Angels @ White Sox 09/16/2021 Gamethread

Brandon Marsh leadoff! Alex Cobb back!

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Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

amazing! 72 wins equals 2019. We’d have to lose the last 16 to be as bad as that team and that won’t happen.

James
Trusted Member
2 years ago

Without Trout

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  James

yep. AA and AAA players. Plus Ohtani and Walsh.

tanana40
Super Member
2 years ago

and we do have a real closer this year.

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  tanana40

That’s the big difference

DowningDude
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  James

trade that fatty. 😛

FungoAle
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  James

Even if Mike was in the lineup, there is no way with the second from last pitching staff, we do crapola. Maybe a wild card loss.

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  FungoAle

Isn’t it precisely in a 1-game wild card scenario where a star player like Trout can make a difference?

FungoAle
Super Member
2 years ago

I’m just not feeling the achievement. Perry got paid for results, he failed. Angels failed, again.

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago

9-7 gets the team to .500 which would be a significant development.

JackFrost
Super Member
2 years ago

Yes, and our current winning percentage of .494 is well above the .433 mark we had last season. So, overall, I guess you can say things are looking up!

DowningDude
Legend
2 years ago

safe to call it now: BALLGAME

James
Trusted Member
2 years ago

I see Joe let Cobb exceed 60 pitches. He must have been really tired eh?

DowningDude
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  James

Yes, Joe is tired.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

from Southside Sox (that’s the White Sox SB Nation thing)

“Wright almost hit OhtaniOh and then does”

why would they want to do that? What’s the point?

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

what’s LaRussa’s problem? Drunk again?

DowningDude
Legend
2 years ago

He suffers from I’M-AN-ASS-ITIS

John Henry Weitzel
Editor
Super Member
2 years ago

TLR is a jackass

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

the White Sox running out a string of relievers, all with better ERAs than anyone we have other than Raisel

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
2 years ago

That’s why they are making the playoffs and we aren’t.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
2 years ago

Rengifo playing like a man who doesn’t want to go home. He’s going to single handedly carry us through October to avoid his wife and the law.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

Come on, Gump!

MarineLayer
Super Member
2 years ago

When Vin Scully knew everything about everything it was cool When Matt V. knows everything about everything, it just makes him seem like a know it all.

Cowboy26
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  MarineLayer

Matty V comes off as a nerd who thinks he can gain your love & respect by demonstrating to you how much he knows.

DowningDude
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  H.T. Ennis

Has Rich come back at all? I haven’t seen many broadcasts lately – and the ones I’ve seen have Pat or Matt.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

my guess after the 8th, 9-6.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

whoopee! Glad to be wrong

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

as listed yesterday, Herget has allowed 5 of 6 inherited runners to score

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago

So you say there’s a chance!

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

good job by Herget as he only allowed 2 of the 3 to score. That lowers his percentage. Was 5 of 6 (83.3%), now 7 of 9 (77.8%)

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago

We let Junior load the bases and then take him out? Just a set up to keep our IRS numbers up (do we lead the category yet?). Cishek?

Cowboy26
Legend
2 years ago

Here we go.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

it’s on Joe now

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

oh good, a second inning for Guerra. 9-5 is my guess

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago

Deep sigh

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago

Umm. I was relieved we got out the last inning – and Joe says ‘you know what, this isn’t a save situation (yet), go on back out their Junior’.

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago

Can they just DFA Guerra?! Why do they keep this guy?

MarineLayer
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

Having him in instantly reminds me why we’ve sucked all year.

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  MarineLayer

Absolutely! How can this guy have a job?

MarineLayer
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

Beats the hell out of me.

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago

Guerra is bad enough that this game could tighten

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

thus my reply to Jack Frost earlier

Twebur
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

Guerra is bad enough that this game could will tighten

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

I was skeptical when we took out Cobb after only 66 pitches (but he is just stretching back out, I suppose).

JackFrost
Super Member
2 years ago

Yep. I think Maddon is trying to protect the arms and shoulders of his pitchers.

Considering our injury woes it is not a bad idea, really. And despite this people give Maddon shit all the time for pulling pitchers too early.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

I see Shohei won’t pitch again.

“Angels’ Shohei Ohtani to miss scheduled start vs. Athletics because of arm sorenessOhtani isn’t expected to see a doctor, but manager Joe Maddon has considered shutting him down as a pitcher”

Cowboy26
Legend
2 years ago

TJS on left arm scheduled for October 5.

JackFrost
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

 😂 

DowningDude
Legend
2 years ago

The mlb.com scoreboard is broken. Says angels have some non-zero number of runs

MarineLayer
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  DowningDude

The 9 is actually a zero.

DowningDude
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  MarineLayer

well now, that I believe