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10 minutes ago, TheLordofOuts said:

He doesn't bring him enough cocaine?

Holy shit.  Owww.  
 

But that did make me laugh

The Red Sox have 3 hits.

All are home runs.  

Poor kid went out on the grass to get home run #2, and Paul Blart, Angels security kindly escorted the son and his father out of the stadium.

So great, Angels security 

Is Canning pitching?

I’m almost certain that there is a correlation between young kids starting showcase baseball tournaments, travel ball, etc and the rise of major arm trouble.

Travel ball and showcase tournaments really rose to popularity about 20 years ago and that would fit into the ages of a lot of these pitchers coming down with arm issues.

Now, with that being said, most kids often go to personal trainers, instructors, and the like, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are being taught properly, nor does it exempt them from the stresses of newer pitches.

Maybe that might be a starting point to look into, but I doubt that will change anything.  Like California trying to ban tackle football.

Slightly off topic but will any of you AW peeps be at the game on Sunday?  1pm start.

Just throwing it out there.  Grandkids are walking the field as part of their District Little League if someone wants to grab a beer.

I’ll grab the first round.

47 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Good morning Angels fans. How are you feeling after the home opener?

Takeaways: The red carpet production was amazing Jered Weaver's first pitch Crowd was electric - playoff atmosphere Logan O'Hoppe's game tying grand slam Team showed some fight in them in the comeback.

Strad has a good recap from last night.

And yeah @T.G.it was cold.  Didn’t have to worry about the beers getting warm on us last night

39 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Just my observations from last nights game. 

Fly overs are always great.  National anthem with the giant flag is always emotional.  

The crowd last night was LOUD, like playoff atmosphere loud.  

The fans cheered and boo’d when it felt appropriate. Lots of times when the stadium is full it feels like half the crowd doesn’t know what is going on in the game, last night felt like everyone was into it. 

Rendon was boo’d, Ohtani on the video board was boo’d (which surprised me) Arte on the video board was boo’d, when they announced Joey Cora he was boo’d.  

The cheers came when guys got hits or worked walks, but the volume was just different than it has been in quite some time.  

Rendon standing ovation, wasn’t really a thing.  One guy behind me stood and cheered him. I think things like that are stupid, regardless of the player. I did however give Trout a standing O as well as Weaver coming out for his first pitch, oh and the 102 year old veteran they recognized in between innings. 

Boston had three hit by pitches and one certainly felt like he swung at the pitch from where I was sitting, but the third base ump gave the safe sign.  It felt like two of the guys that got hit took forever to “shake it off” so they could get playing again.  

It was my first time up in the 400 section in a few years, they have added a ton of beer can stands, which makes the wait times less (I’d imagine) but it makes it more crowded as you are trying to walk around up there getting to your seats.  Any renovation feels like it needs more restrooms. Also where I was at, I didn’t see TVs up by the concessions so you can keep up on the game when standing in long lines.  

Lastly, fuck Boston.  

Great write up @Stradling.  I echo those sentiments.  I’ll say this, it was quite cold last night.  One of the colder games I’ve been to in over 20 years.  It was post-storm, clear sky cold, which may, or may not have affected some players.

I don’t have a sight line from my seats, but a lot of pitches seem borderline.  Not sure if the plate ump wasn’t giving pitches on the black or not, just saying that close pitches didn’t seem to get called.  Maybe on TV, they were more off the plate than live.

And yeah, there were a few, loud chowderheads in my section that probably had 10 too many Sam Adams left over Winterfest beers to their heads.

Tool boxes.

Just now, Jason said:

Rendon got an infield single so it was awesome 

Exit velo at 52.7 mph.

Crushed.

I wish we could play the Marlins for 162 games.

Good teams are a buzzkill.

11 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

So cool to have Jered throw that 1st pitch to his son, Aden.

I had to laugh as Jered hopped over the 3rd base on his way to the mound.

I saw him do that also.  Some superstitions never die, even in retirement.  You NEVER, EVER walk on the dirt or ever touch the chalk.

Weave upholding the tradition.  Nice Vans also.  

Just now, HeavenlyHalos said:

Lame last two innings. I hate the Red Sox so very much.

Same here.  And their fans are a bunch of fucktards.

Just now, AngelsLakersFan said:

Gona lose to a team that made 3 errors

Gonna get beat by a team that hit 5 home runs

Ron Washington has proven tonight he is stubborn to a fault.  I thought that with the way he has been handling the Rendon, lead off crap, but tonight with Soriano, he has proven he needs to be a little more open minded.

That was poor managing tonight.

17 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

It always amazes me how this team can get a big hit to tie the game and then immediately give the lead right back. It's impressive.

Deja vu, @tdawg87

Mickey Moniak with 2 strike outs and a weak pop up tonight.  He has left 7 runners stranded on base tonight.

Not exactly a great stat line for him tonight 

Just now, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

Who is our 3b coach? 

Eric Young

Hell yeah Sano.  
 

And hell yeah EY for sending him.  Gotta make that guy throw you out.

Rendon’s ovation was almost as loud as O’Hoppe’s.  Well not quite….

Rendon getting the full Bronx Cheer for that hit.  A standing ovation 

That’s more like it!!!!!!!!

That was a brutal AB by Moniak.  How about seeing a few pitches?

2 minutes ago, Mark68 said:

If by "damage", you mean "get under the pitch and hit a weak fly ball to center", you certainly nailed it. 

Thats what I meant

We finally woke up this morgue.  Time for Trout to do some damage.

Crawford is gassed.  Has no legs right now