So it came down to Street's blown save?

[Sciosciapath]

Of course all the resident contrarians will run in here and say the Angels poor play was the reason and not one specific game, it's pretty hard to ignore the last head to head game against Houston and the end result of finishing 1 GB.

[beatlesrule]

He blew 5 saves.  There are plenty of other games the Angels should have won but didn't. 

[mulwin444]

Or the game against OAK recently.

But we also won some games we had no business winning.

It evens out.

This team had a negative run differential, was average to below average in hitting, fielding, SP and BP yet we were in it until the very last game.

[DMVol]

The Wed game against Oak was the dagger to the heart....made it really difficult....

[FabulousFabregas]

Yeah the Wednesday game is more brutal.  That was a gimme game, we knew Texas would be tough.

[halomatt]

There were 76 other games that might have made a difference. 

[Stradling]

No it didn't come down to the blown save. Because for every blown save like Street's blown save, we have a game like last night that we had no business coming from behind and winning.

[Brandon]

After a pretty miraculous win yesterday it's weird to try and single out a single game as the reason they didn't make the playoffs.

 

You win some you shouldn't, you also lose some you shouldn't.

[seenoevil]

It came down to Sosh ego

[Glen]

What a stupid thread.

[CaliAngel]

I remember far more boneheaded outs on the basepaths that if not made outs would have given this team far more opportunities to score more runs and win more games.

Honestly I feel that without Street, we would have lost many many more games in the 9th.

[Stradling]

Yea between the awful baserunning and the awful defense it was kind of bruital.

[Slegnaac]

In a 162 game season every game is important.

[ScottT]

They won games they "shouldn't have", too.  A lot of things happen over the course of a season.

 

I would like to give a one fingered salute to all those that seem to think a mistake early in the season isn't a big deal... because it is just one game.  I don't sweat every lineup, pitching change, or roster decision.... but every one can make a difference.  

[JoJo26]

I had this thread earlier - and of course there's those - WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 70 games...blah blah blah.

 

The fact is that many of the losses were going to happen (like the Blue Jays killing us at home)...but when you get down to the nitty gritty...there's 2 games that stick in my craw...the had serious playoff implications because of the lateness of the season:

 

The Sunday 3-0, 2 out, 2 strike 9th inning melt down 2 game swing game vs. Houston

and

The last home game defensive implosion vs. the A's

 

Of course we did get 2 improbable W's (at KC and Saturday's rally) - BUT - I like to dwell on the negative...and that 2 game swing Astro Street blow up was the dagger...

[Glen]

The only dagger in our season was the bullpen today.

[Angel Oracle]

11-26 from latter July through August

Nothing else prevented a post-season appearance.

Got to improve the depth a lot in 2016.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

We also blew a lead in the first game at Texas on this trip, which Street had nothing to do with. You can point to any game that got away and say that it was the difference. The truth is that there were a lot of opportunities to make up for it, and it didn't happen.

[Brandon]

The only dagger in our season was the bullpen today.

 

The dagger was Hamels. After the Pujols HR, he threw a complete game 1 hitter. Only gave up 3 hits all game.

[bloodbrother]

IMO it came down to that one game they lost in June to like....the Indians or something

 

 

Dammit Cleveland

[bloodbrother]

no wait it REALLY came down to their loss in July to that one team. It was that game for sure

[2112]

I think it was the offense completely tanking sometime in late July, and the pitching staff trying to be perfect.  Pitching was never the same after that.  I think it got in thier head.  

[ScottT]

This team just wasn't very good.

[ispy45]

The Street meltdown is the same reason why we were able to comeback in Friday and Saturday games that most average baseball fans don't see.  Managers that over use their Closer.  In the blown save, Street had gone three games in a row. On the third game, Street had the flu. Instead of resting his closer Mike played him, We lost. It was the most runs Street have given up in his career. 

 

In the Friday's Texas win, Banister used his Tolleson his fourth straight game. What happened?  The Angels scored in the 9th and won.  What's even more absurd, the next game, Banister used his closer again on 5th straight day, What happened Aybat and Kole hit back to back homeruns. Using his Closer 5 days straight days may have cost Bannister manager of the year award.  

Edited October 5, 2015 by ispy45

[tomsred]

I knew as soon as we lost to the Mariners 4-1 on opening day that we would never recover.  We were so hot coming off Spring Training as it destroyed our momentum.