Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Rangers 8/23/17

[Chuck]

F Sosh...

Why doesn't he send Maybin and Trout with no outs? These guys have had so much success on the bases. 

STAY OUT OF THE DP, JACKASS. Pujols is slow as FUCK and has hit into a shit ton of DP's. 

Too much F'n Lasagna tonight, Sosh? Get to managing.

[krAbs]

I wish we had a bucket of rocks bat instead of pujols. At least it would have only been one out. We would be better off with a pitcher...

[beatlesrule]

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

F Sosh...

Why doesn't he send Maybin and Trout with no outs? These guys have had so much success on the bases. 

STAY OUT OF THE DP, JACKASS. Pujols is slow as FUCK and has hit into a shit ton of DP's. 

Too much F'n Lasagna tonight, Sosh? Get to managing.

No Chuck you don't run down by three. 

[Docwaukee]

2 minutes ago, TroutField said:

The Angels are legit going to miss the postseason because of Albert Pujols. 

truly.  he's almost two wins below replacement.  which means Cliff Pennington could have replaced him and we'd be better.  

[Bull58]

1 minute ago, krAbs said:

I wish we had a bucket of rocks bat instead of pujols. At least it would have only been one out. We would be better off with a pitcher...

The bucket of rocks would have made a double with a tiny bloop to center.

[ten ocho recon scout]

It sucked to see, but honestly, ending had some poetry. Seeing beltre hug napoli. We had the "when did it go wrong thread" before. A huge ripple was chasing crawford instead of beltre, failing, so trading naps for wells. 

I honestly hope being teased this year, seeing beltre still producing while albert fails, pisses arte off enough to open the wallet this winter.

[VariousCrap]

One of the biggest problems Pujols has now is he is not patient at the plate at all.  He would be a better hitter if he'd just be patient at the plate.

[beatlesrule]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

No Chuck you don't run down by three. 

And you don't have Pujols hitting 3rd or 4th either.

[Jwhitt33]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

F Sosh...

Why doesn't he send Maybin and Trout with no outs? These guys have had so much success on the bases. 

STAY OUT OF THE DP, JACKASS. Pujols is slow as FUCK and has hit into a shit ton of DP's. 

Too much F'n Lasagna tonight, Sosh? Get to managing.

Auto double play hitting behind .460 obp I'll never get over this. Rest of managers are laughing at this shit.

[m0nkey]

Just now, VariousCrap said:

One of the biggest problems Pujols has now is he is not patient at the plate at all.  He would be a better hitter if he'd just be patient at the plate.

Can't be patient when you don't have the bat speed anymore. Have to guess more

[Chuck]

14 minutes ago, Stradling said:

No Chuck you don't run down by three. 

Under the circumstances, you do. This guy has no wheels. He's a Triple-Play candidate, Strad....

Get creative on the basepaths like you did in 2002....  Too much respect given to Pujols. It drives me crazy. 

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, beatlesrule said:

And you don't have Pujols hitting 3rd or 4th either.

That certainly doesn't mean you double steal chasing 3.  

[Stradling]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

Under the circumstances, you do. This guy has no wheels. He's a no-out Triple-Play candidate, Strad....

Get creative on the basepaths like you did in 2002....  Too much respect given to Pujols. It drives me crazy. 

This is on Albert.  He swung at two balls.  You don't risk being thrown out on the bases.  Plus I'm pretty sure Maybin is far from 100%.  He isn't moving well at all. 

[beatlesrule]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

That certainly doesn't mean you double steal chasing 3.  

You wouldn't even have to think about such a thing if you didn't have the GIDP king hitting 3rd.

[VariousCrap]

2 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Under the circumstances, you do. This guy has no wheels. He's a no-out Triple-Play candidate, Strad....

Get creative on the basepaths like you did in 2002....  Too much respect given to Pujols. It drives me crazy. 

 

I agree with you Chuck.  You have a ton of speed on the bases and a guy who was having trouble finding the strike zone.  Move those runners!

[Slegnaac]

Reminded me of Josh and the series against KC.....

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

This is on Albert.  He swung at two balls.  You don't risk being thrown out on the bases.  Plus I'm pretty sure Maybin is far from 100%.  He isn't moving well at all. 

Did you miss the 9th inning? Maybin is fine.

[ten ocho recon scout]

5 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

One of the biggest problems Pujols has now is he is not patient at the plate at all.  He would be a better hitter if he'd just be patient at the plate.

Hed be better if he struck out more with runners on.

[VariousCrap]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

Did you miss the 9th inning? Maybin is fine.

My thoughts exactly.  He looked great running down that ball.

[Stradling]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

Did you miss the 9th inning? Maybin is fine.

Have you watched him this week?  He hasn't been moving well.  Even on his diving play he couldn't bounce back up.  Then when he got on base he was playing with his knee.  You're also asking him to steal third.  Just because it's dumb to bat Albert third doesn't mean you should double down on being dumb. 

[robblin17]

 

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

This is on Albert.  He swung at two balls.  You don't risk being thrown out on the bases.  Plus I'm pretty sure Maybin is far from 100%.  He isn't moving well at all. 

What a PC argument. 

[70runner]

10 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

anyone who thinks Albert isn't killing this team is crazy.  

Perhaps Scioscia will explain why the WORST WAR player in MLB is hitting behind the best player in MLB.

[Bull58]

Paredes is still green and needs time. Heaney needs to be sent down. Pujols I can't even comment on how much he's hurt us being in the 3rd hole. I still think we need Grayson Long, he would fit in great with Bridwell and Scribner.

[Stradling]

Just now, robblin17 said:

People are defending 

What a PC argument. 

I'm not defending, it's just a dumb idea to try and double steal down by three in the tenth inning.