Scioscia's handling of the BP tonight

[tdawg87]

Perfect. He brought in all the right guys at the right time. And using Norris? Acey decision.

Discuss.

[Taylor]

If he brought in the same players in the same order, but they ended up blowing the game, his bullpen management would have sucked.

[tdawg87]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

If he brought in the same players in the same order, but they ended up blowing the game, his bullpen management would have sucked.

Right. But it worked. So Sosh is a genious.

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, Taylor said:

If he brought in the same players in the same order, but they ended up Allowing a run, his bullpen management would have sucked.

Fixed 

[JustATroutFan]

Bullpen pitches well, a manager looks like a genius. Bullpen pitches poorly, a manager looks like an idiot. 

[wopphil]

His bullpen management was excellent tonight. 

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, wopphil said:

His bullpen management was excellent tonight. 

Yep and this year to date it's been pretty good. 

[OregonLAA]

He's been much better this year. At the beginning of the year he was doing his awful old stuff but he turned it around quickly. 

[tomsred]

He is doing quite well.  This bullpen has got to be really tired though.  We don't have the quality of relievers that can go an entire season without hitting some bumps in the road now and then, and the starters have simply put way to many innings on them.  Now with the potential of Ramirez going down with forearm tightness, that will stress them even more.  I'm sure that Eppler is digging deep for some more arms that can help.  Hopefully we get a boost when the roster expands if not before.

Those recent three grand slam walk offs were spectacular endings, but they still count as just one loss each.  I don't think it throws the veterans on this team into a funk.  One of the special strengths of this team is their bounce back ability.  Hopefully that part of their character stays around for future years to come. 

 

 

 

[m0nkey]

Another great game by mike

[tdawg87]

Sosh is the MVP of this series.

[bloodbrother]

Sosh just got Bud Norris back on track.

[JustATroutFan]

Bullpen pitched well today, so Sosh is da man! Boy, if the bullpen coughs up the series coming against Texas, people on here will be calling for Sosh to be fired.

[stormngt]

What the he'll happened to Bailey.   The bullpen is gassed and he us nowhere to be seen?

[Jeff Fletcher]

2 hours ago, stormngt said:

What the he'll happened to Bailey.   The bullpen is gassed and he us nowhere to be seen?

After not pitching for 4 months, they wanted to break him in with some low leverage spots. Unfortunately they haven't had any. 

I suppose a 4-run lead in the 9th last night was close. He was warming up if the Angels got another run in the top of the 9th.

Also, today I had a little sit down with Scioscia about all his decisions on Friday night. Although I can't say exactly what went into all of them (besides what I already explained about having Parker face the heart of the order), I can now see the kind of things he's looking at. A lot of the decisions had to do with the quality of pitches and not merely the results. 

[Jeff Fletcher]

Oh I also sat down with Scott Radinsky to ask about the whole multi-inning thing and he said for a lot of pitchers, not all of them, coming back for a second inning just doesn't work, no matter how few pitches they threw in the previous inning. He said the adrenaline is nowhere near the same, and that makes a difference if it's the only way you're used to pitching. 

It's a very big difference, coming out of the pen and letting it go vs going and sitting in the dugout and then firing it up again. Some guys can do it and some can't. 

[Jobu]

They should get a guy who can do it.

[Jeff Fletcher]

1 minute ago, Jobu said:

They should get a guy who can do it.

They have 3. Petit, chavez, Paredes. 

[Jobu]

Great.

[tdawg87]

5 hours ago, JustATroutFan said:

Bullpen pitched well today, so Sosh is da man! Boy, if the bullpen coughs up the series coming against Texas, people on here will be calling for Sosh to be fired.

[Troll Daddy]

'Gutsiest move I ever saw'

Middletoon in the sixth to put out the fire (no outs) and Norris to close a 1 run lead in the ninth 

 

[Rico]

14 hours ago, JustATroutFan said:

Bullpen pitched well today, so Sosh is da man! Boy, if the bullpen coughs up the series coming against Texas, people on here will be calling for Sosh to be fired.

Welcome to AngelsWin.com

[eligrba]

10 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

'Gutsiest move I ever saw'

Middletoon in the sixth to put out the fire (no outs) and Norris to close a 1 run lead in the ninth 

 

I feel like Scioscia was baiting AngelsWin with those moves.

[ten ocho recon scout]

7 hours ago, eligrba said:

I feel like Scioscia was baiting AngelsWin with those moves.