GDT: 8/12/13 Angels @ Yankees

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Mike DiGiovanna â€@MikeDiGiovanna13m

#Angels at #Yankees: DH Shuck, RF Calhoun, CF Trout, LF Hamilton, SS Aybar, 1B Trumbo, 3B Nelson, C Iannetta, 2B Green, RHP Richards.

 

[Troll Daddy]

Doesn't get any better

[shellback]

at least calhoun is in there

[Angel Oracle]

Top ten draft pick push continues.

[WallyWorld]

who would you rather be right now, Yankees or Angels?  Both are staring at a pretty crappy next 2-3 years and play in tough divisions.  Angels at least have Trout to look forward to, not sure what Yankees fans have to be honest.

[Reveille1984]

Kuroda bout to manhandle us

[WallyWorld]

god, it feels like the 90s again.

[2002_halos_II]

1. J.B. Shuck(DH)

2. Kole Calhoun(RF)

3. Mike Trout(CF)

4. Josh Hamilton(LF)

5. Erick Aybar(SS)

6. Mark Trumbo(1B)

7. Chris Nelson(3B)

8. Chris Iannetta©

9. Grant Green(2B)

1. Brett Gardner(CF)

2. Ichiro Suzuki(DH)

3. Robinson Cano(2B)

4. Alex Rodriguez(3B)

5. Lyle Overbay(1B)

6. Alfonso Soriano(LF)

7. Curtis Granderson(RF)

8. Eduardo Nunez(SS)

9. Chris Stewart©

NYY: Hiroki Kuroda

LAA:

[2002_halos_II]

I guess Wells has been replaced.

[Angel Oracle]

Important game for Richards, to build upon his 3 straight previous solid outings

 

I see that Granderson is playing again.

I predict 3-4 with a HR from him (sarcasm).

[rageous]

We will see if Calhoun is still sitting out against lefties tomorrow once Sabathia pitches.

Like I have been harping, there is absolutely nothing that Shuck does better than Calhoun and I can't believe Calhoun is being forced to platoon.

[Jay]

So much for taking pressure off of Hamilton by moving him down in the lineup.

[Angel Oracle]

Hackilton prediction = 0-4 with 2 Ks, as Kuroda and Rivera abuse him.

[gotbeer]

Richards, send a message.  Nail Arod in his first at bat.  

[Jay]

Let's hope NYY suck as bad as CLE

[markb]

Hamilton at cleanup and a guy with a .384 SLG % hitting 5th behind him.  The lineup cards are getting as depressing as the on-field performance.

[jshep]

I guess Wells has been replaced.

 

Well, easy to see why he would be.

 

More than 200 PA since he hit his last home run(which previously was just about the only thing he was not bad at), and has a .200/234/.244 slash line in over 200 PAs since then.

[bloodbrother]

Calhoun will go yard in this series with that short RF porch

[gotbeer]

If Arod was banned for life, that would have been a hit.  

[Angel Oracle]

Seeing Kuroda wih a 2.44 ERA (after two rock solid seasons in 2011 and 2012) again makes me ask, how soon before the Halos sign someone from the Far East who actually made it to MLB?    It's only been 16 1/2 years since Hasegawa was signed from there.

[2002_halos_II]

Let's go Little Richards

[gotbeer]

Seeing Kuroda wih a 2.44 ERA (after two rock solid seasons in 2011 and 2012) again makes me ask, how soon before the Halos sign someone from the Far East who actually made it to MLB?    It's only been 16 1/2 years since Hasegawa was signed from there.

 

matsuzaka is still available for you AO.

[gotbeer]

Way to dig yourself out of a hole there Garrett.

[Angel Oracle]

There have been some failures.   Should that mean though that Arte never sign Far East players (a lot of good pitchers coming from there)?   Yet he gives $125 million to a guy who sucked for 2 months in 2012 and cost his team the division in the last week? 

 

Just don't want to see Arte pigeon hole himself into only one way to build a strong franchise (spend crazy on age 32+ hitters who declined the year before).

[2002_halos_II]

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