The capper to what had been the best baseball tournament I’ve ever seen.
Trout vs Ohtani is the storyline. Let’s see how it plays out.
The capper to what had been the best baseball tournament I’ve ever seen.
Trout vs Ohtani is the storyline. Let’s see how it plays out.
The beauty of baseball is that it is a team sport.
The Halos may have two of the best players in the game now.
But, it really doesn’t matter.
What matters is all 25 guys on the team – and what they can bring to collectively provide consistent excellence on the field for 162 games + the playoffs.
Without Scott Spiezo’s homer in Game 6 that barely cleared the right field fence, there may not have been a Game 7. Or, if K-Rod didn’t emerge at the right time, or if there wasn’t a Scott Shields, or a rookie pitcher in John Lackey, or Chone Figgins’s speed, or a clutch Troy Glaus, or a reliable Percy staring in to get the sign, or who would have thought that Adam Kennedy would blast 3 dingers in Game 5 to fuel a victory?
It’s a team sport.
And, the weakest link may provide the margin for victory.
Damn, I am so grateful for the Angels’ 2006 team and its playoff heroics.
I just wish the Cowboy could have been there to see it……
Umm, which year of heroics did you really mean? Maybe 2002?
The user using those four digits in his/her/their username has officially tainted those four digits. So 2006 it is!
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You failed to mention Rookie John Lackeys ascension and former replacement players Brendan Donnelly’s steroid use but I definitely get the point
Trout and Ohtani emerged from the exhibition uninjured. I consider that a victory. Now they both head to Arizona to finish up spring training and then it’s time for the season to begin!
Pitcher always has the advantage. How many times has Trout faced Ohtani – probably never in a real competition setting.
That said Ohtani was absolutely dominating in this tournament.
Can someone say $600 million dollar man?!
That 21 year old pitcher with the acne all over his cheeks that struck out Trout in the 5th had the advantage for sure as did every pitcher for Japan Cuba and Venezuela he faced
Bah Huumbug. Keep all that haterade to yourself
Trout just Sucks!
Worsyest player ever
I don’t want to subscribe to your newsletter.
He is a top ten player in the league according to Artie.
I think he meant top 5 to 10 players of all time
I hope that is what he meant.
That guy Ohtani struck out to end the game is going to go back to his team and get cut, you just watch!
Maybe someone on the web can fix his swing.
Greta Thunberg said this was going to happen.
😂
Less Co2 with everyone holding their breath.
and countered with more methane gas from everyone shitting themselves watching tonight’s game.
Good, Maybe she can give both of the GOATS a lift back to the desert in her private jet.
Looking at team USA id trade trout for Turner straight up, for arenado straight up, for Betts straight up. Wouldn’t trade him for Schwarber obviously but I’d rather have schwarber bat in a huge spot over trout any day, which he proved with that great at bat and home run and in many playoff games with cubs. The look on trea turners face when trout was up for final out was the look you have when you know your teammate sucks and has no chance. If Turner or arenado batted 2nd and trout moved to 7th we prob win
Did one of Trout’s ancestors harm yours 700 years ago?
Today is not the day to take revenge.
Idk what went on 700 years ago but if so I wish trout would learn from them and do as much harm to the baseball as his ancestors did ransacking Swedish villages back in 1323 leading to the noteborg treaty
Ohtani throws 100-101, and what did you really think, that a strikeout would ensue, what a genius-but your positive handle really says it all. Trout is going into the Hall of Fame. Trout is the greatest Angels player ever. Trout last year had a great year for the number of games he played. To be considered the best player in the game for 10+ years is remarkable. If he did get a hit, you wouldn’t have showed up, so why are you even here?
It’s Tootie’s alter ego. Ignore him
The game was more than that last at bat. He struck out in huge spot in 5th against a 21 year old with betts on base; struck out in 3rd; and did lazy fly out in ginormous spot in 7th after McNeil walked and Betts smacked a line drive single after being 0-2 in count. He went 3-15 8ks once the quarterfinals started. He hasn’t been best player in game since 2019 gimme a break. Yes he’s a HOFer wow I didn’t know that, who knew that omg breaking news. He might be best angel ever but isn’t the Angel I’d want up with game on line
And 2 of his 3 hits in his 3-15 8ks were bloopers like that excuse me bloop double in 1st lol. He sucks
Not too much here I disagree with, pretty factual, but just the wrong night and wrong crowd to dump on him.
+1 All we need is another know-it-all smartass telling us things we already know.
Need a Dragnet Jack Webb gif. Just the facts, mam.
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Well then it’s a good thing you don’t have a job in baseball, you’d be terminated faster than Mets GM in 2021.
Dear god imagine the horror of having mookie Betts instead of Mike trout lol or perish the thought of clutch af trea Turner for $130 mil less paired with Ohtani and no trout, how much worse we’d be. Im sure I’d do better than trading Napoli for Vernon Wells and all these other genius GMs
Not with the “analytics” you’ve presented so far but keep telling yourself that if it helps you sleep at night.
Tornado Warning for LA and Venture CO…crazy weather
Follow the yellow brick road!
“Toto we’re not in Camarillo anymore”
New weather term today “orbiting mezo vortices” that is new to me..
Basically they had a Hurricane off the coast of SF. Called a Extra Tropical Cyclone / Bomb Cyclone
I have a feeling that our opening series in Oakland will be played 2 feet of raw sewage.
I’m sure that shit hole is handling all this water just fine.
In 2019 we had that sewage ST game at dodger stadium
Ive always felt The Doyers do a great job even making the Spring Training tune up games feel just like the regular season.
My wife bawled uncontrollably for like 5 minutes. Dang that was a crazy inning for Sho and what a final AB. Wow.
Congrats to Japan – they were one hell of a team. Congrats to the US club as well – you guys rep’d us well!
Fun fun tournament!
Maybe Shohei signs with us and brings some of his cool friends!!
It’s what they do in the NBA
just glad ohtani signed that extension before reporting to ST.
Ohtani pricetag just went up
that supplemental draft pick is gonna be sweeeeeeeeet
Trade value went up to!
We finally got to see Trout on the big stage! Once we got to the quarterfinals and faced real competition Trout showed what he’s made of:
1-5 3ks vs Venezuela lead USA in strikeouts
1-5 2ks vs Cuba lead USA in strikeouts
1-5 3ks in 3 huge spots and lazy fly out in another huge spot in 7th after McNeil walked and betts smacked the liner… and again lead USA in strikeouts. Oh he did get that excuse me bloop double!
1-15 9ks once we left pool play. But he did crush that home run against that 19 year ago old Canadian that he was so proud of, so that was cool how he can hit rookie ball/single a pitching!
Oh 3-15 9ks my bad and that awesome first inning blooper.
Do you want him on your team?
Trade him for arenado, Turner or betts before his rapid decline is even more noticeable.
At least we have the greatest player of all time Ohtani
You need to lay off the crack pipe.
Congratulations TroutsKi you can quote meaningless stats on a 7 game exhibition tournament in March. A tournament so important that you had to watch it on channels FS1 FS2 that no-one seems to carry.
But, seriously why would we want inferior hitters on our team? Looking at stats that do matter like MLB OPS prove this:
Arenado 2022 .891 Career .881* (actually 4 mos older than Trout)
Turner 2022 .809. Career .842 (2 years younger)
Betts 2022 .873 Career .873 (1 year younger)
Now your protagonist:
Trout 2022 .999 Career 1.002
So even if Trouts career numbers decline compared to those players that are 1 to 2 years younger he’ll still be better offensively than any of these guys
Don’t confuse him with OPS.
You really going with importance and reach? 5 million people watched this game just in the USA, 70 million world wide watched Japan South Korea. Whereas The highest rated NLCS game of 2022 on FS1 got 5 million. Meanwhile the average Angels game is watched by 200,000 on the soon to be bankrupt Bally sports that no one will get lol. And trout and Ohtani both said it was the most important and fun games they’ve been apart of, the entire WBC. So don’t think you want that it’s just an exhibition nobody watches argument. And wow you can quote on base plus slugging dang… guaranteed you don’t even know how SLG percentage is calculated. Trout has high ops bc he walks which not only increases his Obp but lowers the number of at bats his total bases is divided by thereby increasing his SLG, which increases his ops. Arenado puts the ball in play, 72ks 52 walks last year in 148 games to Trouts 139ks 54 walks (god that’s terrible) in 119 games. Putting ball in play having less walks lowers his Obp and SLG since there’s more at bats to divide total bases by. All ops shows is trout walks more. He also strikeouts a shit ton more, ops also doesn’t show he can’t hit good fastballs which arenado can. Arenado over 40 doubles 3 times in career trout never hit 40 doubles and hasn’t even hit 30 since 2016, pathetic. Arenado 3 time HR champ, trout 0, Arenado over 130 RBI’s 3 times trout has hit over 100 rbi once since 2016, arenado best defensive 3B 10 GG, trout average CF. And I’ll take someone who can hit a good fastball with game on line with multiple 130 RBI seasons over someone who can’t catch up to good heat and strikes out 200 times per 162 games the last few years
Actually trade him for McNeil too. Give me a batting champion over .280 200k guy if healthy enough to play 162, and doesn’t have judges power to make up for the Ks. That at bat McNeil had in that spot against Ohtani , I haven’t seen trout have an ab that good since 2019. Been in decline since 2020
Sure the dirtbag is one year younger than Trout and good for an MLB OPS of: 2022 .836 Career .827
KMA
Trout is going to ask for a trade to chase this feeling again and Ohtani is leaving because he feels he slayed the giant and wants to move on. This is the worst case scenario. Best case scenario is that this is 2008 Summer Olympics Kobe – Pau, where Kobe literally ran through Pau’s chest. They prepared each other and went on a dominant run after facing each other in a classic final.
Can I get the lottery numbers? Maybe borrow your Time Machine?
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This sets up a WS game 7 in Anaheim…Trout hits a go ahead 3 run HR in the bottom 8th and Shohei comes in the 9th to close it..ends with a running catch by Trout.
We will be the Champions my friends……….or go 81-81
.500!!!!!!
Finally!
there goes the neighborhood
Hollywood scripted, Ohtani and Trout, one run game and somewhere right now are the future young boys dreaming that this could happen to them sometime down the road.
Arte Moreno better hand over a blank check to Ohtani.
STFD Trout!
Just think of all the cool “cancer” in the clubhouse speculation Ohtani getting the K against Mike will trigger.
Im depressed. I wanted at least a scorched rap, or a long fly that needed a leaping catch.
That is how good Ohtani is. We all knew it.
I just hated it that Mike had to be the last out.
Trout still getting some little metal. Hope he is hungry to win the World Series!
Stupid Arte caused the free agent pitcher to strike out the Fat Boy