6/20 Gameday Thread Angels at Blue Jays Upton batting DH

[Lou]

Just now, Lou said:

dumbass 

I agree

[Claude]

.500 headed into St Louis without a DH.

[Chuck]

Thanks, Ausmus. 

For abusing Buttrey's arm in Skaggs start, when he could have been fresh tonight. 

[Chuck]

23 minutes ago, RBM said:

Dang it. Buttrey has been amazing. Not tonight. 

Thanks to Ausmus. 

[Docwaukee]

4 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Thanks, Ausmus. 

For abusing Buttrey's arm in Skaggs start, when he could have been fresh tonight. 

it's extra innings.   who'd he have left?

he threw like 6 pitches in that outing.  

He was trying not to use him tonight.  

I know you hate Ausmus and I'm personally not a huge fan, but that was fine.  

[Jay]

5 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Thanks, Ausmus. 

For abusing Buttrey's arm in Skaggs start, when he could have been fresh tonight. 

I think Buttrey threw 6 pitches in that game...

[Amazing Larry]

38 minutes ago, Calzone 2 said:

.500 headed into St Louis without a DH.

St Louis has been playing like shit. I’m actually quite confident about the Angels chances in the coming series. 

[stormngt]

2 hours ago, failos said:

I’m not surprised that Suarez sucks. People love overhyping prospects around here.

Seems like just yesterday people were calling him a "stud pitcher" with 6 years control.

Oh the memories

[Chuck]

19 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

it's extra innings.   who'd he have left?

he threw like 6 pitches in that outing.  

He was trying not to use him tonight.  

I know you hate Ausmus and I'm personally not a huge fan, but that was fine.  

I didn't watch an inning tonight, vacationing in Florida. I just saw an opening to throw another jab at Ausmus so I went for it.  

Fair enough. 

[stormngt]

1 hour ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

Yeah, that was a bullshit slide. 

Upton could not read that slider at all.

How did Puello do tonight?

 

 

[robblin17]

Some of these takes are Facking awful. 

[HeavenlyHalos]

20 minutes ago, stormngt said:

How did Puello do tonight?

Your point being what? Upton had a terrible at bat against a phenomenal slider. It's fair to point that out in a GD thread. I obviously prefer Upton to Puello on this team. I'll ask again, what exactly is the purpose of your post?

[Slegnaac]

On the plus side, Houston lost again.

[Duren, Duren]

So hard to sweep four on the road. Law of averages caught up even against a bad team. Too bad. Almost a seasonal sweep. 

Sloppy game. Pitching never in control, confused base runners, weak start and always playing catchup. But even so the bats almost compensated for everything else.

Feeble series from Albert when he was in there. If things don't go well in St Louis he may be sitting more than playing.

Jeez, with solid starters who can eat innings and not give up crooked numbers regularly the team would be in real contention. The bullpen needs some games where they get to be used sparingly and spotted strategically. Not always having to bridge innings and wear down by over use.

 

[stormngt]

2 hours ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

Your point being what? Upton had a terrible at bat against a phenomenal slider. It's fair to point that out in a GD thread. I obviously prefer Upton to Puello on this team. I'll ask again, what exactly is the purpose of your post?

It's called sarcasm 

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Duren, Duren said:

So hard to sweep four on the road. Law of averages caught up even against a bad team. Too bad. Almost a seasonal sweep. 

Sloppy game. Pitching never in control, confused base runners, weak start and always playing catchup. But even so the bats almost compensated for everything else.

Feeble series from Albert when he was in there. If things don't go well in St Louis he may be sitting more than playing.

Jeez, with solid starters who can eat innings and not give up crooked numbers regularly the team would be in real contention. The bullpen needs some games where they get to be used sparingly and spotted strategically. Not always having to bridge innings and wear down by over use.

 

it was a shit game.  

the bolded part is gonna be real tough.  

the entire rotation doesn't get deep into games.  all of them.  we're .500 and the majority of teams ahead of us for a 2nd WC spot are better right now.  If we are going to win it's solely because of the offense which means that you have to manage the games to keep the team in it at all costs because they could come back at any time.  

even tonight with some bad baseball and untimely hitting, the team came back from 3-0, 4-2, and 5-3.  

So no game is ever out of reach even when the rotation guy doesn't pitch more than 4 or 5 innings which pretty much happens every night.  

It's an impossible situation for Ausmus frankly.  Put in a crap reliever and let the game get out of hand only to lose 10-8 or overwork your best pen guys and try to win 8-7.  

your best chance right now is to convert both Harvey and Cahill to relief and hope they can give you some value.  

[Stradling]

6 hours ago, RBM said:

He actually did better than Tovar. 

How Puello look at SS?

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, RBM said:

1. Read the thread.

2. Comment on the thread.

3. If you are not in the moment or didn't read the entire thread don't comment on the thread you didn't read.

4. Learn the concept of sarcasm.

Yes I agree. 

[Lou]

Every series seems to be huge. 

[Claude]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

Every series seems to be huge. 

Only when you’re chasing. Teams like the Twins, Astros and Dodgers can afford to sh*t the bed every now and then. 

[Angel Oracle]

14 hours ago, Lhalo said:

St Louis has been playing like shit. I’m actually quite confident about the Angels chances in the coming series. 

They are some 10 games over .500 at home though.

[Angel Oracle]

13 hours ago, Duren, Duren said:

So hard to sweep four on the road. Law of averages caught up even against a bad team. Too bad. Almost a seasonal sweep. 

Sloppy game. Pitching never in control, confused base runners, weak start and always playing catchup. But even so the bats almost compensated for everything else.

Feeble series from Albert when he was in there. If things don't go well in St Louis he may be sitting more than playing.

Jeez, with solid starters who can eat innings and not give up crooked numbers regularly the team would be in real contention. The bullpen needs some games where they get to be used sparingly and spotted strategically. Not always having to bridge innings and wear down by over use.

 

Even harder to sweep a season series, just hated to see a loss when the other team didn't do all that much on their own to win it and the Halos played like they were leaving town.   Two hung pitches by Suarez and Buttrey = four runs right there.

[HeavenlyHalos]

15 hours ago, stormngt said:

It's called sarcasm 

It was really funny too. Well done.

[Lou]

5 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

They are some 10 games over .500 at home though.

10-11 in the last 21 games