Chico

I turned on the game last night in the sixth inning when the Angels came from behind to tie the score, , after coming back from a 7-2 deficit. Then I turned it off, then turned it on again in the top of the 9th when the Angels were winning 8-7 and trying to close it out. They brought Wantz in to attempt to close the game. Wantz had never closed a game before. He walked the first two batters. Then they yanked Wantz and brough in Barria, who had never closed a game before. Sensing a pattern? Then Barria walked in the tying run and eventually got out of the inning after Ward made the spectacular game-saving catch to save his hide. Then I turned it off and went to sleep. (I live on the East Coast) I noticed that the starting pitcher Suarez also got shelled. Against the 4-18 Oakland A's. Now they're talking about moving Suarez to the bullpen, like what they do when they shuffle perverted priests to a different parrish or corrupt government officials to the media. It's the same damn problem just put it somewhere else . I want someone to take the fall for this game. I'm sick of shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic with the pitching staff. Thinking about Suarez, Wantz and Barria, all three of them wouldn't be major losses. Neither would "Interim" pitching coach Matt Wise. The team has been poorly managed for years and the pitching has been the worst part of the team, so much so that they drafted twenty pitchers in a recent draft. My choice would be to fire Wise with Suarez, Wantz and Barria close behind. I wish the Angels would pick up a world-class pitching coach. It seems like such a clear idea. But they keep getting these non-entities and mediocrities coaching. Nevin is also a mediocrity. And don't get me started on Moreno, who's the Captain Queeg of this ship.

Another great economical acquisition by GM Arte.

Sorry to blow your minds with a different idea. Stay safe.

Sometimes I wonder about Trout. Might the frequent long-lasting injuries be steroid related? Rendon too.

Angel fan since 1970 when I was on the California Angels in single A baseball in Buffalo, NY. I've never been to an Angels game but have been following the box scores ever since. I've been to games at Yankee Stadium, Fenway, Wrigley, Candlestick and Comiskey. I did have a chance to get cheap World Series tickets at Angels' Stadium in 2002 but was invited to my cousin's son's Bar Mitzvah in NYC. I was there watching the game and had a painful kidney stone while there so maybe it was good that I didn't fly out to LA for the WS. But that would have been exciting to have a ticket to the second to the last WS game. Then again, I'm also a Buffalo Bills fan and in 1993 went to a playoff game on my birthday...or at least tried to go. I got lost on the way to Bills' Stadium and by the time I got there, it was halftime and the Bills were down 28-3. First thing in the third quarter, the other team scored another TD to make it 35-3. I'm like: should I spend money on this or just watch it in a nearby bar?...(the game was blacked out locally). I decided to watch it in the bar and sure enough, the Bills came back to win the game 38-35 against Warren Moon and the Houston Oilers, the greatest comeback in NFL playoff history. D'oh!

Just tuned in. Why did Ohtani stop pitching after only two innings?

Thanks all for all the help for this newcomer. I'm not an expert in getting autographs. I really don't know how things work on that level. A friend once got me a Nolan Ryan autograph. Not sure how. A different time, I was able to get in touch with a retired wrestler's daughter and she got me an autographed picture (Pampero Firpo for anyone who knows) but have been so out of touch with getting autographs, I thought maybe the team's PR could handle it. I was mistaken. The team sux, the PR sux, nobody goes out of their way for the fans and Arte is still the owner. Whoopie.

Gee, thanks.

Hi all. I recently bought an Ohtani and Trout AllStar Big Head Window Cling Decal. I live in Massachusetts and was unable to get tickets to the only time the Angels visit here this year and I called the Angels' front office to see if I could mail it to them for autographs but was denied. Anyone know how I could get these guys' autographs without actually meeting them? Then Angels, for all their failures over the years, seem less than willing to be fan friendly and I've been a fan since 1971. I feel they should go out of their way to please fans at this point. Anyone have any ideas?

Yes.