Gameday Thread:Angels @ Mariners 6/2/2019 (No Kole) 1:10 Start

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

4 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Hope he's on a very short leash.

I hope he breaks free from the leash and runs into traffic...

 

 

metaphorically speaking

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 hours ago, eligrba said:

The MLB needs to institute a rule that all players on a major league roster can speak American!!

they speak American; South American!

[Lou]

On July 6, 2018 at 3:38 PM, Ender said:

Don't underrate getting Marco Gonzales either.

ok 

[Inside Pitch]

26 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Next stop, attempting to reach .500 with Cahill on the mound 

So, back to two games under .500.

[Blarg]

Within striking distance.

[Blarg]

Also 2 games out of the 2nd wildcard. 

[Stradling]

8 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

For any of the 'old timers' around here, were balls crushed towards infielders commonly called errors back in the 60's-70's? 

We have no idea, those games weren’t always on TV.  Oh and I don’t remember the 60-70’s, well I remember 79.  But isn’t he 80’s games weren’t on TV everyday unless you watched the Cubs and Braves.  

[arch stanton]

Balls crushed towards infielders in the 70’s and 80’s were usually fielded cleanly since infielders then were selected based on their ability to field. And since that was the case there were fewer players crushing balls towards infielders to begin with. I’d venture to say that the majority of middle infielders that the Angels employed in the 70’s and 80’s would struggle to get more than a cup of coffee in the majors now

[Lou]

It was correctly ruled an error. 

[Ender]

11 hours ago, Lou said:

ok 

He's largely been fine, but yes, cherry pick a few bad games. Ok.

[Dick Enberg]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

It was correctly ruled an error. 

Exactly! it hits your glove while on your feet and you drop it, its an error. 60's, 70's 80's it does not matter. 

[fan_since79]

13 hours ago, Blarg said:

Also 2 games out of the 2nd wildcard. 

...with three other teams.

But yes, it could be worse. I'm becoming more impressed with this scrappy bunch of players.

[AngelsLakersFan]

14 hours ago, Stradling said:

We have no idea, those games weren’t always on TV.  Oh and I don’t remember the 60-70’s, well I remember 79.  But isn’t he 80’s games weren’t on TV everyday unless you watched the Cubs and Braves.  

good point

[AngelsLakersFan]

4 hours ago, Dick Enberg said:

Exactly! it hits your glove while on your feet and you drop it, its an error. 60's, 70's 80's it does not matter. 

So you're the one scoring the games! I just don't understand how you can see a ball hit 106 mph off the bat and say, of the 3 players involved in the play, that the third basemen deflecting the ball off his glove was the player most responsible for the result.

[Dick Enberg]

8 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

So you're the one scoring the games! I just don't understand how you can see a ball hit 106 mph off the bat and say, of the 3 players involved in the play, that the third basemen deflecting the ball off his glove was the player most responsible for the result.

That is how I see it. if Seager caught it would that have made MLB premier plays of the day? hell no! you get your glove on it, while on your feet, you catch it. scoring isn't that hard

[AngelsLakersFan]

10 minutes ago, Dick Enberg said:

That is how I see it. if Seager caught it would that have made MLB premier plays of the day? hell no! you get your glove on it, while on your feet, you catch it. scoring isn't that hard

I guarantee they would've showed a replay! Not making the top 10-20 plays of the night doesn't make a play an error. Meanwhile the centerfielder loses the ball in the sun and Albert gets a double. Results like this are part of the reason teams don't look at ERA anymore and fielding percentage has long gone out the window.

At the very least, they need to start including 'reached on error' in on base percentage and war. It's not random that the same guys always seem to be near the top of their team in that stat.

[Lou]

29 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

So you're the one scoring the games! I just don't understand how you can see a ball hit 106 mph off the bat and say, of the 3 players involved in the play, that the third basemen deflecting the ball off his glove was the player most responsible for the result.

A ball that hits a major leaguer right in the glove should be caught. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

A ball that hits a major leaguer right in the glove should be caught. 

I disagree. If he had just ducked instead of putting his hands up you would have no problem calling it a hit. Not making a play thats only made 35% of the time isn't an error.

[Lou]

lol @ if he had ducked . That's a ridiculous argument. 

also, where did you get 35%?

[AngelsLakersFan]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

lol @ if he had ducked . That's a ridiculous argument. 

 

You would've ducked.

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

You would've ducked.

Not true.

of course, I would have been standing on the warning track 

[Chuck]

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