LA Angels Wednesday News Crash: First AL West Game

Morning Angels fans. How is the cellar? Bring me up that 2009 wine, it was a good year that one. Anyway have some links.

Angels News

Friday, for the first time all season the Angels will face an AL West Opponent. This is the 2nd longest time it has taken for this to happen to any team ever. Only the 1998 Expos were left without a divisional opponent for longer.

But there are even weirder things on the Angels schedule. The A’s do not face the Angels until June, and are done with them before the end of July. The Angels do not have a a game against an opponent that is in the same time zone until May 31st in Seattle.

With how bad this team is, I am sure the front office is doing everything they can do do something, right? Oh, is that John Carpino, president of Baseball Operations watching the NHL playoffs? Yeah we are boned.

Angels lose. Again. Thanks to a bad Detmers, a bad bunt, and a worse Ron Washington. Seriously, throwing your player under the bus for your stupid plan? Come on man!

Has he lost the Clubhouse now?

Around Baseball

At least another Californian team feels as miserable as us, the Giants. Their rookie CF Jung Hoo lee has structural damage to his shoulder and may require season ending surgery. And Jorge Soler just got off the IL when he somehow hit himself in the head with a baseball when batting.

Oh and then there are the A’s, who’s days as a Californian team are counting down as Las Vegas funding for their stadium seems to be out of the voters’ hands. Maybe they will still mess it up, considering everything.

A player who is miserable has to be Reese Olson, who has an ERA of 2.09 and is 0-4 on the year. Even worse, his team is 1-7 in his starts this year. This is DeGrom levels of bad support for your SP and proof that pitching wins are stupid.

As the Angels have almost no prospects, we have to watch other teams so well by theirs. But, maybe the big prospects are overrated. Jack Leiter threw another dud for Texas last night not even getting through 2 innings.

But what about the Astro’s Ronel Blanco? He has been great so far! Well, he is a Astro, so of course he was, because he was cheating. Sticky stuff on glove. Shaking my head, Blanco from Houston.

Anything I missed? Post below for upvotes.

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Eric_in_Portland
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5 months ago

see you on the real game thread

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
5 months ago

tonight I like Lance…a lot ha ha….I’m sorry. I apologize.

Brent
Super Member
5 months ago

lol this is crazy

AngelsFanInHell
Trusted Member
5 months ago
Reply to  Brent

Entertaining. That’s all I ask for in sports. I just want Wash to let the Halos play fundamental baseball. I don’t want them beating themselves like last night.

Brent
Super Member
5 months ago

Off day tomorrow? Aw, man… I’m traveling home, finally, so I guess that’s fine. May try to get down to Arlington for the game on Saturday.

Brent
Super Member
5 months ago

What an absolute wild inning as far as balls being hit go.

AngelsFanInHell
Trusted Member
5 months ago
Reply to  Brent

Based on this inning, Halos going to the playoffs. Just kidding. Lynn will get picked up by Perry after the game.

Brent
Super Member
5 months ago

No Angels lead is safe, but I’ll sure as hell take this.

Eric_in_Portland
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5 months ago

Ward has 2 RBIs since April 24th. He had 23 quickly, now stuck at 25

Brent
Super Member
5 months ago

Ward had the absolute slowest swing to strike out I think I have ever seen in my life. I thought that was 4x slow motion in real time.

AngelsFanInHell
Trusted Member
5 months ago

Halos finally get a bounce. Is Wash still with the team?

Brent
Super Member
5 months ago

For now.

Gotta keep that one win a series tradition going this season.

AngelsFanInHell
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5 months ago
Reply to  Brent

I am all about consistency.

Brent
Super Member
5 months ago

I believe they’re now on track for 110 losses this season.

AngelsFanInHell
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5 months ago
Reply to  Brent

I would like to believe that they will have less than 100 losses.

Eric_in_Portland
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5 months ago
Reply to  Brent

something close to it but actually a little lower. I think it’s 103. Still, that’s the most ever

Brent
Super Member
5 months ago

OH ME, OH MY.

Eric_in_Portland
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5 months ago

ka-boom!! Schanny! HR! #4

Brent
Super Member
5 months ago

Trout’s looking old… which makes me feel old. He came in when I was in my mid 20’s. I’m 39 in a couple months.

Brent
Super Member
5 months ago

Looks like the GDT thread is scheduled for a 6:30 CA time posting… will they be tied, leading, or losing by the time it gets published?

Eric_in_Portland
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5 months ago
Reply to  Brent

and will Canning have thrown less than 50 pitches?

BannedInLA
Super Member
5 months ago

Moniak will hopefully get untracked tonight and Adell probably needed an off day.

halofansince1978
Super Member
5 months ago

Frank McCourt wants to buy TikTok…should be interesting.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/tech/tiktok-frank-mccourt-bid-creator-lawsuit/index.html

Twebur
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5 months ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

It’s only May 15 and they already got the wheel out to make roster decisions? 

Very surprised and disappointed. 😀😀Shame. Shame. Shame Shame. Shame. Shame

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YOUknowulovetheIE
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5 months ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Should’ve been suarez

halofansince1978
Super Member
5 months ago

Yes This!!

halofansince1978
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Eric_in_Portland
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5 months ago

With Colorado’s win today we are now tied for 2nd worst record in mlb and Miami also won so we’re catching up to them, too

Senator_John_Blutarsky
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5 months ago

Team “Tank tracks on Arte” says:

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2GA2Join
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5 months ago

I’m surprised that I’ve seen absolutely no commentary about how the Astros were caught cheating yet again, last night. I guess we’re so riled up about our own team’s problems right now…

RexFregosi
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5 months ago
Reply to  2GA2Join

That’s not a man-bites-dog story

Last edited 5 months ago by RexFregosi
Eric_in_Portland
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5 months ago
Reply to  2GA2Join

So much for his No-hitter

Angelz4ever
Super Member
5 months ago

I got an idea-Let’s draft a shortstop in every round of the next draft. One out of 20 rounds of picks sounds like an Angels draft strategy to me.

max
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max
5 months ago
Reply to  Angelz4ever

ha ha we could draft like that every year. One year it could be nothing but 2 way players, or left handed catchers, or…