Gameday Thread: Angels vs. A's (4/7/2018)

[Stradling]

Just now, DMVol said:

We’ve got a pretty full pen....but not enough to deal with crappy starts last night and tonight....

Right.  It isn’t a real hard concept to understand.  Parker needs to figure it out or we are going to need to replace him somehow.

[tdawg87]

I believe the world itself is ending. 

[IheartLA]

Upton gets us two runs with a HR, gives back two with his defense. Just effing great.

[Erstad Grit]

I said last year Upton is a wreck in LF and he's never changed my mind.  

[stormngt]

1 minute ago, SuperTroopers said:

Right.  It isn’t a real hard concept to understand.  Parker needs to figure it out or we are going to need to replace him somehow.

Parker is a one year wonder.

[Stradling]

Just now, IheartLA said:

Upton gets us two runs with a HR, gives back two with his defense. Just effing great.

Dude he lost it in the lights.  It happens.  Sure his defense in the past has been subpar, but this was completely different.

[eligrba4ever]

Just now, laagamer said:

Please Sosh, just pinch hit Ohtani in the 9th. Make this game worth watching.

Because Ohtani is planning to pitch as many as 9 innings 15.5 hours from now, Scioscia has probably sent him home to get some proper sleep.

[IheartLA]

Just now, SuperTroopers said:

Dude he lost it in the lights.  It happens.  Sure his defense in the past has been subpar, but this was completely different.

i remember him dropping a ball in his very first game with us in Texas that cost us runs, he did the same against the Indians last week, he also runs like he's in cement allowing balls to drop in front of him.

his bat is very good, but he is a liability in the field.

[Stradling]

Just now, IheartLA said:

i remember him dropping a ball in his very first game with us in Texas that cost us runs, he did the same against the Indians last week, he also runs like he's in cement allowing balls to drop in front of him.

his bat is very good, but he is a liability in the field.

And none of those things that happened in the past have anything to do with losing a ball in the lights.

[Stradling]

Just now, Throwman91 said:

So many people overreacting about this game, there's a reason teams don't win 1062 games, pitchers get tired, bullpen arms get overused and the best hitters go into slumps.

Another reason is there isn’t 1062 games in a season.  

[Erstad Grit]

2 minutes ago, SuperTroopers said:

Dude he lost it in the lights.  It happens.  Sure his defense in the past has been subpar, but this was completely different.

Lol.  So the other 90 OF playing tonight don't have the sun or lights to deal with? 

[Blarg]

Hard to believe but Trout looks like crap. 

[Stradling]

Just now, Erstad Grit said:

Lol.  So the other 90 OF playing tonight don't have the sun or lights to deal with? 

Are you saying he didn’t lose it in the lights?  How fucking stupid.  A line drive in the lights causes problems.  That is what happened, and I don’t know how anyone can actually pretend that wasn’t the case.  

[IheartLA]

wow is Trout out of it

[Waybackman]

No Ohtani, No peace!

[JustATroutFan]

If Trout has a bad May, then I'll be concern. Right now, it's just time to wait for him to hear up. Bad months happens here and there for the great players.

[Blarg]

Just now, Ohtanison said:

Time to consider sending Trout down to AAA to work on his swing?

They brought him up too soon, barely got his feet wet in AAA. 

[JarsOfClay]

Trout's not selective anymore.  He's basically Pujols.

[fan_since79]

The despair runs deep on the board tonight.

Maybe time to shut down the franchise? 

[IheartLA]

anyone else think the C flap could be causing him problems,

Donaldson mentioned how it cut off some of his vision on certain pitches, arm angles.

On the flip side: If you include the Sept/Oct of last year Trout has been below par so this could be considered 3+ straight months he has been kind of bad

[Waybackman]

A’s bullpen is better than ours.

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

The despair runs deep on the board tonight.

Maybe time to shut down the franchise? 

Didn’t you already do that, like 50 years ago?

Edited April 8, 2018 by SuperTroopers

[Blarg]

Just now, Waybackman said:

A’s bullpen is better than ours.

Last night was proof of that. 

[Erstad Grit]

1 minute ago, SuperTroopers said:

Are you saying he didn’t lose it in the lights?  How fucking stupid.  A line drive in the lights causes problems.  That is what happened, and I don’t know how anyone can actually pretend that wasn’t the case.  

I'm saying MLB players........um..... single A players..... are expected to not lose balls in the lights.  You're saying he lost in the lights like that's a fair excuse.  Today I coached my kids little league team on how to block the sun with their gloves.  

[fan_since79]

Just now, SuperTroopers said:

Did you already do that, like 50 years ago?

You mean 40. Do the math. It's elementary.