Gameday Thread: 6/18 vs Mariners

[bloodbrother]

It is really, really concerning how goddamn worthless he is against lefty pitching now. His numbers vs them are worse than your typical pitcher's batting stats

[AZMike]

It is really, really concerning how goddamn worthless he is against lefty pitching now. His numbers vs them are worse than your typical pitcher's batting stats

 

so in other words we would have been better off paying Zack Greinke $125M to bat for us?

[Docwaukee]

Hamilton is actually worse than Blanton. 

[rageous]

It is really, really concerning how goddamn worthless he is against lefty pitching now. His numbers vs them are worse than your typical pitcher's batting stats

He's not that good against righties either.

[Mark68]

so in other words we would have been better off paying Zack Greinke $125M to bat for us?

Yes. Greinke's current batting line: .316/.381/.316/.697.

[2002_halos_II]

c'mon boys

[bloodbrother]

so in other words we would have been better off paying Zack Greinke $125M to bat for us?

 

Hamilton is hitting .150 vs lefties with 29 K's in 73 AB and has a .569 OPS. Greinke is batting .316 with a .697 OPS

 

So yes

[jshep]

Yes. Greinke's current batting line: .316/.381/.316/.697.

But he's a slap hitter and then we would be questioning Scioscia's obsession with slap hitters.

[Mark68]

Sweet!

[2002_halos_II]

2-2

[dalin]

Albert heating up!

[moccasin]

Thank you Pujols! Finally!

I want to punch Hamilton so badly now.

[rick99gtp]

POW!

[AZMike]

Thank you Pujols! Finally!

I want to punch Hamilton so badly now.

 

Be patient. This game is tied. Hamilton might get another chance to bat with runners on 1st and fewer than 2 outs...

[Mile High Dreams]

After tonight, Blanton will be 1-11. He doesn't deserve to be. He deserves to be 3-9.

 

Wins are a false stat.

[rick99gtp]

Setting up for a walk-off!

[Docwaukee]

I have so much more confidence in pujols than I do hamilton it ridiculous. 

[haloman]

Albert is awesome!

That is all

[jshep]

I have so much more confidence in pujols than I do hamilton it ridiculous. [/quote

Agreed, even with how gimpy Pujols is the confidence level I have in him is very different

[Sully151]

I just got home from the game (my son has kindergarten graduation in the morning) and I gotta tell you, I have never heard so many boos for an Angel player than I did for Hamilton. Even the ushers were shaking their heads.

[CompassRosy]

Albert is awesome!

That is all

 

And, right now, Tom is not.

After converting his first eleven chances, he's blown 4 since May 20 (including Bonderman's last start, where he pitched 8 shutout innings and then Tom gave up FIVE in the 9th . . . to the Astros).

 

That pitch to Albert, however, was the first homer he'd given up all season.

[Mark68]

Wasn't a strikeout. Frieri fail!

[AZMike]

I just got home from the game (my son has kindergarten graduation in the morning) and I gotta tell you, I have never heard so many boos for an Angel player than I did for Hamilton. Even the ushers were shaking their heads.

 

I miss the days when the Angels player most hated by his own fanbase was still Vernon Wells

[Mark68]

So, I'm watching on mlb.tv, and they just LOOOOOOVE playing those Head & Shoulders commercials.

 

Can we be done with those, please?

[bloodbrother]

I have so much more confidence in pujols than I do hamilton it ridiculous. [/quote

Agreed, even with how gimpy Pujols is the confidence level I have in him is very different

 

He also doesn't look like a blind idiot at the plate like Hamilton does in every AB, so that helps