There's One Thing Left To Do

[eligrba]

For the record, it's good fun baseball to have close races.  Just wish the Angels could win something other than clubhouse vibe.

[WicketMaiden]

10 hours ago, beatlesrule said:

Many here just want to see Jerry Dipoto not never make the playoffs before the Angels do.

FIFY

[Stradling]

8 minutes ago, eligrba said:

Ok. I stopped thinking like that this season after the Baltimore series. 

Well there’s a ton of good teams playing for something and they don’t sweep really bad teams.  The Red Sox just lost 2 of 3 to Baltimore.  Last week Toronto lost 2 of 4 to the Twins.  Dodgers didn’t sweep the DBacks last week.  These are all teams better than Seattle losing games to teams worse than the Angels.  Sweeps happen but to expect them is ignorant. 

[Jay]

Wow Seattle is actually one of the wildcard teams now.

I think the Angels will fold like a lawn chair.

 

[rageous]

I think this team has shown it will be lucky to win one game this series.

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Assuming a sweep in either direction is really ignorant.  

We're not assuming, we're just hoping.

We're still allowed to hope, right?

[Stradling]

10 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

We're not assuming, we're just hoping.

We're still allowed to hope, right?

I was referring to the person who assumed we should be swept fairly easily.  

[yk9001]

I'm rooting for the Mariners over the Red Sox every day of the week.

https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/red-sox-fan-spits-on-orioles-fan-video-roberto-alomar-01fgy38s5taw

I will always root for a Mariners team over the Red Sox.

 

If it means the Mariners sweep the Angels, I will root for a sweep, over the Red Sox getting in the playoffs.

I could not give two shits about Dipoto.

[Chuck]

10 hours ago, Ender said:

I live in Connecticut. While I did check flight prices to fly out there .... I passed on almost $600 each way.

I will be there in spirit! Ha. 

Oh wow. That's pricey! 

[Chuck]

8 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

I'm rooting for the Mariners over the Red Sox every day of the week.

https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/red-sox-fan-spits-on-orioles-fan-video-roberto-alomar-01fgy38s5taw

I will always root for a Mariners team over the Red Sox.

 

If it means the Mariners sweep the Angels, I will root for a sweep, over the Red Sox getting in the playoffs.

I could not give two shits about Dipoto.

I feel the same way, @yk9001. I'm just rooting for good games and strong performances from Ohtani, Walsh and some of our young kids on the roster...but get swept. 

There's no way I'm ever rooting for the Red Sox over the Mariners who is the lesser of two evils. 

[fan_since79]

34 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I was referring to the person who assumed we should be swept fairly easily.  

How can it be "ignorant" to hold that opinion? Angels have lost 61 games to teams .500 or better, 4th worst in baseball. Only Texas, Arizona, and Baltimore have lost more games to good teams. Angels are also 27-46 vs. the AL West, and Seattle is 9-1 in their last 10 games. They're on a roll and are highly motivated to make the postseason for the first time since 2001. They will treat these games like Game 7 of the World Series. The stadium is sold out, I believe (I could be wrong), and Maddon and co. think these games are so important they're not even letting our best pitcher take the mound. 

What could go wrong? Yes, a Seattle sweep is a fair possibility. Not "ignorant" at all to opine that.

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

How can it be "ignorant" to hold that opinion? Angels have lost 61 games to teams .500 or better, 4th worst in baseball. Only Texas, Arizona, and Baltimore have lost more games to good teams. Angels are also 27-46 vs. the AL West, and Seattle is 9-1 in their last 10 games. They're on a roll and are highly motivated to make the postseason for the first time since 2001. They will treat these games like Game 7 of the World Series. The stadium is sold out, I believe (I could be wrong) and Maddon and co. think these games are so important they're not even letting our best pitcher take the mound. 

What could go wrong? Yes, a Seattle sweep is a fair possibility. Not "ignorant" at all to opine that.

Yes, assuming it is easy to sweep a team is ignorant.  It just is.  

[Jay]

Let's just say that if you need a sweep, you'll feel you have a good chance with the Angels as your opponent.

 

[yk9001]

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yes, assuming it is easy to sweep a team is ignorant.  It just is.

Using Fan Since 79's stat about the Angels being 27-46 against the AL west this year, I did a back of the napkin calculation of a Mariners sweep at 25.021%.  I understand that there are a lot more factors that go into that number.

[fan_since79]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Yes, assuming it is easy to sweep a team is ignorant.  It just is.  

Why always on the attack of other posters' opinions? Always with the name calling. I showed some facts that lend to a reasonable opinion that we might be swept fairly easily. We're playing badly in September if you hadn't noticed, and our lineups are more AAA than major league. I'm hoping for a small miracle in the opposite direction. Keeping our best pitcher off the mound speaks of Maddon's view of this series. 

To simply dismiss members' opinions with a pejorative like "ignorant" is lazy, in my humble opinion. 

 

[m0nkey]

Not going to lie, I’m rooting for a Yankees/Mariners WC game. 

[fan_since79]

How about a 3-way tie for the 2nd wild card?

Toronto is still in this thing, but they need help.

[WicketMaiden]

Boston, Mariners, and Yankees, ugh, like choosing which of the Three Stooges you would most like to be screwed by.

[Junkballer]

4 hours ago, eligrba said:

We've been watching the fight. Other than Ohtani, the lineup is not very good. Mix in some more bad bullpen performances and you have a Yugo with 2 bad cylinders. The Angels are not good.

Angels are more like the Adobe.

 

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

Why always on the attack of other posters' opinions? Always with the name calling. I showed some facts that lend to a reasonable opinion that we might be swept fairly easily. We're playing badly in September if you hadn't noticed, and our lineups are more AAA than major league. I'm hoping for a small miracle in the opposite direction. Keeping our best pitcher off the mound speaks of Maddon's view of this series. 

To simply dismiss members' opinions with a pejorative like "ignorant" is lazy, in my humble opinion. 

 

It may be lazy but it doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Also it’s a lot less lazy than saying something ignorant like, the Angels will get swept fairly easy.  That’s pretty fucking lazy.  

[fan_since79]

Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree about "ignorant". I think a Seattle sweep is a fair possibility.

And we'll soon find out the real result of the series.

I think we win one of the three games and Seattle finishes in a tie for the 2nd wild card.

 

[Justin]

Remember the last weekend of 2013 when the Angels just needed to take one of four from Texas to eliminate them from the postseason? The Angels got swept. (Texas then lost a one-game playoff to Tampa Bay.) That was beyond frustrating. I would prefer not to see that again. 

[fan_since79]

2 minutes ago, Justin said:

Remember the last weekend of 2013 when the Angels just needed to take one of four from Texas to eliminate them from the postseason? The Angels got swept. (Texas then lost a one-game playoff to Tampa Bay.) That was beyond frustrating. I would prefer not to see that again. 

Even worse, that last week in 1998 where Texas annihilated us in a 3-game sweep that knocked us out of first place and won them the division instead. But to have predicted that would definitely be ignorant.

[T.G.]

There was a time when the Angels were winning, it didn't matter what other teams were doing or not doing... Trying to find some joy or satisfaction in what teams other than the Angels are doing is not any fun.

Teams I hate, win. Players I don't like, succeed.  It's better not to care.

I get it.  Watching games with some sort of vested interest has its place - but if it doesn't involve the Angels, I really don't care.

That being said... F the A's... Glad they missed the post season.

[fan_since79]

How about, players that are no good never get hurt. 

Talk about frustrating.