Gameday Thread - Angels vs Dodgers - 8/7 - The Platoon Is On!

[halfyankeehalfhalofan]

Thatta boy freese

 

 

hit hit bitt

[martinpa25]

90 mph and can't catch up

[halfyankeehalfhalofan]

Assuming no Jepsen tonight. Be positive, i SMEELLLL A W

[heaven101]

come on Chris

[Ludwig Von Mises]

I love reading the overreaction to our starters on this thread....our problem since the All-star break is the lack of offense. Our middle of the order has been almost nonexistent. It would be nice if our 3,4,5 hitters start to swing the bats like they are capable. The approach by our hitters lately has been abysmal

Agree. Richards and Weaver have been very good and Shoemaker and Santiago have been fine.

Pre-allstar the Angels score 5.1 runs per game. Post-all star they've scored 3.4 per game (before tonight).

 

I was worried earlier in the season about how many pitches CJ was throwing (led the league at the time). He was pitching great and Scioscia had little choice with such a terrible pen. Had we started the season with the pen we have now then things may have turned out better for CJ.

 

Just have to hope that this offense wakes up and CJ gets better. The August 2012 meltdown of the starting pitching still haunts. That team was rolling for 3 months, trade for Greinke, then completely shit the bed.

[southpaw]

Just get him to 3rd Iannetta

[halfyankeehalfhalofan]

lol ryu is throwing meatballs

[martinpa25]

It's been 5 innings and they still can't change their damn approach..

[heaven101]

How many games on we up in the WC?

[full circle]

Just watched the 08 home run derby when Josh went ballistic.  The difference in the swing is striking.  The hand action then compared to now is enormous.  The problem completely lies in how Josh is loading his hands, or not loading them to be more accurate.  The ironic thing is its clear what he's currently doing is an attempt to make MORE contact, but in reality its doing the exact opposite thing.  

[papawealey]

pathetic and weak

[southpaw]

Wow Cron that swing was Trumboesque

[jshep]

Both CJs suck now

[Lou]

Smelling a CJ Cron walkoff

I'm smelling CJ Cron

[laagamer]

Guys walkin' out to the field with their heads down.

 

Inspires alot of confidence. 

[halfyankeehalfhalofan]

Twins threatening w/ Lester

 

Halo's nothing.

[Season Over]

Greinke and Kershaw= not competent.

And yet they're about to lose 3 in a row to the Dogs. This week has been an embarrassment. We're letting their fans take over the stadium and playing like absolute crap.

[halfyankeehalfhalofan]

This is proof Dan Harens start wasn't him. It was poor hitting.

[Mark68]

pathetic and weak

Or Weak and Powerless.

 

[heaven101]

7 games up on Yanks. How they keep winning with all the injuries they have had.

[Stradling]

And yet they're about to lose 3 in a row to the Dogs. This week has been an embarrassment. We're letting their fans take over the stadium and playing like absolute crap.

We have no one to blame but ourselves for letting their fans take over the stadium. That's not the players fault.

[halfyankeehalfhalofan]

7 games up on Yanks. How they keep winning with all the injuries they have had.

Yankee fan here...because of timely hitting and Betances/Robertson deadly combo.

Edited August 8, 2014 by halfyankeehalfhalofan

[Season Over]

Couple this with the Ducks' chokejob in the playoffs and we've been LA's bitch all year.

[Mark68]

7 games up on Yanks. How they keep winning with all the injuries they have had.

It's because Cashman might be even more of a genius than Beane.

[heaven101]

Nice Wilson