GDT: 8/29/13 Angels @ Tampa Bay

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@Alden_Gonzalez: #Angels lineup: Shuck RF, Aybar SS, Trout LF, Hamilton DH, Calhoun 1B, Conger C, Green 2B, Jimenez 3B, Bourjos CF; Vargas SP. #Rays

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@EKayAngels: Chris Nelson placed on DL (rt hamstring strain). Luis Jimenez has been recalled. #Angels

[Glen]

Has Calhoun played 1B before or is this something new?

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Has Calhoun played 1B before or is this something new?

This will be his third game that he's started at 1B.

[Glen]

Okey dokey.

 

I'll actually get to watch most of this game.  Hope it doesn't suck.

[m0nkey]

I thought Jimenez was done for the year

[Halos of Anaheim]

Thought the game was going to start later today.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Another GIDP. 

[Halos of Anaheim]

Aybar has 0 baseball IQ.

[CanadianHalo]

Aybar has a 0 IQ.

Fixed it for you

[Halos of Anaheim]

Hammy took a swing at every bitch that at bat. Ugh.

[WallyWorld]

4 pitches, 4 swings for Hamitlon, with Trout standing on first.  So basically he refuses to let Trout try and steal a base and get into scoring position.  Smart.

[fan_since79]

Four more years of this is going to be hell.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Nice start for Vargas. 

[jshep]

Uhh Green?

[WallyWorld]

4 pitches, 4 swings for Hamitlon, with Trout standing on first.  So basically he refuses to let Trout try and steal a base and get into scoring position.  Smart.

 

and it's shit like that that makes me think Scioscia needs to go.  There seems to be zero strategy, zero thought put into what the players are doing, and zero communication between the players.

[Glen]

Looks like Vargas has been working with Butcher.

[fan_since79]

Hamilton batting cleanup day after day is also a strange strategy.

 

Then again, who else do we have?

[jshep]

Don't think it's going to be a particularly generous zone today

[Glen]

Hamilton batting cleanup day after day is also a strange strategy.

 

Then again, who else do we have?

 

 

Our lineup right now may be one of the worst ever put out by this team and I don't say that lightly.

[jshep]

Just your standard shutdown inning

[2002_halos_II]

aybar channeling HK.

Wiggle wiggle Vargas

[WallyWorld]

how many people still want to see Bourjos traded and Calhoun given a full-time spot next year?

[Glen]

Conger seems to be showing the improvements necessary to become the primary catcher.  Hope he gets the majority of the starts for the rest of the year.

[Glen]

how many people still want to see Bourjos traded and Calhoun given a full-time spot next year?

 

 

Eh, it's still way too early to give up on Calhoun.