Gameday Thread: White Sox Vs Angels 4/4/2021 (ESPN Broadcast - Ohtani on the mound, batting second!!)

[ScottT]

I remember when people were overreacting to Walsh's spring training results 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Walsh won the game yesterday, too, right? Or am i crazy?

[rageous]

3 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Walsh won the game yesterday, too, right? Or am i crazy?

He had a big hit to tie it but Upton had the game winning home run.

[Taylor]

I don't remember the last time I had this much fun watching the Angels. The offense is insane.

Let's kill the 'Stros.

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, sammyscioscia said:

When was the last time we walked off like this on ESPN?

1893

[Taylor]

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, Duren, Duren said:

The pitching really was clutch all game. Stupid defense screwed things up. Starting to feel confident that they can do the job good enough  collectively.

The best news is the defense isn’t normally like it was tonight.   The arms in the field seemed to have a flukey case of the Knoblauchs.

[Angel Oracle]

3 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Pinch hitting is a noble proffession.  Jose Mota can have his Dad tell AP all about it.

His dad saved the Dogs WS hopes in 1977, in NLCS game 3.

[Angel Oracle]

3 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Shohei Ohtani highlights from tonight.

Jared Walsh 

 

[Warfarin]

Interesting tidbit:

Griffen Canning was warming up in the bullpen in the bottom of the 9th inning.

He didn't make an appearance, but I wonder if that means if he's still slated to start on Tuesday?  I'm guessing so, but had he come in the game, I'm guessing either Bundy or CRod (!?!) would have started on Tuesday (though if it was CRod, it likely would have been a bullpen game).

[T.G.]

6 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Walsh won the game yesterday, too, right? Or am i crazy?

Yes and yes

[arch stanton]

He's plenty rested and more capable of multiple innings in an extra inning game and with a 6 man rotation nobody has to work on short rest

[Stradling]

17 minutes ago, cals said:

Was the bullpen that taxed? Why blow a starter in that situation?  It’s game 4 and they had only used 4 pitchers.

Maddon does weird shit.  I was one of the few who liked Scioscia’s bullpen usage or at least understood it.  I liked the way Ausmus tried to use his best arm in the most crucial situation.  Maddon, yea I don’t get it.  It’s game 4 and he used his closer to try to get 5 outs and had a starting warming up in the 9th.  Not to mention using his closer who’s historically bad in non save situations in a game where they were down a run.  Had arguably his worst bullpen arm close out the game, going four outs, in game three.  
In a season where starters aren’t going to give you much length for awhile, it seems like taxing your closer is a bad idea.  

[tdawg87]

Fell asleep. What I miss 

[Warfarin]

33 minutes ago, cals said:

Was the bullpen that taxed? Why blow a starter in that situation?  It’s game 4 and they had only used 4 pitchers.

Yeah, I'm not really sure of the rationale there.  I am assuming they wanted to spare Mayers and prevent running him into the ground to start the year, which they did with him last season during their playoff charge, but it seems they still could have probably used Watson or Guerra.  Maybe they're being extra cautious with CRod and giving him multiple days off between appearances, which makes him kinda suboptimal as a reliever.

If we went into extra and Canning had pitched, it would have been rather strange, although again I guess they could have just asked Bundy to start on "normal" rest, and with the off day on Wednesday, no one else would really be impacted.

[totdprods]

43 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Maddon does weird shit.  I was one of the few who liked Scioscia’s bullpen usage or at least understood it.  I liked the way Ausmus tried to use his best arm in the most crucial situation.  Maddon, yea I don’t get it.  It’s game 4 and he used his closer to try to get 5 outs and had a starting warming up in the 9th.  Not to mention using his closer who’s historically bad in non save situations in a game where they were down a run.  Had arguably his worst bullpen arm close out the game, going four outs, in game three.  
In a season where starters aren’t going to give you much length for awhile, it seems like taxing your closer is a bad idea.  

I really feel like there's a part of Maddon where he draws from deep, romantic notions of baseball - Player X might not be the best for this situation, but I have a feeling he's going to do something special here, so let's roll the dice.

Like Rojas and Rodriguez making the team. Like sticking with Ohtani in the jam. If they succeed, they're great stories that can really up a team's confidence and morale, and it's possible he's identified that this team has really lacked that and needed some confidence boosts.

When he was hired he kept referencing blending the head and the heart, and his reputation as a player's manager lends me to think he likes sometimes rolling the dice for 'magic' to happen...which if it works out, can go a loooong way to the chemistry they keep hyping.

But it will make no goddamn sense at times too.

[Angel Oracle]

Joe has been successful wherever he managed.

I love the balance between old school and analytics.

They first had too much of the one, and then too much of the other.

[Angels 1961]

This team reminds of the 1962 team. All the pieces in bullpen contributing. Watson, Guerra on Saturday night, Cishek, Slegers, and Iglesias Sunday. Chris Rod, Mayers ready for Monday night. Walsh big lefty 1B like Lee Thomas in 62. Maddon wanted to turn back the clock to 85 while it's turned back to 1962.

[Chuck]

 

[Junkballer]

7 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

His dad saved the Dogs WS hopes in 1977, in NLCS game 3.

Encyclopedia AO-ttanica

[Vlad27Trout27]

Did anyone see Walsh's helmet hitting Othani last night during the walk-off? 

I love walsh and but he did...but my man need to clam it down with those Helmet smashes! 

But outside of that everything was good? 

 

[failos]

3 hours ago, Warfarin said:

Interesting tidbit:

Griffen Canning was warming up in the bullpen in the bottom of the 9th inning.

He didn't make an appearance, but I wonder if that means if he's still slated to start on Tuesday?  I'm guessing so, but had he come in the game, I'm guessing either Bundy or CRod (!?!) would have started on Tuesday (though if it was CRod, it likely would have been a bullpen game).

Damn I forgot all about that guy due to Ohtanimania 

[Angels 1961]

1 hour ago, failos said:

Damn I forgot all about that guy due to Ohtanimania 

Chrisrodmania, Walshmania, Fletch contractmania, Bundy extensionmania TroutMVPmania, Minasian bullpenmania

[Lou]

On 4/3/2021 at 8:19 PM, Bronson said:

They have the best bullpen in baseball. It's not even close.

 

On 4/4/2021 at 7:48 PM, Bronson said:

Great, now we have to face the White Sox bullpen for the rest of the game...

 

On 4/4/2021 at 7:53 PM, Lou said:

You really suck at this. 

Since then...

4.2 ip

6 er 

[Bronson]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

 

 

Since then...

4.2 ip

6 er