Gameday Thread (5/14/24): Cardinals @ Angels: Detmers on the mound, no Neto

[daygloman]

Another blown series. 

Time for alibi talk.

Stay tuned after the game.

[Blarg]

Yeah, well, it's just another learning experience for everyone. 

[fan_since79]

Tough loss, turning on a goofy failed play.

This...team.

 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

20 minutes ago, yamsi12 said:

This franchise is a joke

Not a very funny joke

[thebloob]

“We had the right guy in the right place, he just didn’t execute”

 

anyone get the feeling wash doesn’t seem to put the right guys in the right place

[Waybackman]

Suicide squeeze. Suicide season. Washington’s got some ‘splaining to do.

[Swordsman78]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

What the frack is going on with the Angels' culture? 

You are on the right track Sherlock.

[jsnpritchett]

The Angels are now 5-16 at home.  Lol, how is that even possible?

They're also now only two games better than the White Sox overall.  Might end up with the worst record in the AL soon.

[thebloob]

19 minutes ago, AngelsHilo said:

This is unbelievable.  This No Name Angel Team can win.  But every game something ridiculous happens.  This team at the very least should be at.500.  But they find a new way to flounder every game.  At this point, you can say it's the injuries.  But it might actually be the Coaching.  Really, the squeeze was a weird call with a lefty hitting.

They flounder every game because of their personnel.  That’s why they are not, and will not, be a .500 team.  At this point they are what they are. 

[Swordsman78]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

The Angels are now 5-16 at home.  Lol, how is that even possible?

They're also now only two games better than the White Sox overall.  Might end up with the worst record in the AL soon.

Genuine question.  Why do you feel they might end up with the worst record in the AL soon?

[AngelsHilo]

20 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Genuine question: why do you feel that they should be at .500?

Doing this from my feeble memory.  Angels are 15-28.  13 games under .500.  Estevez blew 3 saves.  Imagine if he just blew 1 of them That's two W's.  Trout had a couple of Walk off opportunities.  What if he got one of those.  Each of our 5 starters had games that they had one bad inning or worse yet, just one bad at bat against them.  What if all 5 starters got 1 Win each.  Right there, that a 8 game swing.  Yes. it is a lot of what ifs.  But if all the what if's occured they would be over .500.  You could even extend this and say what if Adell played in games instead of Hicks.  What if Suarez was not on this Team.  There are a lot of games that could have gone the other way.

 

Edited May 15 by AngelsHilo
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[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Swordsman78 said:

Genuine question.  Why do you feel they might end up with the worst record in the AL soon?

Because they lack talent, health, and a manager who's capable of employing strategy from the 21st century.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, AngelsHilo said:

Doing this from my feeble memory.  Angels are 15-28.  13 games under .500.  Estevez blew 3 saves.  Imagine if he just blew 1 of them That's two W's.  Trout had a couple of Walk off opportunities.  What if he got one of those.  Each of our 5 starters had games that they had one bad inning or worse yet, just one bad at bat against them.  What if all 5 starters got 1 Win each.  Right there, that a 8 game swing.  Yes. it is a lot of what ifs.  But if all the what if's occured they would be over .500.  You could even extend this and say what if Adell played in games instead of Hicks.  What if Suarez was not on this Team.  There are a lot pof games that could have gone the other way.

 

But you're essentially just saying, "The Angels should be at .500 if they had better players who were capable of executing."  That's the thing: they don't.

[Turd Ferguson]

Wash throwing his team under the bus will help.

Good lord, this team is a dumpster fire.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Blum should ask Washington if he plans on walking someone intentionally with the bases loaded any time soon.

[jsnpritchett]

Washington takes zero responsibility for that laughably bad squeeze call.  Says Guillorme didn't do his job.  EDIT: Be sure to watch until the end, when he gets pissy when someone says the pitcher was wild.

 

Edited May 15 by jsnpritchett

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

Washington takes zero responsibility for that laughably bad squeeze call.  Says Guillorme didn't do his job.

 

Oh wow he's in full deflection mode. I didnt expect that.

[Turd Ferguson]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

Washington takes zero responsibility for that laughably bad squeeze call.  Says Guillorme didn't do his job.

 

I really wanted to give Wash the benefit of the doubt but that press conference was rough. If he thought Romero was around the strike zone, it speaks volumes about the recent bullpen use.

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Washington takes zero responsibility for that laughably bad squeeze call.  Says Guillorme didn't do his job.  EDIT: Be sure to watch until the end, when he gets pissy when someone says the pitcher was wild.

 

 

[fan_since79]

If Trout is healthy we probably win a few more games.

If Rendon is healthy and continues his better play after the bad start, we win another game or two.

And the other "ifs" mentioned above.

We're stuck with reality though.

[Swordsman78]

Wash going Augie Garrido right now.

[Mark68]

40 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

When are they going to find a manager who can actually manage a game?

When they find a new owner...

 

Sometime before I die, hopefully.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[jsnpritchett]

5 minutes ago, Mark68 said:

When they find a new owner...

 

Sometime before I die, hopefully.

I hope you're like 17, then.

[jsnpritchett]

Romero threw 31 pitches, 16 of which were called balls.  Washington is crazy.