Justin

1 minute ago, cvdog said:

I realistically don't see us winning more than 10 the remaining of the season. 

66-96

Trout having 10 WAR on a 66-win team would be hilarious. 

Just now, SoPas Angel said:

Is Gubi talking about how Rengifo did in batting practice? This game sucks. 

My bad, Gubi. 

Is Gubi talking about how Rengifo did in batting practice? This game sucks. 

17 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Most vivid memory of Angels baseball at Riverfront Stadium: The night the fake riverboat smokestack burned.

I remember doing a pub crawl with a friend who is a diehard Reds fan on Opening Day 2013, and the game went 13 innings. I just looked up the box score. Do you know who got the win? Mark Lowe. I do not remember him at all. 

Tyler Skaggs tore his UCL in August 2014, 5 years ago this week. Since then, Richards busted up his knee at Fenway and then tore his UCL... twice. Ohtani, Heaney, Tropeano, and Ramirez all tore their UCLs. Skaggs died. Shoemaker could have died after fracturing his skull on a comebacker. Alex Meyer threw a couple of great games and we got excited that perhaps Eppler had found a gem... and then Meyer tore his labrum and never pitched again. Pena tore his ACL the other day. There have to be others I'm forgetting.

I've been watching Angels baseball since 1985, though my vivid memories only go back to 1996. Has there ever been a stretch like this with starting pitching health?

My tribe's ritual this afternoon is going to involve In-n-Out and a case of Pacifico. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Maybe this coming week of baseball will be better. 

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yep, he is pretty damn good.  One of only a couple of SS I would rather have than a healthy Simmons.  

Rengifo has to be the other one

I wish someone besides Upton had shown up today. 

1) Watching Trout close in on 50 homers and 10 WAR

2) Watching Canning develop

3) Watching the Dodgers lose (again) in the postseason because they (again) wouldn't trade their precious prospects for bullpen help

23 minutes ago, azmancini said:

Uh, Eppler lied? 

That's certainly not impossible. But this season has sucked... just like the last three before it. I want to have hope. 

I don't know what's going to happen. I do know that Mike Trout liked Eppler's plan, and the direction of the franchise, enough to sign a long extension.

I choose to believe Trout understands what's happening more than any of us do. 

11 home runs in 43 innings. Cool.

23 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Subtle reminder of how good Tim Salmon was... Trout tying his club record for homeruns in one month.

He was and still is my favorite Angel

3 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Not watching the game, but I cannot tell you how many times I have read this year that the Angels got screwed by the umps, only to find out later, it is a borderline pitch.

Like this f*cking team deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Cahill has sucked this year; he did not suck in the top half of the inning.

He came in with the bases loaded and threw a pitch that should have ended the inning, then gave up a single. Both runs charged to Suarez. 

1 minute ago, Lhalo said:

Cahill needs to be DFA'd immediately after the game.

He threw a pitch that should have ended the inning if the ump had been paying attention

Thanks, Blue

If he hadn't brought a bat with him, he would have an RBI

1 hour ago, Angelsjunky said:

Mos Eisley cantina, baby.

When I was in high school, my best friend and I would pull up next to pretty girls at a red light and look at them seriously while blasting the cantina music on my Jeep's CD player. We thought eventually some girls would find that adorable. None ever did. Though once a cop stopped us because we were doing that in a "no cruising zone." He asked what we were doing and we told him the truth, complete with the music. He said it was the funniest thing he'd seen all week and let us go with a warning if we promised not to cruise anymore. 

Old Guys Rule

1 minute ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

his defense isn't ready for prime time...

I agree. If I thought the Angels were in the hunt this season, I would be upset. But I think the second half is the perfect chance to work on things. 

The reason I say this is, I saw Thaiss play for Inland Empire several times in 2017. I thought he was a waste of a first round draft pick and might not rise above AA. He proved me wrong. He doesn't look like he can play 3B at this level, but I'm going to give him more than 11 games to prove me wrong again. 

5 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Why is Thaiss playing again?  Hopefully they are trying to trade him.

33 at bats into his career, he is batting .152. 

33 at bats into Mike Trout's career, he was batting .133.

I'm not saying we should expect anything close to Trout out of Thaiss, but why not give him playing time? It's not like the Angels are making the postseason this year. 

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

They'll win 1-0 for the lolz

In 12 innings. 

The shame is back. 

That just moved Trout into 4th place in the MVP race. 

The replay officials are not sitting there trying to get the call correct. They are sitting there trying to uphold the call on the field.

If there is any doubt whatsoever - and sometimes even if there is no doubt - they will uphold the call on the field. It is what it is. There is zero point in getting upset about it now after all these years.