right?

[stormngt]

I agree. The only way to rationalize the trade is if we win the division. We already are likely in the wild card game.

Walk off bomb by Donaldson. If the angels do not win the west it is extremely difficult to rationalize this. Even if the Angels win the AL west a lot of other things must happen for this deal to make logical sense