Gameday: 9/22 Angels @ Astros Calhoun lead off

[Troll Daddy]

[Angel Oracle]

Ignore Verlander's overall ERA, it has to be closer to 2.00 since the ASB.

[HaloNArizona]

Looking at Kole's OBP this month, it's a good call having him lead off.  Hate to see Cron batting 8th...1-6 is pretty solid...really miss Escobar's bat right now.

[Angels#1Fan]

Lets Go Halos!

[Homebrewer]

Valbuena is playing so I'll be watching with rapt enthusiasm.

Love that guy.

[fan_since79]

I'm glad Phillips isn't leading off.

[krAbs]

Honestly...I like that MS is mixing it up. Try to shock the offense into some production again. Can't be much worse than they are doing now.

also...rich vs verlander, act 2. luckily, rich fought him well last time, and has only gotten stronger since then.

lets win this probably meaningless game!!

[tdawg87]

Fuck it. Just win.

Fuck Verlander and Fuck Houston.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

1-0 Tigers end of second.

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!! Go Garrett Richards!!!

STOP THE SKID!!! You're still alive for game 163!! Survive Minute Maid!!!

Go Kole, Mike, Justin, Albert, Brandon, Simba, Luis, CJ and Machete!!!

If you have a bat in your hands with an  Angel on third, DRIVE HIM IN!!!

LET'S GET A WIN!!! 

[GrittyVeterans]

Cron batting 8th is hilarious. He's the 3rd or 4th best hitter on the team

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2-1 Tigers end of third.

[krAbs]

So, I'm assuming that if the Tigers sweep the rest of this four game set (lol), and we sweep the astros (lolol), season no longer over?

[eligrba4ever]

2 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

2-1 Tigers end of third.

If only Detroit had a guy like Verlander who could make it stay that way.

[tdawg87]

Just now, krAbs said:

So, I'm assuming that if the Tigers sweep the rest of this four game set (lol), and we sweep the astros (lolol), season no longer over?

The Angels will sweep Houston, outscoring them 22-6 in 3 games, then lose 3 of 4 to Chicago because Angels.

[daygloman]

Go Halos!

[krAbs]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

The Angels will sweep Houston, outscoring them 22-6 in 3 games, then lose 3 of 4 to Chicago because Angels.

That seems somehow perfectly 'baseball'.

We will end up tying on the season and having richards vs colon or something and lose that game.

[krAbs]

Fat boi Ks. Calhoun batting first experiment showing early good signs though.

[JustATroutFan]

Damn team can't pick up Trout. Good teams don't rely on like one guy to do everything. Baseball isn't an individual sport. Step it up!  

[bloodbrother]

Great news. Lance McCullers will be returning to pitch against the Angels on Sunday.

[JustATroutFan]

Angels have been struggling to win ever since they traded for Upton. Is there like a curse with Upton or what?

[nando714]

Meaningless baseball is here

twins running away

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

4-2 Twins after four

[bloodbrother]

The Tigers are tanking. The Twins are going to crush them. Angels put themselves in a position where they probably have to sweep Houston to keep any hopes alive.

In short, I wouldn't really worry about things.

[SigBaby]

We have to stay 2.5 back, 3.5 back and it's over