Gameday Thread: Angels @ Rays (6/27/2021): Fletcher leading off, Gosselin in LF

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, failos said:

Did I stutter?

[Jason]

10 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Overall. On a national level. Idk if trout even received this much pub in his prime. Maybe the angels marketing team as gotten better? But trout’s face wasn’t around much on a national level like ohtani’s is. 

 

He's also very popular with the Japanese community so he'll get way more attention nationally because of that. 

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

I'm not sure if this is racist or you're referring to his abilities as a two way player. 

Both, actually--though I wouldn't call it being racist (at least I'm not).  My point is simply that sometimes something/someone that is different or unique in some way gets more attention than someone/something that is more similar to what we're used to.

Edited June 27, 2021 by jsnpritchett

[eligrba4ever]

13 minutes ago, Justin said:

"The Angels return to their winning ways!"

That made me laugh. 

Didn't they win 6 straight before giving back five of the wins?

[CanadianHalo]

4 minutes ago, failos said:

Did I stutter?

Yes I’m Canadian and live in Canada

[Justin]

1 minute ago, eligrba4ever said:

Didn't they win 6 straight before giving back five of the wins?

They did win six straight against the Diamondbacks and Royals. That's why I laughed; Sutton said it as if this has been a season full of wins and the last few games were merely a hiccup.

[rafibomb]

Sandoval's pitch breakdown for today's start. He didn't have much of a feel for the changeup today but it was encouraging to see him able to turn to the slider to rely on and it looked stupid good. I can only imagine when he has both the changeup and slider working.

[failos]

I was secretly hoping the BP would blow it, so Ohtani could get a shot at hitting for the cycle

[fan_since79]

Pirates starter Max Kranick did not return after five perfect innings and a 1-hour rain delay.

He was making his MLB debut.

[Jeff Fletcher]

3 hours ago, Tank said:

way to go, goose!

btw, why aren't the announcers traveling with the team yet? @Jeff Fletcher

At this point I think it’s partly about some of the ballparks not being equipped to handle the extra crews since they rearranged the facilities and partly about saving money. I don’t think it has anything to do with covid anymore. 

[Angels 1961]

2 hours ago, failos said:

I was secretly hoping the BP would blow it, so Ohtani could get a shot at hitting for the cycle

So you want halos best trade chip to look bad? There is no OH in team. Ohtani did reach for the cycle.

[Angels 1961]

Just now, Angels 1961 said:

So you want halos best trade chip to look bad? There is no OH in team. Ohtani did reach for the cycle.

It's not a secret if you tell everyone

[Angels 1961]

12 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

At this point I think it’s partly about some of the ballparks not being equipped to handle the extra crews since they rearranged the facilities and partly about saving money. I don’t think it has anything to do with covid anymore. 

Jeff, Matt Manning for Jo Adell who says no

[Stradling]

14 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Jeff, Matt Manning for Jo Adell who says no

Detroit

[failos]

Angels 1961 is hitting the sauce again

[thebloob]

While they have been playing very well I don’t think in the end Tampa bay will even be a playoff team.  I think that the Yankees and maybe even the blue jays with their offense will reel them in.  They could finish 4th in the east.  Even if only one of those two teams catches them they have to contend with the west teams Oakland and Houston for a wild card.  Today showed that their overachieving bullpen can be tenuous and they don’t really have the offense to bang with the other teams in the east. 

[eligrba]

1 hour ago, failos said:

Angels 1961 is hitting the sauce again

Who isn't?

[failos]

36 minutes ago, eligrba said:

Who isn't?

Thank you for changing your avatar. I keep confusing you with @eligrba4ever

[Angels 1961]

47 minutes ago, failos said:

Thank you for changing your avatar. I keep confusing you with @eligrba4ever

The real Eli Grba wrote good book Fallin Angel lot about hitting the sauce

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Angels 1961 said:

So you want halos best trade chip to look bad? There is no OH in team. Ohtani did reach for the cycle.

 

4 hours ago, Angels 1961 said:

It's not a secret if you tell everyone

are you okay? do you need help?

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

At this point I think it’s partly about some of the ballparks not being equipped to handle the extra crews since they rearranged the facilities and partly about saving money. I don’t think it has anything to do with covid anymore. 

thanks, fletch. how many people are in a broadcast crew? i think many of us would assume they only need room for the play by play guy, the color guy, and some sort of producer/director.

[Jeff Fletcher]

3 hours ago, Tank said:

thanks, fletch. how many people are in a broadcast crew? i think many of us would assume they only need room for the play by play guy, the color guy, and some sort of producer/director.

That’s all there are. But some of the booths have been taken over by other things. In Anaheim, for example, some of the scoreboard and entertainment people moved into other booths in the press box because of social distancing. 

[Angel Oracle]

12 hours ago, thebloob said:

While they have been playing very well I don’t think in the end Tampa bay will even be a playoff team.  I think that the Yankees and maybe even the blue jays with their offense will reel them in.  They could finish 4th in the east.  Even if only one of those two teams catches them they have to contend with the west teams Oakland and Houston for a wild card.  Today showed that their overachieving bullpen can be tenuous and they don’t really have the offense to bang with the other teams in the east. 

Especially being without Glasnow

[Erstad Grit]

On 6/27/2021 at 9:35 AM, Inside Pitch said:

Enjoy!  At least you're having fun.   The Padres did a great job of positioning themselves to make such deals.

All it took was 2 MLB starting pitchers, 14 prospects, one of which was a former top 25, the other a current top 20... that and 9 straight sub .500 seasons including five 90+ loss seasons (4 in a row 2016-2019).

The Angels had the player and prospect capital to make those deals without much trouble.  No Question.  

Well that's kinda my point.  Winning 72 to 84 games is a lot worse, in terms of rebuilding,  than winning 60+. We're stuck in mediocrity.  Not bad enough to get top draft picks and trade MLB players for prospects (Bundy last year) and not good enough to make the playoffs and justify trading prospects to win now.  I'm confused by what we're trying to do other than build an offense and throw darts at 1 year SP and hope they're good while dumpster diving for a pen.  

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

On 6/27/2021 at 1:09 PM, eligrba4ever said:

Cliches are a part of baseball.

doesn't mean l have to like it, just as l dislike Marte Party

Edited June 28, 2021 by Ace-Of-Diamonds