Gameday Thread: 4/12 Rangers @ Angels

[Robrock30]

Angels 
Lineup 4/12
7:07 PST

TEX:A.J. Griffin(R) (0-0, 10.80)
LAA:Jesse Chavez(R) (1-0, 1.59)

1. Carlos Gomez (R) CF

2. Shin-Soo Choo (L) DH

3. Nomar Mazara (L) RF

4. Mike Napoli (R) 1B

5. Rougned Odor (L) 2B

6. Jonathan Lucroy (R) C

7. Elvis Andrus (R) SS

8. Joey Gallo (L) 3B

9. Jurickson Profar (S) LF

 

1. Yunel Escobar (R) 3B

2. Kole Calhoun (L) RF

3. Mike Trout (R) CF

4. Albert Pujols (R) DH

5. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS

6. Ben Revere (L) LF

7. C.J. Cron (R) 1B

8. Danny Espinosa (S) 2B

9. Martin Maldonado (R) C

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

The Angels are not getting any respect from the media with the possible exception of Register. The national sports media, including ESPN, Yahoo sports, MLB.com and all the rest barely mention the Angels if at all. Even the A's get more coverage than us. I think we wi8ll be flying under their radar for another couple of months even if we keep winning these come back games.

Actually CBS sports called us the hottest team in baseball.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-angels-are-the-hottest-team-in-mlb-thanks-to-their-miraculous-comebacks/

[VariousCrap]

13 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

The Angels are not getting any respect from the media with the possible exception of Register. The national sports media, including ESPN, Yahoo sports, MLB.com and all the rest barely mention the Angels if at all. Even the A's get more coverage than us. I think we wi8ll be flying under their radar for another couple of months even if we keep winning these come back games.

Actually CBS sports which gave us a paragraph and called us the hottest team in baseball.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-angels-are-the-hottest-team-in-mlb-thanks-to-their-miraculous-comebacks/

 

Good article.  This team deserves to be talked about.  Hopefully they keep up the winning!

[Dick B Back]

17 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

The Angels are not getting any respect from the media with the possible exception of Register. The national sports media, including ESPN, Yahoo sports, MLB.com and all the rest barely mention the Angels if at all. Even the A's get more coverage than us. I think we wi8ll be flying under their radar for another couple of months even if we keep winning these come back games.

Actually CBS sports called us the hottest team in baseball.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-angels-are-the-hottest-team-in-mlb-thanks-to-their-miraculous-comebacks/

No respect is nothing new. Halos are on a 4 game win streak and no one else is... I guess CBS noticed.

[eaterfan]

10 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

The Angels are not getting any respect from the media with the possible exception of Register. The national sports media, including ESPN, Yahoo sports, MLB.com and all the rest barely mention the Angels if at all. Even the A's get more coverage than us. I think we wi8ll be flying under their radar for another couple of months even if we keep winning these come back games.

Actually CBS sports which gave us a paragraph and called us the hottest team in baseball.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-angels-are-the-hottest-team-in-mlb-thanks-to-their-miraculous-comebacks/

Read better sights. There are probably 3 stories a week on the Angels from Fangraphs. Including one today on Bedrosian and Bailey. There was a story about Trout's 14 pitch AB against Felix. There was one about the comeback against the Rangers as well. Five Thirty Eight and The Ringer both had Trout stories this week. 

If you're just looking for articles about how awesome the whole Angels team is you will have to keep looking. It's been a week. Let's see if they sustain it. The Reds, Os, and DBacks are also in 1st and haven't gotten many articles written about how great they are either.

[yk9001]

WE NEED VALIDATION!

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Not that I keep track, but an article about both of the Angels' come-from-behind wins were on the ESPN MLB main page, the morning after their wins, as well as on MLB.com. They were NOT, however, on the Central Maine Sports Blog.

[eaterfan]

1 minute ago, Angel Dog and Beer said:

Not that I keep track, but an article about both of the Angels' come-from-behind wins were on the ESPN MLB main page, the morning after their wins, as well as on MLB.com. They were NOT, however, on the Central Maine Sports Blog.

East Coast Bias!!!!

[Angelsfan1984]

I'll be there tonight!

[JustATroutFan]

If that is the case, I'm very surprise Trout won the AL MVP despite the fact that he's playing for a West Coast team. People will still not be convince that the Angels are for real since it's still early in the season and the fact that they have struggled to make the postseason since 2010.

[California Cajun]

If the Angels pitching comes through we've apparently got the offense this year.  A pitcher needs to be able to have a few bad nights and still have a shot to win.  

The last couple of years you may have 2-3 guys get hits all night.

[eligrba4ever]

On MLB Network's MLB Central show Wednesday morning, the Rangers-Angels game was up early in the show. The discussion was "what went wrong" for the Rangers and how could it have happened. Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but it seemed there was a fleeting mention of Trout and Albert. They did show the winning run, but it was mostly a theme of "the Rangers can fix this and those Angels were lucky Texas had an off night." But maybe I was just imagining the tilt.

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, Angel Dog and Beer said:

Not that I keep track, but an article about both of the Angels' come-from-behind wins were on the ESPN MLB main page, the morning after their wins, as well as on MLB.com. They were NOT, however, on the Central Maine Sports Blog.

If it didn't come from Pio Deportes, I don't care.

[JAHV76]

Let's go Halos. If Chavez can pitch another 6+ inning game that will help the bullpen.

[Ohtaniland]

Quiet those Texas bats. 

 

[eligrba4ever]

GO HALOS!!!! Go Jesse Chavez!!!

Pitch deep into the game and win, Jesse.

Go Albert! Go Trout! Don't make us wait for the end tonight!

[Stradling]

3 hours ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

I'll be there tonight!

Make sure you beat the traffic and leave early. 

[Richard]

Death, taxes, and Napoli home runs against the Angels.

Fortunately it was a solo.

[nando714]

Losing already

right where we want them 

also obligatory Naps homer lol

[nando714]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Make sure you beat the traffic and leave early. 

You mean the traffic in the security lines , right ?

they also only have 1 gate open at the main entrance 

[eligrba4ever]

Looks like it's gonna be just another Angels comeback!!

[Schildog]

balls

[Docwaukee]

Chavez throwing BP tonight.  Couple of pitches right down the middle. 

[Angelsfirst]

Seriously, fuck off Napoli.

[DMVol]

4 hours ago, yk9001 said:

WE NEED VALIDATION!

We need our pitchers to stick one in Napoli's f'in earhole....and quit pitching to him....