Hamilton out of the lineup

[dimitrig]

It's nice to have a cleanup hitter out there!

[mancini79]

Usually players that are injured are out of the lineup.

[fan_since79]

Cortisone shots take three or four days to take full effect. He'll probably be back tomorrow in Cleveland for the makeup game.

Edited September 7, 2014 by fan_since79

[TroutCron]

Take your time Hammy. It is nice to score runs with out you.

[DoubleOffTheWall]

That guy not only isnt a great hitter, he just brings this bad terrible malaise throughout the lineup. Its palpable

[Blarg]

Is there a specific stat for that?

[mulwin444]

No...no stats needed when it's observable...obviously

[DoubleOffTheWall]

No...no stats needed when it's observable...obviously

Exactly

[mancini79]

That guy not only isnt a great hitter, he just brings this bad terrible malaise throughout the lineup. Its palpable

 

I thought Trout's slump brought the entire lineup down?

[mulwin444]

It's none...or both...obviously

[Stradling]

What an awesome premise. Doesn't look like he cares so he doesn't care. Not only that but his appearance of not caring makes other players play worse.

[mtangelsfan]

What an awesome premise. Doesn't look like he cares so he doesn't care. Not only that but his appearance of not caring makes other players play worse.

 

to the tune of the worst record in ML............

 

wait, what?

[Stradling]

It's like Hamilton is a bad point guard that leads MLB in turnovers

[tdawg87]

The Angels have a .648 Winning percentage with Hamilton in the lineup. He is like the baseball version of mono!

[DoubleOffTheWall]

I clearly wasn't the only one to echo some sentiment about ham being out and our offense for some reason, looking better. Obviously that is not backed up by some empirical data.

My view isn't that he does not care. I think he is trying but for a variety of reasons it just isn't happening.

Its more frustration that a guy with so much talent has frankly underproduced greatly. This is a man that is capable of hitting .400 for 2 months straight

Instead he doesn't have a home run in Anaheim this season.

His stats are not much better than Cowgill's.

And he missed most of the first half and yet has an ailing shoulder, while the others are battling it out as best they can.

[mancini79]

I clearly wasn't the only one to echo some sentiment about ham being out and our offense for some reason, looking better. Obviously that is not backed up by some empirical data.

My view isn't that he does not care. I think he is trying but for a variety of reasons it just isn't happening.

Its more frustration that a guy with so much talent has frankly underproduced greatly. This is a man that is capable of hitting .400 for 2 months straight

Instead he doesn't have a home run in Anaheim this season.

His stats are not much better than Cowgill's.

And he missed most of the first half and yet has an ailing shoulder, while the others are battling it out as best they can.

 

Ah, so Josh is less of a player because he doesn't want to play injured. Did it occur to you that other people have put him on the shelf because a healthy Josh during the postseason is more important. Also like how you point out that he can hit .400 then assume he should play with the shore shoulder to obtain those numbers. Ridiculous.

[DoubleOffTheWall]

Ah, so Josh is less of a player because he doesn't want to play injured. Did it occur to you that other people have put him on the shelf because a healthy Josh during the postseason is more important. Also like how you point out that he can hit .400 then assume he should play with the shore shoulder to obtain those numbers. Ridiculous.

I am not saying he should play with the shoulder. I am saying it is unfortunate that he has the shoulder when he already missed most of the first half.

And no it did not occur to me that others requested him to sit. Reports are that he made the request to sit, which seems plausible since he was penciled in today and was pulled out at the start of the game.

Either way, both of us are waiting for him to hit and take the team to the promised land. That has not happened yet, healthy shoulder or not. Heres to hoping that it will

[tomsred]

Yeah, Hamilton doesn't care about others; that's why he won the Lou Gherig award this year (and became the first Angel to do so), LOL.

[tomsred]

Yeah, Hamilton doesn't care about others; that's why he won the Lou Gehrig award this year becoming the first Angel player to do so.

[arch stanton]

Is someone working on a stat for palpable malaise above replacement? Maybe Josh could win the PMAR title.

[laagamer]

Hamilton needs to heat up like the last time he was out of the lineup.

4 HR game today?