Opening Day (2020) Gameday Thread: Angels vs. A's (7/24/2020) in Oakland

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Tank said:

okay, fine, but how far out from the second wild card?

Laugh all you want, but we're in a 13-way tie for the 2nd best record in the AL, pal. 

[Tank]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

Laugh all you want, but we're in a 13-way tie for the 2nd best record in the AL, pal. 

okay, I guess that's alright, but I'd feel better if we had a 20 game lead by the end of this first series.

[Lou]

23 minutes ago, Tank said:

okay, I guess that's alright, but I'd feel better if we had a 20 game lead by the end of this first series.

It's a lock.

[Slegnaac]

57 minutes ago, Lou said:

Laugh all you want, but we're in a 13-way tie for the 2nd best record in the AL, pal. 

What about the tie breakers?

[Stradling]

Just a bunch of teams tied at 3-3

[yvangelfan]

Embarrassing. SMH.

[Taylor]

3 minutes ago, yvangelfan said:

Embarrassing. SMH.

Welcome back! Did you catch Adell kneeling to the anthem sung by the all-Black choir?

[yvangelfan]

18 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Welcome back! Did you catch Adell kneeling to the anthem sung by the all-Black choir?

Hi! I must've missed that. Kneeling is so mid-2000s.

[Taylor]

26 minutes ago, yvangelfan said:

Hi! I must've missed that. Kneeling is so mid-2000s.

Weird, I don't remember anthem kneeling in 2005.

[Lhalo]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

Weird, I don't remember anthem kneeling in 2005.

You must have been roofied.

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Lhalo said:

You must have been roofied.

I was 16 at the time. 

[Vlad27Trout27]

Sandy just needs to slow everything down at times. He's rushing and his front elbow seems to be flying out. Hence all the missed locations and pitches being up. I think he'll be fine, he'll have a few bad starts but the stuff looked really good! Just needs to slow it down, fix a few mechanical errors and see how he does next start. But the command and emotion will be huge! 

Also might just be me, but it looked like his fastball had cut action on it today. 

A few things other things, 

I am fine with Rendon at the lead-off spot, but the hope is by mid-season, trout is moved up to the 2-hole, and if the power develops nicely I'd consider moving Schanuel to the 3-hole or if it doesn't maybe Rengifo at the 3rd/

Second, I am glad that Sano made the roster, But I would prefer the younger guys (Moniak, Rengifo, and Adell) get more playing time over him.  

Third, this is more of a personal favortie, But i think Stefanic is going to be important with his ability to hit for contact, draw walks and not a strike-out machine. 

But, Just one game nothing to worry about at the moment. 

[Chuck]

Can someone tell me why this thread was bumped?

[Lhalo]

2 hours ago, Taylor said:

I was 16 at the time. 

It happens. 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Chuck said:

Can someone tell me why this thread was bumped?

ask @yvangelfan

[Taylor]

27 minutes ago, Tank said:

ask @yvangelfan

She quit AW, in this thread, after seeing Simmons kneeling for the anthem on opening day 2020 (the COVID shortened season). So she made her grand comeback in the same thread.

[yvangelfan]

15 hours ago, Taylor said:

Weird, I don't remember anthem kneeling in 2005.

2005 is low 2000's. 

11 hours ago, Taylor said:

She quit AW, in this thread, after seeing Simmons kneeling for the anthem on opening day 2020 (the COVID shortened season). So she made her grand comeback in the same thread.

Who is Simmons? I saw Joe Madden wearing a stupid t shirt.  Let's just talk baseball. No politics.

 

MAGA

FJB

 

 

 

 

11 hours ago, Taylor said:

 

 

[yvangelfan]

I wrote a post on a 4 yr old thread..........oops. Sorry Chuck.

[yvangelfan]

37 minutes ago, yvangelfan said:

I wrote a post on a 4 yr old thread..........oops. Sorry Chuck. They all look the same....

 

[Blarg]

Except 4 year old posts are buried in the archives so far back it's not an ooops, it's dumb. You cannot mistake the gameday threads that are posted on the front page with something 1200 pages back. 

[nando714]

Since 2020 this county has gone to crap

[yvangelfan]

3 hours ago, Blarg said:

Except 4 year old posts are buried in the archives so far back it's not an ooops, it's dumb. You cannot mistake the gameday threads that are posted on the front page with something 1200 pages back. 

You're still charming as ever. You think I posted on a 4 yr old thread on purpose?

[Tank]

1 minute ago, yvangelfan said:

You're still charming as ever. You think I posted on a 4 yr old thread on purpose?

okay, so just focus on page 1 of the thread and you should be fine from here on out. 

[yvangelfan]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

okay, so just focus on page 1 of the thread and you should be fine from here on out. 

I'm a little rusty. I was in the twilight zone of threads.

[Tank]

10 minutes ago, yvangelfan said:

I'm a little rusty. I was in the twilight zone of threads.

forgiven. glad to have you back.