Gameday thread: Angels vs. Red Sox (4/17/18)

[bloodbrother]

Kole looks so bad this year. Not sure how much longer they can justify batting him smack dab in the middle of the lineup when he's by far been the worst hitter on the team

[daygloman]

Well..... fuck. 

Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day. 

L8. People...

[Pablo]

On a 'sour grapes' note, Jansen with another blown save - now sporting an 8.10 ERA

 

[TroutField]

1 minute ago, Pablo said:

On a 'sour grapes' note, Jansen with another blown save - now sporting an 8.10 ERA

 

Gave up 2 runs in the 9th to SD, kinda cheered me up. Also the Yankees got smacked around by the Marlins. 

[Homebrewer]

Gameday threads, up to now, have only been posted AFTER the starting lineup was announced. (Not days in advance, fer chrissakes)

We're just lucky that nothing really bad happened. 

[JustATroutFan]

Damn weather really ruined the momentum of the team. Bounce back tomorrow! 

[eligrba4ever]

That went well. National spotlights sometimes go haywire with the Angels. 

Back tomorrow to tie the series and get ready to win it on Thursday.

[nando714]

13 hours ago, nando714 said:

I hope we don’t embarrass ourselves 

Welp

[Tank]

3 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

If Ohtani dominates Boston tonight I'm probably going to experience full climax

well, so much for that.

[Ohtaniland]

No one mention of exit velocity tonight. 

[eligrba4ever]

49 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

I've been a little distracted by work so pardon me if this has already been asked. Does anyone know what happened to Mark Langston? 

Terry said at the start it was a family issue. ML left KC early to return home for it. 

[101halo]

I watched tonight but couldn't post, had a really painful blister on my thumb. Looks like I wasn't the only one. 

Fortunately I didn't have the same problem as the bullpen did today, would've really sucked to shit my pants. 

[Angelsfirst]

Had to come back and edit this because I only saw the blister on his palm but in other pictures you can see a few blisters including one on his middle finger. Understandable he had some command issues with his secondary pitches.

Either way, he threw a ton of pitches in the first but got out of the inning with one run and limited damage. Second inning he found his command a little bit but was still having issues. Boston did have a few weak contact hits in all fairness as well. Plus a sac fly to make it 3-0.

My point is he was having bad command issues but wasn’t horrible. The pen was a different story. Also Boston is obviously a good offense and red hot right now plus they looked a little extra jacked up to face Shohei for the first time. Anyway, he’ll be fine. I just hope we can scrape a few wins together to get the series against these bums. 

[Lou]

10 hours ago, krAbs said:

As of today, per fivethirtyeight:

Average Elo ranking of the teams the Angels have faced: 1494.94

Average Elo ranking of the teams Boston has faced: 1487.07

The gap has widened 

[Angel Oracle]

Bard’s spin rate = my spin rate if I were to try ice skating spins.

Dude, you suck!

[Jason]

11 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Bard’s spin rate = my spin rate if I were to try ice skating spins.

Dude, you suck!

That was some of the worst pitching MLB has seen in a while. That dude should never pitch again

[Jason]

8 hours ago, Jason said:

Mookie Betts is annoying

I still stand by this

[TM3]

4 hours ago, OHTANILAND said:

No one mention of exit velocity tonight. 

Too easy, Ohtani and Bard had the quickest exit velocities from the mound to the showers.

[Jason]

6 hours ago, TroutField said:

Gave up 2 runs in the 9th to SD, kinda cheered me up. Also the Yankees got smacked around by the Marlins. 

Dodgers still won

[Angel Oracle]

8 hours ago, Dochalo said:

damn.  Kole has been brutal this year.  

What happened to him?

Ever since the new contract was signed over a year ago, he’s not the same player.

[Blarg]

6 hours ago, Angelsfirst said:

My point is he was having bad command issues but wasn’t horrible.

He was horrible. 3 runs, 4 hits, 2 walks, only 1 K, ran his pitch count almost 70 in two innings necessitating a reliever in the third is about as crappy of a start as any angels pitcher has produced this season.

That was pure crap.

[Blarg]

46 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

What happened to him?

Ever since the new contract was signed over a year ago, he’s not the same player.

Kolitis. 

[yk9001]

12 hours ago, Ohtani&Trout said:

The A's wouldn't have swung at any of these pitches either. When his splitter is working, it looks like a fastball and a strike. 

Betts hit a home run off him in the VERY FIRST AT BAT.

 

Fuck you guys, once in a while it isn't the umpire who is screwing us, it isn't MLB screwing us by postponing the KC game, or any other excuses.

The Sox kicked our ass.  They toyed with Ohtani's 100 mph misses.  Fucking turn the page.  Where's that scioscia gif?

[krAbs]

46 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Betts hit a home run off him in the VERY FIRST AT BAT.

 

Fuck you guys, once in a while it isn't the umpire who is screwing us, it isn't MLB screwing us by postponing the KC game, or any other excuses.

The Sox kicked our ass.  They toyed with Ohtani's 100 mph misses.  Fucking turn the page.  Where's that scioscia gif?

I wish you were wrong, but...we sucked last night. All around. One of the most embarrassing games I've seen in a long time. Its really time to turn the page. Cannot let this follow us into the next few games/series...Tonight would be a good night to strike back hard.
 

Silver linings: 1.Ramirez looked good, and 2. the game is finally over.

[Dick B Back]

I’ve been through bad seasons, even bad decades, so one bad game. It happens.