Gameday Thread: Angels @ A's (7/19/21): Ohtani on the mound & hitting 2nd; Marsh in CF again

[Bronson]

We’re gonna waste another leadoff hit aren’t we?

[UndertheHalo]

Kurt Suzuki gets way too much playing time.  

Edited July 20, 2021 by UndertheHalo

[Bronson]

This A’s catcher sucks and he’s somehow still getting calls

[HeavenlyHalos]

Our friend Doug Eddings with a few bad calls against us already

[Lhalo]

1 minute ago, Bronson said:

We’re gonna waste another leadoff hit aren’t we?

Yes

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Great to see Marsh get his first hit. I love his approach and easy swing. Dude is going to rip a lot of gappers for us. Love the hair and beard, too. 

[Lhalo]

Just now, HeavenlyHalos said:

Our friend Doug Eddings with a few bad calls against us already

He’s such a POS. 

[Kevin]

My dad is at the game. Not great quality but first major league hit for Marsh.

 

[HeavenlyHalos]

Two leadoff hits. Zero runs. Sad

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Has  Marsh had a ball hit his way yet?

[Lhalo]

Just now, Kevin said:

My dad is at the game. Not great quality but first major league hit for Marsh.

 

Is Tarpy permanently gone?

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Kurt Suzuki gets way too much playing time.  

He was going to either start tonight or tomorrow. Stassi wasn't going to start 2 games in 18 hours.

[James]

5 minutes ago, TheLordofOuts said:

Brandon Marsh has an elite level beard. I hope he becomes a star

[Angelsjunky]

I love Marsh and (partially) because of his beard, not despite it.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

1 minute ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Has  Marsh had a ball hit his way yet?

Nope. 10 innings in the outfield and not a single ball hit his way so far. 

[Kevin]

3 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Is Tarpy permanently gone?

Pretty much except above Mount Davis in center field. 

 

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Angels_Make_Me_Drink said:

Nope. 10 innings in the outfield and not a single ball hit his way so far. 

Like clockwork

[IheartLA]

Ohtani has now thrown more innings than he has over the last 5 years. At some point dead arm or fatigue is gonna set in, hopefully all goes well

[UndertheHalo]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

He was going to either start tonight or tomorrow. Stassi wasn't going to start 2 games in 18 hours.

I think he should.  He doesn’t love baseball enuff.

Edited July 20, 2021 by UndertheHalo

[Lou]

1 minute ago, UndertheHalo said:

I think he should.  He doesn’t love baseball enuff.

He smiles too much.

[UndertheHalo]

Just now, Lou said:

He smiles too much.

Exactly what I was thinking. 

[Angels Fan Forever]

Vasgersian mentioned it but it's interesting to look at Cole Irvin's splits. He is significantly more effective versus RHB's than LHB's.

OPS is .694 versus .849

tOPS+ is 130 versus 89

 

Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	SO/W	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	vs RHB	37	472	434	61	110	17	1	13	1	1	25	79	3.16	.253	.307	.387	.694	168	11	9	2	1	1	3	.283	89
	vs LHB	36	174	161	18	52	12	0	5	1	0	8	34	4.25	.323	.358	.491	.849	79	3	2	1	2	0	2	.379	130

[failos]

ShoK

[jsnpritchett]

Vasgersian sounds a little crazy tonight.  Did some bizarre, overly-excited Japanese call and then screamed a quote from Major League (I think...I was only have listening).  Dude must be jacked up on Red Bull or something.

[UndertheHalo]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

Vasgersian sounds a little crazy tonight.  Did some bizarre, overly-excited Japanese call and then screamed a quote from Major League (I think...I was only have listening).  Dude must be jacked up on Red Bull or something.