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15 hours ago, hangin n wangin said:

Am I the only one that finds it kind of funny that Pujols stares at his home run balls like he's actually good at baseball?

No, he's running them out.  He's just that slow these days.  

Told ya.  .500 here we come again.  Is there a record for number of times a team hits .500 in one year?

Easy money to bet on the Angels tonight.  They always seem to go right back to .500.

The initial contract to Pujols that he and his wife found so insulting was 5 years long.  Looks like that assessment of his long term viability was spot on.  He could have played out his 5 years, maybe add a bonus year for milestones then ride off into the HOF sunset.  The only thing worse than a professional athlete hanging on too long, is one that hangs on too long for 4-5 years, people forget their greatness and just want them to get the hell out...

8 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Amidst all his terribleness, he's on a pace for 24 home runs and 112 RBI. His OPS+ though is a dismal 77.

Weird.

 

 

Anyone know where he ranked on at bats with RISP. Efore trout went down.  I felt like he was ALWAYS hitting with risp.  Anytime he got lucky with a hit he got RBI.   

12 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Pujols has a .662 OPS this year and can't play the field. The guy is a complete liability

WAR -0.7

I know it's annoying when fans say they can do what major leaguers can but I can certainly come in and give up hits.  I'm cheap too. 

Lol.  One pitch. 

Just noticed they have three Espinosa s in their lineup. 

Just now, nando714 said:

"Pennington still plays?"

- pennington's wife 

Corrected. 

I heard the angels are trading for carter he fits right in.  

Game. 

5 minutes ago, Jwhitt33 said:

Young rarely makes contact but when he does...its a home run!

He's hitting .300....

7 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Key to .500 baseball: Score 29 runs in 3 of 5 games and 1 run in the other two games.

That sounds like the key to .600 baseball.  Thats pretty good right?

8 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

I copied this from the Astros board:

The Angels recently look scary on offense. Just imagine if Trout played.

Perspective is fun.  Knowing this offense shouldn't it read..

"Our pitching sure sucks, Trout would have 8 HR in this series."

Not wanting to admit the pitching stinks suddenly makes the opponents offense really good.

Just now, AngelsLakersFan said:

Well they aren't playing Correra or McCann today...

Oh, so thats why the pitching staff has given up 11 runs so far...

Perhaps the Angels have laid out the blueprint to beating the Stros.  Run, run run.  It doesn't seem their catcher could throw me out trying to steal.

Hard to believe this Astros team is where they are, they look pretty shitty.

If you ever feel down just think you could have that guy in your bullpen

Albert is truly becoming an all or nothing player.

He;ll probably get the day off tomorrow

To say the Angels would be better off with the guys on the DL is just as flawed of logic as saying they are better off without Trout.  The guys filling in have been better than could be expected.  for the most part the starters are keeping the Angels in games and the bullpen is better than I think anyone expected.  The guys that are injured may actually have performed worse than the current roster.

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2 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Scioscia still arguing ball and strikes lol

No he is arguing types of pasta.

5 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Anyone else surprised that Albert started slumping right after #599?

The pressure to get to the magic number.

Not really slumping.  This is what he has been.  The freaky thing was 2 home runs in two days. 

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Valbuena 6 for his last 56.

Is that even possible?

 

 

Uh.  Yes. 

Cmon we can build on this pujols guy.