Gameday Thread: Angels @ White Sox (03/13/2021) Ohtani on the mound!

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

He learned some Japanese after reaching MLB to communicate with pitchers I think I read

Yeah, I'm just wondering if Suzuki will be Ohtani's personal catcher because of that. 

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

I think even AO is checking the googles for that reference.

Possibly, but once he does ... Golden!

[UndertheHalo]

Ohtani looked pretty dirty.  That last pitch to K Grandal was something.  

[34red4]

I’m pretty tired of Adell. His play has not matched the “swagger” he tries to portray. 

It makes me appreciate Mike Trout even more and how humble he is. He doesn’t need to make promo videos talking about how he wants to be “The Greatest”. 

[Inside Pitch]

As far as Adell goes.... He's a work in progress, as bad as his defense continues to be, his improved patience and better batting eye is encouraging.   But he should probably wear a chest protector and helmet while fielding.

[ScottT]

The command isn't there, but I'm pretty excited about Ohtani again.

[Bronson]

1 minute ago, Jinzu said:

I’m pretty tired of Adell. His play has not matched the “swagger” he tries to portray. 

It makes me appreciate Mike Trout even more and how humble he is. He doesn’t need to make promo videos talking about how he wants to be “The Greatest”. 

Yeah I must admit he started that stuff pre maturely but he has confidence. That’s good. Now he just needs to learn how to play baseball at a high level.

[ScottT]

1 minute ago, Jinzu said:

I’m pretty tired of Adell. His play has not matched the “swagger” he tries to portray. 

It makes me appreciate Mike Trout even more and how humble he is. He doesn’t need to make promo videos talking about how he wants to be “The Greatest”. 

https://joadellfoundation.org/

[Chuck]

 

 

[Chuck]

5 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Ohtani looked pretty dirty.  That last pitch to K Grandal was something.  

 

[jsnpritchett]

Ugly inning all around.

[ScottT]

I just want to thank all of you for not using this "phrase"... at least not enough that I've noticed...

"szn"

[eligrba]

12 minutes ago, ScottT said:

https://joadellfoundation.org/

I guess he either didn’t get proper instruction or he ignored it when he was playing all that baseball on a national travel team.

[bloodbrother]

Lol Eaton with the loud "fuck" after hitting that grounder

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, bloodbrother said:

Lol Eaton with the loud "fuck" after hitting that grounder

It's not the first one I've heard today!  Ha.  Think they might need to re-position either a camera or a mic.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Taylor]

20 minutes ago, Jinzu said:

I’m pretty tired of Adell. His play has not matched the “swagger” he tries to portray. 

What do you mean by swagger?

[Chuck]

5 minutes ago, ScottT said:

I just want to thank all of you for not using this "phrase"... at least not enough that I've noticed...

"szn"

You ain't kidding. 

[Chuck]

Ohtani closing out the day with 58 pitches. Struck out the last batter with a sick slider/curve. 

You love to see the pitch count trend upward for Ohtani. 

[ScottT]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

You ain't kidding. 

Ha, that's exactly what I was reading. She does it a lot.

[Chuck]

 

[Bronson]

Chavez looks like he’s in his 50’s.

[bloodbrother]

Funny exchange there.

Ohtani got his work in, FB velo was great, secondary stuff was great. FB Command wasn't there in his 2nd spring start. He's healthy. Nothing else mattered

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, ScottT said:

Ha, that's exactly what I was reading. She does it a lot.

I like her love for baseball and some of her advance stats tweets, but holy hell stop with the szn shit. 

[Don]

That was a pretty funny way to end it for Shohei. He seemed pretty happy in the dugout with everyone too. Honestly, the velo and the stuff were both there, and that’s all I care about right now.