Gameday Thread: (9/5/23) Orioles @ Angels: Detmers on the mound, no Ohtani, Escobar at 3B

[No Roles]

i hope all the broadcasters are fired this year finally...they only know how to report doom like  local news anchormen

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Erstad Grit said:

That’s not Bruce Bochy

[No Roles]

i'm going to vegas this weekend where i'm gonna bet big against the halos !!!

[eligrba4ever]

2 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

That's the Houston manager. Bochy is in Arlington.

[Stradling]

Could you imagine being dumb enough to think Bruce Bochy is a problem in Texas.  That’s hilarious. 

[Stradling]

Just now, No Roles said:

i'm going to vegas this weekend where i'm gonna bet big against the halos !!!

You are so edgy. 

[No Roles]

1 minute ago, No Roles said:

i'm going to vegas this weekend where i'm gonna bet big against the halos !!!

wait gioloto is pitching saturday against undecided

[Erstad Grit]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

That’s not Bruce Bochy

I thought Texas and went to Dusty

[No Roles]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

You are so edgy. 

no i want to make money !!!

[jsnpritchett]

7 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

.....and yet total collapse and now on the outside looking in for the last wild card. 

110-135. Stfu.

[Slegnaac]

Is Bobby V. blinking in Morse code on the post game show?

[No Roles]

i wonder when in september the halos will get a W

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, No Roles said:

i wonder when in september the halos will get a W

[No Roles]

Just now, No Roles said:

i wonder when in september the halos will get a W

last month our first win was on the 8th...

[No Roles]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

i know you have good references ...what is the worst month any mlb team has ever had ? it might be a record we can break...

[jsnpritchett]

10 minutes ago, No Roles said:

i know you have good references ...what is the worst month any mlb team has ever had ? it might be a record we can break...

I posted something without researching, but it wasn't right, so I deleted.  Here's an article from about a decade ago about some of the worst months ever:

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/big-league-stew/awful-astros-houston-july-fifth-worst-month-baseball-185520508--mlb.html

 

[No Roles]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I posted something without researching, but it wasn't right, so I deleted.  Here's an article from about a decade ago about some of the worst months ever:

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/big-league-stew/awful-astros-houston-july-fifth-worst-month-baseball-185520508--mlb.html

 

thx i'll read it in the morning

[Just Sayin]

2 hours ago, No Roles said:

regnifo did the same thing last year when the season meant nothing...until he can show he can put up numbers when the games matter he is just an average player...

He may even be below average.  But damn does he get the most out of what God gave him?  
 

The best ability is AVAILABILITY.  I don’t think he’s been injured one time the last two seasons.  And if he was, he didn’t go on the IL….

You can insert him in the lineup anywhere.  
 

He never bitches about anything.  
 

He’s relatively cheap.  (See Rendon’s contract)
 

He’s only 26.  
 

Gimme nine Rengifo’s and the ballclub would play over .500 ball.  

Every season.

This ball club hasn’t done that in ten years.  
 

Gifo has been one of the few bright spots the last couple of seasons.  

Extend his contract and find a few more guys who play like he does.
 

And ya know what I like about him most?  He hits a home run (from either side of the plate) and he is in a full sprint!  He doesn’t stand there and watch it! 
 

hell yeah Rengifo! 
 

player of the week! 

[stormngt]

2 hours ago, No Roles said:

estevez has been horrible since all star break...he ended are season the night he gave up a grand slam to the m's

There needs to be an explanation why he, Barria and most of the pen turned to shit in the 2nd half.

[arch stanton]

3 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

I posted something without researching, but it wasn't right, so I deleted.  Here's an article from about a decade ago about some of the worst months ever:

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/big-league-stew/awful-astros-houston-july-fifth-worst-month-baseball-185520508--mlb.html

 

That '88 Orioles team had 2 future HoFers in Murray and Ripken and the corpse of Fred Lynn but managed to lose the first 21 games and didn't win their 10th until beating the Angels at the Big A on May 29

[fan_since79]

Well, we did have a horrible final three weeks of the 2001 season, losing 19 of 21 games and finishing 41 games behind Seattle.

[fan_since79]

8 hours ago, JAHV76 said:

The automatic runner on second base rule skus.. MLB should eliminate it next season

At least it saves us from the torture of losing in the 21st inning.

[DMVol]

8 hours ago, No Roles said:

wait gioloto is pitching saturday against undecided

[Angels 1961]

11 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Fangraphs and Baseball Reference have different numbers on exit velocity for some reason, but regardless of which would you look at, it confirms that Schanuel is getting weak contact.  81.4 mph avg exit velocity on B-Ref, 82.6 on Fangraphs.  B-Ref has the major league average at 88.6 mph. 

EDIT: Also, 62.5% ground ball rate vs. a 42.2% average.  Lol.  Yes, it's super early, but need to see these patterns change pretty quickly.

He is only 21 learning at highest level. His high obp is nice. Maybe be year or two to get power numbers up. Leading off is getting on base. Again like so many others halos rush players up. If Angels ever turn this around these young players will need to improve.