GameDay Thread - Angels vs. Astros - 9/12/14

[disarcina]

what's kind of crazy right now is this stat.

 

tonight's win will be number 92 for us.

 

if the Halos go 8-7 the rest of the way -- we win 100 games.

 

if it's 7-8, we win 99.

 

the way we're playing right now, chances are we go more like 9-6 (at a minimum) the rest of the way which means 101 wins and probably closer to 104.

[stevestevens]

hey houston, you would be better off not swinging.  Even if it is a strike your are not going to hit it.

[Butcher'd]

They should find a way to sneak that kid onto the playoff roster. 2nd and 3rd in need of a strikeout I want him on the mound.

[Angel Oracle]

Diazmania is born.

Filthy

[Mark68]

Jairo's offspeed pitches are faster than Jered's "fastball".

 

Let that sink in for a moment...

[mancini79]

McDonald hitting for Trout. Could this be anymore opposite?

[bloodbrother]

Jeez, this guy is going to be a stud. 100 MPH with a wipeout slider at 88...holy crap be patient with this kid please...let him figure it out

 

Yeah, he's got the best raw stuff I've seen from anybody in the pen. Numbers in the minors dont match the stuff just yet though. Luckily, with this pen, they can afford to be patient with him.

[disarcina]

we just picked up this Diaz guy..........from where again?

 

geez...pretty good flyer -- how did we get him again?

[joeywings]

The 1995 Halos would have won the second wild card spot.

[Blarg]

So I guess Dipoto left a couple of Rondons in the bank.

[disarcina]

this may be McDonald's last season -- to me, he's done a great job for us this season -- I wasn't sure why we even invited him to ST and he's sure proven me wrong and his value to this club IMO.

 

hey, is Grant Green still on the DL or something??

 

I thought he did a good job for us, too - but he's really sort of disappeared......

[disarcina]

speaking of Grant Green --- he's at the plate now...........

[Jay]

calling off the dogs

[stevestevens]

They should find a way to sneak that kid onto the playoff roster. 2nd and 3rd in need of a strikeout I want him on the mound.

 

with our starters, there is a good chance that in the playoffs Scioscia will tell everyone (other than shoe) to go all out for 5 and then turn it over to the BP.  There is no way we can take a guy like that on the roster.  

[disarcina]

1995 Halos would have won the second wild card spot --

 

yeah, but would have that one game playoff been any better than the debacle of a one game tie-breaker match up at the Kingdome in Seattle???

 

I think the score was 7 to 0 in the second inning.......

 

if you recall, the Halos battled back to win the final three games of the season to force a one game playoff up in Seattle.

 

high hopes got dashed pretty quickly when we were pretty much out of the game FAST.

[disarcina]

at AT & T -- SF Giants 9, Dogs 0.

[Jay]

1995 Halos would have won the second wild card spot --

 

yeah, but would have that one game playoff been any better than the debacle of a one game tie-breaker match up at the Kingdome in Seattle???

 

I think the score was 7 to 0 in the second inning.......

 

if you recall, the Halos battled back to win the final three games of the season to force a one game playoff up in Seattle.

 

high hopes got dashed pretty quickly when we were pretty much out of the game FAST.

That was with Langston starting, did he ever win a big game for us?

[fan_since79]

So...are the A's in 1995 Angels or 1964 Phillies territory yet?

 

Any day now will be the 50th anniversary of Chico Ruiz stealing home for the lone run in Cincinnati's 1-0 win, the first of 10 straight losses by the Phillies.

 

They had a 6.5 lead with 12 games left, and blew it.

[disarcina]

ninth inning, Astros losing.........11 to 3.

 

interim manager on the bench -- 'hey let's send up the Hoes"

[SoCALkid]

A's lost. Dodgers lost now only 1 game ahead of the Giants with 2 left in SF. I think this is gonna be a great weekend.

[disarcina]

yeah, Langston start -- against the M's at the terrible place to play baseball known as the Kingdome.

 

that was a truly a terrible day in Halos history.......

 

I can still remember his throw to first sailing over the head of the firstbaseman and down the line........it seemed like 5 runs scored on the play !! LOL!! might as well have been five runs.

 

we were never in the game........

[martinpa25]

Cam Wilson

[moccasin]

After today, Angels are going to pass the A's in run differentials too.

Edited September 13, 2014 by moccasin

[martinpa25]

LTBU!!!!! "5"

[Jay]

Nice win