aznhockeyguy

1 hour ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

Well, that's ridiculous. No wonder there's an increase in injuries with these stupid limitations and overworking of pitchers.

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

13 pitchers should be more than enough. For years, pitching staffs were 10, maybe 11. 

Baseball pitchers are the new football players.  Pitchers know that throwing max effort every single pitch is going to blow out their arms/elbows/shoulders, much like football players know that playing football is going to cost them later in life.  GMs only want pitchers that throw 95+ with a 88+ slider.  Velocity is the name of the game.  Back then pitchers would conserve their stuff and not throw max effort every single pitch due to it being a long season and the expectation of going the full game.  Pitchers were taught to "pitch" and not "throw," meaning mixing up pitches, changing speeds, changing arm slots, hitting your spots.  All of that is out the window now with the max velo approach.  I really miss the days that the starters throws 120+ pitches and goes more than 6 innings. 

Saw some of the details of the investigation.  Wow.  I take back all the conspiracy theory stuff.  Ippei needs Gamblers Anonymous.

9 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

3 weeks since the news broke.  It's been an ongoing federal investigation for a while.  That Ippei is pleading guilty speeds it up, because you don't need to be methodical dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's and making sure you case is airtight, if he's pleading guilty.  This case has nothing to do with the MLB.  And as far as I know, MLB has not said that it's investigation is closing because Ippei is pleading guilty.  In a way, this may actually help the MLB, because now Ippei may cooperate with their investigation, now that the fear of anything he says might be used by the feds threat is over.  

But they weren't investigating Ippei, they were investigating the bookmaker where Ohtani's/Ippei's name/transactions were found.  They announced Ippei's portion of the investigation only a few weeks ago.  It's still a timely process to investigate a new party in any on-going investigation.  But maybe it is cut and dry as the investigators are saying.

6 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Ippei probably isn't the main focus of the investigation.  They are probably going after the bookie, and any other criminal connection the bookie has, like mob, or nationwide ring.  More than likely, Ippei is pleading guilty to turn rat on the bookie, and in return receive a light slap on the wrist.  Especially if Shohei doesn't press charges, which I don't know if he has or hasn't.  This is like the Varisity Blues case.  Those that pleaded early and helped the fed case got far lighter sentences.  Those that fought it got it worse.  But really they were going after the higher ups, organizers and facilitators.  The celebrities, while they got the spotlight, were just the bonus for the real case.  

Good points, however nearly all investigations take time and discovery and evidence gathering is a slow and methodical process.  It's been less than 3 weeks since all of this was announced.  This is just way too convenient for MLB to quickly move on from this scandal and that Ippei stole the money is the story that they're all rolling with to make it happen. 

Interesting.  I'm surprised how quickly this investigation is unfolding.  Usually these type of investigations go on for a long time.

46 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Sorry but Adell is getting F*****

When will the black on black crime end? /s

Seriously though, why is Washington not playing Adell?

LMAO, Angels will take that!

1 minute ago, Don said:

This one was much closer. Kinda surprised they overturned it.

In real time, don't blame the call being missed, it was close. Replay clearly showed he was safe and was an easy overturn. 

2nd base umpire needs to get in better position missing these calls.  1st one wasn't even close.  This one okay very close either way. 

Damn so close!

Angels are having good at-bats this game, just need to get that key hit with runners on.

Sweeping 3 in row on the road isn't easy, even against a shitty team. 

LMAO, no sense of drama either.  First pitch, HBP

8 minutes ago, TroutField said:

Hopefully this Rendon experiment can end when someone steps up and shows they are a solid leadoff option. 

Nolan should be leading off.  He has a great eye too and has good at-bats.  He's also better than Rendon as a hitter at this stage of their careers. Rendon should be at the bottom of the order. 

Gonna need runs with Anderson pitching. 

Perry is saying what he has to say.  Arte wasn't going to spend money. 

That 1-0 lead was great while it lasted.

Liked the Sano signing.  He looked pretty solid during spring training.  He'll spell Nolan at 1B vs LHP and be DH when Trout and Rendon are on the field. 

Did any of you guys get hail?  We had hail dropping in my area for about 10-15 minutes. 

This is unbelievable.  I refuse to believe to that Ippei didn't know that betting/sports betting through his bookie is illegal.  He moved to the US during elementary school and graduated from Diamond Bar High School and UC Riverside, so he's been in the US for a long time.  I definitely believe Ippei ran up a gambling debt in the millions and asked Shohei to help pay for it.  Shohei agreed to do it, but once his legal team/representatives found out that the bets Ippei did were being investigated by the FBI, they're like nope get Shohei the fuck away from Ippei and let us handle it. 

FWIW, baseball players can bet, but definitely not on baseball and not through illegal methods or offshore sites. 

EDIT: His education is now a lie as UCR reports he never attended or graduated from there.  His employment with the Red Sox was a lie as well.  Holy smokes, who is this guy?

2 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

asked the guy with the screen name aznhockeyguy.

FYI. Azn = Asian.  I don't live in Arizona.

I really thought the map was real haha.  I didn't look at the symbols too closely.

FWIW, I did look up locust cloud when I did see the post and it is a real thing.

1 hour ago, Lazorko Saves said:

Plague of locusts.  Here's the current Locust Radar.  Particularly heavy over Peoria right now.

Very curious about this as I've never experienced this sort of thing before. 

1) Is this a normal regular thing? Or is this something that's a cause for alarm?

2) Why is the Phoenix area spared?

There it is, the first injury of the season for him.  Can't wait till he's gone. 

Solid signing.  Loved Moore on the Angels last season and he was great.  I'm surprised the Angels were able to get him back with a 1 year contract. 

5 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Nah...   That one made zero sense. Mathews really hadn't changed anything about his game, he was the same guy he had always been, he just lucked into a .343 BABIP and as it turns out, was taking HGH,

GMJ was far and away Stoneman's biggest mistake.

It reminds me of GMJ because it's the Angels signing a guy who had an 1 unreal season and signing them to a multiyear contract.  I know they're different players and different positions, it just reminds me of that.