Seattle Series

[Dick Enberg]

Here it is folks. I think 2 out of 3 is a must. Luckily we miss Paxton, but still have two lefties going against us, which I have yet to figure out how lefties dominate us. 

First up our old friend Wade Leblanc, who I thought would be out of baseball by now. What's he doing differently? New pitch?

Any ways, I predict a win tonight, big hits from Trout and Marte. 

Thoughts on the series people?

 

[Lou]

I don't recall us ever facing Le Blanc.

[Dick Enberg]

6 minutes ago, Lou said:

I don't recall us ever facing Le Blanc.

He faced us last year. just 2/3 of an inning. Brandon Phillips got a hit against him.

 

[Griffey's Corner]

47 minutes ago, Dick Enberg said:

Here it is folks. I think 2 out of 3 is a must. Luckily we miss Paxton, but still have two lefties going against us, which I have yet to figure out how lefties dominate us. 

First up our old friend Wade Leblanc, who I thought would be out of baseball by now. What's he doing differently? New pitch?

Any ways, I predict a win tonight, big hits from Trout and Marte. 

Thoughts on the series people?

 

It's a long season. I would not agree with if we do not want win at least 2 out of 3 than the season is over. Personally I really hate the Mariners and would love to sweep them. I think after yesterday's game the Angel bats will wake up and no Tropeano for this series. I think the Angels sweep the Mariners.

[Dick Enberg]

11 minutes ago, Griffey's Corner said:

It's a long season. I would not agree with if we do not want win at least 2 out of 3 than the season is over. Personally I really hate the Mariners and would love to sweep them. I think after yesterday's game the Angel bats will wake up and no Tropeano for this series. I think the Angels sweep the Mariners.

Maybe not an absolute must, but its head to head against the team 4.5 games in front of us for 1st place/ 2nd wild card. Need to beat back the M's much as possible, since right now it looks like there the team we'll be battling for that 2nd wild card spot. 

 

 

[Angel Oracle]

Two out of three works for me.   If the Halos sweep, even better.  

[Griffey's Corner]

10 minutes ago, Dick Enberg said:

Maybe not an absolute must, but its head to head against the team 4.5 games in front of us for 1st place/ 2nd wild card. Need to beat back the M's much as possible, since right now it looks like there the team we'll be battling for that 2nd wild card spot. 

 

 

Good point. Let's kick their butts!!!!!!!!

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Dick Enberg said:

Here it is folks. I think 2 out of 3 is a must. Luckily we miss Paxton, but still have two lefties going against us, which I have yet to figure out how lefties dominate us. 

First up our old friend Wade Leblanc, who I thought would be out of baseball by now. What's he doing differently? New pitch?

Any ways, I predict a win tonight, big hits from Trout and Marte. 

Thoughts on the series people?

 

rabbits foot

 

[Vlad27Trout27]

I believe we have a chance to sweep.

[BackUpTheTruck]

Heaney vs. LeBlanc: I think Trout will have a good game vs. LeBlanc. We need Heaney to pitch well again.

Barria vs. Leake: Mismatch in the Angels favor. We win.

Richards vs. Gonzales: Angels have success vs. Gonzales this year.  Angels do well vs. sinkerball pitchers.

Tonight's game worries me the most. If we win tonight, we may be able to sweep.

[nando714]

2 minutes ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

I believe we have a chance to sweep.

The last time up there we could have, but remember when we blew a game not once but twice lol 

[robblin17]

LFG. Need Trout to pick his shit up.

[Erstad Grit]

Hopefully kinsler stays hot,  trout can wake-up,  cozart figure it out,  and SP do its thing. 

[Angel Oracle]

Mike Leake, see Wade LeBlanc, I guess both are using that same rabbits foot?

Time to hammer Kelly Leak's dad, like the Bears hammered that Houston team's pitcher late in the 2nd movie.

[Hubs]

1 hour ago, Dick Enberg said:

Maybe not an absolute must, but its head to head against the team 4.5 games in front of us for 1st place/ 2nd wild card. Need to beat back the M's much as possible, since right now it looks like there the team we'll be battling for that 2nd wild card spot. 

 

 

Can we stop shooting for the 2nd wild card spot? That's the lowest possible squeak into the playoffs. The Division is winnable.

[Angel Oracle]

3 minutes ago, Hubs said:

Can we stop shooting for the 2nd wild card spot? That's the lowest possible squeak into the playoffs. The Division is winnable.

As of now, it is.   But Houston's schedule softens up some, plus they are too well rounded and are starting to crank it up now, aside from Keuchel's struggles.

[rafibomb]

Facing lefties in 2 out of 3 games unfortunately means that JMF will only probably start only 1 game this series

[Dick Enberg]

8 minutes ago, Hubs said:

Can we stop shooting for the 2nd wild card spot? That's the lowest possible squeak into the playoffs. The Division is winnable.

Earlier in the year I thought the same, but with holes at 1st/DH, 3rd, right field and the bullpen, don't really think so anymore, unless we do something about it. Glad JMF is up, think he'll help, but the Astros are really good. 

[Dick Enberg]

6 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

Facing lefties in 2 out of 3 games unfortunately means that JMF will only probably start only 1 game this series

Lets hope Marte steps up!

[Chuck]

This is weird. This series crept up on me so I'm not able to attend since I already have plans the next three days. The Angels were just up here a few weeks back, now back again and then again the first week of July. The M's have not played in Anaheim yet. 

Just really strange scheduling. 

[BackUpTheTruck]

9 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

Facing lefties in 2 out of 3 games unfortunately means that JMF will only probably start only 1 game this series

I still think JMF will be at first with Albert at DH. Marte will probably be at third.

Unless Albert will be at first and Briceno/Hermosillo/Young will be at DH.

Or, Fontana at third with Marte at first, ugh.

[Angel Oracle]

13 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

This is weird. This series crept up on me so I'm not able to attend since I already have plans the next three days. The Angels were just up here a few weeks back, now back again and then again the first week of July. The M's have not played in Anaheim yet. 

Just really strange scheduling. 

They play the first 9 games in Seattle before the ASB, and the remaining 10 games after that here starting just before the ASB.

Has that ever happened with ANYBODY'S schedule, like EVER?????

Who is the tararagoondieh who put that schedule out?    Aren't the series usually rotated between the two sites?

[JarsOfClay]

I'd let JMF play. It's not like Chris Young can hit lefties either or anyone for that matter. And I wouldn't trust Fontana in an important series like this.

Plus it would be a good test to see how he handles lefties.

[Dick Enberg]

20 minutes ago, JarsOfClay said:

I'd let JMF play. It's not like Chris Young can hit lefties either or anyone for that matter. And I wouldn't trust Fontana in an important series like this.

Plus it would be a good test to see how he handles lefties.

I would agree, but will Mikey? neither lefty we will be facing are the over powering type.

Marte at 3rd, Pocket Pujols DH and JMF at 1st. 

get it done Mike. 

probably be Fontana at 3rd, Pocket pujols at DH and Marte at 1st...this be the Mikey way......YUK!

 

[Hubs]

1 minute ago, Angel Oracle said:

They play the first 9 games in Seattle before the ASB, and the remaining 10 games after that here after the ASB.

Has that ever happened with ANYBODY'S schedule, like EVER?????

Who is the tararagoondieh who put that schedule out?    Aren't the series usually rotated between the two sites?

The quirks of the schedule need to be fixed and fixed soon. I think adding two more teams and going to 16 in each division solves a lot of it, and there is supposedly real buzz about Portland getting a team soon.

Assuming one West Coast (Portland, SLC, Las Vegas) and one Eastern (Montreal, Virginia, Memphis) expansion the divisions can quickly align by geography a lot closer, with most rivalries staying intact.

I'd swap Tampa Bay and Colorado between leagues, because, Denver should've always been an AL city, and Tampa and Miami being in a new NL South along with the Braves and either Memphis or Washington makes sense to me. Colorado, KC, Texas and Houston will be a good new AL division. The AL West will be Oakland, Seattle, Portland and the Angels, with the NL West staying intact minus Colorado, the AL East staying intact minus Tampa, and the AL Central staying intact minus KC. The NL East will have to be split, with one team from the Central moving over, probably Pittsburgh, to join the Mets and Philies, especially if the 2nd Expansion team is an NL East team, because at least two teams are leaving the East in Florida and Atlanta. That way, the NL Central would be Cinncinati, Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee.

This will help scheduling, because instead of 76 unbalanced division games, you'd go down to probably 54 intra-division games. Then it's another 72 games against the rest of the league. There are 12 teams in each league not in your division, so you play 6 games, against each team.

For interleague, you go to 36 games, always use the DH, and allow 26 man rosters for interleague action. I'd play the same 6 weeks each year, two series of three games each. I'd always play the NL West, two teams at home and two away in alternating years, and then home and away against one of the other divisions.

More importantly, this type of schedule allows the teams to be facing the same division opponent at the same time.

When we play Seattle, Portland plays the A's. Then we swap. With eighteen games against division opponents, it allows 9 series to be in the first half and 9 in the second half, or at least as close as possible. We'd get 27 games in August and September that are division play, and 27 in April and May.

When it's intra-league, it would be balanced. When we go to Texas then Houston, so do the A's. (And Seattle and Portland are hosting KC and Colorado). And AL East teams are facing AL Central teams. I'd like to split these series up so we get 12 three game series in each half.

And the same for interleague play, I'd like to play the 12 AL/NL West games in May, and then the other 24 interleague games in July and early August. That way down the stretch, there's no interleague play.

I'd also see if we could do 27 weeks plus a few days, meaning there would always be 6 games a week. Either Monday or Thursday off, and all series would be 3 game series.