Gameday: 4/2 Angels vs Indians

[UndertheHalo]

Well.  Things definitely went down hill after the Angels were introduced tonight.  

[Jay]

Opening Day is better when you don't have the #5 starting.

[eligrba4ever]

5-pitcher relay to a shutout for Cleveland. Happy 2018 Angels. The sun will come out tomorrow ...

[Troll Daddy]

1 minute ago, Jay said:

Opening Day is better when you don't have the #5 starting.

Yea you still need to score a run

[UndertheHalo]

Shohei going yard tomorrow in his debut at the big A.  Book it. 

[JustATroutFan]

Going to be tough to win this series right now even if the team wins tomorrow night. Kluber's nasty and hard to score against but we'll see. But first, lets try to focus on tomorrow's game first before anything else.

[Lou]

Ok 

[totdprods]

Angels may have a tough decision to make when time comes for the 6th SP/Heaney on 4/12.

All of the arms on the bubble - Noe, Bard, Middleton, Alvarez, and even Blake Wood - haven't given any reason to be the guy cut...yet.

[Angel Oracle]

Sick and tired of losing, losing, losing, losing,...to the Indians!

Ramirez didn’t pitch horribly, but he didn’t pitch solidly either.   Still, it’s nice to see him pitching again.

[totdprods]

51 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Sick and tired of losing, losing, losing, losing,...to the Indians!

Ramirez didn’t pitch horribly, but he didn’t pitch solidly either.   Still, it’s nice to see him pitching again.

It was a very JC Ramirez-type start. He'll have the occasional game where he gets tagged for a couple homers, but overall he was solid. I think he's going to have a solid season.

[fan_since79]

8 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

Win some lose some

239-247 since the Royals swept us out of the playoffs, not counting this year.

What a team.

[stormngt]

9 hours ago, Throwman91 said:

Houston already won the West let's just say

According to most on this board Houston already won the West in February.

[Inside Pitch]

2 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Sick and tired of losing, losing, losing, losing,...to the Indians!

Ramirez didn’t pitch horribly, but he didn’t pitch solidly either.   Still, it’s nice to see him pitching again.

How many times has Clevinger beaten us now?   The ultimate "thanks Jerry"... 

[yk9001]

11 hours ago, nando714 said:

 

We've never had a better gif.

[Troll Daddy]

Highlight of the game

 

[nando714]

3 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Sick and tired of losing, losing, losing, losing,...to the Indians!

Ramirez didn’t pitch horribly, but he didn’t pitch solidly either.   Still, it’s nice to see him pitching again.

12 straight losses

[nando714]

1 hour ago, stormngt said:

According to most on this board Houston already won the West in February.

Well they did win it in May last season and they’re a much better team this season...so they’re probably not that far off

[krAbs]

Crappy game all around by the Angels...we made Indian pitching look better than it was by swinging at balls all night. We made their offence look better than it was by throwing out our 7th best starter (if that), and by playing awful defense behind him. I am so sick and tired of playing the Indians. They bring out the worst in the Angels every damn time...

[Stradling]

Last year I thought Cleveland was the best team in baseball.  They played their three worst games of the year against the Yankees after being up 2-0 in that series.  They would have played the Astros tough and possibly gone back to the World Series.  They replaced Santana with Alonso, which is a downgrade, they should still be completely fine.  

[stormngt]

1 hour ago, nando714 said:

Well they did win it in May last season and they’re a much better team this season...so they’re probably not that far off

So why play the games?

 

[stormngt]

1 hour ago, nando714 said:

Well they did win it in May last season and they’re a much better team this season...so they’re probably not that far off

We are only 1 behind Astros.  They haven't won anything yet.

[Pablo]

1 hour ago, krAbs said:

Crappy game all around by the Angels...we made Indian pitching look better than it was by swinging at balls all night. We made their offence look better than it was by throwing out our 7th best starter (if that), and by playing awful defense behind him. I am so sick and tired of playing the Indians. They bring out the worst in the Angels every damn time...

I wonder if the caliber of umpiring played into this. there were at least half a dozen pitches that clearly showed out of the strike zone but were called strikes; most of them killing potential rallies. Hate to rail at the umps, and I get that it all evens out over the course of a year, but honestly, after a few of those, you start to swing at balls because you have NO IDEA if it'll be called a strike.

[nando714]

3 hours ago, stormngt said:

We are only 1 behind Astros.  They haven't won anything yet.

I never said they won anything 

I was referring to last season when they actually took off with the division and never looked back. My point is they did it early last year and with a better team now , nothing would surprise me

[CanadianHalo]

Win tonight or get swept

#Kluberdaytomo

[Blarg]

3 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

Win tonight or get swept

#Kluberdaytomo

You just can't help yourself. Look, go to Las Vegas and bet your house on Kluber winning tomorrow if your so damn sure.