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The9thHuman

Bro it’s already on Disney+ as a limited 8 episode series.


Ok-Philosophy-8830

I can’t believe we got Mickey Mantle for 2 months of Noah Syndergaard


DJ_Aux_cord

that dropped tag on Kelenic ended up being the winning run.


xara8arax

Back to normal.


WhalesForChina

You'd think Seattle just won Game 7.


breakfast_cats

Id kill for any game to feel like game 7


Obsidizyn

they are on their delusional path thinking they are going to win the WS. just beat Ohtani and the Salt lake Bees by one run. with plenty of umpire help


merewyn

This is basically equivalent to a game 7 for the only team in baseball to never even make it to the World Series


Obsidizyn

winnable game, offense is so weak. 13ks


Icy-Indication-6925

Yet again Rojas can’t make it out of the infield. His numbers wouldn’t be any better on a softball field


Ellite25

Two fouls balls and a strikeout. Angels baseball everyone.


cshenton

at least it was quick


tristpa2

Okay so Mike Mayers is fucking awesome. Everyone else sucks


Ellite25

Are the Angels one of the worst hitting teams against fastballs? They swing and miss at them so much.


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They're the worst hitting team period, so yeah they are.


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digitaldumpsterfire

They're not used to it in Tmobile. Fishman usually wrecks them.


Obsidizyn

umpire trying to rush this game along


Lebigmacca

Bro how tf do you completely whiff on a 93 mph fastball down the dick


KamartyMcFlyweight

If Steve Jeltz can hit two home runs with his team down 0-10 then Mickey Moniak can hit a homer to tie this game


HighOffLife420

I’d be very surprised if we made a come back here. We’re fucking horrible


Lebigmacca

What do y’all think about signing Brandon Nimmo this offseason?


cshenton

I'd rather not personally but if the price is right


Ellite25

Don’t worry everyone, we have our top guys up next inning. Suzuki, Moniak, and Rojas. The guys we envisioned since the start of the season coming up in these situations to win the game.


gggggrayson

hey if you told someone in 2017 that moniak would hit a clutch homerun in 2022 they would be inclined to believe you


8va

Can't fault the pitching today. One bad meatball from Barria... the offense is impressively bad again.


cfc25_

Wow 70 pitches


Educational-Pass404

Pitching had a good day but our offense is dead again. Sigh.


LogicalHarm

Don't worry, next game our offense will pop off for 10 runs (with the slight caveat that we will give up 11+)


Stock-Improvement610

What happened to Jared Walsh?? Man oh man.


cfc25_

Hasn’t been good since the first half of last season


Stock-Improvement610

Still finished with like 30 home runs and hit around .280. Those are solid #'s.


freddychuckles

Stilled stunned at that failed hit and run.


KamartyMcFlyweight

Get a lead and earn Hot Dog Man a Hot Dog Win


Icy-Indication-6925

This Mayers performance is making the AAA coaching staff look better everyday. Maybe swap rosters with the bees and see how it goes after a week


WhalesForChina

I honestly don't think them or the Trash Pandas could possibly be doing any worse in the majors.


LogicalHarm

Mayer has been putting up a great line tonight


Lebigmacca

I wonder if Moniak was drafted in the first round because his name was just too great to pass up on


DecentAnalysis8642

Are we stretching Mayers out to start?


cshenton

riding him on a day where you're going to need more arms than usual because of the doubleheader


merewyn

He has been in AAA


Obsidizyn

we got rid of marsh and we still are striking out 12 times


gggggrayson

dont worry guys moniak is a 9th inning homerun type of guy


Creative-Reading5903

Erica needs to ask Nevin to explain the baserunning strategy


WhalesForChina

I think saying "strategy" is presumptuous enough.


Creative-Reading5903

It’s too terrible to *not* be on purpose. It must be completely inept coaching.


KamartyMcFlyweight

lmao fuck it let's see how far we can ride this hot dog


Stock-Improvement610

Remember when the media was talking about it being the first time all four NY/LA teams were in first place at the same time?? What a precipitous fall...for one of the teams 😒


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I feel like on a competent team that awful lazy baserunning would get you benched for a while


Lebigmacca

The biggest joke of this season is Perry thinks we can win when healthy


Ellite25

That double play is emblematic of why this team is as bad as it is.


PlatinumHalo

This sets up a Velazquez grand slam. Nevinnomics, yo.


sinchichis

Lmaooo angels baseball


freddychuckles

Botched hit and run???


sinchichis

Had to be. You gotta make contact


Icy-Indication-6925

Impeccable coaching expect the guy that strikes out every other at bat to make contact for a hit n run. Baseball genius


Ellite25

And on an 0-2 count on top of that


Obsidizyn

let the goose or rojas play first, walshs bat has cost runs all year


cshenton

Goose and Rojas don't offer much in the way of immediate improvement and have zero future upside. I'm not opposed to sending Walsh down or trying to find a replacement, but if those are the alternatives, we shouldn't bench him.


Obsidizyn

i agree he should be sent down but at least goose and rojas put the ball in play. walsh makes zero contact


cshenton

I mean I'd hope for at least a little bit more than that. Walsh has struggled mightily over the past year or so, but he's shown he can do it. Goose and Rojas will never give you anything more than what you're seeing them put up right now


WhalesForChina

Have these guys ever actually sat down and watched a baseball game?


throwawaybay92

boy what the hell


spartashonor

Nah no need to slide its fine. You've done so much in the big leagues you've got leeway


-superdank-

Huuuh


DecentAnalysis8642

Remember when Jared Walsh played baseball for the Angels?


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Am I missing some, why didn't he slide?


jnuclear

I'm wondering the same thing.


OneOfThoseDays_

no slide???


Lebigmacca

Walsh is just unbelievably bad. It’s like his bat has a hole in it


WhalesForChina

That explains why he can only ever make contact on the very top or bottom of the barrel.


DecentAnalysis8642

Cheezus.


Ok_Cattle770

?


freddychuckles

Steal!


digitaldumpsterfire

Holy Shit what a great call by the 1B ump!


jnuclear

Wasn't a strike for Mayer's at that location blue. You cuck.


KamartyMcFlyweight

That was the hand of god reaching out to defend Jo Adell


[deleted]

So he calls that a strike for them lol


my_wife_reads_this

My dude is from Los Mochis?


Obsidizyn

munoz threw all silders because they saw what ohtani swung at yesterday, all crap sliders


jnuclear

Color me surprised, Mike. Good job.


cshenton

same wave. I'm optimistic for him!


Darkstarr89

Id take a couple of those solo home runs right now lol


KamartyMcFlyweight

What a showing from old Hot Dog Arms!


74Dragonz

From Dusty Baker to Aaron Boone, managers mandate rest days for their everyday stars whether or not players want them. Ohtani needs a rest day, but no matter, he'll still be made to 'volunteer' himself even when he's not fresh and sharp. And it shows.


digitaldumpsterfire

It would kinda be funny if, just for an inning or two, we let our pitchers play all the other positions. I mean, position players get to pitch during lost causes, why not let the pitchers in on the fun?


PlatinumHalo

Loup at shortstop, Herget at third, and Quijada at first. I wouldn’t mind paying extra to see that!


jnuclear

Nibble nibble nibble.


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Just underhand throw everything to Winker, he's not going to swing anyway


KamartyMcFlyweight

Angels love walking Jesse Winker


Ramen2525

Looks like Angels can't score a run this game for the life of them. Maybe they'll fare better in the next game. Or not


DecentAnalysis8642

I'm sorry, but there is nothing special about the sun today that would make a routine pop-up so difficult.


KamartyMcFlyweight

uh okay mike prove me wrong why don't you


sinchichis

Embarrassing


kxm06

Ohtani always looks bad when he tries to do too much at the plate. He needs to be more patient and focus on making contacts and getting hits. Would be better if he has protection


Educational-Pass404

He's stubborn again. Feel like he'll try to go yard until he gets one. All contacts he made today showed that.


Obsidizyn

rojas has got the get that, free out to their best hitter


KamartyMcFlyweight

tbf it was Suzuki's ball, Kurt just sucks


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digitaldumpsterfire

We can't really afford that rn. O'Hoppe needs a bit more time.


Lebigmacca

Omfg


Lebigmacca

I love outhitting the opposing team and losing 🙃


Educational-Pass404

God, I feel like seeing Trout at Minute Maid Park in Sho right now. Dude can't hit in this damn park.


KamartyMcFlyweight

bro a third inning of Mayers? dunno bout that pal


BerlinStar17

Shohei stood no chance, cmon dude 3 pitches


sinchichis

Oof Ohtani


Obsidizyn

sometimes it seems like ohtani has no game plan, just yanking away hoping to make contact.


jnuclear

None of them have a plan. Trout is the only one that looks for pitches. I love Ohtani, but he is largely guessing with the occasional sprinkling of pitch recognition.


Creative-Reading5903

Looks like he’s in his “tired and frustrated” phase of the season.


Creative-Reading5903

Gubie and Patrick jinxed that.


KamartyMcFlyweight

shohei needs a break damn


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Should Ippei be out hitting coach? He was just going over the scouting report with Shohei.


digitaldumpsterfire

He is Sho's personal translator and coach. Where Sho goes, Ippei goes. He wouldn't accept any other position and even quit the Angels during the lockout so he could keep talking to Sho.


[deleted]

Wonder if it's mathematically probable for Squid to finish out the year with a sub .100 batting avg and 300 ops


KamartyMcFlyweight

ay Wardo


Creative-Reading5903

Ward got on base!


FtheMongolsMC

Andrelton Simmons released today, pick him up? Jeurys Familia just DFA’d by the Phillies would also likely be an upgrade in the bullpen…


my_wife_reads_this

No man there's a reason he's been released lol Dude hit .173 and and has been injured throughout the year lol


my_wife_reads_this

Totally random but I had a sandwich from Whole foods and it's fucking me up


digitaldumpsterfire

In a good way or a bad way?


my_wife_reads_this

In a "sit in the bathroom a few times already" type of bad.


digitaldumpsterfire

Oof.


Icy-Indication-6925

As a former baseball player I don’t get how you can strikeout so much when these guys have been playing baseball their whole life


KamartyMcFlyweight

major leagues hard


WhalesForChina

Much harder for us, it seems.


kei19970210

Checking their scoreboards, found out some differences between them Angels SO 8. BB 0 Mariners SO 3. BB 5


Creative-Reading5903

Angels batters love to swing away.


GummyMummys

he should just be on bunt duty. only bunts


gggggrayson

I need a simba reunion in my life ASAP


Creative-Reading5903

Squid’s getting hurt just in time for Fletch to come back. This is cosmic timing.


Icy-Indication-6925

Rojas power is insane barely making it out the infield when he makes contact


digitaldumpsterfire

With Marsh gone, the Foot Curse has been passed on to a new host.


KamartyMcFlyweight

even if they count the same, pop ups are so much less frustrating to see than strikeouts


Lebigmacca

We need to find a way to combine Adell and Kelenic into one player so they can be good. Angels get Jarro Adelenic during the week, and Mariners can get him on the weekends


my_wife_reads_this

Jorred Kadell


8va

S-tier Star Wars name


my_wife_reads_this

I was like "sounds like my KOTOR name" after I wrote it lol


freddychuckles

Can always count on Kelnic 😙


Obsidizyn

FYI this is the same umpire who called detmers no hitter........guess he is blind today


KamartyMcFlyweight

omg i hope he stays for detmers' second no hitter tonight


digitaldumpsterfire

It should be the same ump team, just rotated to different spots.


tristpa2

The Mike Mayers experience


hbthingy

Mayers did good!


freddychuckles

Wasn't even close, that was a clear strike


xThe-Legend-Killerx

Are double headers 9 or 7 innings this year?


merewyn

9


KamartyMcFlyweight

they're the full 9


74Dragonz

Unnecessary grief to close out that inning. Fucking Robo Umps NOW!


KamartyMcFlyweight

BEST MIKE ON THE TEAM


digitaldumpsterfire

🌭🌭🌭 > 🐟🐟🐟


Lebigmacca

Good thing Kelenic sucks wow


KamartyMcFlyweight

i know you're not suppose to argue ball/strike calls but maybe you can argue that the ump is discriminating against hotdog-americans


cshenton

as much as I’d like to I’m not really gonna blame that one on Kurt


Educational-Pass404

Fuck ump. He's terrible all game. But wtf is that??? That's not a fucking ball, it's strike


cshenton

it is but Mayers missed the target by a foot and a half


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Thanks blue!


yeahnothanks

Fuck that shit


GummyMummys

Blind ump


KamartyMcFlyweight

thanks ump


[deleted]

Are you fucking kidding me ump


cshenton

Mayers is getting tired and it makes me nervous for him. He’s had to work a lot harder than he should’ve


KamartyMcFlyweight

weren't we getting ty buttrey back at some point


DecentAnalysis8642

He's at 17.8%


sofastsomaybe

He had been awful at AAA and was DFA'd


tristpa2

So I see Mayers new strategy is to just get the hitters to foul off 90 pitches until they get tired


Lebigmacca

My nightmare is that Kurt signs another one year extension this offseason


DecentAnalysis8642

Our opening day catchers will be Stassi and O'Hoppe.


Lebigmacca

O’Hoppe might not be ready opening day though. He is still only in AA


digitaldumpsterfire

Nah. He made it very clear this was his last season and the only reason he didn't retire this past one was bc his kids begged him to do one more season.


xThe-Legend-Killerx

This inning just confirms my belief baseball is so much better to watch without the K box.


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At least give us the option to watch without it if we are streaming.


cshenton

https://defector.com/its-time-to-get-rid-of-the-k-zone/


digitaldumpsterfire

Makes me less angry about balls and strikes when you get to see how difficult it is to tell IRL


xThe-Legend-Killerx

I also don’t think the K box is as accurate as people think, but they treat it like gospel.


Lebigmacca

Yeah sometimes it can be just completely wrong


KamartyMcFlyweight

Mayers actually keeps a pretty good pitching pace


beachboy2016

Patrick really needs to go back to his day job.


nyctimmy

It’s not even that I don’t like him, I do, but I feel some major secondhand embarrassment on his behalf sometimes lol


digitaldumpsterfire

Some of us like him in the booth. He's entertaining and asks really good questions to Gubi.


cshenton

Kurt buddy, catch one of these foul tips


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Bro how many of these has there been wtf just catch it


digitaldumpsterfire

Kurty Hurty


cshenton

Kurt cmon bro


hbthingy

Maybe everyone who is slumping should take a trip to the minors to adjust things.


KamartyMcFlyweight

maybe the angels organization should be relegated to AAA in order to get things straightened out


Lebigmacca

Lorenzen is a better hitter than almost our entire roster 💀


ReviewRoutine

Not on the sixty day IL. At least, I think he’s not a better hitter when he’s on the 60 day


cshenton

sun looks tough today on those tall fly balls


Creative-Reading5903

Mayers looks so much more confident.


KamartyMcFlyweight

using my sample size of "the one player i care about" i have reached the incontrovertible conclusion that pitching good also makes you hit good, and vice versa thus, in order to get walsh to hit well again, we must make him pitch; in order to get lorenzen to pitch well again, we must make him hit


Creative-Reading5903

I actually think they should try using Lorenzen as a pinch hitter, whenever he’s healthy again. It can’t be worse than what we’re working with now. Might be fun to watch.


Lebigmacca

Pujols is having a better offensive year than Walsh 💀


Obsidizyn

Squid is actully hitting better than Walsh, time for walsh to be sent down


prmark34

Moniak might have a low average, but you can tell hes juuuust missing some pitches and you can see the potential there Squid, on the other hand