Gameday Thread: A's @ Angels (5/21/2021): Quintana on the mound, no Upton

[jsnpritchett]

[T.G.]

On my way to the stadium!

[failos]

Fletcher batting aFter Butera? OK

[mmc]

Why does Gosselin keep sitting?

[eligrba]

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, failos said:

Fletcher batting aFter Butera? OK

Second leadoff hitter and stuff. 

[failos]

3 minutes ago, mmc said:

Why does Gosselin keep sitting?

Because Maddon wants to lose 

[failos]

Just now, Lou said:

Second leadoff hitter and stuff. 

Maddon is on shrooms

[mmc]

What's the most games under .500 the team has been this season?

[Justin]

11 minutes ago, mmc said:

What's the most games under .500 the team has been this season?

You're looking at it. This is the third time they've been 6 under. 

[Justin]

BTW, 7 games into the season, Oakland was 6 games under .500, too. 

[Angels 1961]

26 minutes ago, failos said:

Fletcher batting aFter Butera? OK

Fletcher like lead off batting in front of top of order. Plus Cam is back tonight.

[Angels 1961]

24 minutes ago, mmc said:

Why does Gosselin keep sitting?

Who do you take out. He is not part of future going forward.

[Lou]

Fletcher batting 9th (career): 

.320 BA

.351 OBP

[Stradling]

Don’t be surprised if we get a roster move announced shortly.  Someone tweeted a picture of Bemboom playing catch with Stassi in the outfield.   So that would mean we have four catchers at the game unless Suzuki is gone.  Butera is starting tonight. 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Don’t be surprised if we get a roster move announced shortly.  Someone tweeted a picture of Bemboom playing catch with Stassi in the outfield.   So that would mean we have four catchers at the game unless Suzuki is gone.  Butera is starting tonight. 

Interesting.  Don't they typically announce the roster moves before the lineups, though?

[Angelsjunky]

Upton was traded for Wander Franco.

In my world.

[tdawg87]

41 minutes ago, Justin said:

BTW, 7 games into the season, Oakland was 6 games under .500, too. 

That was when you could actually say it was "too early". 

You can't say that anymore.

[Justin]

2 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Upton was traded for Wander Franco.

In my world.

Silly. 

We'd at least have to include Suzuki, too. 

[jsnpritchett]

45 minutes ago, Justin said:

BTW, 7 games into the season, Oakland was 6 games under .500, too. 

8 games into the season.  You can't be 6 games under .500 after 7 games.

EDIT: Though they were actually 6 games under after SIX games, since they lost their first 6, so there's that, too.  Ha ha.

Edited May 22, 2021 by jsnpritchett

[stormngt]

3 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

That was when you could actually say it was "too early". 

You can't say that anymore.

Its still early.  

[thebloob]

44 minutes ago, Justin said:

BTW, 7 games into the season, Oakland was 6 games under .500, too. 

It’s actually mathematically impossible to be 6 games under .500 after 7 games without a tie. 

[Justin]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

8 games into the season.  You can't be 6 games under .500 after 7 games.

I went to the Hofstra of the West. 

[tdawg87]

Just now, stormngt said:

Its still early.  

No it's not. We're nearly 30% of the way through the season.

Doesn't mean they can't turn it around. But it's not early. 

[Slegnaac]

Interesting that the A's only have 1 player in the lineup tonight batting over .250.