Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Mariners

[David]

I am excited to see what our 300lbs lead-off hitter can do this season! 

[LetsGoHalos]

Trout sighting! And lol Bourjos hitting 3rd.

 

I don't see any reason for him to be hitting 3rd. Scioscia must be bored.

[Jimmag]

if it makes you feel any better, I dont think the game is televised today

And I would have know that if the paper delivery guy had not missed my house this mornging. I think he was too busy catching up on the Oscars.

[Wallerrrr]

I don't see any reason for him to be hitting 3rd. Scioscia must be bored.

He probably wants to get him a few more ab's then he would have gotten batting in the lower 3rd of the order.

[Bombsauce]

Nice to see they are finally trotting out some actual Major Leagers today. Anyone know if this game is being televised?

[Wallerrrr]

im pretty sure the game is not going to be televised

[Jim]

We can't be going into a n 0-4 rut here, huge game.

I say we get April out the way.

[NrM]

awesome. hope this game is on mlb.tv today

[LetsGoHalos]

I say we get April out the way.

 

Agreed, seems like we had a pretty good spring training last year and flamed out in April. I'd rather they start slow now and pick up in April.

[Wallerrrr]

lol...i imagine the team will have its fair share of wins this spring once the starters are playing..the majority of the players that have played in the 3 games thus far wont break camp with the club

 

wins are meaningless at this point tho...

[Brent Maguire]

I was semi joking about Bourjos batting 3rd. More at bats for him is a good thing.

[CompassRosy]

From Greg Johns blog ...

http://gregjohns.mlblogs.com/2013/02/25/bonderman-gets-first-test-today/

(Testing posting a link on mobile version )

Dustin Ackley 2B

Casper Wells CF

Jason Bay LF

Kendrys Morales DH

Jesus Montero C

Justin Smoak 1B

Eric Thames RF

Alex Liddi 3B

Brendan Ryan SS

Jeremy Bonderman P

Expected to pitch after Bonderman and Maurer are Andrew Carraway, Anthony Fernandez, D.J. Mitchell, Lance Bawcom, Chance Ruffin, Brian Moran and Danny Farquhar.

[Broad Street]

I'm actually excited to see Roth pitch. He was a beast in college, let's see if that translates. 

[Wallerrrr]

i hear that morales fella is a pretty solid hitter

 

 

...will be interesting to see what bonderman has left in the tank this spring too

[Taylor]

Does Richards pass the two first name test because his last name is plural? PercySquint?

[WallyWorld]

it's interesting to me that most other managers seemingly play their starters earlier and more often in the spring than Scioscia does.  Not saying it's good or bad, just interesting that MS really seems to have a different program than most other managers.

[Wallerrrr]

im good with them getting an extra week off or so without playing...on hot stove this morning harlod reynolds commented that j.a. happ most likely wouldnt have hit granderson yesterday had he had a few more weeks under his belt..i dont know if i agree with that 100% but a few extra days or so to "stretch out" in non-game situations couldnt hurt

[PercySquint]

huge game today...a lot to prove.

 

a lot riding on these 9 innings

Concur. I don't care who's or who's not in the lineup, this is a MUST-WIN game. Now let's go frickin' HIT !!!

[WallyWorld]

im good with them getting an extra week off or so without playing...on hot stove this morning harlod reynolds commented that j.a. happ most likely wouldnt have hit granderson yesterday had he had a few more weeks under his belt..i dont know if i agree with that 100% but a few extra days or so to "stretch out" in non-game situations couldnt hurt

 

It's funny, when I heard about Granderson, my first thought was "well, that's what happens when starters are getting ABs in February". So yeah, I actually see the logic and kind of like the way MS does it.  Just interesting to me that most other managers go with their starters right out of the gate.

[PercySquint]

Does Richards pass the two first name test because his last name is plural? PercySquint?

Technically, yes. But I don't like it.

[Wallerrrr]

trout picks up where he left off last season..leadoff hit

[Wallerrrr]

PB with a leadoff walk...good discipline...

 

double steal anyone?

[Spirit]

Bourjesus is a "Getting On Base" machine this spring!

[CanadianHalo]

CONGER 3 run homer!

[Wallerrrr]

hank the tank with a 3-run bomb...