JustATroutFan

And this is THE REASON why the Dodgers lost to the Astros in the 2017 World Series.

It's starting to look like 2021 is another 1968 or 2014...barring a miracle.

Manaea has a no-hitter with eight strikeouts going as well against the Stantons.

At this point, it's not shocking. The league OPS had a .701 entering today.

Dodger fans thought Betts was better than Trout after the 2020 World Series. .754 OPS for Betts so far this season. They're clueless.

Pitchers are scared to throw anything fastballs in the middle of the strike zone to Trout or fastballs in the lower part of the strike zone. The book was out on Trout many seasons ago.

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Angels giving Urias a very good beating so far. Music to my ears! Just no respect to human life.

Upton gave the women beater Urias a good beating there. No pun intended.

Pujols is a slightly worse version of Thomas with a terrific glove. Pujols had some seasons where he was basically Thomas at the plate with the high batting average, great power, walking a lot, and having a great ability to put the ball in play. But Thomas always walked a lot, even as he got old. Pujols stopped walking as he started to decline in 2011. So Pujols wasn't as great as Thomas with the bat but both terrific hitters. But there's no doubt that Pujols was a better defensive player than Thomas by a lot. That's one skill of Pujols' that not many people talk about, which is his excellent defensive skills.

I remember the Dodgers were striking out a whole bunch of times against the Astros during the 2017 World Series. That is not going to get it done in the postseason. Runs are harder to come by because pitching is better. An extra 90 feet increases the stress pitchers. That was a big reason as to why they lost. I know what the Dodgers fans will blame on for why they lost the 2017 World Series. And I don't care. I did shit back during my school years like cheating and wasn't caught many times.

And I hope the Dodgers are one game under .500 after this series or just one game or .500 after this series. I just never had a liking for them because many of their fans are a bunch of fakes and douches.

It's shocking that we have not been talking about how the marine layer affected Pujols when he was with the Angels. I'm sure there were many times where Pujols thought he had a home run but the ball just died at the warning track at Angel Stadium. Aaron didn't have to be worrying about the marine layer too many times compared to Pujols.

If I was a hitter, I would rather face a 95 MPH fastball that will be thrown over the heart of the plate than a well-located 92-93 MPH fastball that is well-located at the bottom of the strike zone, especially those on the outside part of the plate. When a hitter knows a pitch is going to be coming at 95 MPH and over the heart of the plate, they can hit it. A lot of hitters would give up on it (well-located fastball) because it looks like a ball but it ends up being in the lower part of the strike zone. Maddux made a living off those, same with Kluber. And Weaver. Many strikeout machines like Stanton, Gallo, and Sano grew up watching the steroid era where guys were hitting home runs. If they were inspired by it, it would not be shocking to me. Velocity has something to do with it but it has more to do with guys just falling in love with the long ball.

Zodiac was creepy, no doubt about it. I kind of knew that his code was not going to contain his real name. No one would have the balls to kill people and tell police that their real name is hidden in the code. And he was great at making contact with people. Trout should learn a thing or two about making contact because he’s striking out way too much so far this season.

Jaws wasn't really a scary to me but it was intense and dramatic. Kind of like the Zodiac Killer when he was sneaking up on his victims. Another scary thing about the guy is that he was never caught. Might have those Trout-speed to elude the police.

Another good thing that Pujols has going for him is that he can still put the ball in play. Putting the ball in play has become a lost art, man. Especially when it comes to sluggers. Most sluggers strike out way too much. Only a few guys who I can think recently that can hit home runs and put the ball in play is Pujols and Bregman. Miggy isn't that guy anymore. The same can be said about Encarnacion.

I remember having a bobblehead of Maddux. Not Trout but I once had a poster of Trout hanging on the wall of my living room.

I just hope that he doesn't hang out with strikeout king Stanton. It gets annoying to see Trout still striking out at a Stanton-like rate. I mean, Trout has never been an elite contact hitter but he's had seasons (like 2013 and 2017) where he had an above average strikeout rate. It's funny to see Trout still hitting .380 despite being on pace for like 180-190 strikeouts this season. I have been noticing that Trout has these games were he strikes out like three times and Rendon is not in the lineup. It's obvious that Rendon makes Trout even better with the bat. And Trout is still excellent with the bat even without Rendon.

Steroids in MLB were illegal starting in 1991. I remember guys like Aaron using that stuff but that was before it was deemed illegal. I'm not sure if better stuff equals better pitching. Some pitchers have great stuff but they can't locate their pitches the way Maddux did. I would argue that the 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's (outside of the juiced baseball season of 1987) were tougher eras to hit in than the 2000s despite more pitchers throwing hard in the 2000s. The first half of the 2010s were all dominant pitching seasons (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015). That makes someone who put up many great seasons at the plate like Miggy and Trout did even more impressive. 2018 was also a good season for pitchers to pitch in. And it's looking like 2021 is on track to be another 1968 or 2014 where pitchers have the upper hand on hitters. So I guess you could also say that Pujols' career slash line is a little bit skewed up by the fact that most of the seasons where he was still playing in the Major Leagues after 2009 were in tough hitting environment. After 2009, Pujols had one more elite hitting season in 2010, one very good hitting season in 2011, and one solid season with the bat in 2012. Then the decline really hit him hard.

Pujols had an advantage that many sluggers (Aaron, Mays, etc) didn't have, which is most of Pujols' prime years (2001-2009) were in the steroids era (juiced baseballs, expansion teams, etc). That's like the best hitting era ever in MLB history. So Pujols' career slash line were a bit inflated, probably. While guys like Aaron and Mays had the advantage of getting to face starting pitchers a fourth time in many games, most of their prime years were during dominant pitching seasons. It is what it is.

I miss the days when Trout was awesome with the bat. Those days reminded me of the scene where Jaws (Trout) was approaching Alex (opposing pitcher) with the music playing. These days, he's making nobodies look good against him on the mound.

A stretch of 0-25 with 20 k's is just around the corner for the future all-time soon-to-be strikeout king.

If there is one where Upton is playing bad defense...

.211/.400/.526 in 25 plate appearances so far for Trout this month...SMH So much for May being a month that Trout loves to hit in.