John Taylor

8 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Meanwhile, Quijada in 10.1 innings at SLC:   0.00 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 15 Ks

If it’s a matter of too many LHP relievers, then DFA Claudio.  What has he done to earn a spot so far?

He can't even get out lefties (Claudio)

I'm curious why he went from being a pretty good reliever on TB to a pile of crap on the Angels.....was he pitching above his weight in TB?...

*checks stats* Yep, he was pitching above his weight, he has sucked for a while and just had a good first 13 games....

They didn't have enough time for Ohtani's "Greasing Ippei up and making him run around squealing like a pig while Ohtani chases him" pitching day routine 

Was Sandoval at the ballpark already or does Ohtani require a specific routine on a pitching day? What a strange turn of events

1 minute ago, mmc said:

 

 

Did they go back in time to 1989 during the earthquake? 

uhhh, what?

@Chuckster70 and I were talking about some of this last night (after a few drinks lol) and one thing that both of us noticed is that there is this strange timidity of our pitching staff that has existed for what seems like the past 9 years or so, which would span 3 managers, pretty much the last real "bulldog" we had was Weaver.

That was one thing I was hoping Maddon would bring to the Angels because he is a "players" manager that he would allow one of our young guys to develop that mentality, but when I look at the entire pitching staff all I see are a bunch of flippand timid underachievers. Canning I think will grow into a fine pitcher and Ohtani is just so good that he can basically be lackadaisical and still dominate.

I was hoping  Bundy would be that "John Lackey" type but nope.

I wonder if Maddon's coaching style in Chicago is kind of what burned the Cubs out on him. I do think that Maddon is the one guy who has the stones to let Ohtani hit and pitch at the same time and not baby him (Although Ohtani is showing fatigue)

3 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I would definitely entertain this idea! 

Lets see what the Twitter masses say!

Can Ippei play CF?

6 minutes ago, robblin17 said:

Pujols has got to be a top 5 douchebag of all time, right? 

4 minutes ago, robblin17 said:

Pujols has got to be a top 5 douchebag of all time, right? 

2 minutes ago, robblin17 said:

Pujols has got to be a top 5 douchebag of all time, right? 

Pujols walking into the Dodgers dugout like

Lets make the impossible possible! lol

Oh damn. I remember as a kid finding out Chuck Finley was married to her and it made him even cooler to me that he married the "Whitesnake" lady. 

59 is way too young, my thoughts to her family.

He wants to sign with an AL team that is playing in St. Louis this year so he can get those sweet sweet standing ovations as opposed to playing in St. Louis where they will boo him after the first homestand because he can't field, hit, or run anymore.

3 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

Time for more runs Halos!

Iglesias is like

1 minute ago, Tank said:

round and round and round she goes

where she stops, nobody knows

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Maddon. I just can't figure out what the hell goes through his mind on pitching changes. 

LOL at the people who thought Ohtani should never pitch again now complaining about him being taken out of the game

2 minutes ago, Bronson said:

I like Rendon and Trout back to back because they both get on base a lot. That sets up Walsh and Upton with RBI situations. 

What if you moved Rendon to leadoff and dropped Fletch down to the bottom of the lineup? I know thats blasphemy cause everyone loves Fletcher (myself included) but something something "it's like having TWO leadoff hitters"

2 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Nah, he's made some hard ass outs. He's good. 

Walsh should hit 4th, you'd have R, L, R, L, R from 1-5

Just now, John Taylor said:

An Ohtani homer would be pretty sweet right now

I'll take the bunt LOL