Gameday Thread: Angels vs. A's (8/21/2020)

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Couldn't Maddon have put a play on at least with Rendon on and nobody out?

 

Why?  You don’t get cute when that isn’t the tying run.  

[Claude]

We trail the A’s by 11 games. 

[eligrba4ever]

Just another Angels flop against Los Atleticos.

27 games played. 33 left to play. To reach 31-29, the Angels must finish 23-10.

GO ANGELS!!!

 

[Angels in 2030]

Go Pirates!

[fan_since79]

Just now, hen3ry said:

Seattle won today, so the Halos are officially dead last in the American League.   The only MLB Team doing worse is the Pirates, and they're only one game further under .500 than the Angels.  

 

Pittsburgh is a small-market team. We are not. There's no excuse for the ongoing failures with this franchise.

Arte should sell the team and enjoy his billions. Then get a real GM with a real rebuilding plan.

 

[fan_since79]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Why?  You don’t get cute when that isn’t the tying run.  

So putting plays on now is "getting cute"?

Well that says a lot about our sorry team. The performance bar is really low.

[Claude]

We are farther back in the standings than any other MLB team. 

[bloodbrother]

Bring Kumar Rocker to Anaheim

 

[Stradling]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

So putting plays on now is "getting cute"?

Well that says a lot about our sorry team. The performance bar is really low.

Well if it is the 9th inning and you are chasing two runs and you do a hit and run you are forcing the person to swing the bat.  If you are chasing one run you do things like that, especially if you are the home team.  

[Stradling]

So who do you want to hit and run with?  The guy who struck out 4 times tonight, Albert, or the kid that has the 40% strike out rate?  

[fan_since79]

1 minute ago, RendZone said:

We are farther back in the standings than any other MLB team. 

We might win 15 games this year.

Might.

[Claude]

How bad is this team? Rendon had 4 hits and he didn’t score once.

[eligrba4ever]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

We might win 15 games this year.

Might.

At this pace, that MIGHT be a stretch.

[Jason]

10 minutes ago, RendZone said:

We trail the A’s by 11 games. 

Lol! Like that matters anymore?

[fan_since79]

4 minutes ago, Stradling said:

So who do you want to hit and run with?  The guy who struck out 4 times tonight, Albert, or the kid that has the 40% strike out rate?  

Whatever happened to the stolen base? Is that extinct? Rendon, 45 career SB and caught 16 times.

Just do something at this point! We're in free fall. 

Whatever, it's just another numbing loss, with probably many more to come.

[Jason]

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

So who do you want to hit and run with?  The guy who struck out 4 times tonight, Albert, or the kid that has the 40% strike out rate?  

Exactly. It’s tough to do those things with players that can’t execute well  

[robblin17]

One game closer to Rocker! 
 

I’m all aboard for the tank. This team sucks. 

[eligrba4ever]

Following the Angels all the way to Oakland's postseason run.

 

[eligrba4ever]

FIRE GENE MAUCH!!! (Again)

[fan_since79]

Wonder if Maddon's going to assure us again that the guys are working on things.

 

[Stradling]

7 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Wonder if Maddon's going to assure us again that the guys are working on things.

 

I always love how you listen to the post game interviews when you know what they are going to say and you know that you are going to hate it.  It is much like how I know how this thread goes day in and day out.  So I totally understand why you do it.

[fan_since79]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

I always love how you listen to the post game interviews when you know what they are going to say and you know that you are going to hate it.  It is much like how I know how this thread goes day in and day out.  So I totally understand why you do it.

I'm glad you keep such close tabs on my conduct on this forum. Whatever would I do without you constantly looking over my shoulder? 

[Tank]

14 minutes ago, robblin17 said:

I’m all aboard for the tank. 

Thanks. Although I don’t really know you, I appreciate the support.
 

We should have lunch together some time. I’ve got all kinds of stories to share that I can’t repeat publicly. I can invite Sosh to join us.

[robblin17]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

Thanks. Although I don’t really know you, I appreciate the support.
 

We should have lunch together some time. I’ve got all kinds of stories to share that I can’t repeat publicly. I can invite Sosh to join us.

That sounds amazing. I’m in. 

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

I'm glad you keep such close tabs on my conduct on this forum. Whatever would I do without you constantly looking over my shoulder? 

Sorry, you are predictable.  That was a nightly thing with Scioscia.  We even started threads about predicting what Scioscia would say.  You were the reason those threads existed.  You don’t need to be bothered I remember you for that.