Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Rangers (6/3/2018)

[DEVLBAT]

There we go.

[Roy Hobbs]

That will work

[eligrba4ever]

2 RBI for Valbuena!!! Don't stop now, Angels!!!

[BackUpTheTruck]

Terrible pitch by Fister. Good job Valbuena.

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

I think Cozart and Valbuena will do well against a sinkerball pitcher. For what it's worth, they both have good career numbers vs. Fister, and Simmons does not. Hopefully Simmons will pinch hit if necessary.

Genius. 

[T.G.]

Val-Bueno.

About Valbuena... not every player is going to be an all star or even league average for that matter. Every team has some guy(s) like this. Its unrealistic to think you aren't going to have players like this on the team.

[GrittyVeterans]

Pujols....

He's horrible

[Docwaukee]

Pujols is just a bad baseball player now.  It's such a bummer.  

[Dtwncbad]

Pujols looked 70 yrs old moving to his left on that ball.

He can't knock that ball down?

[GrittyVeterans]

Should have been an out but it goes for a double. Now Skaggs will melt down probably

[GrittyVeterans]

Lol at 60 pitches with 0 out in the 3rd. Going to need the BP to get 15 outs tonight

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

we will need a lot more runs with Skagg's pitch count already.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

8 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Should have been an out but it goes for a double. Now Skaggs will melt down probably

I agree

[GrittyVeterans]

Upton is just brutal to watch at this point

[nando714]

Fister breezes through the top of the order 

[TroutField]

We just need Skaggs to go 6 innings on 30-35 pitches to keep the bullpen out of the game 

[GrittyVeterans]

I like Briceño

[GrittyVeterans]

Lol at Pujols. Wow he is bad

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

Baseball is hardly as taxing on the body as football, basketball, and hockey. Whatever happened to celebrating Cal Ripken Jr. for playing every single day?

While I agree with football, basketball is debatable. Fast breaks and driving to the basket are a lot of energy. The minute to minute action isnt too bad, though. Swinging the bat and running out a hit isnt far off from a fast break.

And baseball is twice as long...longer with spring, winter ball, etc.

[GrittyVeterans]

Skaggs isn't fooling anyone this inning

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

While I agree with football, basketball is debatable. Fast breaks and driving to the basket are a lot of energy. The minute to minute action isnt too bad, though. Swinging the bat and running out a hit isnt far off from a fast break.

And baseball is twice as long...longer with spring, winter ball, etc.

baseball doesn't come close to basketball. 

[GrittyVeterans]

6 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

While I agree with football, basketball is debatable. Fast breaks and driving to the basket are a lot of energy. The minute to minute action isnt too bad, though. Swinging the bat and running out a hit isnt far off from a fast break.

And baseball is twice as long...longer with spring, winter ball, etc.

The cutting and direction changing in basketball is extremely hard on your joints. 

Plus, those guys jump almost every single time down the court. 

[BackUpTheTruck]

1 minute ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

I'm talking about the cardio. Playing good defense in basketball will tire you out quickly.

Umpires get a better workout standing the entire game than a position player does sitting almost half the time.  Pitching is quite a workout, though.

[Lou]

Average Miles Run by Sport

For the major sports where athletes run a fair amount during the contest, it is worth looking at which requires the most endurance out of their athletes. To see which sport has the most fit athletes, we collected information around the distance and miles that professional athletes run during an average match/game. Check out the chart for the major sports and how far that athletes will typically run at the professional level below.

Sport	Miles	Per	Qualifier	Positions
Soccer	7-9	Game	90 mins	All (Except Goalie)
Hockey	4-5	Match	n/a	All
Basketball	2-3	Game	n/a	All
Tennis	2-5	Match	3-5 Sets	All
Football (American)	1.25	Game	n/a	Wide receivers and Cornerbacks
Baseball	< 0.3	Game	9 innings	All

 

[IheartLA]

Skaggs battling this game