Gameday Thread: Blue Jays @ Angels (5/27/22): Silseth on the mound, Ward DH'ing, no Ohtani or Rendon

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, TroutField said:

If you want to defend our closer pissing away another game than whatever, bro. 

No, I'll defend him from dumb takes though.

[tdawg87]

Bro.

[mmc]

 

[fan_since79]

We're gonna need more wild cards to get this thing done, it appears. Three might not be enough.

[Revad]

Well, now we get Mayfield back.

[Blarg]

1 minute ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Disagree. Looked like his hand touched the plate at the same moment the tag touched him. 

That's been a call upheld all fucking season.

well, you can disagree all you want but Trout was out and his slide was the reason. 

[HaloSpurs]

This one’s put me in a terrible mood. So avoidable again 

[Lou]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

The march to .500 begins! We can do it!

We've already been there. 

[tdawg87]

Just now, Lou said:

We've already been there. 

Well we're making a comeback.

[full circle]

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

It was a single.  He was on the SS side of second.  We would have called it a great play had he made it. 

Don’t give two shits how it was scored.  It was not hit hard, the runner was slow, any decent second baseman makes that play.  He doesn’t know how to make a jump throw one hopper, pathetic. And that wasn’t his only fuck up of the night.  

[Docwaukee]

3 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

we should put an OFer in the IF.  

[TroutField]

3 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

No, I'll defend him from dumb takes though.

Closer comes in to hold the tie: gives up two hits and doesn’t hold the tie 

 

me: we’ll the closer didn’t do his job. 
 

tdawg: “that’s a bad take” 

 

lol 

[Lou]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

Well we're making a comeback.

[gurn67]

Rangers are now only 4.5 games behind the Angels, and that's with Semien hitting .193 with ZERO home runs, and Seager batting .225.

[HeavenlyHalos]

5 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

This has been one helluva crappy day for the halos

[Docwaukee]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

underrated movie.  

just one letter.

[AngelsLakersFan]

This board gets 'tarded after a loss sometimes. Or should I be a glass half full kind of guy and say, "this board gets 'tarded the day before a win sometimes."

[jsnpritchett]

13 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

More days off.

[gurn67]

32 minutes ago, Revad said:

Ha ha ha.  Get Adell back up here!

I'd say they might as well. At least he plays like he cares. However, he's missed the last 3 Bees games. Anyone know if he's injured?

[cals]

6 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Disagree. Looked like his hand touched the plate at the same moment the tag touched him. 

That's been a call upheld all fucking season.

That’s what bothers me.  It seems like when it happens the other way it gets upheld because not enough evidence to overturn.  

Ok fine, that’s the standard.  But sometimes, and usually when it’s the Angels, the reviewing umps go with what they ‘think’ the outcome is, not what the review shows. 

I’m 99% sure there is not an anti-Angels bias so the other explanations are my personal perception bias, which is possible but since there is inconsistency I don’t think that it.  
 

The only other explanation is that you essentially have the umpire version of jury nullification.  Some umps know the standard and follow the standard, regardless of personal feelings of what the “right” call should have been.  But some don’t care there is a standard and are voting for what they think the correct call should have been.  And what that leads to is inconsistency in challenges and replay which causes the anti-Angel perception.  

That’s my take.

[rottiesworld]

10 minutes ago, TroutField said:

Closer comes in to hold the tie: gives up two hits and doesn’t hold the tie 

 

me: we’ll the closer didn’t do his job. 
 

tdawg: “that’s a bad take” 

 

lol 

It seems he never does hold a tie when he comes into a tie game.

[fan_since79]

Patchwork offense now. 

Bullpen mediocre.

Third wild card still attainable.

Upcoming road trip critical.

 

 

[Jason]

15 minutes ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

This has been one helluva crappy decade for the halos

Fixed 

[daygloman]

Stupid fucking Apple TV night, this totally figures

 

[Vlad27Trout27]

Rendon hurt

our BP forgot how to outs

Bachmann injured

tough week...