Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Rangers (4/10/18)

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, JarsOfClay said:

Yay!

Thanks Babe.

I'm not Ohtani 

[Angel Oracle]

12 minutes ago, Jason said:

Nagy can only polish a turd so much

Makes me look forward to the day the rotation (2020?) is Ohtani, Canning, Barria, Tropeano, and Heaney.

Or even better, by 2021/2022:  Ohtani, Canning, Barria, Soriano, and either Chris Rodriguez or Suarez.    No pitchers brought here by Dipussy or Reagins, neither of whom would know how to find pitchers who can stay healthy, if their careers depended on it.   

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, Ohtani&Trout said:

Simmons is one of three players on the Angels (Trout and Ohtani being the others) that I want to see spend the rest of their career here. Hopefully Eppler gives him a contract extension.

and Schimpf 

[Jason]

Just now, JarsOfClay said:

It kinda looks to me like Skaggs is tipping his change up, and the batters have smashed it.  

 

Or he’s just all over the place and the only strikes are up in the zone

[fan_since79]

Haha, Valbuena silencing the haters.

 

(including me)

[Lou]

F'n lineup 

[Taylor]

If only Ohtani had started today. The Angels might have scored some runs.

[Taylor]

Cozart skus since the first couple games of the season.

[Angelsjunky]

Remember when Zack Cozart was good? Now he sucks.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Eric Hinske for MVP.

[Angel Oracle]

To the offense, Daniel Bryan says "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

To the pitchers, now, stop being big pussies (Ohtani excepted)!

[fan_since79]

We're getting greedy here in the second week of the season because everything is clicking so beautifully.

I'm going from wanting the second wild card to not being satisified with less than a World Series sweep.

 

[Jason]

The Halo offense looks sharp early on this season and it doesn’t even seem like anyone is really on fire yet. Kind of exciting 

[Jason]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

We're getting greedy here in the second week of the season because everything is clicking so beautifully.

I'm going from wanting the second wild card to not being satisified with less than a World Series sweep.

 

Simmer down. It’s still April 10th

[eligrba4ever]

Three 5-pitch innings could get Skaggs to 5 innings in 80.

[nando714]

Can we play Oakland and Texas all season? Oh yeah about 12-16 more times each. 

[fan_since79]

Just now, Jason said:

Simmer down. It’s still April 10th

I've been waiting 40 years for a season start like this.

 

[Lou]

3 hours ago, JarsOfClay said:

Sounds like it to me:

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M#Angels lineup: Kinsler, Trout, Upton, Pujols, Cozart, Calhoun, Simmons, Young DH, Maldonado. Kinsler back. Ohtani not starting v a LHP.

4:12 PM - 30 Mar 2018

FYI, folks. This doesn't mean that it's the reason he's not in the lineup. It's Fletcher's observation after seeing the lineup. 

[Jason]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

I've been waiting 40 years for a season start like this.

 

It is fun to watch right now

[Make Angels Great Again]

Looks like Skaggs found his sack.

[Taylor]

Skaggs suddenly dealing.

[stormngt]

18 minutes ago, failos said:

this rotation isn't worth a damn without Ohtani. I'm not sure how this group is going to compete with Houston's rotation.

F Houston!

[Jason]

Much better inning

[Make Angels Great Again]

Just now, Lou said:

FYI, folks. This doesn't mean that it's the reason he's not in the lineup. It's Fletcher's observation after seeing the lineup. 

 

Yeah I thought that was obvious. I guess some folks need it spelled out.

[JarsOfClay]

Wow Skaggs stopped fucking around that inning.  Nice one.