Biggest homestand in history?

[No Roles]

Neto is active!! hope he is in the line up...he was the biggest injury even over trout !!!

[fan_since79]

At first thought the biggest homestand was in the last week of the 1998 season when Texas swept us out of the playoffs by scores of 9-1, 9-1, and 7-1. 

That was sheer brutality.

[Erstad Grit]

If angels roll off 8 in a row and get into contention and keep Ohtani then yes it would be 

[Erstad Grit]

7 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

At first thought the biggest homestand was in the last week of the 1998 season when Texas swept us out of the playoffs by scores of 9-1, 9-1, and 7-1. 

That was sheer brutality.

I went to two of those.  

Left the park realizing texas was clearly the better team.  

[tomsred]

53 minutes ago, No Roles said:

Neto is active!! hope he is in the line up...he was the biggest injury even over trout !!!

What???  Oh yeah, much rather have Neto than Trout.

[stormngt]

23 hours ago, Deek said:

Uh... when was the last time we were on the brink of losing the greatest player in MLB history - and attempting to make a run at the playoffs again???

 

It's more than this homestand - this next 2 weeks of games will define this franchise...

 

The 710 AM crew just reported that Morosi is reporting that the Angels have let teams know that they're "listening to Ohtani offers"...

 

...just ugh...

 

Too many miracles need to happen for this franchise to not circle the drain...

 

In my dream world: Trout and Ohtani put on the most magnificent play-off push ever seen - and we sort it out at the end of the season - after making the playoffs... (probability: 8%)...

I am getting tired of "we have to win to keep Ohtani" argument.  If Ohtani doesn't want to be here than trade him and move on.

IMO this homestand is important because it means we are competing for the playoffs or we have another lost season.

Edited July 15, 2023 by stormngt

[Swordsman78]

23 minutes ago, stormngt said:

I am getting tired of "we have to win to keep Ohtani" argument.  If Ohtani diesnt want to be here than trade him and move on.

IMO this homestand is important because it means we are competing for the playoffs or we have another lost season.

IMO the Ohtani situation is a HUGE distraction and is putting way too much pressure on every aspect of every game.

Fact is the Angels aren't winning with Ohtani so why get saddled with another mega contract.

Nothing against Ohtani, but the Angel situation now is just not conducive for the halos to keep him.  
 

If the Angels had the Orioles record then different story

[Swordsman78]

20 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

If angels roll off 8 in a row and get into contention and keep Ohtani then yes it would be 

Realistically, with the current player availability, and SP woes, the halos may not win more than 2 of the next 8. 

[Angelsjunky]

Hyperbole, sure, but it is a meaningful home-stand. 0-1 already, but I see implications like so:

0-6 or 1-5: Cements the Angels as sellers. I just think it will be beyond clear that the hole is too deep. They'd be 46-52 or 45-53.

2-4, 3-3, 4-2: "Those were good teams, so let's wait a few more games." 2-4 might belong above, as they'd be 47-50. But they still might want to see how they do with 6 games after against Pittsburgh and Detroit.

5-1: "So you're saying there's a chance?!" Probably false holes, but all of a sudden the Angels are 50-48 again. But can anyone really imagine them winning the next five games against the Astros and Yankees?

In the latter two cases, or a 2-4 record or better, the Angels probably go on a series by series basis. If they go 3-3 and then sweep the Pirates, they're back over .500 (51-49). And then they still have 7 more games vs. the Tigers and Blue Jays before the deadline, so could theoretically be 5 games or so over .500. I don't see them trading Ohtani if they're 5 games over .500.

But chances are, we'll know well before July 31. Meaning, only a miraculous turnaround starting in the next game or two makes this team anything but sellers.

Anything is possible, of course (this is baseball).

[Blarg]

[fan_since79]

The stark truth of the matter is, if we don't trade Ohtani, does anyone believe 1) that Arte will pony up $600 million to keep him, and 2) will he even want to continue playing for this team that clearly is not headed to the postseason any time soon?

Trade him now and get a nice haul to get this rebuilding started.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

No.  And no.   Many other homestands were bigger than this one.  

[cals]

It’s over dudes.  It’s over.  Just accept it and move on.

[Taylor]

12 minutes ago, cals said:

It’s over dudes.  It’s over.  Just accept it and move on.

I think all of us except @Stradling have accepted it.

[cals]

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I think all of us except @Stradling have accepted it.

Stilly Strad.  Just the other day he was trying to convince me you are a heterosexual.  

I guess it just takes some people longer to accept reality.

[Stradling]

8 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I think all of us except @Stradling have accepted it.

I’ve accepted it. But thank you for thinking of me. 

[Stradling]

Just now, cals said:

Stilly Strad.  Just the other day he was trying to convince me you are a heterosexual.  

I guess it just takes some people longer to accept reality.

That’s hilarious. I wouldn’t ever lie to you. 

[cals]

Just now, Stradling said:

I’ve accepted it. But thank you for thinking of me. 

Do you finally accept that Taylor is queer, too?

[cals]

Just now, Stradling said:

That’s hilarious. I wouldn’t ever lie to you. 

Do… do we hug now?

[Stradling]

Just now, cals said:

Do you finally accept that Taylor is queer, too?

I’ve never denied that. Ever. You have me mistaken for some other gentleman. 

[cals]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

I’ve never denied that. Ever. You have me mistaken for some other gentleman. 

I have never mistaken you for a gentleman.

[cals]

Misplaced you in a gentleman’s club, maybe.

[Taylor]

24 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I’ve never denied that. Ever. You have me mistaken for some other gentleman. 

You should know better than to use gay as an insult.

[Stradling]

Just now, Taylor said:

You should know better than to use gay as an insult.

I wasn’t using it as an insult. I just wasn’t denying that you happen to be gay. I’m kind of offended that you think being gay is an insult. 

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I wasn’t using it as an insult. I just wasn’t denying that you happen to be gay. I’m kind of offended that you think being gay is an insult. 

I don't, but I'd think you'd shut down that kind of homophobic talk from cals rather than co-signing it.