LA Angels Monday News Crash: DIY Links

Sorry Folks! I had to prepare for a jury trial as if it will actually go forward today and I forgot to forward myself the links I found. Have a good Monday.

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Mia
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Mia
3 years ago

Does anyone know why we have had so many 6:38 PST starts at home this year?

What happened to 7:05?

LanaBanana
Super Member
3 years ago
Reply to  Mia

I wondered the same thing.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  Mia

I like it. Games are longer than they used to be, start them earlier.

Angels2020Champs
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  Mia

Just something they were able to start last year and continue with this year.
I remember reading for years about fans wanting games to start a little earlier than 7 but everything from traffic to shadows were used as excuses.

Mia
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Mia
3 years ago

Knew that as soon as he threw the pitch, but sad to see it confirmed.

JackFrost
Super Member
3 years ago
Reply to  Mia

Based upon your description it wasn’t clear it was this serious. And of course, the Dodgers rightly did not want to speculate prior to the MRI results. Bummer for him personally.

Mia
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Mia
3 years ago
Reply to  JackFrost

No yeah, of course. I wasn’t implying anything, just that we have seen this so many times before.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
3 years ago

Dodgers….but still sucks

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
3 years ago

LAT ran a story on Skaggs death. Scary paragraph:

“These individuals confirmed that Kay would provide 30-milligram oxycodone pills to [Skaggs] and that at times, Kay, [Skaggs], and others would refer to these pills as ‘blues’ or ‘blue boys’ because they were blue in color,” the affidavit said. “I also learned that Kay would distribute these pills to [Skaggs] and others in their place of employment and while they were working.”

Mia
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Mia
3 years ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

“and others” “while they were working”

Well now, we need some answers.

Angels2020Champs
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

That’s an ugly article

Angels2020Champs
Legend
3 years ago

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31384482/shohei-ohtani-los-angeles-angels-scratched-day-being-hit-pitch-elbow

My fortunes of course. Q pitching tonight instead of Shohei. I hope he at least bats!

Eric_in_Portland
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3 years ago

cheering words at MLB.com

“Ohtani would have been taking the mound for the fourth time this season. He’s 1-0 with a 3.29 ERA, 23 strikeouts and 13 walks in 13 2/3 innings in his first three starts.
Quintana is 0-2 with a 10.13 ERA, 19 strikeouts and 13 walks in 13 1/3 innings over four starts this season, his first with the Angels.”

Angels2020Champs
Legend
3 years ago

Q makes any bad innings Shohei has had and makes them insignificant.

red floyd
Legend
3 years ago

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Angels2020Champs
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  red floyd

Margot and kiermaier are batting .500 against Q with 24 ABs…

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Mia
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Mia
3 years ago

My night is ruined

Angels2020Champs
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  Mia

At least my kid won’t know the difference. Better make the intro fireworks, they may be the only ones we see

Mia
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Mia
3 years ago

Oh man, i’d hate this so much more if I had tickets to the game.

LanaBanana
Super Member
3 years ago

At least he is batting.

Angels2020Champs
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  LanaBanana

Thanks for that update! Let’s hope the offense can step up against Glasnow

steelgolf
Legend
3 years ago

https://www.yahoo.com/news/minors-primer-whats-milb-returns-174950520.html
Minor Leagues start back up tomorrow, here is a link with an overview of some rule changes, etc.

DMAGZ13
Trusted Member
3 years ago

What a monster month this will be. This team is hanging by a thread . I hope they end May .500. That would be HUGE success . Rays, Dodgers, Astros, Red Sox, Cleveland, then that double header, As, Rangers, As again. Yeah I could see us 5 below .500 at least

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
3 years ago

Yesterday was so frustrating. Today will be better….as far as us scoring runs. Any word on who’s pitching?

JackFrost
Super Member
3 years ago

Really? You think it will be easier to score runs tonight?

Do you know how good Glasnow is ??

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  JackFrost

I know 1 is better than 0.

Commander_Nate
Member
Trusted Member
3 years ago

With a month in the books, I decided to try my hand at a new tagline for our 60th anniversary season.

“The Los Angeles Angels of Southern California: Delivering middlebrow baseball entertainment since whenever.”

What do you all think?

steelgolf
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  Commander_Nate

I like it.

Twebur
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  Commander_Nate

Middlebrow? I’m leaning toward lowbrow. Or maybe Mid to lowbrow baseball?

rspencer
Trusted Member
3 years ago
Reply to  Commander_Nate

My suggestion is: . . . building character since 1961.”

red floyd
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3 years ago
Reply to  rspencer

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red floyd
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  steelgolf

How TF do you break a bone playing a frickin’ VIDEO GAME????

steelgolf
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  red floyd

You break your finger by hitting it against a desk or table because your Fortnite partner didn’t cover you and your were killed, so you lost the game/tournament/whatever. I never heard of anyone breaking a finger playing Pac-Man, or Centipede, or Galaxa.

steelgolf
Legend
3 years ago

Today’s match up against The Rays has all the hype you would expect in a match up between a AL East team in 4th place in their division v. an AL West team in 4th place in their division.
May the Fourth be with them.
https://www.mlb.com/standings

Angels2020Champs
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  steelgolf

This would be good for tmw if they stay in respective places

steelgolf
Legend
3 years ago

https://www.mlb.com/news/every-team-s-mvp-so-far-april-2021
How about each MLB teams MVP for the first month of baseball.

Fansince1971
Legend
3 years ago

What type of jury trial?

SeaAngels
Member
3 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

“I am a self employed intellectual property and civil litigation attorney in Pasadena, California” I’ll go out on a limb and guess it’s not a murder trial.

Fansince1971
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  SeaAngels

That’s a good guess!

Angels2020Champs
Legend
3 years ago

Mike Trout article:

https://es.pn/3eNjKTT

red floyd
Legend
3 years ago

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H.T. Ennis
Admin
Super Member
3 years ago

I forgot that ESPN had paywalled pretty much anything. They have some good stuff (like this Passan one seems good), but if I had to choose between The Athletic and ESPN (or others like SI, etc.), I would choose The Athletic 100 out of 100.

Jim Atkins
Super Member
3 years ago
Reply to  H.T. Ennis

Agree. Athletic has a flock of good writers, and the national treasure named Joe Posnanski.

Angels2020Champs
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  Jim Atkins

Espn+ comes with Hulu and Disney+

Couldn’t wait any longer and got tickets for tonight. Hope Shohei can pitch. Rather him than Q

H.T. Ennis
Admin
Super Member
3 years ago

Yes, that’s a huge selling point, and I eventually do anticipate getting that bundle.

However, I locked up Disney+ immediately when it came out, and I still use my brother’s student Hulu account that he gets with the student Spotify, so really it would be a standalone. When all that expires, I will consider getting the bundle.

Twebur
Legend
3 years ago
Reply to  H.T. Ennis

I keep hearing that The Athletic might be in trouble. Tough to make this business model work.

https://www.outkick.com/sources-the-athletic-facing-changes-as-the-well-is-running-dry/

H.T. Ennis
Admin
Super Member
3 years ago
Reply to  Twebur

Interesting. I would actually suffer through side ads for The Athletic (as long as they didn’t slow performance) if they retained everyone.

Designerguy
Super Member
3 years ago

This is fun. AZ Diamondbacks helped a friend’s second date.

https://twitter.com/i/events/1388713564442009601