FIRE MADDON

[arch stanton]

I still think the kick in the nuts will suffice

[Lou]

On 7/27/2020 at 8:45 PM, RendZone said:

Maddon is Tad?

[nando714]

It’s still early

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, nando714 said:

It’s still early

Not really. Only 82% of the season left.

[eligrba]

Not helpful. 

[St1ck]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

Maddon is Tad?

We're putting the Roops back together. 

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

Pitching is still gonna suck.

[failos]

On 7/27/2020 at 1:50 PM, failos said:

The chants are bound to happen eventually, so why not start now.

 

What's with the shitty defensive shifts?

I agree

[Blarg]

On 5/7/2021 at 1:37 AM, Lou said:

Maddon is Tad?

No but I wouldn't be surprised if Tad was duct taped in the back of the van after falling for the free candy ploy.

[Docwaukee]

I want Scioscia back.  

[Stradling]

8 hours ago, Dochalo said:

I want Scioscia back.  

Same. It would be boring but it would be better. 

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Same. It would be boring but it would be better. 

I long for his canned phrases to the press 

[T.G.]

He was the best GM ever.

[Inside Pitch]

Joe Maddon is like the Star Wars prequels -- everyone had fond memories of the good old days but then you wait 15+ years and when he finally shows up you get The Phantom Menace...

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

Joe Maddon is like the Star Wars prequels -- everyone had fond memories of the good old days but then you wait 15+ years and when he finally shows up you get The Phantom Menace...

 

[Stradling]

@Inside Pitch you seem to forget that he was the “brains” behind 2002.  He was the “real reason” the Angels won.  

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

There are many issues and position coaching and over analyzing the analytics is many of them!

1. Pitchers still need to pound the Zone! Down in the strike zone.

2. If a Starting pitcher is doing well. Don't pull them with 1 or 2 outs let them finish the inning. You will see that quite a few of the relievers don't do well in the middle of an inning. "Mayers/Guerra".

3. Scrub catchers giving pitchers high location and then glove drift down in the strike zone (if you watch more often than not ends up with the glove over the middle of the plate**watch the strike zone box on tv**).. Is an issue BemBoom, Kruger, even Stassi does this. Suzuki does not. **Haven't watched Butera as of yet**

4. Taking too many pitches early on in the count and then falling behind in the count.

5. Productive and Quality at bats and outs has fallen to the wayside. I only trust really 2 guys on the roster and once in a while Ohtani. His ass slides out way too often. You can see when he doesn't want to be in the box against someone. Looks completely uncomfortable.

6. Constant over shifting of the infielders.

7. Too many deep counts! = Too many pitches thrown!

 

There is more! Catching coaches aren't getting the info across or aren't actually watching the setup, pitchers aren't committing to their stuff and act timid while throwing entirely too many pitches.

 

The infield defensive shifting needs to cease! I would bunt every at bat until I got the bases loaded....

This team needs to grow some S A C K !!!

Have a pleasant Day~

[T.G.]

[JustATroutFan]

No offense but that was like the dumbest move a manager can make with a day off tomorrow by giving a star player who is healthy like Trout the day off. 

[thebloob]

5 hours ago, JustATroutFan said:

No offense but that was like the dumbest move a manager can make with a day off tomorrow by giving a star player who is healthy like Trout the day off. 

Giving ONE player the extra day off isn’t bad.  Giving half your team the extra day off and playing with a scrub roster against a division rival is dumb. 

[tdawg87]

I'm for it. His decisions are absolutely costing us games.

[Inside Pitch]

"May is the new April" -- Joe Maddon

[St1ck]

Trout and Upton probably got hammered the night before and Maddon is just covering for them. 

[tdawg87]

9 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

"May is the new April" -- Joe Maddon

Yeah like I said in the other thread, it isn't early anymore.

We're almost a quarter of the way through the season.

[WicketMaiden]

17 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Yeah like I said in the other thread, it isn't early anymore.

We're almost a quarter of the way through the season.

22.22% to be precise. Which has been about 7% good and 15% absolute rubbish. For every game I enjoy I feel like I have to endure two bad ones. Last night's game was truly joyless - are you not entertained? No I bloody well wasn't.

Without Shohei the Unicorn this season would be a black hole (OK, nods to Walsh and Trout's start too).

And what does "May is the new April" even mean? Is Joe now just spouting random gibberish to deflect attention from the gaping holes in his management of the team? 

Proper pissed off today.