Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Astros (August 11th, 2023) MUST WIN SERIES!!

[Chuck]

Lineups to be posted later. Here's the matchups this weekend. 

[Erstad Grit]

Today looks rough but the other 2 are very winnable

[Angel Oracle]

One game at a time

Go Halos!

[Blarg]

If only Aybar was around to drop a bunt on Verlander to wreck his game. 

[gurn67]

I'm surprised Verlander is only 15-11 against the Halos. He's going to be totally amped up tonight though. His first home start back in Houston. That crowd is going to be electric. Detmers needs to go back to pitching like he was in June.

Verlander is a first ballot Hall of Famer. I heard an interesting bit of trivia about another first ballot Hall of Famer yesterday. Jim Palmer faced 213 batters in his career with the bases loaded. He never gave up a grand slam. 

[Angel Oracle]

12 minutes ago, gurn67 said:

I'm surprised Verlander is only 15-11 against the Halos. He's going to be totally amped up tonight though. His first home start back in Houston. That crowd is going to be electric. Detmers needs to go back to pitching like he was in June.

Verlander is a first ballot Hall of Famer. I heard an interesting bit of trivia about another first ballot Hall of Famer yesterday. Jim Palmer faced 213 batters in his career with the bases loaded. He never gave up a grand slam. 

Palmer had one of the best sliders ever, combined with the high heat (95mph, when it was not nearly as common as today).

Edited August 11, 2023 by Angel Oracle

[Lazorko Saves]

*Must Win Month

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, Lazorko Saves said:

*Must Win Month

Followed by a must win September. 

[Angelsjunky]

So what happens when all of the last four or five series are "Must Win" and we've lost (almost) all of them? Aren't we exempt from "must wins" because we've already lost?

(I'm waiting for Taylor's Debbie Downer)

[Blarg]

15 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Followed by a must win September. 

Fuck it, let's pitch.

[mmc]

[Torridd]

1 hour ago, gurn67 said:

I'm surprised Verlander is only 15-11 against the Halos. He's going to be totally amped up tonight though. His first home start back in Houston. That crowd is going to be electric. Detmers needs to go back to pitching like he was in June.

Verlander is a first ballot Hall of Famer. I heard an interesting bit of trivia about another first ballot Hall of Famer yesterday. Jim Palmer faced 213 batters in his career with the bases loaded. He never gave up a grand slam. 

Wow! That's fantastic. I wonder what's the average from those situations. HBP? Walks?

[Roy Hobbs]

1 hour ago, Torridd said:

Wow! That's fantastic. I wonder what's the average from those situations. HBP? Walks?

I don't know about HBP but I read where it was 12 guys he walked with the bases loaded. He said he would unintentionally intentionally walk a guy to face a different hitter who he thought he could get out. The story also said that Palmer almost gave up a Grand Slam to Rico Carty but Al Bumbry went over the wall to bring it back. Palmer was a beast.

[gurn67]

2 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Palmer had one of the best sliders ever, combined with the high heat (95mph, when it was not nearly as common as today).

I remember Game 1 of the 1979 ALCS. Jim Palmer vs. Nolan Ryan. Nolan out pitched Palmer, but Bobby Grich made a rare error which led to 2 unearned Orioles runs and the Angels lost in extra innings. If the Angels won that game, it would have been a different series.

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!!!

WIN TONIGHT!!!

WIN SATURDAY!!!

WIN SUNDAY!!!

ONE GAME AT A TIME.

[Angelsfan1984]

[T.G.]

The AW community could really use a series win.  It would just be nice to have something to cheer about.

[jsnpritchett]

Blue Jays already down 3-0 to the Cubs after the top of the first inning.

[daygloman]

Go Halos!

[Revad]

Please Mr. Detmers, throw strikes and limit walks.

[No Roles]

so much for that getting verlander early talk

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

I'm using 1 mlbtv feed for video and 1 for the radio feed and by adjusting the delay, l got the radio and video synced pretty good. Because it's Friday which means O'Neal, and with the radio being done remotely there's a delay.

[No Roles]

wow angels defense...OMG

[Slegnaac]

Detmers through 1st in 13 pitches.

[jsnpritchett]

Whew!  Nice to see them work out of that inning with no runs allowed.  Looked like it was going to go the other way.