The Last 3 Weeks

[HeavenlyHalos]

I have this bad feeling that unless the Angels get their act together in future years, we're going to witness the downfall of Mike Trout. 

 

He has guaranteed money for a long time, lots of it, and no incentive to play at 110% because the rest of the team sucks. 

 

Boo this man! Boo him!

[HeavenlyHalos]

You will need a beard, burn all your clothes that have color, start going to titty bars a lot and playing video poker when you're getting Chinese food.

I do love Portland. (For the last two reasons, of course).

 

Dear God, I have a beard! And so it begins...

[Oz27]

Teams that can't hit very well and can't pitch very well tend to not be very good. I have some degree of confidence we can address the starting pitching issues in house next year. I think Richards improves, Heaney will be good, Tropeano will develop enormously and we can get enough out of Santiago/Shoemaker/Weaver/Wilson/Skaggs/Smith/Newcomb to have a pretty solid rotation. But the only way we see light at the end of the tunnel in terms of the offense is if we go out and find people to fill the holes in this crap shack. Second base, left field and catcher are all going to need serious upgrading.

 

Back to the original topic though, yes, this has been absolutely f**king brutal. 23 games ago I thought we were going to run away with this thing. Somehow, we're still in the race but it feels like we're 35 games back, not 3.5, because of how we've been playing.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Last year was an obvious fluke.

maybe, but theres also been some pretty significant toster turnaround since then.

And if you look at career wise, iannetta has been a fluke this year...and its killing us

[the dude abides]

117 games played @ 60-57 

 

No Angels team has ever made the playoffs without having at least 64 wins at this point. 

 

1979 ( 66-51 )

1882 ( 67-50 )

1986 ( 65-52 )

2002 ( 69-48 )

2004 ( 64-53 )

2005 ( 68-49 )

2007 ( 69-48 )

2008 ( 74-43 )

2009 ( 72-45 )

2014 ( 68-49 )

 

I'm still reeling from that heartbreaking series loss to the St. Louis Brown Stockings.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

117 games played @ 60-57

No Angels team has ever made the playoffs without having at least 64 wins at this point.

1979 ( 66-51 )

1882 ( 67-50 )

1986 ( 65-52 )

2002 ( 69-48 )

2004 ( 64-53 )

2005 ( 68-49 )

2007 ( 69-48 )

2008 ( 74-43 )

2009 ( 72-45 )

2014 ( 68-49 )

In many of those years, there weren't as many playoff spots available, or wild cards. I wouldn't base a lot on this.

[stormngt]

It is definitely the worst stretched Scioscia's tenure.

I don't know about you guys but I knew it was going to be a loss last night the moment Butera was walked.

Have been the worst Angels baseball I have ever watched. I was too young to remember 1995. All I remember was the last game. And I honestly can't think of a stretch this bad since. 2 series wins on miracles when the Angels played at home but the road games, they've gone 1-12 in the last 3 weeks!! That's ****ing terrible.

Edited August 17, 2015 by stormngt

[Lhalo]

It is definitely the worst stretched Scioscia's tenure.

I don't know about you guys but I knew it was going to be a loss last night the moment Butera

 

Please go on... I'm on the edge of my seat!

[stormngt]

I have this bad feeling that unless the Angels get their act together in future years, we're going to witness the downfall of Mike Trout. 

 

He has guaranteed money for a long time, lots of it, and no incentive to play at 110% because the rest of the team sucks. 

Its time to quit worrying about the sensitivities of Mike Trout.  He is just as responsible for this stretch of losing as anyone!

[Ray McKigney]

The whole team sucks. All of them.

[Puget Sound Angel]

I want the last three weeks of my life back.

[maximus p]

I think that's already obvious now. Without Trout, this roster is probably a 70-75 win team.

[arch stanton]

The really absurd part is that they will still win the division. So we got that going for us, which is nice.