Gameday Thread: A's @ Angels (4/27/23 1pm): Ohtani on the mound

[Slegnaac]

9 pitches

9 strikes

Ohtani!

[Erstad Grit]

I'd love for the Yankees to pound Heaney today.

Also I like giving Neto a day off. 

[Kampy]

Big Sho on the mound at the Big A throwing Ks during a day game wearing the City Connects....  it's just SO BEAUTIFUL 

the only way to make it more beautiful is more fans in the stands.... but a noon game on a April Thursday, I get it...  I mean, I'm not there either so I can't say shit

[TheLordofOuts]

Now the Halos must break the A's

[Chuck]

 

[Revad]

Shohei looking good, A’s go 1,2,3.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Looks like Ohtani has his command today.

good luck Oakland. Lmao

[REDneck]

8 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Tough to be disappointed with a 4-2 homestand, we could easily be 6-0, but I'll take it.  

Get it Ohtani! 

Dude, something about chicken and eggs and hatching.

Let's get this one before we call it good!

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

First game of the year for me 

Nice seats. I taught you well.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Score some runs for Ohtani for a change...

[Slegnaac]

10 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

First game of the year for me 

First Thursday game for me

 

[Blarg]

Tr-out.

[Blarg]

Broken bat infield hit. I don't blame the infielders playing as far back as they can on an Ohtani plate appearance but they are never getting to a slow grounder in time to throw him out.

[Blarg]

Rendon't with a swinging K outside of the zone.

[IheartLA]

Rendon really is frustrating, he said he needed his legs under him but if this is how he's going to be even when healthy move him down to #6

[Chuck]

 

[jsnpritchett]

 

[m0nkey]

11 minutes ago, Lou said:

Nice seats. I taught you well.

These are a downgrade. Had to do a double date with the wife

[Docwaukee]

can we stop with calling everything that curves a sweeper?  

I just heard 'there was vertical break on that sweeper'

that's called a curveball.  

[IheartLA]

even though his sweeper is amazing it's so satisfying and I enjoy it more when Ohtani pounds the zone with fastballs like that

[IheartLA]

It feels like Ohtani has been amazing during 1. day games and 2. at home 

 

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

These are a downgrade. Had to do a double date with the wife

Double date? Well, I guess I wasn't so clear in my instructions.

[Kampy]

not sure I caught that anecdote.... did I hear that Urshela asked Sho to write "hits" in Japanese on his bat? and then Sho asked Urshela to do the same (write "hits" in English) on his bat? And then got 2 hits afterwards?

Is that what she said?

I kinda love that superstition is still a big part of baseball. Sho looks extra sharp today... he must be wearing garter belts under his uniform and breathing out of his eyelids, and gave Jobu some really good rum

[Blarg]

1 minute ago, IheartLA said:

It feels like Ohtani has been amazing during 1. day games and 2. at home 

 

And everything in between.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

l really like having a stacked lineup