In the latest episode of Halo Stink, we are introduced to Orioles pitcher Kyle Gibson, who has a goal of besting the fiery Patrick Sandoval. Who will have the upper hand?!
Okay, who am I fooling? We all know these days any team not called Angels has the upper hand. This game was no different.
Baltimore already had a 5 run lead after three innings, when the Angels started their futile comeback thanks to crazy streaky but new A.L. Player of the Week Luis Rengifo’s 2-run homer.
Aside from that and a 6th inning sac fly RBI by Moustakas, the rest of the thunder came from the O’s bats who just kept piling on little by little until the score was 10-3. The scoring was capped off by Barria surrendering 2 home runs in the 8th.
The pitching lines were quite ugly. Sandoval gave up 7 runs, 4 earned, with only 3 strikeouts and 4 walks in 5 innings. Barria gave up 3 runs on 5 hits in 3 innings. Hey, on the bright side, Gerardo Reyes threw a scoreless 9th!
But the Angels did nothing in the bottom of the 9th and lost by a score of 10-3. 6 losses in a row get us closer to the draft lottery! Winning!
DFA Barria
Angels Baseball 2023 – Winning by Losing!
I took a muscle relaxer and crashed after the 2nd inning. Fought staying awake but glad I missed the latest loss. Football is back yay.
Team tank is hard work, so remember PTP and your “scouting staff” of two guys with laptops and some guy from Asheville, (because that’s all that Arte will fund) don’t blow this early draft pick. Stud pitcher is what you need, for the first 8 picks, at least. Otherwise you are destined to fail with the Barrias and Suarez’s of the league.
Hey the rent in Asheville is outrageous, compared to the rest of NC. There’s some money being spent there 😂
Outrageous is probably a subjective term. I’m guessing that areas in CA and New York would make it seem like a bargain.
That’s why I said compared to rest of NC
Tied for8th in Tank Standings – Keep it going Boys, Draft Choices matter. 😀
It’ll be back, Phil’s gone silly.
TANK TANK TANK!
All according to the prophecy!
trAdition
This game was a study in ennui. I had some paperwork to plow through so had the game on in my office. The TV producer kept trying to find shots of interesting fans in the stands, but just shot after shot of people scrolling on their phones, or just staring listlessly out into space. The best shot was of Oriole manager Brandon Hyde with his head leaning on the edge of the dugout. He literally looked like he was asleep. The whole thing was like watching grass grow.
Who cares ?
NFL is back tomorrow
Shit-show moves forward, welcoming Cleveland for a 4-game set, Giolitto on Saturday is the only one I would like to win.
I think a double feature of Lego Movie and Emoji Movie might be more fun than our team right now. Woof. I fell asleep on the couch watching this game. 💤
Lucky you.
The tank is going well. Too well.
we need to go 9-13 to *equal* last year’s horrible record. I doubt we can do it.
We are now just behind Detroit.
And I remember thinking this season that Detroit really stunk this year.
It will take one hell of an amazing roster rebuild…or it’s 100 loss season in 2024
Amazing roster rebuild might get them to .500.
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