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aybar hitting .125 with a 1-2 count.

yes he did do it a lot prior to this year especially to lefties.

iannetta moves his glove to much when he catches the ball. its hard to sell any close pitches to the ump like that.

weaver still seems pissed in this inning.

yes he does, that's why he does the exaggerated shift.

weaver bad mouthing scioscia again?

can we just give the moy award to scioscia right now? every bunt play,, every lineup, every reliever brought in is just brilliant.

questioning scioscia? he has them right where he wants them!

they doing the shift with the bases loaded still?

lol 0 for 22? omg i didnt know that and scioscia is still starting him....best manager in baseball.

anyone know what's aybar's avg with 2 strikes on him?

aybar with 2 strikes is an auto out.

whats our record when conger starts vs iannetta?

speaking the truth.

why would they pitch around trout?

good news is shuck is on base with no outs, bad news is that error earned him another 10 more starts at least.

the FO cant be serious about contending with iannetta being the main catcher going forward. i think iannetta is the main problem with the pitching staff not mike butcher.

you're right, being an honest person is not CEO material. i should lie all the time like scioscia than maybe i can be a manager.

scioscia said he was sticking with freiri as closer to the media. if he changes his closer on friday then he basically lied to the media, to the fans, and to frieri himself. lying is not very respectful. i personally think its better to be honest than to lie and then later tell the player the opposite of what you said to the media. playing mind games is not helpful. instead scioscia can say "i'll talk to my people, and see what's best for the team before i make any rash decisions."

talking to the player? you act like frieri is mariano rivera or something. frieri is nothing but a pitcher from the scrap heap masquerading as a closer because dipoto wants to prove to everyone he's a good GM. such a decision can be made 10 min after the game. frieri is not that special.

he was working on one in spring training. he stopped using it completely though. i think the issue is his pitching mechanics, the hitters can tell when he's going to throw something other than a fastball, so he just throws nothing but fastballs - a pitch he cant even locate well.

name these managers that also do it. stop being vague. scioscia is too loyal to his players and too caught up in his formula to ever change his approach at managing. btw frieri's fastball is 1 mph less than last year which is a huge difference when the only pitch you have is a fastball.

freese should definitely always be replaced defensively in the 9th - an obvious managerial mistake and sticking with frieri for so long in the 9th inning was another one. scioscia's dumb decision making has already cost this team at least 4 wins now. im shocked people still defend him as a good manager.

Pedro Moura ‏@pedromoura 2h Ernesto Frieri's last five outings: 3 2/3 innings, 12 hits, 6 runs, 2 homers, 6/2 SO/BB. Not long for the Angels' closer role. Jeff Fletcher ‏@JeffFletcherOCR 2h #Angels mgr Mike Scioscia said he is not ready to make a change at closer now. lol is scioscia waiting for the team to be 10 games out before making necessary changes.

looks like they are trying to pepper david freese's defense at 3b.