John Taylor

9 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Barria gets to skip the heart of the order the first time through, so the third time through the lineup he'll start with the middle, then the back part of the order before facing the top of the order for a third time. It's been shown that pitchers do significantly worse the third time a hitter sees them in the game, and this hopefully lessens that impact and allows Barria to maybe face an extra few batters.

Although Barria didn't look all that great in the 2nd but got out of it luckily.

Just now, Kody Mac said:

The data shows Barria has trouble in the first inning, so they figured they'd start him in inning #2. What I imagine they'll find out is that it's HIS first inning that he struggles, not the legitimate 1st inning....

Yeah, if anything messing with his routine might make things worse, unless they feel that pretending he is a reliever might help him get over that first inning issue? I mean if its works then I'll shut up about it.

I don't get the concept of having Robles start and then send Barria in. You basically make Robles unavailable late in the game, mess with Barria's routine, Barria still might only pitch 4 innings (as it seems most of our starters do) so now you sit in the 6th inning already down a reliever? 

Can someone tell me how this makes sense? 

i love that they play the Undertaker's theme when Robles comes out.

Also no Albert, and starting La Stella? God I can't wait for Ausmus to be fired he is such a shit Manager.

@Chuckster70 wearing a San Diego Padres hat out in public.

This starting pitching is a dumpster fire.

Stuck watching the Mariners broadcast with Dave Sims, I might be in for an early night tonight especially if the Mariners pitcher shuts us out for 7 or 8 innings.

Joe Maddon

I'd be happy with removing him from the team, the dude sucks.

After seeing a tweet by our very own @Jeff Fletcher about Shohei Ohtani taking BP, with a link to his OC Register article, I was summarily annoyed at the fact that I had hit my "free article" limit, and was thinking about how I would get around the paywall when I realized that if I actually subscribed to the OC Register I would be helping support the great work that Jeff does, so I did. I think I take for granted that Jeff is so accessible here and on Twitter, and I forgot that supporting the OCR helps support Jeff

A lot of us here support Chuck and the guys at AW, and I really hope you guys extend that support over to Jeff at OCR. (Even though the ads are annoying)

The Angels seem pretty bad.........On the road

6-1 at home, where we will face a Seattle team that's lost 6 in a row

22 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yeah let's definitely meet up when the weather gets better up here. Maybe the next series. How about May 31st or Jume 1st?

June 1st is a Saturday so that would be an easier day to head out to Seattle for me. I'm game (Assuming I don't lose all my money in Vegas Memorial weekend, lol)

3 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

I'm going to make it happen, but it may not happen until the fall unfortunately due to scheduled vacations,  the birth of my grandson in the Vegas area and a family reunion to attend in New York throughout the summer. 

I would fly down to Cali for an AW Meet up at Angel Stadium. I'm also game for something like the Safeco Field meetup last season we did.

4 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Fair enough, @True Grich.

Who is WeatherWonk btw?

If I hadn't ever met Claude in person several times and knew that he was a great guy (outside of the forum) we wouldn't be having this conversation. I always give quite a bit more grace toward those who I've met in person than just the average internet guy trying to stir up trouble. 

 

Honestly the thing that impresses me the most about  @Chuckster70 is that he treats you like you've been lifelong friends the first time you hang out with him. I have a feeling even the most negative member of AW would take a more positive outlook after hanging with Chuck for a while.

I almost flew out to Chicago for today's game but saw the weather report and changed my mind. Glad I went with my feeling the game would be postponed.

I think the next obvious step would be to hire Teddy Long as the new Angels GM, Playa!

I also like Gubi and like his chemistry with Victor. He is like Hudler turned down from an 11 to an 8.

Nah, I think they'll stay above .500 from now on.

156-6 here we come!

Thankfully I am an Angels fan and not just a fan of (a) specific player(s). I'll be watching and rooting for the team tonight, lets see who surprises us or if we get shutout.

David Eckstein and Adam Kennedy. 

30 minutes ago, Calzone 2 said:

There are exceptions 

The nation part of this shirt isn't the part that sucks. Go SC!

43 minutes ago, Lou said:

Anything "nation" sucks 

Let's take a page from WWE and call it the "AngelsWin Universe".......

.........on second thought let's not.

When we were 13-3 last year this place was a ghost town. It was truly a magnificent time in the history of AW.

Breaking News: La Stella still sucks

Can I just say how much I love Victor Rojas. He always tells it like it is, one of the game's best.