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QUOTE (RZZZA @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 04:23 PM) dead game thread because it's football sunday. And five losses in a row. And Jered Weaver on the bump. Might as well be wearing a Santana or Sabathia jersey.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 04:21 PM) No idea why Viciedo just hasn't been permanently benched (outside of facing LHP). He sucks at the plate and his defense has been awful of late as well. Would it really even matter? We were losing this game no matter what after we let Weaver off the hook in the first inning. The only surprise is how far along Floyd got before imploding.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 04:20 PM) f*** dumb ass in left f***s it up again, farmer just livid at AJ's game calling, can't wait till he's gone Doesn't even matter, Gavin just ended the game and made it academic. No need to call Viciedo names, it wasn't an easy ball to cut off with the backhand, and who really expected to beat Weaver in a must-win game for the Angels anyways? Probably nobody....as evidenced by the dead gamethread.

Bad Gavin shows up and gives up a rocket for his 46th double. The funny thing is that the Angels are kicking our asses all over the field, they're going to be 2 1/2 games back (at best) trailing the A's after today and we could still conceivably be 1 game up after losing an absolutely miserable 5 games in a row. Hahahaha. Crain warming. Strike Gavin Floyd from that playoff rotation. We have no rotation to speak of at this point.

walk=double for Trout Playoff rotation, if we survive: Sale, Floyd, Hector Santiago, lol Well, that was pretty much inevitable. Mr. Pujols now.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 04:11 PM) No desire for the organization to add Morel to the call up list says a lot. They could probably use him. He couldn't do worse than the big money guys in the line up. Don't be so sure. At least YOUK can work counts and get some walks, especially at USCF. Ianetta now 0/11 career against Gavin. Making the decision to go after Wells even more interesting. Wells gets a hit there, he's .400 career against Gavin Floyd, or 10/25.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 04:11 PM) 6 innings, no runs against Weaver with the worst stuff he's ever had against the Sox. Lowering his career ERA against the Sox to the 1.50's. But that would mean we should have ONE run, at least. You could start Ruffcorn, Broadway or McCulloch against the Sox this week and get a CG victory.

Dadgummit. Doubt Konerko could have scored anyway had it gotten down.

Patented bloop to RF for Konerko this season. Blast from RIOS?

Patented bloop to RF for Konerko this season. Blast from RIOS?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 04:04 PM) Youk doesn't look healthy at all. It's amazing to me how pull happy he's become. Maybe YOM KIPPUR and a return to USCF will replenish his magical Greek powers.

Titans/Lions game an old-fashioned barnburner. About to be inning 3-4-5-6 without a single SOX baserunner. I don't know if that's worse than blowing bases loaded situations with less than 2 outs....probably?

Who the HELL is this guy? The Anti-Gavin from 2008?

Lucky break, could easily have been a triple there if not for the fan grabbing it. First RISP for the Angels today. Two outs. This is where Gavin usually has a mental lapse and gives a damaging run. Wells 9/24 lifetime against Gavin Floyd. Does Robin Ventura know that? Pitch around Wells and go after Ianetta? Yes, that pencils out to .375.

Alexei making Viciedo look disciplined there. THIS.TEAM.HAS.BEEN.DEAD.FOR.WEEKS Gee nothing predictable to see here. Let Weaver off the ropes in the first, let's see how Gavin or the bullpen can blow it in a new and inventively bedeviling and beguiling way. 92 batters in a row retired in the middle innings, as per usual when letting opposing pitchers off the hook with the bases loaded. Floyd pitching like Jake Peavy was supposed to when we acquired him in 2009.

Bring back Greg Walker!!! Seriously, how are we going to be able to score a run in this game without getting a homer?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 03:41 PM) This offense is just awful right now. Still not sure why De Aza wasn't in the lineup, as he's one of the few guys who's produced this week. Viciedo also has to stop chasing those offspeed pitches off the plate early in the count and swinging at them like he has 2 strikes on him. Don't worry, the Twins will beat Smyly tonight. The whole team is quite clearly pressing, or trying to hit homers (except on Dunn's double, where he actually went with the pitch). Pujols now 6/12 against Floyd. What new?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 03:35 PM) You need to retire from posting I almost miss Caesar, Andy the Clown and Mcgrady...the prophets of doom during weeks like this.

AJ swinging at change-ups for outs last two times up. Out of the zone. At least they're elevating his pitch count. If only that. Pressing pressing pressing. AJ was super pissed he swung at that one. Corpseball again. 74 pitches through 4. He'll probably get through 6 and turn it over to the bullpen.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 03:31 PM) Do you think Dunn has trade value? Just watching him, one can't help but notice how overmatched he is. I'm under the impression we would have to pay salary just for a team to take him let alone get a prospect back. We might even have to pay a few million just to get another GM to waste his time considering it. What are your thoughts? It's worth considering. They could rotate Viciedo and DeAza as the DH, but that would mean finding another CFer. Also depends on the feeling he leaves at the end of the year...if we make the playoffs or not, and how he plays there, which has never happened in his big league career.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 03:30 PM) Any reason for Tuesdays game being a 1:10 start?!?? So Youkilis can play. YOM KIPPUR for Jewish faith.

Great DP turn there by Gordon. He's continuing to get more mentions recently for the Gold Glove because of his low error total. 3-0 swinging there by Trout, as well as Pujols earlier. Angels feeling the pressure too, with Trout's batting average falling, Trumbo slumping (well, not yesterday) and the A's leading in the Bronx still.

61 pitches through 3 for Weaver. Looked like Konerko was swinging a soaking wet copy of the Sunday Tribune there. 1/21 now on his career against Weaver, under the dreaded 0.050 mark.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 03:17 PM) The ball's not carrying at all through that smog ridden air. There are few things I hate more than California. Ball carries a LOT better there in day games though, than night games with the marine layer and colder air. At least Dunn PROBABLY won't finish below a .200 average, there's that, for 2013. And his possible/potential trade value. Absolutely brutal sky/sun to fight with today...every ball hit to the outfield's going to be an adventure, like Viciedo's fly ball to Wells in LF.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Sep 23, 2012 -> 03:13 PM) What's hilarious is if Rios WOULD have struck out earlier in his at bat it would've been a passed ball and the Sox WOULD have scored. Instead he fouled it off and then struck out. Unreal. I think it was simply a passed ball because it ticked off his bat enough to get past the catcher. No contact, it probably would have been caught, arguably. Guess we'll never know. Probably would have taken a bad bounce and YOUK would have been gunned down at the plate, the way things have been doing since Wednesday.