Gameday Thread: (7/28/23 on Apple TV+) Angels @ Blue Jays: Giolito makes his Angels debut! Ohtani playing, Neto scratched

[HeavenlyHalos]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

The odds of surviving an Ohtani IL stint and making the playoffs are 56,482 to 1!

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, HeavenlyHalos said:

The odds of surviving an Ohtani IL stint and making the playoffs are 56,482 to 1!

[HeavenlyHalos]

Baseball is such a bitch. 24 hours ago was feeling on cloud 9. Now? Neto hurt again, Ohtani hurt. Lose to the Blue Jays. Can't hit with RISP again.

Suuuuuch a bitch

[bloodbrother]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

At this rate I'm gonna need Perry to just acquire ANY SS simply to remove Velazquez from the roster

[Sho Way That Was A Strike]

Fletcher isn’t playing tonight. Maybe they’re putting Neto on the IL. Again. And bringing him back. Again. 

[TheLordofOuts]

Man. I'm just so, so sad right now. We had a chance at seeing a go-ahead grand slam by the Goat at a crucial time of the season, that was foiled by cramps.  Excuse me, while I go drink an entire bottle of Jack Daniel's. 

[Docwaukee]

you know what causes cramps?

dehydration.  

[Farmbuildingfan]

Angels likely just lost two good prospects for nothing.

If Neto and Ohtani are both placed on the IL, the Angels need to accept their fate and not chase an unobtainable goal with farm depleting deals 

[HeavenlyHalos]

1 minute ago, Docwaukee said:

you know what causes cramps?

dehydration.  

Correct, they better have him on an IV as we speak...errr type...converse

[m0nkey]

Season over yet again

[stormngt]

23 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Too many games the rest of the season against contending teams. It will take a mighty effort and some luck to get a playoff spot. 

We have to win 2 of 3

[REDneck]

Can't win them all, but they sure as hell need to at this point.

[stormngt]

24 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

This organization is cursed. 

If I am Arte and the clear and the HR leader is due up in the 9th representing the going run and he is pulled "for calves cramping" i am firing everybody. 

You do not take him out in those circumstances just for cramping.

[Stradling]

5 minutes ago, stormngt said:

If I am Arte and the clear and the HR leader is due up in the 9th representing the going run and he is pulled "for calves cramping" i am firing everybody. 

You do not take him out in those circumstances just for cramping.

Give me a break. How do they know in the moment it’s just cramps. They’ve already said that he will be evaluated tomorrow. I’m guessing he will get the day off. 

[Angels 1961]

Get win on Saturday only 1 game baseball a grind. 

[Angels 1961]

Just now, Stradling said:

Give me a break. How do they know in the moment it’s just cramps. They’ve already said that he will be evaluated tomorrow. I’m guessing he will get the day off. 

Others need to step up. Ohtani can do a lot but cannot carry whole team. Get win tomorrow

[TroutField]

So as high as we were on angels baseball yesterday… 

 

and then reality hit and they had to remind us, this is the angels after all. Very unfortunate day… Giolito was meh, Ohtani’s health a question mark, and drop game 1 of a crucial series. 
 

ughhhhhhh

[Stradling]

The victim complex really is the worst part of being a fan of this team. 

[No Roles]

5 minutes ago, TroutField said:

So as high as we were on angels baseball yesterday… 

 

and then reality hit and they had to remind us, this is the angels after all. Very unfortunate day… Giolito was meh, Ohtani’s health a question mark, and drop game 1 of a crucial series. 
 

ughhhhhhh

you forgot neto being a scratch

[No Roles]

as a whole hearted fan of the angels for 4 decades, I am prone to having a false sense of hope...anyone that has watched the angels their entire life understands heartbreak is who the halos are and it hurts less when it's always expected !!! 

[tdawg87]

10 minutes ago, Stradling said:

The victim complex really is the worst part of being a fan of this team. 

Yeah, that's it.

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Yeah, that's it.

But you know, we’re cursed and stuff. 

[Torridd]

48 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

At this rate I'm gonna need Perry to just acquire ANY SS simply to remove Velazquez from the roster

Management hasn't figured it out yet. It's not all the injuries that's bringing us down but that Squid is in the lineup. 

[Torridd]

26 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Get win on Saturday only 1 game baseball a grind. 

They were in the game. Giolito gave a good effort. Gausman pitched very well.

[Torridd]

34 minutes ago, stormngt said:

If I am Arte and the clear and the HR leader is due up in the 9th representing the going run and he is pulled "for calves cramping" i am firing everybody. 

You do not take him out in those circumstances just for cramping.

Have you had cramps? Would you like to try to hit a baseball in that condition?