Gameday Thread (6/13/24): Angels @ D-backs: Canning on the mound, Ward & O'Hoppe back

[daygloman]

What is it with these tape measure shots tonight?

[greginpsca]

Another great outing for the Bomb Squad.

[jsnpritchett]

Now Pederson just demolished one. 10-1. Time for another accountability meeting? 

[eligrba4ever]

Oh me. Oh my. Wowsie wowsie wowsie. Snakebit.

[PattyD22]

Good freaking God, our bullpen is such a fucking piece of shit. 
 

I just turned this shit show on to see Joc Pederson crack a grand slam off Garcia.  
 

Maybe another team meeting is in order, I suppose.
 

 

[Waybackman]

My friends in San Francisco can’t wait to play the Angels. Can you blame them?

[PattyD22]

Just now, Waybackman said:

My friends in San Francisco can’t wait to play the Angels. Can you blame them?

Nope

[jsnpritchett]

Roansy Contreras makes an appearance. I had almost forgotten he was on the team. This is only his 2nd appearance since June 1.

Edited June 14 by jsnpritchett

[jsnpritchett]

Cole Tucker is about to go on the paternity list, and might get DFA'ed when he comes off of it...

[HanfordGuy]

[eligrba4ever]

The toddler in the fan shot is still a believer. Her dad, not so much.

[EDinTUSTIN]

I wonder what Wash is putting in his lesson plans for school tomorrow?

[HanfordGuy]

4 minutes ago, EDinTUSTIN said:

I wonder what Wash is putting in his lesson plans for school tomorrow?

[PattyD22]

11 minutes ago, EDinTUSTIN said:

I wonder what Wash is putting in his lesson plans for school tomorrow?

 

[eligrba4ever]

And so it goes, Angels style, in 2024.

[daygloman]

GAD.............. What a rout!

Maybe San Francisco will be better?

Maybe not?

Go Halos!

[eligrba4ever]

I thank AppleTV+ for preventing me from watching Friday's game in Oracle Park. 

[Waybackman]

7 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

I thank AppleTV+ for preventing me from watching Friday's game in Oracle Park. 

Count your blessings

[Tank]

10 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

I thank AppleTV+ for preventing me from watching Friday's game in Oracle Park. 

thank you, appletv+! we don't have to listen to the little leaguer tomorrow!

[Angel Oracle]

Hey Moreno, you do see how important a bullpen is?

This entire bullpen is a disgrace to MLB!

[fan_since79]

Missed the game, was at a graduation party for the daughter of some friends. I had an enjoyable evening not having to endure this drubbing by Arizona.

Canning's first inning ERA? 11+

[jsnpritchett]

9 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Hey Moreno, you do see how important a bullpen is?

This entire bullpen is a disgrace to MLB!

 

 

[Angelsjunky]

29 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Hey Moreno, you do see how important a bullpen is?

This entire bullpen is a disgrace to MLB!

One thing we can't blame Arte for: the bullpen. Minasian spent money on it - really, the only area he spent money on. 

Arte is the root problem, but Minasian hasn't moved the needle in a positive direction. He is, at best, a mediocre GM - and that's charitable.

[Duren, Duren]

I fast forwarded after the Walker second homer. Man, Canning folds so badly with any adversity. A pitch or two after a usual ump bad ball/strike call he serves up the three run homer. 

The team has maybe half a dozen players to build around. At the most. But most of the roster is just an embarrassment. It's not that the effort isn't there. They are simply not very good.

I flip to lots of games on some nights. It seems no matter the team or game, every inning or two there are really egregious terrible ball/strike calls. The broadcasters usually comment. Jokingly if it goes their way, befuddled if it doesn't And more often than not they make a difference and have consequences. 

Really, baseball is getting harder and harder to watch because of it. 

I'm now watching a 1934 movie called 'Death on the Diamond' on TCM. It feels like that with most Angel games. 

[CaliAngel]

9 hours ago, Duren, Duren said:

I flip to lots of games on some nights. It seems no matter the team or game, every inning or two there are really egregious terrible ball/strike calls. The broadcasters usually comment. Jokingly if it goes their way, befuddled if it doesn't And more often than not they make a difference and have consequences. 

Really, baseball is getting harder and harder to watch because of it. 

Same here. 

Broken record, and something that will never happen: If the players REALLY want to fix the ball/strike problem without automated systems, at some point a pitcher, when he throws an obvious ball that is called a strike for an out, will need to have the nuts to tell the ump "No dummy, that was a ball...put the batter back in the box, he gets another pitch" or vice versa a batter when the ump calls a strike ball 4, will need to say "No stupid, that was a strike...I'm not taking a free base, give the pitcher back the ball, he gets another pitch." 

Because until that happens, I'm sick and tired of the bitching and moaning about calls only when it doesn't go their way. If you want the problem to be fixed, it has to go both ways. This whole "that was the wrong call, but we'll take it!" is the worst attitude they can have if they were REALLY concerned about fixing the problem.