Cron pinch hitting vs a dominant righty reliever????

[Angel Oracle]

What the heck was Scioscia thinking?

You're only down 2 runs, Navarro makes solid contact as does Giovatella, and then you have the lefty Calhoun vs the righty.

Instead, he sends up a guy who might as well be Oglivie or Timmy Lupus when facing a good righty, WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE. 

Edited July 2, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

What happened to your self ban?

[Angel Oracle]

We lost.

[Stradling]

No we all lose

[Stradling]

But you know exactly why he did it. He put the guy up there with the most power and was hoping to catch lightning in a bottle.

[beatlesrule]

I've learned over the years to never try and figure out Scioscia's moves.

[tomsred]

But you know exactly why he did it. He put the guy up there with the most power and was hoping to catch lightning in a bottle.

 

 

Stop, this is "National Criticize The Angels Week."  Optimists are banned, the end is near.  It's a good week for a solar eclipse.

[fan_since79]

He's the manager and he does whatever he feels like doing. Not accountable to anyone.

[Stradling]

He's the manager and he does whatever he feels like doing. Not accountable to anyone.

So you don't know what was going through his mind when he sent Cron up there.

[tomsred]

He's the manager and he does whatever he feels like doing. Not accountable to anyone.

 

 

Sounds like my dog.

[TroutField]

Yeah obviously he was hoping for the 3 run homer im pretty sure we all that that false hope that it would happen but in the back of our minds he was really going to K on a flailing swing.

[fan_since79]

So you don't know what was going through his mind when he sent Cron up there.

 

He's never made a mistake in his life so I wouldn't dream of guessing what went through his mind.

[Stradling]

He's never made a mistake in his life so I wouldn't dream of guessing what went through his mind.

The question AO was asking is what was he thinking not was it a mistake. But since you asked, yes I think it was a mistake. I would have hoped for the double from Navarro.

[robblin17]

But you know exactly why he did it. He put the guy up there with the most power and was hoping to catch lightning in a bottle.

 

Going off of that FEEEEEEL!!!

[tomsred]

The question AO was asking is what was he thinking not was it a mistake. But since you asked, yes I think it was a mistake. I would have hoped for the double from Navarro.

 

Scioscia doesn't play lefty/righty matchups.

[Angel Oracle]

Betances throws nasty sliders.   Cron has shown ZERO ability to hit them.

What did Scioscia think was going to happen?

 

Feel has a place in MLB.    But Scioscia seems to rely on it waaaay too much. 

Edited July 2, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[ELEVEN]

Sosh is still feeling his way throught it.

[aznhockeyguy]

When Scioscia gets one of his "feelings" does he get it like Spiderman with the squigly lines around his head?

Edited July 2, 2015 by aznhockeyguy

[Jason]

Thread title should just read "Cron pinch hitting?"

[juansavage1]

Cron looked horrible in that at bat. He SEEMS not to really care. I have been a Cron booster up till now.

Edited July 2, 2015 by Juan Savage

[nando714]

Sosh obviously had a good "feeling" that Cron would blast a gw homer

[QuinlansMinion]

Cron does not belong on a major league roster. its quite baffling nobody in the Angels org realizes something so obvious. Its becoming apparent Dipoto left because he feels like hes surrounded by idiots and he has no recourse for changing anything.

[tdawg87]

This is one of those cases where if Cron hit a homerun, Sosh would look like a genius (though he would receive no credit). Whatever option he chooses will always be questioned if the option fails to come through.

I agree Cron was a poor choice, but the decision at least makes some sense.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

How long is it going to take for Scioscia and others to realize Cron is a AAAA player. He thrives down at AAA and looks like absolute horse shit up here. Seems to be a trend with our hitting prospects not named Trout or Calhoun.

[katrinab]

Cron does not belong on a major league roster. its quite baffling nobody in the Angels org realizes something so obvious. Its becoming apparent Dipoto left because he feels like hes surrounded by idiots and he has no recourse for changing anything.

 

well seeing as the GM is the one who calls up and sends down players, wouldn't this be on him? management uses the players they are given

 

i am not taking sides in any of this, but blaming sosh for EVERYTHING is getting pretty old