Gameday Thread: Asterisks @ Angels (8/2/20) - 1:10PM PT on FSW

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Go on...

PM @tdawg87 for the details.

[failos]

Just now, stormngt said:

Does canning suck?

No he's great. I just forgot to include him.

[stormngt]

1 minute ago, RBM said:

Yep. Ohtani threw three 89 mph fastballs to Springer as part of his 5th walk of the inning. No excuses, he melted down. 

How are you able to determine if it's a fastball or curveball?

[bloodbrother]

2 minutes ago, failos said:

I'll try to be positive and assume he needs more time to acclimate back to pitching, but I guess this team only has two good SPs at this point: Heaney and Bundy.

Yeah, I think at this point this season is a mulligan for him. Hasn't pitched a competitive game in nearly 2 years, then ST gets cut short due to COVID which leads to another long layoff. He just looks all out of sorts with his mechanics and everything. Not sure things will get sorted out with him this season since it's so short. I'll start to worry about his future in the rotation and as a pitcher if he looks a lot like this next season

[Mark68]

Ohtani is obviously not back yet. He isn't going to be back until 2021. It's unfortunate, but it's reality. At least he only put in a 2-0 hole this time.

 

But that umpire can just fucking fuck the fuck off.

[rafibomb]

1 minute ago, RBM said:

Yep. Ohtani threw three 89 mph fastballs to Springer as part of his 5th walk of the inning. No excuses, he melted down. 

I definitely chalk that up to throwing more than 40 pitches in an inning along with him maybe trying to aim the ball which is what i think screwed him against the A's too. He's just gotta let it fly like he did in the 1st inning.

[Don]

5 minutes ago, ScottT said:

He is not throwing as hard as he can every pitch. 

Exactly. And I don’t think that’s a good sign for him.

[eligrba]

1 minute ago, stormngt said:

How are you able to determine if it's a fastball or curveball?

Trash can.

[Don]

1 minute ago, RBM said:

Well, knowledge of the game backed up by the ESPN Boxscore. 

Agreed. It was definitely a FB or a split with no movement.

[Ceramic]

That was a strike. Such bullshit by the ref. Glad I went to the beach in the morning to watch this garbage.

[stormngt]

2 minutes ago, RBM said:

Well, knowledge of the game backed up by the ESPN Boxscore. 

So espn computer can identify the difference between a fastball and changeup?

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, eligrba said:

Trash can.

This is perfect. 

[southpaw]

20 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

That's not an excuse. Umpires shouldn't miss that, it was all over the strike zone. And yes while Shohei was wild, he was at least around the plate for the most part.

Not in the second inning he wasn't.... and unfortunately he won't get those close calls until he proves he can have some control. 

[Ceramic]

Is golden road brewery open? Are people watching the game there? They have outdoor seating.

[tdawg87]

9 minutes ago, stormngt said:

So espn computer can identify the difference between a fastball and changeup?

Yikes.

[ScottT]

12 minutes ago, Don said:

Exactly. And I don’t think that’s a good sign for him.

Lol. What I mean is pitchers... especially starting pitchers... are not trying to break radar gun records every time they throw a fastball 

[fan_since79]

Today might break the record we just set the other day for longest game.

 

[failos]

If you are watching this game on ESPN then you will get eye aids. Put it on FSW.

[ScottT]

10 minutes ago, Ceramic said:

Is golden road brewery open? Are people watching the game there? They have outdoor seating.

Yes, it's open.  Not sure how many TVs they have outside though

[AngelsLakersFan]

7 minutes ago, southpaw said:

Not in the second inning he wasn't.... and unfortunately he won't get those close calls until he proves he can have some control. 

Obviously he wasn't throwing strikes and while I'll say he was 'around the plate' I know that distinction is subjective. He wasn't hitting the backstop and the catcher wasn't leaping left and right to block pitches. Ohtani was close enough to the zone that the umpire shouldn't be missing obvious strikes. That wasn't a case of the catcher setting up outside then stretching their arm back to catch a ball inside (poor framing).

[rafibomb]

I'm tired of seeing Upton just missing pitches and fouling them straight back just to strikeout the next pitch

[Revad]

A strike is a strike, even with an asterisk 

[Mark68]

Just now, rafibomb said:

I'm tired of seeing Upton just missing pitches and fouling them straight back just to strikeout the next pitch

I'm tired of seeing Old Man Pujols not be able to catch up to pitches he used to demolish only to ground out to third on the next pitch.

[ScottT]

54 seconds between pitches. Yikes

These games have been awful.  At least I'm not dealing with the weather.

[Revad]

Has Gubbie been jerking off to Sher?  Keep getting references to her