Gameday: 4/4 Angels vs Indians

[Blarg]

So I guess we can compete with the best. 

[eligrba4ever]

"Honestly, I was just trying not to strike out."

-- Zack Cozart. One minute ago.

[bloodbrother]

3 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Man Cozart has been so good!!

It's early but hopefully he's the Angels version of Justin Turner. Real late bloomer type

[aznhockeyguy]

Good win for the Angels, somehow managed to win against CLE with their ace starting.  Good start to the season.  Enjoy the off day!

[Billy_Ball]

Our best start in...how many years?

[Angels#1Fan]

18 minutes ago, Angels#1Fan said:

OK, the bottom of the 13th is ours!!

Lets Go Halos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[stevestevens]

I have no faith in skaggs and Ohtani should have started in SLC. 

 

[fan_since79]

4 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

"Honestly, I was just trying not to strike out."

-- Zack Cozart. One minute ago.

Much better than the usual canned "looking for a pitch to hit" response.

Edited April 5, 2018 by fan_since79

[Lou]

53 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Need a HR to win this. Struggling to string any kind of hits together in an inning

genious 

[Chuck]

Before this game all the failos are like..

Kluber on the hill, automatic loss.

[CanadianHalo]

5-2 start with Trout and Upton not really doing much...

Not bad at all

[Angel Oracle]

Bullpen after some 30 innings has an ERA of around 1.50 (knock on mucho, mucho wood).

[bloodbrother]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

genious 

All credit to the big catorce, who is pushing all the right buttons with this roster already. I mean, who made Cozart the lead-off hitter after Kinsler hit the DL? Dude has incredible foresight

[CanadianHalo]

Pretty sure we started off 5-2 last year as well but then dropped a whole bunch and fell below .500

[fan_since79]

2 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

All credit to the big catorce, who is pushing all the right buttons with this roster already. I mean, who made Cozart the lead-off hitter after Kinsler hit the DL? Dude has incredible foresight

I'll also give him credit for that, and hope he keeps him there at the top. Don't mess with the winning mojo. Kinsler can bat 7th.

[Ochocinco!]

It’s only April but damn does it feel good to be an Angel fan right now. Ohtani... Trout...Cozart... Kinsler coming back soon... This is going to be one hell of a season 

[Angels#1Fan]

Great game by the bullpen.

Othani gets 2 more hits including a HR.

The Angels K'd 14 Indians.

Cozart hits walk off HR.

And all of the people that gave up early are happy now. lol

 

[eligrba4ever]

What kind of game was ti\is one? Combined 13 hits and 25 strikeouts in 13 innings. That kind of game.

[KevinJ14]

2 hours ago, nando714 said:

That’s gold! Gold i tellI tell ya !

What website is that?

[Lou]

13 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

All credit to the big catorce, who is pushing all the right buttons with this roster already. I mean, who made Cozart the lead-off hitter after Kinsler hit the DL? Dude has incredible foresight

Whoa, slow down there, cowboy.

comments like that will get ya run outta town 

[Chuck]

14 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

Pretty sure we started off 5-2 last year as well but then dropped a whole bunch and fell below .500

What a dumb fucking post.

[Billy_Ball]

26 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

Pretty sure we started off 5-2 last year as well but then dropped a whole bunch and fell below .500

Yeah, I had to check at baseball reference.com.  5-2 after 7 games, 6-2 after 8 games last year.  But the 2017 team didn't have Ohtani, Cozart and Kinsler.

[nando714]

20 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Bullpen after some 30 innings has an ERA of around 1.50 (knock on mucho, mucho wood).

Wow

[CanadianHalo]

3 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

What a dumb fucking post.

Because I’m just stating simple stat? 

Christ, some of you people are thin skinned.

[stormngt]

1 hour ago, GrittyVeterans said:

You have a slow ass catcher but you purposefully put the ball on the ground with a bunt.

 

Retarded

Let me try to make it ckear:

 

If have the winning run on base, a career 200 bitter at the plate.  What do you Do?

You could try to steal 2nd and get the runner in scoring position. However that would be risking injury to one of our starting pitchers.  You could let him swing away where he either hits neither gets a hit (22% chance) or gets an out or possibly gidp.  Thus Cowart had to get on for Trout to get up.

Or you bunt the runner over.  You know a sacrifice bunt where the Godspeed of the batter is irrelevant ("retard"??????).

Than you have Cozart up one of your better hitters with a runner in scoring position and if he doesn't win it you almost assure getting the best player in baseball up to win it.  

Yes I know the Indians can walk Trout but that means Upton comes up with a chance to win it.  

It would have been stupid not to bunt in that situation.