Gameday Thread (4/16/24): Angels @ Rays: Soriano on the mound, Sano at 1B, Trout DH'ing

[PattyD22]

I’m just glad that Adell remembered to go back and tag up and not just run home.

That would have been very Adell-like base running.

[HeavenlyHalos]

bases loaded, no outs. 2-3-4 up, 1 run. Le sigh

[Jason]

Got the run but that inning still feels like a failure. 

[samwum]

That's the Schanuel problem. Fastball up. He's on it. Slashes at it like Dee Gordon. Just ridiculous. 

[Blarg]

Well, that was disappointing. 

[tdawg87]

Another lazy flyout to right.

[TheLordofOuts]

Very pussy-like from Trout 

[ScottM]

Almost time for the window or aisle seat convo with Schanuel

[samwum]

7 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I like it when the calls are correct.

What, you want the umps to decipher if over 50% of a ball moving at 90+ mph went through an imaginary and subjective box? A little ridiculous. 

[Blarg]

I really don't think Schanuel for Sano was a good pinch hit. In fact, I think it was kind of stupid. 

[Jason]

1 minute ago, ScottM said:

Almost time for the window or aisle seat convo with Schanuel

His struggles are mighty 

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, samwum said:

What, you want the umps to decipher if over 50% of a ball moving at 90+ mph went through an imaginary and subjective box? A little ridiculous. 

And you apparently just want them to make shit up to move the game along.  Cool.

[Blarg]

3 minutes ago, ScottM said:

Almost time for the window seat convo with Schanuel

Not on a Boeing!

[Jason]

Cisnero not able to throw the change for a strike 

[HeavenlyHalos]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

I really don't think Schanuel for Sano was a good pinch hit. In fact, I think it was kind of stupid. 

hahah yeah, that was ummm, interesting. If anything, I would have expected him as a defensive replacement in the 9th or something.

[DMVol]

2 minutes ago, ScottM said:

Almost time for the window or aisle seat convo with Schanuel

It’s not like there is risk to send him down. It can’t hurt, maybe it helps.

[tdawg87]

I'm starting to think Ron Washington is making stupid fucking decisions because he has "I want to be a part of the game" disease.

[Jason]

This is all Estevez' fault 

[samwum]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

And you apparently just want them to make shit up to move the game along.  Cool.

First of all, the umpiring I'm referencing has been the way its been done since the dawn of time. If a guy is all over the place, he doesn't get the borderline calls. If he's giving the hitter pitches to hit, the hitter has to defend the zone. Makes a hell of a lot more sense than zooming in on your computer to figure out if just 48% of the ball went through the box or 52%.

[Jason]

Paredes with a really good AB

[ScottM]

Just now, samwum said:

First of all, the umpiring I'm referencing has been the way its been done since the dawn of time. If a guy is all over the place, he doesn't get the borderline calls. If he's giving the hitter pitches to hit, the hitter has to defend the zone. Makes a hell of a lot more sense than zooming in on your computer to figure out if just 48% of the ball went through the box or 52%.

No it doesn't. Just have the computer call it.

[Jason]

Just now, samwum said:

First of all, the umpiring I'm referencing has been the way its been done since the dawn of time. If a guy is all over the place, he doesn't get the borderline calls. If he's giving the hitter pitches to hit, the hitter has to defend the zone. Makes a hell of a lot more sense than zooming in on your computer to figure out if just 48% of the ball went through the box or 52%.

Did they use rocks instead of baseballs back then? Maybe tightly wrapped leather? 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, samwum said:

First of all, the umpiring I'm referencing has been the way its been done since the dawn of time. If a guy is all over the place, he doesn't get the borderline calls. If he's giving the hitter pitches to hit, the hitter has to defend the zone. Makes a hell of a lot more sense than zooming in on your computer to figure out if just 48% of the ball went through the box or 52%.

That's not an excuse for making an incorrect call.

[Blarg]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

That's not an excuse for making an incorrect call.

It wasn't an incorrect call. 

[samwum]

2 minutes ago, ScottM said:

No it doesn't. Just have the computer call it.

I can at least appreciate that you have a coherent enough thought process to bring up the alternative.