Gameday Thread: Giants @ Angels (August 7th, 2023)

[VladdyforHOF]

Nevin postgame interview - “we’ve got some down guys”

[bloodbrother]

1 minute ago, VladdyforHOF said:

Nevin postgame interview - “we’ve got some down guys”

He's living his best life at least

[fan_since79]

Rendon is in a lot of pain. Leave him alone!!

[Angel Oracle]

13 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Rendon is in a lot of pain. Leave him alone!!

He put the Halos and the fans in a lot of pain.

He knows what he has to do to win the trust back.

That is, if he even wants to anymore.

Edited August 8, 2023 by Angel Oracle

[jsnpritchett]

 

 

 

[VladdyforHOF]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

 

 

7 straight losses with like 50 games left will do that.

IIRC this is the second really bad loss streak of this season without equal winning streaks to match.

[Angel Oracle]

Getting close to betting the first person to take me up on it, an EIGHTH straight losing season.

Prediction the next games:  2-6, making them 58-64 and 2-13 in past 15 games.

Might as well be 2022 again.

And 2019 too, same exact 54-49 record and then TOTALLY folding like a house of cards.

 

[jsnpritchett]

 

 

[Angel Oracle]

5 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

 

Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.

THREE FREAKING FOUR RUN INNINGS THE PAST TWO weeks!

Edited August 8, 2023 by Angel Oracle

[Just Sayin]

12-game losing streak last year cost Maddon his job.  27-29 record was “unacceptable”…

This season, we’ve seen a couple of “streaks.”  One streak the ballclub lost nine outta 10….and currently we are in the midst of a seven game losing streak. 
 

As of now, they are sitting on a 56-58 record (which is like going 28-29 TWICE) 

This is acceptable because Nevin is more open to implementing “analytics?”…..

Okay…I get it

 

[IheartLA]

We’re done.

[Angel Oracle]

4 minutes ago, IheartLA said:

We’re done being able to avoid an .8th straight losing season

FIFY

[ELEVEN]

35 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Getting close to betting the first person to take me up on it, an EIGHTH straight losing season.

Prediction the next games:  2-6, making them 58-64 and 2-13 in past 15 games.

Might as well be 2022 again.

And 2019 too, same exact 54-49 record and then TOTALLY folding like a house of cards.

 

It took 12 in a row to can Madden. We only need 5 more.

[Lazorko Saves]

Bah, I'm draft pick watching now. It looks like a good draft next year.

Let's keep the losing streak going. A top ten pick is within reach.

[Angel Oracle]

3 minutes ago, Lazorko Saves said:

Bah, I'm draft pick watching now. It looks like a good draft next year.

Let's keep the losing streak going. A top ten pick is within reach.

And hope to win a higher draft selection in the lottery.

[ukyah]

18 minutes ago, ELEVEN said:

It took 12 in a row to can Madden. We only need 5 more.

once the angels are out of the postseason i actually prefer the pain. i think it's more entertaining to see their limitless bottom.

[ukyah]

16 minutes ago, Lazorko Saves said:

Bah, I'm draft pick watching now. It looks like a good draft next year.

Let's keep the losing streak going. A top ten pick is within reach.

let's get caleb williams!

[Duren, Duren]

Grichuk is supposed to be a good outfielder?

Twice in the last few games his judgment about fly balls hit at him have been big reasons for losses. 

Even with the lead in the ninth it never felt safe. Estevez over achieved most of the year  and the law of averages has caught up with him. Ironically, not long after his all star appearance. 

Firing Nevin wouldn't change the direction of the team now with all the misfits filling in and morale in the pits. Too late for that.  He'd be an easy scapegoat. And an easy excuse for players to avoid responsibility. More mistakes and failures have come from the in game on field play of the players. But they do need a change next year.

We see it when they play better teams, who keep coming through in the clutch and take advantage of mistakes or better talent and depth. 

Better just slink into the off-season, and reassess the entire organization. Ohtani's loss will be inevitable but easier to understand after the way this year has gone. At best they are a .500 team. Even that may be hard to achieve unless healthy bodies return. 

 

[Jason]

It doesn’t feel like hyperbole to say the team has quit. I think they hate us fans. 

[nando714]

8 hours ago, Skips said:

If only no injuries, they’d be in 1st lol delusional 

Last time I checked rendon couldn’t hit and has no power anymore 

and trout can’t hit the fastball anymore 

you stand correct 

[nando714]

7 hours ago, VladdyforHOF said:

Nevin postgame interview - “we’ve got some down guys”

We’ll players have to show up 

going something like 10 for their last 90 w risp is pathetic . Nevin‘s fault?

I honestly don’t care if he stays or goes 

but these players have been pathetic for a week

[greginpsca]

Well, at least we should get a good draft pick next July, to go along with the Ohtani comp pick. 

[Amazing Larry]

7 hours ago, Lazorko Saves said:

Bah, I'm draft pick watching now. It looks like a good draft next year.

Can’t wait to find out the Angels top picks. I want to know who their FA rental bait will be in a few years. 

[LaPalma]

5 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Can’t wait to find out the Angels top picks. I want to know who their FA rental bait will be in a few years. 

Exactly what I thought.  What prospects can we squander next?

[fan_since79]

7 hours ago, ukyah said:

once the angels are out of the postseason i actually prefer the pain. i think it's more entertaining to see their limitless bottom.

2001, lost 19 of our final 21 games.

Then 6-14 to start 2002.

Then...glory. But those were different players then. We don't have men like Erstad, Salmon, Glaus, Eckstein, Percival etc. Not even close.

We started winning and it was contagious. A winning spirit took over this team.