Gameday Thread: 8/9 Angels & Red Sox: Tovar at SS again

[daygloman]

This game has turned into a JOKE!

I'm glad Bill Maher is on REAL soon.

 

[2112]

Are the Angel's deciding to tank?

[mmc]

3 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

They’ve given up, but who could blame them? Some of them  lost their best friend to a tragic death, their have been countless injuries, etc

regardless, they weren’t that good before Skaggs died and everyone gave up. They’ve never really been able to get comfortably over .500

I'm not going to pretend I know what it's like in that clubhouse after the tragedy and what it's done to all of our guys because I really have no clue, but they're being paid millions of dollars to go out there and compete.  They have to perform better.

[daygloman]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Maybe we can win the next two. I wouldn't bet on it though.

I wouldn't either......

I haven't been THIS disgusted since Terry Collins was the manager!

[GrittyVeterans]

And seriously, the idea that Cole and another 2/3 starter are coming here because we want them to is a serious stretch. I think we should bid high but Houston, New York, Boston, LAD, all the other usual suspects will be offering truck loads of money.

Arte better be ready to back the truck up, which he hasn’t been in recent years(sans Trout)

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

15 minutes ago, Jason said:

38 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Glad we're back to being Boston's everyone’s bitch again.

Fixed

Except for the Dodgers

[Justin]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

To be fair, it's not so much that we're really bad (though one could make a case for that) but Boston is playing with a sense of mission. They were seriously falling right out of the race and realize that these games are crucial. They're playing like it.

We had our chance to put a real damper in their hopes. Maybe we can win the next two. I wouldn't bet on it though.

You're not confident in Heaney and his 16.2 ERA at Fenway?

[Stradling]

10 minutes ago, mymerlincat said:

That's the opposite of what I think.  I think the team has the potential to be a hell of a lot better but they aren't mentally there right now.  I'm not suggesting our management go on a tirade, singling players out, or saying anything too radical, but pretending that the effort level is acceptable is foolish.

Pretending to know their effort level is equally foolish.  

[Troll Daddy]

  nobody gave up  ... the team has it’s good days and bad days. Lately,  mostly bad days it seems. I highly doubt that Trout would play for a team that isn’t giving a % effort. 

[fan_since79]

They haven't tanked on purpose. No team does, that's a myth.

Boston has their backs to the wall and they're starting to play again up to THEIR level of talent. 

We're just not very good and now we're hitting a lengthy skid. These things happen. 

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

They haven't tanked on purpose. No team does, that's a myth.

Boston has their backs to the wall and they're starting to play again up to THEIR level of talent. 

We're just not very good and now we're hitting a lengthy skid. These things happen. 

But, but outrage!

[Troll Daddy]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

But, but outrage!

[tdawg87]

5 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

They haven't tanked on purpose. No team does, that's a myth.

Boston has their backs to the wall and they're starting to play again up to THEIR level of talent. 

We're just not very good and now we're hitting a lengthy skid. These things happen. 

[UndertheHalo]

I don’t know what the big deal is.  Boston is playing for something.  The Angels are not.  The  Angels are significantly undermanned.  It’s August and in terms of meaningful baseball,  Except for some rookies the season is over.  

Plus I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.  It sucks but the more they lose the better.  Someone tell me what the Angels last top 10 pick became.  That pick was also the only one they’ve had in almost 2 decades.  Being a mid table team fuc*king sucks.  It’s pointless.  

[tdawg87]

Just now, UndertheHalo said:

I don’t know what the big deal is.  Boston is playing for something.  The Angels are not.  The  Angels are significantly undermanned.  It’s August and in terms of meaningful baseball,  Except for some rookies the season is over.  

Plus I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.  It sucks but the more they lose the better.  Someone tell me what the Angels last top 10 pick became.  That pick was also the only one they’ve had in almost 2 decades.  Being a mid table team fuc*king sucks.  It’s pointless.  

But muh .500 record

[daygloman]

ROTFL.....

When it rains..........................

[fan_since79]

JD Martinez is a beast.

 

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

[Jay]

This is where Trout needs to absolutely crush to solidify the MVP.

[Jay]

I mean really, 12 runs allowed? With 0 out in the 7th?

[Troll Daddy]

Why does Thaiss always double clutch before he throws 

[eligrba4ever]

LOL. I go out on an errand and return to find Boston up by six (now eight). 

And even more entertainingly, the Angels-suck crowd is out in force.

No surprise with that. The past 8 games have been a free-fall ride on a broken elevator.

No respite is in sight, gang. Heaney ain't gonna be THE stopper,

The pitchers we have are the pitchers we will have through game 162,  

The winning streak will eventually begin. Detroit interrupted its tailspin at last. So did Baltimore. We helped both of them.

Maybe somebody can do the same for the Angels.

 

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

 

[LAA Road Tripper]

Angels and Rockies. Only two franchises to never lose 100 games. So we’ve got that.

[Glen]

I'm really tired of hearing about this team scuffling, or not playing to their capabilities.