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Like clockwork.

Will give Canning credit, thought he was cooked after the first inning

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What a concept.

Excerpts:
"Marsh had an idea Philadelphia would give him a purpose in the weeks after the 2022 World Series. He was a meaningful piece of something special.
With purpose, he found a routine that eluded him in Anaheim.
“Every day doesn’t feel different now,” Marsh said. “And that just comes with experience. I don’t have a lot of it, but I have a little bit. Just knowing that I’m supposed to be here. In the most humble way, knowing I’m supposed to be on the field with these guys. I’m not showing up to the field, like, ‘Oh, if I play bad, am I going to get benched for a week?’ That kind of thing. And I had that feeling in Anaheim a little bit.
“But God works in mysterious ways, man. I feel like this changed me as a player. As a person. My whole outlook on baseball and life coming over to Philly has been for the better.”
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"Marsh has solidified his spot in the majors, even as a conversation the Angels had two years ago persists. They were not certain Marsh would hit lefty pitching. The Phillies traded a good prospect (Logan O’Hoppe) who has since become the Angels’ starting catcher because they viewed Marsh as a future everyday outfielder.
He’s not there yet.
“I’m showing up to the yard knowing what I’m going to get,” said Marsh, who is hitting .291/.333/.547 this season. “In Anaheim, it was a little different situation. We weren’t winning as much as we were here. Here, we have a plan. A process. We know who’s hitting. We know who’s going to play.”
The Phillies faced 11 lefty starters in their first 26 games. That ranked third-most in the majors. Marsh started four of those 11 games, a slight increase from a season ago. In 2023, Marsh started only 15 of the Phillies’ 51 games versus lefty starters.
They’ll face two Angels lefties as Marsh returns to Anaheim. He’ll probably play Tuesday against Tyler Anderson but not Wednesday against Patrick Sandoval.
“You pick the left-handed pitchers that you think they’ll have the most success against,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said last week. He added: “There’s nothing wrong with giving a guy a couple of days off.”
The Angels version of Marsh might have let doubt creep into his mind. But he knows where he stands with the Phillies. “He’s just this really good athlete,” Bohm said, “who wanted to get better every day.” The Phillies expect to play him more against lefties this summer."
 
 

The White Sox entered the weekend 3-22. They are now 6-22 after sweeping the rays. 
 
That’s baseball, I suppose

The White Sox entered the weekend 3-22. They are now 6-22 after sweeping the rays. 
 
That’s baseball, I suppose

The White Sox entered the weekend 3-22. They are now 6-22 after sweeping the rays. 
 
That’s baseball, I suppose

Yes trade prospects that can be anything.  They can even be 24 year old Reid Detmers!
 
Reid Detmers is the type of player the Angels need to be acquiring (somehow), not trading.

They did it again against Baltimore, they were down 6-5 in the 9th but scored 2 against Kimbrel and won 7-6

Yes, let's circle back and check in on how things are going for the two

Yes trade prospects that can be anything.  They can even be 24 year old Reid Detmers!
 
Reid Detmers is the type of player the Angels need to be acquiring (somehow), not trading.

Yes trade prospects that can be anything.  They can even be 24 year old Reid Detmers!
 
Reid Detmers is the type of player the Angels need to be acquiring (somehow), not trading.

LOL at the first page of this thread. These are the posters we're supposed to take seriously for their baseball knowledge?

Exactly. I don't feel bad for him at all. And for all the talk about what he was going to bring to the team, what the focus areas for improvement would be, etc., there's not a ton of evidence that he's making much of an impact yet, other than possibly on IF defense. 

Yes trade prospects that can be anything.  They can even be 24 year old Reid Detmers!
 
Reid Detmers is the type of player the Angels need to be acquiring (somehow), not trading.

It's just not a very good team.

lol

I would say the Angels are more like these guys than Palpatine 

I got engaged at Angel stadium on a Star Wars night. I’m now divorced. 

800 drones for Star Wars, I’m in but skipping the game before.