Gameday Thread: Angels vs. White Sox (Opening Day 4-1-2021)

[Justin]

Folks, we can say that we lived long enough to see Justin Upton work an 11-pitch walk and Albert Pujols hit the game-winning RBI in the next at-bat.  

That was f**king awesome. 

[Bronson]

Do we actually have a bullpen??? 

[failos]

No Alex Curry? Dafuc

[UndertheHalo]

Pretty good game.  This was fine.  Would watch again. 

[Jason]

Wow! Not often we see a closer pitch like that

[Don]

Real freaking opening day and a huge win with real baseball on my MF’ing birthday! This shit is great!

[disarcina]

nice to see a real closer for the Angels.

brings back memories of K-Rod - Mr. 62 saves guy,.

[Bronson]

For the first time since 2014 I didn’t have to clench my buttcheeks for the 9th inning.

 

Raisel is awesome!!!

[Lou]

Fowler with the game-winning catch! 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Win #1 of 100. 

[Inside Pitch]

Man.... Forgot what having a closer looks like.

[fan_since79]

Good old fashioned well-played game. Solid baseball all around.

This is a different Angels team!!

[Lou]

1 minute ago, failos said:

No Alex Curry? Dafuc

But we got nipples!

[UndertheHalo]

1 minute ago, Don said:

Real freaking opening day and a huge win with real baseball on my MF’ing birthday! This shit is great!

Happy birthday !

[bloodbrother]

2 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Do we actually have a bullpen??? 

Yes

 

Maybe

[Slegnaac]

Gotta love the late inning come from behind WIN Baby!

[UndertheHalo]

Just now, Lou said:

But we got nipples!

Pretty hot tbh 

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Fowler with the game-winning catch! 

See! Everyone contributed!

[bloodbrother]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

Man.... Forgot what having a closer looks like.

Jarring to see such a quick, efficient and dominant inning

[failos]

5 minutes ago, disarcina said:

well I still place the blame on OUR catcher - Josh Paul on that play as for the hated AJ Pierzynski - clearly an all around jerk by near - unanimous consensus (just ask the pitching staff he caught) - I thought he played to win and if he could deke the ump and the catcher and everyone else on a ball that may well have been in the dirt - more power to him.

It was JOSH PAUL's job to do the typical tag of the batter and not play umpire.  AJP just took advantage - a jerk to be sure - but an aggressive one pushing the envelope with smart play -- geez I can't stand the guy but admire his brass in pushing that play. And it killed us and our playoff run.

I partially blame Josh Paul as well. I remember throwing my remote against the wall that day....I was pretty heated.

I hated how JP became part of the coaching staff too. I won’t let that bitter memory spoil tonight’s win though

[Sully151]

2 minutes ago, Don said:

Real freaking opening day and a huge win with real baseball on my MF’ing birthday! This shit is great!

Happy MF’ing Birthday.

[Chuck]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Man.... Forgot what having a closer looks like.

[eligrba4ever]

LIGHT THAT HALO!

I'm not used to seeing such a ninth when the Angels are leading.

There should be more of those good morning, good evening and good night efforts.

Didn't somebody mention the Angels had not won an opener in a while?

[Don]

1 minute ago, Sully151 said:

Happy MF’ing Birthday.

Thank you!

[sammyscioscia]

I knew I wasn't trippin', this team looks good, we got a shot