I'm not convinced it's over.

[katie]

"It wasn't over. It still isn't over."

-The Notebook

[Homebrewer]

The A's are a comeback team, who play the game like they are never out of it, until the last out..

They believe in themselves, play like a TEAM, and pick each other up.

The Angels, not so much.

[Lou]

Maybe so (haven't verified that stat) but their pitching was good from start to finish....the rotation and the pen were solid...

 

agree, so the difference in their winning the division was their improvement at teh plate.

 

(and, yes, i verified the fact before i posted it)

[Lou]

The A's are a comeback team, who play the game like they are never out of it, until the last out..

They believe in themselves, play like a TEAM, and pick each other up.

The Angels, not so much.

 

 

[DMVol]

agree, so the difference in their winning the division was their improvement at teh plate.

 

(and, yes, i verified the fact before i posted it)

Hard to make the playoffs unless you're pretty good at both...you can get by sometimes with mediocre in one and really good in the other....in runs scored for all of 2012, the A's were mediocre (8th) so they must have been beyond putrid in the first half if they were tops in the league in the 2nd half and still finished 8th....but, pitching was very, very good from the jump....I'd always rather have the pitching to start with than the other way around....

[rageous]

agree, so the difference in their winning the division was their improvement at teh plate.

 

(and, yes, i verified the fact before i posted it)

Difference is Angels are mediocre in hitting, bad in pitching and horrible at fielding.

Perfect combination.

[fan_since79]

 

lol.

 

"Blanton in the rotation. Blanton starts on Tuesday. Ten minutes to Blanton."

[Redondo]

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"....Bluto, Animal House....

 

Classic line. Quotation marks and source not needed. Most here would catch on right away.

[HaloMagic]

Maybe so (haven't verified that stat) but their pitching was good from start to finish....the rotation and the pen were solid...

I like how you have to verify the stat before you believe it. As if Bruin is just lying out of his ass to you for no reason.

[DMVol]

I like how you have to verify the stat before you believe it. As if Bruin is just lying out of his as to you for no reason.

"Trust but verify"....old Russian proverb quoted by Reagan to Gorbachev.....

[Troll Daddy]

It's not over BUT

[austin724]

This is baseball. Seattle first had it's turn in the 1990's. The Angels had theirs in the 2000's and actually won a W.S. Title. The Rangers had theirs from 2010-2012 with no W.S. Title. The A's are now having theirs. It will turn again and hopefully soon.

[mtangelsfan]

Just to let you know, I saw Oprah doing a music show right after the Angels got swept by the Astros.

[HaloMagic]

"Trust but verify"....old Russian proverb quoted by Reagan to Gorbachev.....

I'm not sure that quote was actually Reagan. I'll have to look it up to verify.

[seenoevil]

[The God of Runs]

Somewhere OVER the rainbow.....

[DMVol]

I'm not sure that quote was actually Reagan. I'll have to look it up to verify.

Wouldn't have it any other way.....

[yadada]

Take away the quotation marks and the source. It's always good for a laugh when someone doesn't get the reference and tries to correct you for not knowing your history.

"The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Learn some history..."

 

The signing of the Tripartite Pact - which the Germans headed - gave the Japanese the audacity to attack Pearl Harbor.  So in a sense, the Germans played a big hand in the bombing. 

[fan_since79]

The signing of the Tripartite Pact - which the Germans headed - gave the Japanese the audacity to attack Pearl Harbor.  So in a sense, the Germans had a big hand in the bombing. 

So Blutarski was right after all!

[2002_halos_II]

When you wish upon a star

Makes no difference who you are

Anything your heart desires

Will come to you

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Citing being eight games out of the wild card in mid-June as a cause for optimism shows how far this team has truly sunk. Are we now aspiring to the title "wild card contender"?

[bloodbrother]

Somewhere OVER the rainbow.....

 

There's another rainbow

[wopphil]

Take away the quotation marks and the source. It's always good for a laugh when someone doesn't get the reference and tries to correct you for not knowing your history.

"The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Learn some history..."

I remember when some poster went off on someone for posting the Animal House reference a few years ago. Was definitely HOF material.

[sneaky_flute]

This is baseball. Seattle first had it's turn in the 1990's. The Angels had theirs in the 2000's and actually won a W.S. Title. The Rangers had theirs from 2010-2012 with no W.S. Title. The A's are now having theirs. It will turn again and hopefully soon.

you're right. the rangers had a whole 3 years of competitiveness. they don't have injured players returning or the tools to make trades.

[Hoops McCann]

Angels are 8 games back in the wildcard after 70 games.

 

With 92 games left to play...if they played .600 ball, that would be a record of 86 wins.  I dont see 86 wins being good enough for the wildcard.

 

With 92 games left to play...if they played .650 ball, that would be a record of 91 wins.  91-71 record for a .562 winning %.  I'm on the fence if 91 wins would be good enough, although I doubt it.

 

With 92 games left to play...if they played .700 ball, that would be a record of 95 wins.  95-67 record for a .586 winning %.  Likely good enough to get one of the two spots.

 

So...the question is.  Can the Angels play between .650 and .700 ball the rest of the season?  It's not likely given the pitching and poor situational hitting.