The Los Angeles Angels are Idiots
The Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels got into a scuffle all because of some unwritten rule? Or because they have short fuses? Or because they just simply aren’t baseball smart.
You read that right, they are possibly the lowest baseball IQ team in the history of major league baseball. Need proof? Well, can’t wait for this divisional match-up to start up again. LA Angels vs. the Seattle Mariners started as a baseball game, but a hockey game broke out.
If you needed more reasons to hate the Angels, than the usual divisional stuff, you now have it. The 2022 Angels are morons (won’t be my first reference to mental aptitude). You read that right, they are possibly the lowest baseball IQ team in the history of major league baseball. Need proof? I’ll supply it.
No one likes a fastball up-and-in. Do you know who really hates high pitches of any kind? Mike Trout. He has five hits on balls that are in the upper third of the strike zone or outside the strike zone high. None of those have resulted in home runs. Five hits on 440 pitches in the upper third of the strike zone or outside the strike zone, but in the upper half. That’s where you pitch him. When a fastball gets away from a pitcher, guess where it’s going to be? Up-and-in and look way more dramatic than it was intended.
Let’s begin
Idiot Act #1: Trout taking it personally that Erik Swanson was throwing at him.
Idiot Act #2: The Angels thought there was intent when he was the tying run. It was the second pitch of the at-bat. Did the Mariners want to pitch to him? No. But hit him and put the winning run at the plate in Shohei Ohtani? Not wise. They put him on anyway intentionally and the Seattle Mariners won the game.
Idiot Act #3: Trout mouthing off to the media about the Mariners trying to intentionally hit him. Does this guy even know baseball? Sure he’s uber-talented, but does he pay attention to the game?
Then in a “Captain My Captain” moment, the Angels rally behind Trout’s ignorant remarks. Phil Nevin starts a reliever for the recently called-up Jose Suarez. The wheels of the bus were falling off and Nevin wanted to make sure they came all the way off. Enter Andrew Wantz, AKA the messenger.
Who's ready for a Tale of the Tape. We start with the target of Jesse Winker's charge toward the #Angels dugout. I have circled Rendon and his busted wing. pic.twitter.com/zBSA5vdAuz
— Danny O'Neil, Noted Fisch fan (@dannyoneil) June 27, 2022
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