Good homestand

[Hollyw00d]

7-4 against 3 solid teams while not even playing our best ball

here's some of the pitchers the boys faced: iwakuma, the king, Charles Tillman, max scherzer, Felix Hernandez, and Rick porcello

I like it

[ukyah]

true.

[Jeff M]

+ Verlander

[Taylor]

6-4. But still, I completely agree with the sentiment of this thread. Strong homestand despite the offense refusing to return from the ASB.

[Hollyw00d]

Sorry LAUSD rears its ugly head

[Hollyw00d]

I put Felix Hernandez twice too. Damn you sierra nevada

[HeavenlyHalos]

You forgot the Angels killer himself, Bud Norris.

[Sully151]

Winning 60% of your games with a tired offense against two first place teams and a wild card team is pretty good. Pretty hard fought ten games too. It was really fun and stressful to watch.

[Sully151]

I put Felix Hernandez twice too. Damn you sierra nevada

 

Man, I have not had a Sierra Nevada in a while. Funny story though, when my wife was preggers with our son, we decorated the nursery like a cabin. She painted a mountain side mural on the wall. It's the Sierra Nevada logo.

[Hollyw00d]

The new ruthless rye is delicious, reacquaint yourself sully!

[Second Base]

I went to school in Chico and frequented the Brewery. They employ the best of the best in the brewing world. Lost Coast is also quite good.

[laagamer]

Good thread. Good thread indeed. 

[tdawg87]

I'd say this was a GREAT homestand. I would have been happy with a 5-5 split, given the teams they were playing and how the offense was doing. Going 6-4 just shows you how good this team is. Offense having problems? Don't worry, pitching's got this.

[nate]

Pitching and role players came up huge.  Trout/Pujols/Hamilton were shit.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

I'd say this was a GREAT homestand. I would have been happy with a 5-5 split, given the teams they were playing and how the offense was doing. Going 6-4 just shows you how good this team is. Offense having problems? Don't worry, pitching's got this.

I love this part the mostest.

[Torridd]

The "kids," in particular, pitched very well (Skaggs, Shoemaker, and Santiago) and the bullpen was fantastic. The pitching really tightened up while the offense slowed a bit.

[eaterfan]

Nothing wrong with a .600 winning percentage. It translates to 97 wins over a full season. I'll take that every year.

[Angel Oracle]

This was huge, after starting off 3-4.  

It kept the WC lead huge enough (8 games over #2 WC team and 9 games in front of #3 WC team), and still only 2 in back of the A's.

[Second Base]

I love how when we refer to the kids on the team, we are referring to players that are older than Mike Trout.

[ABC]

I'd say this was a GREAT homestand. I would have been happy with a 5-5 split, given the teams they were playing and how the offense was doing. Going 6-4 just shows you how good this team is. Offense having problems? Don't worry, pitching's got this.

 

Yup. Going 6-4 all season gives you a .600 win percentage which usually makes you the best team in baseball, record-wise. Playing .600 ball against those teams is a GREAT homestand.

[Glen]

This homestand had the potential, several times, to swing the other way.  Glad to see how it turned out.  It's the sign of a good team when they can win the close games like that, and when one facet of the game - offense, starting pitching, bullpen - picks up the slack when the others aren't performing.  

[Stradling]

This homestand had the potential, several times, to swing the other way. Glad to see how it turned out. It's the sign of a good team when they can win the close games like that, and when one facet of the game - offense, starting pitching, bullpen - picks up the slack when the others aren't performing.

What's crazy is this could have swung either way. When you lose four games by a total of six runs and you win 6 games by a total of 9 runs, then it could have easily been better or worse. We had two two run losses, two one run loses and five one run wins. Man, that bullpen is earning it right now.

[T.G.]

This past home stand gave me more hope in a promising outcome for the rest of the season, that's for sure.  I can't wait for the ten remaining head to head games the Angels have with Oakland.

[ten ocho recon scout]

I'd say this was a GREAT homestand. I would have been happy with a 5-5 split, given the teams they were playing and how the offense was doing. Going 6-4 just shows you how good this team is. Offense having problems? Don't worry, pitching's got this.

And aside from the thurs night game, they really could have won every one (though to be fair, the opposite is trut as well).

[ten ocho recon scout]

What's crazy is this could have swung either way. When you lose four games by a total of six runs and you win 6 games by a total of 9 runs, then it could have easily been better or worse. We had two two run losses, two one run loses and five one run wins. Man, that bullpen is earning it right now.

Yep. Was saying a few weeks back I preferred adding a SP instead of an RP, but the thought of having a deep shutdown pen was also pretty enticing. We're seeing right now how much better street makes us. Not just for what he does in the 9th, but how it allows us to bring 8th inning type guys into the 6th and 7th....thats huge

Not trying to hijack the thread. But as much as I think we overpaid, im more happy with street here right now than having rendon, alvarez etc in the minors. I cant read the future, but for the short and near term future were beter off with the trade than without it.