tomsred

Aybar 2-5, 1 run.

Post your predictions here for season game no. 33, 5/8/13 vs. Houston. Game time is 5:10 pm PST. Winners from tonight's game no. 32, 5/7/13 vs. Houston are shown below.

4 Points, 2 Points

None

3 Points

Jeff M (Trumbo 1-4, 1 HR)

1 Point

AZMike. (Wilson 6.1 IP)

The Angels (Kendrick 1 single)

GoodTimesGoneBad. (Wilson 2 ER's)

Jellybean. (Trumbo 1 HR)

TCB. (Trumbo 1 HR)

2002 halos II (Trumbo 1 HR)

AngelsAndRamsFan (Wilson 2 ER's)

Scooby10672 (Trumbo 1 run)

SoWhat (Trumbo 1 HR)

HeavenlyHalos (Trumbo 1-4)

Post your predictions here for season game #32, 5/7/13 vs. Houston.  Game time is 5:10 pm PST.  Winners from today's game #31 vs. Baltimore, 5/5/13, are shown below.

4 Points, 3 Points, 2 Points

None

1 Point

HeavenlyHalos  (Trumbo 1 single)

JAHV76  (Trumbo 1-4)

Ray McKigney  (Aybar 1 single)

Torridd  (Callaspo 1 RBI)

nando714  (Aybar 1 double)

HaloFromVegas  (Trout 1 SB)

SoCalSportsFan  (Trumbo 1 single)

George  (Hamilton 1 double)

BatsnBeer  (Trout 1 HR)

Angels_Baseball  (Trumbo 1-4)

The next Predictions Scorebard update will not be until 5/9/13 after the Houston game as I am traveling this week.

Calling him out on something that you have very little to go on is arrogant and tiresome.

 

OK...we should just go to games, pay our money, win or lose, and shut the hell up?

Homebrewer, it is arrogant and tiresome when someone thinks they have the one right opinion all the time.  You seem to believe that anyone who takes a countering opinion to yours is some type of loser, lower class person, or not your equal as a fan.  Sorry but it doesn't work that way, everyone has equal opinions here.  Whether you go to a game or not is your personal decision, whether you sit quietly or hurl insults at the game is your choice.  Not everyone is going to make the same choice as you - and that doesn't mean they are idiots, apologists, lesser fans, not knowledgeable, inferior or should not have their opinions valued as much as yours.

Williams 7.0 IP, 4 K's.

Homebrewer, don't know how to break this to you, but it is not your team.  It belongs to Arte, it's not a public company, you don't own any part of it.  It's like going to a movie, you make a payment to get admitted to the show, or watch it on TV, or listen to it on the radio.  You can stay home and make your statement, but in the end it belongs to the owners, and you are not an owner.

You can dent his revenue stream by not paying to watch the entertainment provided by the owners, and he can bust up your day by moving his team elsewhere.  It's that simple, really.

Post your predictions here for season game #31, 5/5/13 vs. Baltimore.  Game time is 12:35 pm PST.  Winners from today's game #30, 5/4/13 vs. Baltimore are shown below.  The Predictions Scoreboard has been updated through game #30 (5/4/13), and can be found in the 2013 RULES and PREDICTIONS SCOREBOARD thread listed as a Pinned thread above.

4 Points, 2 Points

None

3 Points

AZMike  (Callaspo 1-4, 1 single)

The Angels  (Kendrick 1-4, 1 single)

Redondo  (Kendrick 1-4, 1 single)

JAHV76  (Kendrick 1-4, 1 single)

AngelsAndRamsFan  (Callaspo 1-4, 1 single)

tdawg87  (Conger 1-4, 1 single)

HeavenlyHalos  (Trout 1-4, 1 single)

notalpujols  (Aybar 1-5, 1 single)

1 Point

tomsred  (Aybar 1 run scored)

Jeff M  (Aybar 1 run scored)

katrinab  (Aybar 1 single)

SoCalSportsFan  (Trout 1 single)

2002_halos_II  (Trumbo 1 HR)

Angels_Baseball  (Aybar 1 run)

Vargas matches up really well with the Angels stadium.

Flyball pitcher that pitches to contact works well here.

The marine layer was on our side tonight.

I'd let Josh sit in the BMW and guard it from being keyed.  While he's in there I would make him watch movies of his strikeouts during the season to date on the navigation screen.   

Aybar 2-5, 1 run scored.

Post your predictions here for season game #30, 5/4/13 vs. Baltimore.  Game time is 1:05 pm PST.  Winners from today's game #29 vs. Baltimore, 5/3/13, are as follows.

4 Points

TCB  (Trumbo 1-4, 1 HR)

3 Points

Jeff M  (Kendrick 1-4, 1 single)

The Angels  (Kendrick 1-4, 1 single)

Redondo  (Kendrick 1-4, 1 single)

Jellybean  (Kendrick 1-4, 1 single)

JAHV76  (Pujols 1-4, 1 single)

True Gritch  (Kendrick 1-4, 1 single)

Lawrence  (Trout 2-4, 1 single)

SoCalSportsFan  (Trout 2-4, 1 single)

2 Points

None

1 Point

Ray McKigney  (Trout 1 single)

HeavenlyHalos  (Aybar 1-4)

Angels_Baseball  (Trout 2-4)

tomsred  (Pujols 1-4)

bigfish27  (Aybar 1-4)

EDinTUSTIN  (Trumbo 1 HR)

Torridd  (Aybar 1 double)

AngelsAndRamsFan  (Trumbo 1-4)

2002_halos_II  (Trumbo 1 HR)

tdawg87  (Vargas 2 walks)

The next Predictions Scorebard Update will occur tomorrow night, 5/4/13.

We found Butcher's replacement. 

And Hubs clearly sounds better than Butcher.

Yeah, reminds me of the time he sent Escobar out for 6 full innings after his his shoulder injury.  That pretty much ended his career.  Unbelievable.

Good, something else to add to the new manager search:  "must be proficient in medicine."

A muscle injury, or a brain injury?

Personally, I feel the root of the problems can be laid at the feet of DiPoto rather then Scioscia:

 

1)  Traded Santana for nothing

2)  Opted out of Haren

3)  Traded decent SP prospects and solid MIF depth for Greinke and didn't re-sign him

4)  Because of #1, #2, and #3 traded offensive depth in Morales for a 5 starter in Vargas and AAA filler in Blanton

5)  Signed Josh Hamilton to a contract that basically rewards him for what he did with the Rangers and not what he'll do with the Angels

6)  Signed Ryan Madson and crossed his fingers hoping he be okay

 

Essentially, if just opt in for one more year of Haren and Santana, your rotation is Weaver, Wilson, Santana, Haren, and RIchards.  If those two suck in 2013, they are gone.

 

As for the offense, if they kept things as is: C: Ianetta/Conger, 1B/DH: Pujols, 2B Kendrick, SS Aybar, 3B Callaspo, LF Trout, CF Bourjos. RF Trumbo DH/1B, Morales

 

You can't blame anyone really for the injuries, they happen to every team, but the depth is lacking which, again, falls on DiPoto.  I'm not a huge Sciocscia fan but, apart from some questionable BP moves, I don't see how this falls on him. 

I'm with you on this Mulwin.  I can see some logic in replacing Scioscia because it is the easy answer to appease frustration among the fans, and others in the organization.  Sometimes making a change, any change can kind of shock a team out of a poor path they may be on.   Things are complicated here by the fact that a really good replacement for Scioscia is not obvious.  However, that issue aside, something else is definitely wrong with the philosophy or conduct of operations in the front office.  Maybe the overall strategy is very poor, maybe DiPoto is too inexperienced, maybe roles and responsibilities haven't been clearly defined.  It's hard to pinpoint the problem because unless you are an insider there is little hope of understanding how the Angels really conduct their business, and how effectively relationships work.

Pujols 1-4, 1 RBI.

Post your predictions here for season game #29, 5/3/13 vs. Baltimore.  Game time is 7:05 pm PST.  Winners from tonight's season game #28, 5/2/13 vs. Baltimore, are shown below.

The next Predictions Scoreboard update will occur on late Saturday afternoon following game #3 of the Baltimore series.  I will be traveling on Sunday through Thursday, so the update following the one on Saturday night will not occur until later next week.

4 Points, 2 Points

None

3 Points

Angels_Baseball  (Pujols 1-4, 1 RBI)

Jeff S.  (Pujols 1-4, 1 RBI)

True Gritch  (Aybar 1-4, 1 single)

1 Point

TCB  (Hamilton 1-4)

AZMike  (Blanton 2 walks)

AngelsAndRamsFan  (Pujols 1 RBI)

Jellybean  (Pujols 1 RBI)

Can we send a scout to the local Home Depot for some Mexican talent?

The moving reimbursement would be cheaper.

That made me laugh too. Let's just hope it was intentional. Adam might be a bit cloistered in his libertarian compound up in Idaho.

It's a classic.

Get a tax cut from Obama.

Pitchers stopped throwing him so many fastballs.  It was bound to happen.  I still think he could be a special player.  His defense is excellent.

I'd like to see the numbers on the amount of changeups and curve balls thrown by Oakland to Angel hitters, it's probably a staggering number.  I about fell over when Kendrick hit that 12/6 curve ball by Milone out!  That's usually a killer on Howie.

Scioscia can only fit so many syllables in one sentence. He's just being verbally economical.

Ok Vegie.

Roth 1.0 IP, 0 ER's.

The "cooling off" is due to "advance scouting."  We only have retro scouting.

Ghostfacey

or Barby