03/29/2021 Angels @ Dodgers Exhibition Game Thread

A 5-through-9 of Upton-Pujols-Iglesias-Suzuki-Fowler perhaps seems a little uninspiring, but this could be the Opening Day lineup the Angels run out.

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Mia
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Mia
3 years ago

Getting to see Rodriguez pitch is the prize for sitting through this game, I guess.

WallyChuckChili
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3 years ago
Reply to  Mia

What? The Phil Gosselin HR did nothing for you?

Thought Chicks dug the HRs?

Cowboy26
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3 years ago

Thats embarrassing

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago

AM 570, flipping over now

SheriK
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3 years ago

Hello, everybody! Just wanted to chime in on the broadcast bashing with my sad story. We were victims of the Frontier/FSW shutout last year, and I was just sure they would resolve it over the winter. Wrong. Changed providers two weeks ago —- ‘hooray, baseball’ we cried! And then we heard the new broadcast team. We are still crying.

FungoAle
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3 years ago
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This cable/streaming war is ridiculous. Happy you overcame it. I’m biting the bullet with Spectrum. Yep, the new crew is not getting raves in this CTPG. We need a filter button.

Last edited 3 years ago by FungoAle
Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago

So an entire Trout at bat talking about Ohtani and blisters.

ryanfea
Super Member
3 years ago

Sutton got really into Slegers there. Really into him

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago
Reply to  ryanfea

You don’t dig the passionate man grunts going to break??

FungoAle
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3 years ago
Reply to  ryanfea

Hahaa…I noted that too, over-amped.

GrandpaBaseball
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3 years ago

4 hits in 2 nights and I believed we were set with a hitting line up.

ryanfea
Super Member
3 years ago

The Ole Fletcherydo!

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago

We’ve given up like a miles worth of HRs in 1.5 games

Last edited 3 years ago by Angels2020Champs
Mia
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Mia
3 years ago

Perry says Chris Rodriguez makes the team. Nice!

Cowboy26
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3 years ago
Reply to  Mia

So unless the Angels cut Guerra or Claudio only 2 of the 8 bullpen peeps will have options

ryanfea
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3 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

I don’t think that’s too bad a ratio. If Cishek, Watson, Guerra or Claudio suck they are easy to cut. One of Slegers/Barria/Hoyt get the final pen spot and rotate in and out of the big leagues with Buttrey.

Cowboy26
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3 years ago
Reply to  ryanfea

Well there’s always the phantom injury….

ryanfea
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3 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

True and the bullpen will definitely have tons of real injuries too. I’m starting to get conformable with our pen depth now.

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago
Reply to  ryanfea

Not exactly top tier talent but serviceable.

ryanfea
Super Member
3 years ago

True but I think that is better than what Eppler was doing

Cowboy26
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3 years ago
Reply to  ryanfea

Plus Pena will return at some point in the next month or too and he still has options as well. So i really like our depth but I wouldn’t put it past Perry to shit can some of our early BP signings. Now if they would just apply that same philosophy to Fowler…..

ryanfea
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3 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Yeah I wonder how long a leash he has as a starter

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago

Can Sutton gubi and jose be done talking about how in sync Pujols and trout are??

FungoAle
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3 years ago

Gubi is just as big a motor mouth as Sutton is. Victor did a good job balancing Gubi’s non-analytical commentary. But with Sutton…seems to amplify the noise. And the backdrop of this stadium just sucks. Hate the effen Dodgers.

Last edited 3 years ago by FungoAle
Cowboy26
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3 years ago

I think it was a couple of years ago that Pujols was selling his home at Shady Canyon and I thought it was odd that he had a big portrait of Mike Trout in his master bedroom. So i think they must be reeaallly in sync (if you know what mean)

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Have seen Pujols (and GA, Dan Haren) at the Albertsons off Shady Cyn a few times.

Cowboy26
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3 years ago

Did they bring their own bags?

LAAFan
Trusted Member
3 years ago

Ohtani getting lit up and injured, Pujols grounding into double plays. It’s like the ultimate comfort food.

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago
Reply to  LAAFan

3rd place in al west here we come
Again

GrandpaBaseball
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3 years ago

Naturally

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago

You can’t make it up

GrandpaBaseball
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3 years ago

JUp comes thru again

Cowboy26
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3 years ago

So with our 3 new additions only Hoyt has options. So who will be odd men out?

Fan Graphs thinks that Hoyt will be optioned to the alternate site. CRod will not make the opening day roster but Barria will be kept as a long man.

FungoAle
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3 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Love CRod but would like to see him make it as a starter. Let hime work in his craft in the minors this year.

Last edited 3 years ago by FungoAle
Cowboy26
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3 years ago
Reply to  FungoAle

me too. I think the Angels would be better off having Barria stretched out a starter in AAAA

Mia
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Mia
3 years ago

So Ohtani had some blisters on his middle finger. Not the worst it could have been.

Cowboy26
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3 years ago
Reply to  Mia

He picked at his hand a couple of times I was wondering if that were case. Hopefully it won’t affect his first start

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago

Goose!!

Cowboy26
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3 years ago

Duck Duck?

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Gosselin HR quack quack

Mia
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Mia
3 years ago

No shutout!

Fansince1971
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3 years ago

Last night the broadcast was bad. Tonight it’s worse. There is no chemistry whatsoever. It takes time to develop that but I see little evidence that is going to happen at this point.

Angels2020Champs
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3 years ago

Well we got to get these zeros off the board