Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Orioles (8/7/17)

[Chuck]

1. Cameron Maybin (R) LF

2. Mike Trout (R) CF

3. Albert Pujols (R) DH

4. Kole Calhoun (L) RF

5. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS

6. Luis Valbuena (L) 3B

7. C.J. Cron (R) 1B

8. Martin Maldonado (R) C

9. Kaleb Cowart (S) 2B

[Ray McKigney]

I hope Maybin can get back to when he was in the zone. If he does it with Trout hitting behind him, a lot of good things could happen. Would also love to see Valbuena get a hit without flipping the bat like a complete dipshit. 

[nando714]

Baltimore is the hot. Winning 7 of 8 (or 9)

Tim Beckham was AL player of the week

we have our hands full this series. 

A big week vs Baltimore and Seattle 

[JustATroutFan]

Send Norris back to the O's! 

[JustATroutFan]

MS gets it, finally! Cron has better numbers against righties than lefties in his career.

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!! Go JC Ramirez!!

Wash those A's right out of your hair and turn the O's into the Zeros!

Start a new winning streak the goes on a while!!

Go Cameron, Birthday Boy, Albert, Kole, Simba, Luis, CJ, Machete and Kaleb!!

Score more than the Birds! And hold the lead!!!

LET'S GET A WIN!!!

[tomsred]

Let's get a win for Don Baylor, a great former Angel.

[JAHV76]

13 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Let's get a win for Don Baylor, a great former Angel.

That would be a special win considering he's also a former Oriole player

[IEAngelsfan]

15 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Let's get a win for Don Baylor, a great former Angel.

They're saying the same thing on Orioleswin.com.

[JustATroutFan]

5 minutes ago, IEAngelsfan said:

They're saying the same thing on Orioleswin.com.

When I think of Don Baylor as a player, I think of him as an Angel a lot more than the O's. And deservingly so, because his best years came with the Halos. Oh, and AL MVP in 1979 as a member of the Angels.

[IEAngelsfan]

2 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

When I think of Don Baylor as a player, I think of him as an Angel a lot more than the O's. And deservingly so, because his best years came with the Halos. Oh, and AL MVP in 1979.

Not disagreeing with you regarding his productive years, but I think the Oriole fan perspective might be a little different.  I'm sure they think different in Bean town as well.

[JustATroutFan]

1 hour ago, nando714 said:

Baltimore is the hot. Winning 7 of 8 (or 9)

Tim Beckham was AL player of the week

we have our hands full this series. 

A big week vs Baltimore and Seattle 

And I remember the Yankees coming into their series against the Angels in Anaheim hot and lost 2 out of 3. Same with the Red Sox.

[JustATroutFan]

Just now, IEAngelsfan said:

Not disagreeing with you regarding his productive years, but I think the Oriole fan perspective might be a little different.  I'm sure they think different in Bean town as well.

How so?

[IEAngelsfan]

Just now, JustATroutFan said:

How so?

First of all, it was a joke, but to answer your question, do you think an Orioles fan cares what he did as an Angel?  They will remember Baylor for what he did as an Oriole, just like how we remember him as an Angel.  They're probably remembering his playing days in Baltimore and wishing for the Orioles to win one for the Gipper, er, Donny. 

[JustATroutFan]

Just now, IEAngelsfan said:

First of all, it was a joke, but to answer your question, do you think an Orioles fan cares what he did as an Angel?  They will remember Baylor for what he did as an Oriole, just like how we remember him as an Angel.  They're probably remembering his playing days in Baltimore and wishing for the Orioles to win one for the Gipper, er, Donny. 

You got me there! 

[NorCal Halo]

Well, this is the lineup I've been waiting for all year.  If we can't produce runs with this lineup then . . . well . . . we suck.

[krAbs]

2 minutes ago, NorCal Halo said:

We suck.

FTFY.

 

I'm still bummed about last night...

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

1 hour ago, JustATroutFan said:

MS gets it, finally! Cron has better numbers against righties than lefties in his career.

I think Cron against a RHP tonite is more about Escobar getting a day off than Sosh realizing anything. Yunel may have hurt his side again last night and left the game early.

[daygloman]

Go Halos!

[Kenny]

Great.  Trout has contracted Pujols' disease that makes him go into a slump just before hitting a milestone.

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, Kenny said:

Great.  Trout has contracted Pujols' disease that makes him go into a slump just before hitting a milestone.

Yep, he's now 0-2 with a walk.  What a chump. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

5 minutes ago, Kenny said:

Great.  Trout has contracted Pujols' disease that makes him go into a slump just before hitting a milestone.

That's just silly.

[JustATroutFan]

On his birthday, Trout has struck out five straight times now going back to last year. On his birthday last year, he struck out all four times. Must not like the attention. 

[JustATroutFan]

44 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

I think Cron against a RHP tonite is more about Escobar getting a day off than Sosh realizing anything. Yunel may have hurt his side again last night and left the game early.

Chit, forgot about that. 

[JustATroutFan]

Luis NoBueno with another weak at bat.