Gameday Thread (5/15/23): Angels @ Orioles - Wallach back behind the plate, Thaiss at 1B

[HaloBronco]

LTBU!!!

[Swordsman78]

Nice to have a happy postgame.  
 

although Blarg is upset because he can't storm around tryna form his lynch  mob.

Stradling upset cuz he can't start his finger pointing poll. 
 

 Nice  and peaceful for a change. 

Edited May 16, 2023 by Swordsman78

[Angel Oracle]

Solid effort 

Offense, defense, and after the 3rd inning pitching 

Ohtani on fire at the plate tonight, first pitcher to reach base 5 times in a game in 59 years 

Wallach and Thaiss continue their solid hitting.

Trout with a pair of hits 

Only downer was stranding 13 runners.

 

[Stradling]

5 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

Nice to have a happy postgame.  
 

although Blarg is upset because he can't storm around tryna form his lunch mob.

Stradling upset cuz he can't start his finger pointing poll. 
 

 Nice  and peaceful for a change. 

Hey Tyler, you can STFU, not a single person here gives you any credibility. 

[Lou]

8 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

Nice to have a happy postgame.  
 

although Blarg is upset because he can't storm around tryna form his lunch mob.

Stradling upset cuz he can't start his finger pointing poll. 
 

 Nice  and peaceful for a change. 

You've really gotten pathetic. Just stop already.

[Stradling]

Just now, Lou said:

You've really gotten pathetic. Just stop already.

My finger pointing poll?  The one where you had to remind me to include Nevin. Tyler is very pathetic. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

18 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Bc if we didn’t we likely blow it. See Saturday 

In that case we are definitely losing tomorrow.

[Swordsman78]

16 minutes ago, Lou said:

You've really gotten pathetic. Just stop already.

Sorry Lou.  I'll smoke the peace pipe now and won't be the one who breaks the treaty. 

[BTH]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Pre-2022?

Yes.

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, Swordsman78 said:

Nice to have a happy postgame.  
 

although Blarg is upset because he can't storm around tryna form his lynch  mob.

Stradling upset cuz he can't start his finger pointing poll. 
 

 Nice  and peaceful for a change. 

You're still a nut swinging cheerleader. 

[Jason]

2 hours ago, Swordsman78 said:

 

although Blarg is upset because he can't storm around tryna form his lynch  mob.

 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

What is the origin of the term BAN BOX?

[CaliAngel]

9 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

our 2 current catchers are averaging ~.315 between them

Go Wallach Go!

8 hours ago, IheartLA said:

if Ohtani is still calling his pitches next game fire Nevin

Disagree. 

8 hours ago, halodground said:

What’s with all the home runs given up by Ohtani lately? Is it just a stretch where he isn’t at his best or is it a particular pitch that is getting hammered? Something else? Some of you guys are great at digging through the statcast data to find a pattern. Someone do their magic.

These phases tend to happen. I'm not a big "statcasty" guy so sorry if that's what you're looking for, I go off of watching what I see.

His pitches are ending in the hit zone, and he's throwing expected pitches in situations where batters are waiting for it. The best strategy in pitching is screwing with the batters mind. So it's a combination of missing where the pitch should end, and also not having the right pitch in that situation. 

Ohtani is calling his own pitches, and I understand some people have a problem with that, but I'm more the type of person where if you're gonna trust him, I'll let him make mistakes, and figure it out on his own. Let him fix those mistakes with his bat, he tends to do it when he's pitching. 

8 hours ago, Skankhunt42 said:

The Orioles hats have to be the best looking hat in baseball. 

Oakland A's dark green hat with yellow bill win IMHO. 

7 hours ago, HaloBronco said:

LTBU!!!

PHENOMENAL photo. 

Take down the stands, bring this shit back.

Anytime the Halo's win is a great day. LIGHT IT!