Gameday Thread: (8/14/23) Angels @ Rangers: Sandoval vs Scherzer on the mound, Moniak leading off again

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, gurn67 said:

AL West in August

Texas soon to be 11-2

Houston 8-5

Seattle 8-3 losing 4-0 tonight, but it's KC so who knows.

Angels Soon to be 3-10

[Sho Way That Was A Strike]

I think it would be awesome to not see Canning and Sandoval in this rotation next year. But I know they’ll be there. 
 

Being an Angels fan is like:

”We are pretty good!”

”Damn, we could make a run. 
“Wow, that’s 4 straight. Nice!”

 

Then we lose like 10 of 12 (which coincidentally will be after tonight) and it’s:

“This team sucks.”

”Fire Nevin (which I agree with).”

”Can the peanut vendor pitch?”

 

Then we win a game. And everyone is like:

”Maybe we have a chance after all.”

”The games we lost were close. Take away those 9 runs they scored in the 8th and we win.”

“I have high hopes for this team.”

 

 

[Sho Way That Was A Strike]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

The Rangers won’t win crap this year. To see them play so well and falter is almost like winning to me. It’s great. 

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Sho Way That Was A Strike said:

I think it would be awesome to not see Canning and Sandoval in this rotation next year. But I know they’ll be there. 
 

 

 

Yeah, if Ohtani leaves, someone has to fill the rotation.

[Skankhunt42]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

He got some $425 million for his trouble...takes a lot of the edge off the disappointment.

He could have gotten that, or close to it, signing with a contender. Arte must have a decent reach-around.

[Jason]

36 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Moniak now 9 for his last 62 with 29 K.

gross

[Lhalo]

8 minutes ago, Sho Way That Was A Strike said:

The Rangers won’t win crap this year. To see them play so well and falter is almost like winning to me. It’s great. 

Shades of the Mariners’ best regular season record. 

[greginpsca]

Players look like they have given up. Heads are not in the game. Rangers are going to humiliate them this series.

[fan_since79]

17 minutes ago, greginpsca said:

Players look like they have given up. Heads are not in the game. Rangers are going to humiliate them this series.

Tampa Bay and Cincinnati on deck.

 

[Lhalo]

Angels after traveling through Texas. 

[fan_since79]

Did we even try to get Scherzer?

Or Lorenzen?

 

[gurn67]

4 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Did we even try to get Scherzer?

Or Lorenzen?

 

If Scherzer was here, he'd already be on the IL.

If Lorenzen was here, he'd be on the IL after getting pummeled in his first two starts.

[VladdyforHOF]

To all the Nevin supporters - why does the team look so lifeless?

[Lhalo]

9-0 dear lord this team. 

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, VladdyforHOF said:

To all the Nevin supporters - why does the team look so lifeless?

@Swordsman78

[LaPalma]

Gonna pocket another 250 tonight.  Betting against these clowns is better than the stock market.

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

9-0 dear lord this team. 

You're still watching?

[Jason]

18 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Angels after traveling through Texas. 

Their farts are also completely silent now. 

[TroutField]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

You're still watching?

Seriously. It’s like watching the video of getting your ass beat over and over lol. I’ll check scores and then usually just laugh at the amount of runs we gave up. 

[Lhalo]

11-0 

Fucking garbage. 

[eligrba4ever]

11-0. Will it get to 21?

[gurn67]

Semien vs. Rendon

Semien 7 years $175 million

Rendon 7 years $245 million

Semien has played in 280 games in less than 2 seasons with 45 home runs and 160 RBI's batting leadoff

Rendon has has played in 200 games in less than 4 seasons with 22 home runs and 111 RBI's mostly batting 3rd.

[Lhalo]

4 minutes ago, Blarg said:

You're still watching?

I’m a glutton for punishment. 

[Jason]

I know that the Angels haven’t quit but emotionally, it sure feels like they have. 

[PattyD22]

I pulled a Docwaukee and went to the range to hit a bucket of golf balls.  I left at 4-0.

Now this game is a 3 o’clock, big bully beat down at the flag pole.  Good lord.

But hey, we have a bunch of players who are “really close” to coming back to help the team.