Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Rangers (4/27/2021) Ohtani in the lineup!

[Angel Oracle]

None of Perry’s pitching acquisitions has stood out so far.

Have to do a better job at that.

[Stradling]

Yea Blarg you are at the game and can’t see how one sided shitty this zone has been. I don’t constantly bitch about umps, but this is shit. 

[rageous]

8 minutes ago, Blarg said:

The Angels have 9 hits and only one run. That is not the umpires fault. 

If you don't realize what a big turn of event 10 pitches that went from ball to strike, I dont know what to tell you.

[CaliAngel]

Rendon dropping another round turd.

This asshole needs to wake the hell up. 

[Stradling]

If you want to know how bad it is @Blarg they are showing Livan Hernandez Eric Gregg World Series highlights on the Angel broadcast. 

[Angel Oracle]

1 minute ago, CaliAngel said:

Rendon dropping another round turd.

This asshole needs to wake the hell up. 

$245 million

Edited April 28, 2021 by Angel Oracle

[CaliAngel]

This umpire is absolutely horrible. 

Automated balls and strikes cannot come soon enough.

[Angel Oracle]

Country Bumpkin Joe West is making sure none of them is punished.

[Skankhunt42]

Kulpa is the same dude who told Aaron Boone that he could whatever he wanted. 

[Angel Oracle]

Oh goody, another losing April record incoming?

 

[sammyscioscia]

We need to protest any game Kulpa umps against us from now on.  Tell the league we won't play if he's behind the plate.

[Justin]

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

If you want to know how bad it is @Blarg they are showing Livan Hernandez Eric Gregg World Series highlights on the Angel broadcast. 

Wait - really?

[Stradling]

Just now, Justin said:

Wait - really?

Yes really. 

[CaliAngel]

Is anybody else not a fan of the dugout seats behind the plate at Ranger Stadium? 

I get having seats back there like at Angel Stadium, but the tables and tv's seem like overkill, and people not even facing the field or paying attention to the game is somewhat annoying to me. 

[Jason]

Rendon with an ops of .634  

[Lou]

8 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

$245 million

10 games 

[Chuck]

13 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Houston jumping us tonight. Looks like we woke them up 

Nope. They got all their star players back in the lineup.

I feel this is going to be a three team race in the summer between the Angels, A's and Astros. The Mariners will fizzle out by June, July the latest.

[southpaw]

They keep bagging on Ron Kulpa’s questionable strike zone but why aren’t the Angels pitchers pitching out there? Rangers have consistently this game. Yet the Angels keep pitching to the other side of the plate. 

[James]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Rendon with an ops of .634  

in 11 games, players have bad stretches like that all of the time. All Stars even, I know its hard to believe. 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, southpaw said:

They keep bagging on Ron Kulpa’s questionable strike zone but why aren’t the Angels pitchers pitching out there? Rangers have consistently this game. Yet the Angels keep pitching to the other side of the plate. 

Exactly.

[Jason]

Just now, James said:

in 11 games, players have bad stretches like that all of the time. All Stars even, I know its hard to believe. 

Still .634 is bad and it’s reasonable to expect better production from him. With that said, he’ll be fine after all is said and done

[CaliAngel]

1 minute ago, southpaw said:

They keep bagging on Ron Kulpa’s questionable strike zone but why aren’t the Angels pitchers pitching out there? Rangers have consistently this game. Yet the Angels keep pitching to the other side of the plate. 

How about the dumb ass umpires call pitches that are in the strike zone strikes, and balls that are out of the strike zone balls?

[southpaw]

Just want to remind everyone that Rendon struggled early last year. Just saying he will turn it around. 

[sammyscioscia]

5 minutes ago, southpaw said:

They keep bagging on Ron Kulpa’s questionable strike zone but why aren’t the Angels pitchers pitching out there? Rangers have consistently this game. Yet the Angels keep pitching to the other side of the plate. 

It's unfair to say that when the Angels have 6 rhh in a row and 7 total, and the Rangers have a nicely  mixed lineup.  They had the perfect storm to take advantage of that without repercussion.

[Chuck]

7 minutes ago, Jason said:

Rendon with an ops of .634  

He's played 10 games. Easy tiger!