Gameday Thread: Rangers @Angels (4/22)

[Aaronkv]

Thanks Blue.

[JAHV76]

We choked this game.

[fan_since79]

Bourjos, pick up your anchor and crawl to the dugout.

[bloodbrother]

Hang another L on the crappy pen. Can't blow 3 run leads, especially vs division foes who will be on their ass all season for the division title. Bad loss

[AngelArcher]

Anchored!!! 2013 team slogan.

[Punk]

scust

[moccasin]

Is Nathan paying umpires this season? The dude has been getting the widest strike zone possible.

[2002_halos_II]

dang!

[nando714]

1-5 against division foes?

[worldofx]

Brutal loss, not that they deserved to win with Blanton's performance.

[Sully151]

I'll start FIRE SCIOSCIA!

(Kidding mostly)

[CanadianHalo]

Ive had enough with umps, let fox track or whatever call the games from now on. Wasnt calling outside pitch all game until the Pujols pitch, then the strike to Trumbo was just dumb

[sneaky_flute]

Is Nathan paying umpires this season? The dude has been getting the widest strike zone possible.

his pitches have a lot of movement

[Waybackman]

We let Kinsler and AJ beat us every time. Meanwhile, our All-Star hitters flail away. Texas owns us.

[RallyMo]

his pitches have a lot of movement

 

Yes, the leave his hand and move to places that aren't the strike zone, but aren't called as such.

[Punk]

his pitches have a lot of movement

 

lol

[AZMike]

Ive had enough with umps, let fox track or whatever call the games from now on. Wasnt calling outside pitch all game until the Pujols pitch, then the strike to Trumbo was just dumb

I'm definitely not a purist when it comes to stuff like this. They could easily have machine vision call balls and strikes, camera straight above the plate calling inside/outside (very easy as the plate doesn't move) and one at each dugout judging high/low relative to the player's knees and uniform letters at the exact instant the ball crosses the plate.

 

If that change unbalances the game too far in favor of the hitters, adjust the rules appropriately to slightly increase the size of the zone.

[rageous]

Worst loss of the season so far.

It was a pretty good choke job all around with Trout and Pujols coming up empty with so many chances.

And why does Bourjos lead off if he doesn't have a green light to run?

[A Priest walks into Aybar]

Damn, I just hate losing to Texas, and their fans..... I miss the days of Scott Shields and shutdown bullpens.

[SigBaby]

his pitches have a lot of movement

I understand you get some calls and dont get others, but cut the crap, Nathans pitches dont move enough to widen then strike zone to inches off the plates. Dont act like his pitches move more than other above average pitchers.

[sneaky_flute]

pitchfx isn't exactly accurate. it's not always calibrated properly and it has trouble accounting for the entire 3d plane of the strike zone. it's the best technology we have, but it probably wouldn't be much better than umpires.

[sneaky_flute]

I understand you get some calls and dont get others, but cut the crap, Nathans pitches dont move enough to widen then strike zone to inches off the plates. Dont act like his pitches move more than other above average pitchers.

derek holland was pretty much squeezed the entire game so it evens out.

[bloodbrother]

Didn't even need that to know that "strike 2" to Trumbo was clearly low and inside

[A Priest walks into Aybar]

Our bullpen is so freakin limited... what happens tomorrow if we need a save? Kohn? Frieri and Downs 3 days in a row?

[Carlos]

Soooo, when does the 2014 season begin?