Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Rays (5-6-2021)

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Toby Flenderson said:

I think it’s fair to question the effort we’re seeing 

Suzuki didn't exactly put much effort into going after that wild pitch just now, that's for sure.

[Jason]

Pena is fucking awful

[Lhalo]

DFA Pena and fire Matt Wise. 

[beatlesrule]

2 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

But, wait...the magic begins tomorrow. Why?

They started the year 7-3. Since then, after tonight's loss they'll be 6-14 over their last 20 games. 

6-14, folks.

 

1 minute ago, totdprods said:

Lose tonight and they’re the magical 6-14 since!

 

1 minute ago, bloodbrother said:

Good news though

Angels about to be 6-14 since. They've finally hit the magic number!

[rageous]

Pena with a 54 ERA.

Finally found someone that could outdo Quintana

[bloodbrother]

Angels have now pulled ahead of the Pirates for 2nd worst run differential in MLB at -32. Gonna take some serious effort to catch up to the Tigers, but the Angels certainly have the potential to do so

[rafibomb]

 

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Slegnaac said:

How pissed off is Moreno?

Probably doesn’t give a shit

[Angelsjunky]

Come on, Rays, make it a sweet 10 runs in the inning.

[fan_since79]

Gene Mauch wouldn't have overturned the buffet table after a game like this, he'd set fire to the clubhouse.

 

[daygloman]

Hey..................... They GOT this! 

[DCAngelsFan]

Just now, aznhockeyguy said:

LOL at this pitching.  I'd be absolutely pissed if I'm Heaney right now. 

He's probably in the clubhouse, beating lockers with a bat, and will break his arm in the process.

You know, if MLB is still thinking about contracting the league, I may have a team in mind ... 

[southpaw]

1 minute ago, Slegnaac said:

How pissed off is Moreno?

Probably not pissed at all.  If he truly cared about winning he would be willing to shell out the money for decent pitching. Everyone with a brain can see we needed that more than anything. But of course we haven’t had it for years. YEARS! 

[JustATroutFan]

Just let Trout pitch at this point. I'm sure he would strike out the Rays' hitters. 

[Jay]

I think I've seen enough.

[nando714]

Lost for words 

I knew we sucked 

but good god we suck

 

[Biergott]

Honestly though we might overperform this year based on the start of the season.  After How long we’d been in the slump start rut....

and then they decided to slam us back into reality.  And it’s beginning to look worse...underperforming our worst scenarios

so sad with the potential, so sad with two of the best players in the game doing best player things....and still get slaughtered.

can someone burn some sage, get an Indian to lift the curse and maybe get Vernon smalls down here to finally align home plate.

don’t want to go into the “I just watch to see trout and ohtani do cool things” mode already.

 

[fan_since79]

3 minutes ago, Don said:

Used to see it all the time 10 years ago. It was an epidemic.

Nolan Ryan's arm flew off at least 15 times that I can recall.

[Don]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

Gene Mauch wouldn't have overturned the buffet table after a game like this, he'd set fire to the clubhouse.

 

Don Drysdale (announcer days) would’ve literally taken his shirt off and challenged the whole bullpen to a fight.

[Inside Pitch]

So ...  that Phillips hit.   Defense played away -- Phillips has gone the other way less than any other spot.   Hits ball to RF where RF would have been standing.

"Bad luck"

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/brett-phillips-621433?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb

[Vlad27Trout27]

I miss Bedrock, Anderson, the Buttman

..But Fuck Middleton!

[Lhalo]

The Dodgers are playing terrible but the are absolutely going to rape the Angels this weekend. Zero foreplay and zero lube. 

[stormngt]

13 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

We needed to sign a better defensive second catcher but we didn't. We should've gotten a better right fielder but we didn't. We needed a reliable arm in the pen but we thought Iglesias was enough. I liked the Iglesias signing at short stop but his defense has been... disappointing...

We needed a lockdown bullpen.  Haven't had one since 2008.

[failos]

Fuck this team

[Adam]

I need @yk9001 to drop the Pic of Hubs flailing at a softball from 16 years ago