Gameday Thread: 5/20 Rays @ Angels. Pujols off-day. Trout DH

[fan_since79]

Cron has reached base safely in 25 straight games, but not yet today.

 

[eligrba4ever]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

Cron has reached base safely in 25 straight games, but not yet today.

 

I hope it stays that way.

[Waybackman]

Let Ohtani go to 115 pitches if need be.

[TM3]

Ohtani is cruising along.   Please let him complete this game!!!

[UndertheHalo]

Yea, Ohtani needs to be left alone. 

[DEVLBAT]

Ohtani settling down nicely now.

[bloodbrother]

Save us Ohtani

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

What a concept. I've never read that this year and it certainly hasn't been discussed for years on end ad nauseam.

This is what I don't get. Guys actually sit there and think to themselves: "Pujols shouldn't be batting  cleanup, or, Scioscia should be fired. Hey, I'm going to post this on the message board!"

And then to make it worse, they actually do it. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

5 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Did you forget the word NOT?

 

I Did, My bad

[fan_since79]

Maldonado looks like he's back into his usual extended slump.

Too bad Rivera is hurt. He can actually hit.

[IheartLA]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Apologies. I read your post on my cell and thought you had said "my player" instead of "any player"

That being said, you must have missed the posts during Trout's epic hit less streak. 

haha true I saw those but the Trout fanboys were still going after people, it was mostly harmless but still there. It's like the One Direction/Bieber fangirls when it comes to Trout/Ohtani. You can't say 1 overanalyzed critque of them without people downvoting you, but you can posts unlimited amounts of humor/satire/critique with Pujols/Scioscia/Calhoun and get hundreds of upvotes.

It's like when Strad said where people will show up when something negative happens but disappear when the team is doing well and praise is there to be granted. I'm the same mindset, praise Richards if he's only one spot behind Ohtani accord to fangraphs, but if you just listened to people on this board Richards is Jesse Chavez or something.

[failos]

loved that Ohtani glove slap

[Angelsfirst]

3 minutes ago, DEVLBAT said:

Ohtani settling down nicely now.

 

3 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Yea, Ohtani needs to be left alone. 

 

[krAbs]

Fun fact: Hermosillo only knows how to hit doubles.

[failos]

Herm is already better than Calwho?

[CubsFan]

Hermo > Calhoun

[Second Base]

I'm hoping to see Hermosillo start to use the whole field more, but even with the pull-happy approach he's an upgrade over Calhoun for the time being. 

[VariousCrap]

1 minute ago, failos said:

Herm is already better than Calwho

 

In all fairness, that is a very low bar.

[TroutField]

Is there some sort of adjustment to make when you get under this many pitches? Everything Kinsler hits is popped up, with his speed and declining power he should be hitting more ground balls 

[CubsFan]

Speak of the devil . . .

[Waybackman]

2 minutes ago, CubsFan said:

Hermo > Calhoun

How many assists does he have?

[failos]

2 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

 

In all fairness, that is a very low bar.

....annnnd now he's back in RF. 

[Ohtani&Trout]

Ohtani's defense keeps letting him down. That should've easily been a catch.

[UndertheHalo]

Y u do dis Cozart

[failos]

Coozart