And That'll Do It For The Angels
And that is the look of defeat.
The Angels just couldn't put together any offense.
I have been listening to Angel fans complain about the umpires every single day since the call that ended game 2.
But it's not the umpires that lost the series, it was the Angels bats, or lack thereof, that lost them the series.
Aside from 2 batters in the 9th inning of game one, all 5 White Sox starting pitchers went the distance. Tonight Jose Contreras felt left out, since he left game one early, he went ahead and pitched a complete game tonight.
That's four complete games in a row by White Sox pitchers!
You can't win if you can't even knock out the starting pitcher.
The Angels ended up with a .175 Batting Average against the White Sox, that will never get it done, not in the post season.
Here are some ugly stats.
Vlad went 1 for 20
Garrett Anderson 3 for 17
Bengie Molina and Chone Figgins 2 for 17
Orlando Cabrera 4 for 20
Darin Erstad 4 for 17
Adam Kennedy 4 for 14
The Angels were outscored 23-11 in the series.
No need to blame anyone else, that tells the tale right there.
I said a few days ago that Mike Scioscia needed to get this team up after the disappointment in game 2 if he wanted to be known as one of the best managers of all time, he didn't do that.
Scioscia is a great manager, but so is Atlanta's Bobby Cox.
And what Cox is showing us all is that you can win your division 14 years in a row, but if you only have one World Series win in that time...
Nobody cares
posted by The Fu2rman at 1:02 AM
1 Comments:
I did too Bahb, I did too.
But Vlad went 1 for 20 with 1 RBI and now homeruns.
Erstad was 4 for 17 with no RBI's.
I don't want to keep harping on the Halo's lack of hitting, although that is a fact.
I must give credit to the White Sox pitching, their starters were more than amazing.
If you want to blame an Angel for this loss, blame Scioscia.
He should have gone to his hitters, especially Vlad and said, 'Don't swing your frickin' bat until you have 2 strikes!'
The Angels were not hitting anyway, and they couldn't get the White Sox pitch count up enough to get a starter out of the game.
It is a desperate stab in the dark, but at least you would look like you are trying to win a game.
The Angels looked like they gave up after game 2, and Scioscia didn't rally his troops.
If he played under 'The Boss', he may be fired after this year's performance.
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