Angels at Giants 08/20/2020 Gamethread

Jose Suarez gets his first start of 2020 against the Giants tonight! He’ll face off against Kevin Gausman.

Game starts at 6:45 pm PST.

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Brent Maguire
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4 years ago

That was just a brutal, brutal series. Goodnight y’all.

DowningDude
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4 years ago

Stick a fork in us … we’re done.

Mia
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Mia
4 years ago

Tale as old as time….

Mia
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Mia
4 years ago

Love seeing one of our starter signings pitching mop up out of the bullpen…

eyespy
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4 years ago
Reply to  Mia

We had an “Opener” today.

H.T. Ennis
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4 years ago
Reply to  Mia

it’s funny because I actually think there was a lot to like about his 2019, even though he regressed from a stellar 2018. this organization, man

Mia
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Mia
4 years ago
Reply to  H.T. Ennis

I honestly don’t know why I can’t just stop caring and watching games. I get literally nothing out of it other than sadness and anger, aha.

eyespy
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4 years ago
Reply to  Mia

Baseball is great, and we are Halo fans

Mia
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Mia
4 years ago
Reply to  eyespy

I know! I hate it!

H.T. Ennis
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4 years ago
Reply to  Mia

Trout in a rut again too lesigh

I’ve been reading the past two innings and have it on background

Mia
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Mia
4 years ago
Reply to  H.T. Ennis

Look at this guy who still has the attention span to pick up a book /s

H.T. Ennis
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4 years ago
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the one positive of quarantine! i’ve started reading again!

DMAGZ13
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4 years ago

serious question about Rengifo here…a year ago he was looking like a solid player with obp potential etc…and yes, even the intelligent Dodger scouts approved to dump Stripling and Joc for him. There has to be something in him that’s good that other people can see. But he’s barely major leaguer at this point. This is an example of our horrid player development.

Mia
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Mia
4 years ago
Reply to  DMAGZ13

The Dodgers would be able to get the best out of him. We are not the Dodgers

DMAGZ13
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4 years ago
Reply to  Mia

that’s what im saying though. They are not taking chances on someone who sucks. There is potential in there supposedly. This is the level of terribleness that is us. Stripling (even though he hasn’t exactly lit it up) and Joc (also not amazing) are not terrible players. Both of them though are major leaguers. Rengifo looks like’s on the verge of being a AAAA player his whole life. That’s a massive disparity

Last edited 4 years ago by DMAGZ13
Mia
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Mia
4 years ago
Reply to  DMAGZ13

Yes, our player dev is absolutely awful.

Brent Maguire
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4 years ago
Reply to  DMAGZ13

In all fairness to the Angels, I think there’s something in his profile that have scared teams away. Had the trade gone through, the Dodgers would’ve been his fourth organization at age 23.

That said, I think your last point touches on an overarching theme of this org. The ability to develop players has been pretty brutal.

eyespy
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4 years ago
Reply to  DMAGZ13

We do not have a coaching staff.

The manager does not have a kid on this team. The coaches were from a team that the manager was involved with, but not the manager. One of them seems to have a nephew in the league, or so they say. Tomorrow night is poker night in the bull pen catchers garage. He has a jukebox in there, but it’s not plugged in, and he couldn’t tell you if it works. Somehow, they got asked to take this team, the manger is a grifter, and the owner is happy that he gave him a FIVE YEAR DEAL.

H.T. Ennis
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4 years ago

this is comical. they’re self-destructing, and we’re still down 5

Mia
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Mia
4 years ago
Reply to  H.T. Ennis

This could be an SNL sketch.

eyespy
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4 years ago
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The one that finally cancels that show

Mia
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Mia
4 years ago
Reply to  eyespy

Not as long as Lorne draws breath!

eyespy
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4 years ago
Reply to  H.T. Ennis

They want to go home. They live just down the street. Happy things happen there. Here is just sad.

H.T. Ennis
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4 years ago
Reply to  eyespy

Wonder if the air quality is affecting the team. I’ve heard from a friend that it’s disastrous up there…and three more games in Oakland this weekend

eyespy
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4 years ago
Reply to  H.T. Ennis

But why not the Giants?

H.T. Ennis
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4 years ago
Reply to  eyespy

yeah, i dunno

eyespy
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4 years ago
Reply to  H.T. Ennis

Maybe the smoke coming from our pen, that would gas out our dugout too. Location, location, location. It always matters.

Mia
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Mia
4 years ago

Don’t you just love knowing that even a grand slam still has you down by 2…

We suck so bad.

DMAGZ13
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4 years ago

i have no desire to see them lose 10-7 or something deceiving like that.

H.T. Ennis
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4 years ago

very surprised no pinch hitter here

eyespy
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4 years ago
Reply to  H.T. Ennis

Mr Owl goes?

eyespy
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4 years ago

Our bench is empty, right?

Eric_in_Portland
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4 years ago
Reply to  eyespy

if you consider Jipton and Grandpa as “empty”

eyespy
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4 years ago

out of gas

Eric_in_Portland
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4 years ago

surely they’re not going to waste a leadoff triple

DMAGZ13
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4 years ago

haha

eyespy
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4 years ago

Bases loaded. Odds are …

Eric_in_Portland
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4 years ago

yay Trout! This is better

eyespy
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4 years ago

Too little too late old man. Go sit down

Last edited 4 years ago by eyespy
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4 years ago

Flotsam

eyespy
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4 years ago
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Howzit!

Eric_in_Portland
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4 years ago

was getting too close

eyespy
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4 years ago

TACOS!!!

GrandpaBaseball
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4 years ago

Bummer for all ‘cept Bemboom

GrandpaBaseball
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4 years ago

Ouch

GrandpaBaseball
Legend
4 years ago

Here we go Angels!

GrandpaBaseball
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4 years ago

We are only 5 down.