Melvin: "They should be embarrassed."

[stormngt]

I can see that being out of context. However if it us "they" that is used in the media it will probably puss off the players

The only time he used the word "they" was for this specific quote. His rant leading up to the quote he did refer to the team as "we" and "us"

[YouthofToday]

Can't disagree with Melvin here. Getting swept is embarrassing if a team considers themselves a WS contender.

[Inside Pitch]

He went Terry Collins on them and failed to give any props to your primary competition but the comments likely endeared him to the fanbase a bit and helped deflect some criticism off the team.  One of those "well at least they apologized" type moments.

 

They need a blowout win to help relax that team.

 

[Lou]

I don't recall that game, but I remember calling him Walking Underwear with my kid brother

 

ha. that's the only thing I remember, too

[Lou]

I've said this before, but your ability to recall obscure, specific facts is unparalleled.

 

and 98% of them are useless and trivial

 

 

which makes it even better!

Edited September 1, 2014 by Lou

[Jeff M]

I am ecstatic that our team swept the A's. It is very satisfying to be up by 5 games. The Angels can't get complacent, however. The A's are a very good team, and can't be taken lightly. As to Kazmir, to be fair, that was not good or consistent umpiring today behind the plate. I am glad that our team capitalized on the situation, but Jerry Davis did a terrible job behind the plate today. Sosh would have had a similar reaction - considering that he is known to bark at plate umpires quite often.

 

Kazmir wasn't getting the inside corner call on right handed hitters. Any other game this season and that pitch is called a strike. For some reason, Gerry Davis didn't feel it was getting enough of the plate yesterday. At least he was consistent, though. Still, if I'm Kazmir I'd be pissed...he didn't pitch as bad as the box score implies. Not making excuses for Kazmir or the A's, as I think we still would've been victorious yesterday, but I look forward to the day when dudes in over-sized grey trousers are no longer calling balls and strikes.

[Lou]

Kazmir wasn't getting the inside corner call on right handed hitters. Any other game this season and that pitch is called a strike. For some reason, Gerry Davis didn't feel it was getting enough of the plate yesterday. At least he was consistent, though. Still, if I'm Kazmir I'd be pissed...he didn't pitch as bad as the box score implies. Not making excuses for Kazmir or the A's, as I think we still would've been victorious yesterday, but I look forward to the day when dudes in over-sized grey trousers are no longer calling balls and strikes.

 

they weren't strikes. since those pitches we're being called balls all day he should have known that was going to be the case and stopped acting like a little girl. I swear I thought he was actually going to start crying on the mound.

 

And, with all due respect, it does sound like you're making excuses for him

[papawealey]

I am ecstatic that our team swept the A's. It is very satisfying to be up by 5 games. The Angels can't get complacent, however. The A's are a very good team, and can't be taken lightly. As to Kazmir, to be fair, that was not good or consistent umpiring today behind the plate. I am glad that our team capitalized on the situation, but Jerry Davis did a terrible job behind the plate today. Sosh would have had a similar reaction - considering that he is known to bark at plate umpires quite often.

 

Those are good points. The A's could go on a streak, they've done it before. And the home plate umpiring for the series was consistently bad.