Gameday Thread: Indians @ Angels (05/19/2021): Ohtani pitching, hitting 2nd, Fletcher hitting 9th

[rafibomb]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

OMG Suzuki sucks! 

Sign Mathis. 

Farewell tour back to where it all began. The true #5 in Angels history

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, failos said:

Someone defend Suzuki. 

[Jason]

Lol, nobody likes Suzuki 

[rafibomb]

The bullpen was practically perfect today. Offense, do your job and win this fucking game.

[Lou]

I'm sorry, but Fletcher has to at least get a glove on that throw. 

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, failos said:

Or maybe he should’ve kept Ohtani in instead of pulling him prematurely like he does with every SP

Once again, I don’t really care for Maddon’s decisions, but I am fine with pulling Ohtani when he did.  He didn’t have his normal stuff and my guess is they were afraid he would get out of his mechanics which would risk injury. 

[failos]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Once again, I don’t really care for Maddon’s decisions, but I am fine with pulling Ohtani when he did.  He didn’t have his normal stuff and my guess is they were afraid he would get out of his mechanics which would risk injury. 

If maddon were so concerned about injuries he wouldn’t have moved him to RF. Ohtani could’ve finished the inning.

[Chuck]

Ugh... Rendon.

[fan_since79]

5 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

OMG Suzuki sucks! 

Sign Mathis. 

Player/Manager.

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, Toby Flenderson said:

Lol, nobody likes Suzuki 

[eligrba]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

And what's up with Stassi still being in the concussion protocol?  It's been 2 weeks!  I'm still not even sure exactly what happened.  But if he's really still feeling the effects, that's not good.

Recovering from a concussion always seems to take longer than you think it should.

[failos]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

I'm sorry, but Fletcher has to at least get a glove on that throw. 

Suzuki makes a shitty throw every game. Let’s not blame fletch here

[angelsnationtalk]

This was probably already said, but if you're going to put Ohtani in RF why don't you just leave him there the rest of the game?

You've already lost Trout's bat. Angels can't really afford to lose his too. Taking him out of the lineup completely changes the way their pitching attacks the #1,2,3 hitters.

[Stradling]

Just now, failos said:

If maddon were so concerned about injuries he wouldn’t have moved him to RF. Ohtani could’ve finished the inning.

Sorry but that is ridiculous.  There is a difference between getting out of your mechanics on the mound and playing RF.  If you want an example of how this is true, ask yourself how many balls did he field in RF.  

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, failos said:

Suzuki makes a shitty throw every game. Let’s not blame fletch here

 It wasn't a shitty throw. It bounced up right to the bag and Fletch whiffed on it. Even the Indians announcers were surprised he didn't get a glove on it. 

[UndertheHalo]

How about a home run here Justin.  Would appreciate.  Thank you. 

[rafibomb]

Pitching does well? Offense doesn't. Offense does well? Pitching doesn't. This isn't a team.

[failos]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Sorry but that is ridiculous.  There is a difference between getting out of your mechanics on the mound and playing RF.  If you want an example of how this is true, ask yourself how many balls did he field in RF.  

Whatever dude—If that’s the case then keep him at right field for more than one inning. None of Maddon’s moves make sense. I don’t want to argue with you, but he’s a shitty manager and I question almost every move he makes at this point.

Edited May 20, 2021 by failos

[failos]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

 It wasn't a shitty throw. It bounced up right to the bag and Fletch whiffed on it. Even the Indians announcers were surprised he didn't get a glove on it. 

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, rafibomb said:

Pitching does well? Offense doesn't. Offense does well? Pitching doesn't. This isn't a team.

Seriously. So frustrating. 

[Vlad27Trout27]

1 minute ago, rafibomb said:

Pitching does well? Offense doesn't. Offense does well? Pitching doesn't. This isn't a team.

same shit for the past decade.

[UndertheHalo]

1 minute ago, rafibomb said:

Pitching does well? Offense doesn't. Offense does well? Pitching doesn't. This isn't a team.

I mean, technically it is a team. 

[UndertheHalo]

I miss CJ Cron.

Edited May 20, 2021 by UndertheHalo

[Chuck]

C'mon Rojas! 

[Vlad27Trout27]

Seriously at somepoint you got to consider calling up some of our Of prospects and hope one of them lights it up. Ward, and Rojas aren't doing much.