Capital_Dave

Credit where credit is due: Manager @Jeff Fletcher
I'm just the journalist who reports the news.  Hey I guess that makes me the @Jeff Fletcher of this scenario.

I believe the Second Amendment provides an absolute right to bear arms.  Specifically, I believe the Second Amendment provides an absolute right to bear muskets: single-use weapons that need to be primed, with a cartridge inserted via a ramrod, and fired, a process that takes a good half-minute before you start the process again.  I believe that you should be able to have as many of these 18th century muskets as you would like, without a single restriction or qualification.  
I believe that modern weaponry should be subject to heavy restrictions and that every effort should be made to reserve armor-piercing rounds and other military ammunition to military use only.  The Constitution, in my unpopular opinion, says NOTHING about your right to bear an Uzi or a grenade launcher.  These weapons would be as magical to Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin as an iPhone.  Of COURSE the Constitution doesn't speak to your right to bear those kinds of arms.
This is an unpopular opinion and I have absolutely no idea why that is so.
 

Yeah, I think Coach Fletcher tries to keep things pretty realistic, giving players occasional rest days, as they would in an actual season.  And yes, Heaney came off the DL yesterday, after suffering a 15-game injury on May 17th.  Bedrosian suffered a similar-duration injury yesterday, which is why he was DL'd today.
 

I believe the Second Amendment provides an absolute right to bear arms.  Specifically, I believe the Second Amendment provides an absolute right to bear muskets: single-use weapons that need to be primed, with a cartridge inserted via a ramrod, and fired, a process that takes a good half-minute before you start the process again.  I believe that you should be able to have as many of these 18th century muskets as you would like, without a single restriction or qualification.  
I believe that modern weaponry should be subject to heavy restrictions and that every effort should be made to reserve armor-piercing rounds and other military ammunition to military use only.  The Constitution, in my unpopular opinion, says NOTHING about your right to bear an Uzi or a grenade launcher.  These weapons would be as magical to Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin as an iPhone.  Of COURSE the Constitution doesn't speak to your right to bear those kinds of arms.
This is an unpopular opinion and I have absolutely no idea why that is so.
 

I believe the Second Amendment provides an absolute right to bear arms.  Specifically, I believe the Second Amendment provides an absolute right to bear muskets: single-use weapons that need to be primed, with a cartridge inserted via a ramrod, and fired, a process that takes a good half-minute before you start the process again.  I believe that you should be able to have as many of these 18th century muskets as you would like, without a single restriction or qualification.  
I believe that modern weaponry should be subject to heavy restrictions and that every effort should be made to reserve armor-piercing rounds and other military ammunition to military use only.  The Constitution, in my unpopular opinion, says NOTHING about your right to bear an Uzi or a grenade launcher.  These weapons would be as magical to Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin as an iPhone.  Of COURSE the Constitution doesn't speak to your right to bear those kinds of arms.
This is an unpopular opinion and I have absolutely no idea why that is so.
 

Manager 🙂

Yeah, I think Coach Fletcher tries to keep things pretty realistic, giving players occasional rest days, as they would in an actual season.  And yes, Heaney came off the DL yesterday, after suffering a 15-game injury on May 17th.  Bedrosian suffered a similar-duration injury yesterday, which is why he was DL'd today.
 

Fire Fletch!

The Angels' eight game winning streak ends on a walk-off Twins victory.  The "Extend Jeff Fletcher" campaign takes a step back when Marwin Gonzalez strokes a single to left, scoring Mitch Garver from second.  Not all bad news for the Angels though: Albert Pujols had a huge game at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two home runs.  Per Strat-o-matic's writeup: "With his RBIs, Pujols moved into sole possession of third place on the all-time RBI list with his first HR (passing Alex Rodriguez) and later tied Willie Mays for fifth all-time on the career HR list with his 2nd of the game and 650th of his career. Today’s historic accomplishment was Pujols’ first multi-homer game since May of 2019 and 60th multi-homer game of his career." 

What's a make-believe season without a make-believe All Star Game?  Vote for your favorite Angels here: http://www.strat-o-matic.com/announcements/2020-strat-season-all-star-voting/

7-game winning streak, 9 runs in one inning, Trout with 4 runs in 3 AB... 
Thank you for doing these updates, but I have to stop reading them. Intellectually, I know they're make-believe; emotionally, they just make me miss baseball too much. 

Ty Buttrey blows the lead in the 8th and the Angels head into the 9th inning down 1 facing the Rangers' closer.  Worrisome... until you realize their closer is Jose LeClerc.  The Angels go bananas against LeClerc, ultimately tallying 9 runs in the 9th inning, as the Angels embarrass the Rangers 16-8.  LeClerc's ERA has ballooned to 8.18.  7th straight win for the Angels.  The winning pitcher is the guy who blew the lead, Ty Buttrey, because wins remain a dumb stat.  Jo Adell continues his hot streak, smacking another homer (his first career home run on the road) and going 3-for-5 with three extra base hits.

Ty Buttrey blows the lead in the 8th and the Angels head into the 9th inning down 1 facing the Rangers' closer.  Worrisome... until you realize their closer is Jose LeClerc.  The Angels go bananas against LeClerc, ultimately tallying 9 runs in the 9th inning, as the Angels embarrass the Rangers 16-8.  LeClerc's ERA has ballooned to 8.18.  7th straight win for the Angels.  The winning pitcher is the guy who blew the lead, Ty Buttrey, because wins remain a dumb stat.  Jo Adell continues his hot streak, smacking another homer (his first career home run on the road) and going 3-for-5 with three extra base hits.

Angels hit the road and win the first game of their road trip and their sixth in a row.  Mike Trout (16th) and Shohei Ohtani (8th) hit homers in this one, and Anthony Rendon also makes a tremendous impact as the Angels 2-3-4 hitters all contribute three hits with 7 RBIs combined.  Matt Andriese gets his team-leading 7th win on the season (further, he's on the overall leaderboard, just one off the major-league lead... Cole, Chirinos, and Kershaw all have eight wins).

The Angels complete the sweep over the Yankees and have now won 8 of their last 10 games.  Jo Adell is heating up; he gets his second homer of the series and goes 1 for 2 with 2 walks.  Julio Teheran is more than just eating innings; his ERA is down to 3.41 on the season.  Robles gets a day off and Middleton earns the save in his stead.
 

A little different but I completed the road to October mode in MLB the show 20 with the Angels and I won the World Series in seven games against the Dodgers. I made some trades during the season though like trading away Barria in a package for Josh Bell and getting SP Eduardo Rodriguez for minor Leaguers. The game never brought up Adell though so Goodwin was my right fielder.
The Angels finished 1st in batting but 26th in pitching. For those not familiar with the mode, I actually have to play either a full game or they put me in scenarios where the team goes on cold or hot streaks depending on if you win or lose. They ended up winning 94 games and I had to play a one-game playoff against the White Sox for the wild-card. I next played the Yankees and won in 5. Then the twins who somehow beat the Astros and I won in 6 games.  
Trout absolutely stunk against the Yankees and through the first three games against the twins before finally starting to play like himself.

People getting excited by make believe baseball games makes me shake my head.

DRIVE HOME SAFELY!   Jo Adell strokes a game-winning single to left, his first-ever walk-off base hit, scoring Albert Pujols from 2nd, as the Angels beat the AL-Central leading Indians 3-2.  The Angels were down 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth after another great start by Matt Andriese (surprisingly effective so far this season) who lowers his seasonal ERA to 3.48.  Doubles by Rendon and Pujols set up Adell for the game winner.  The Angels move into a tie for third place in the division, which... I guess counts for progress?
 

Griffin Canning extends his streak; he's now pitched 11.2 innings of shutout baseball to start the season, after getting a late start due to "chronic changes to the ulnar collateral ligament and acute joint irritation in his right elbow."  He earns his second win in as many starts, shutting down a formidable Yankee lineup.  One thing's for sure: this rotation looks a hell of a lot better with Canning and Ohtani in it. 
Jo Adell gets his second career homer.   Mike Trout is in the midst of an uncharacteristic slump; he's batting 1-for-20 (.050) in his last five games.  These things happen, even in pretend baseball.
 

The BR sim ignored some reality. I believe they had Ohtani and Canning in the rotation all year long. 

Bizzaro World has the Mariners in first place?

As predicted by @Slegnaac and as hinted at by @Jeff Fletcher, the Angels forego the DH, and Shohei Ohtani starts and bats cleanup, likely making American League history in the process!  He did go 0-for-3 but the pitching line was nothing short of spectacular.  7IP, 0ER, 8Ks, giving up just two hits.  Ohtani left the game with the score tied 0-0, but a 7th inning, 2RBI double by Matt Thaiss would provide the offense needed to seal the win for Ohtani.  Robles pitches a perfect ninth to earn the save.
 

As predicted by @Slegnaac and as hinted at by @Jeff Fletcher, the Angels forego the DH, and Shohei Ohtani starts and bats cleanup, likely making American League history in the process!  He did go 0-for-3 but the pitching line was nothing short of spectacular.  7IP, 0ER, 8Ks, giving up just two hits.  Ohtani left the game with the score tied 0-0, but a 7th inning, 2RBI double by Matt Thaiss would provide the offense needed to seal the win for Ohtani.  Robles pitches a perfect ninth to earn the save.
 

As predicted by @Slegnaac and as hinted at by @Jeff Fletcher, the Angels forego the DH, and Shohei Ohtani starts and bats cleanup, likely making American League history in the process!  He did go 0-for-3 but the pitching line was nothing short of spectacular.  7IP, 0ER, 8Ks, giving up just two hits.  Ohtani left the game with the score tied 0-0, but a 7th inning, 2RBI double by Matt Thaiss would provide the offense needed to seal the win for Ohtani.  Robles pitches a perfect ninth to earn the save.
 

Something fun in tomorrow's lineup