FanGraphsLive: Astros at Angels on MLB The Show
Today at 2 PM ET, Paul Sporer, Ben Clemens, and Dan Szymborski will be viewing the home opener for the Los Angeles Angels (3-4), as the Houston Astros (5-2) come to town. Will the Astros bring a trash can large enough to contain Mike Trout?
Starting for the Angels is Griffin Canning (0-1, 23.63), seeking revenge after being roughed up on Saturday by these same Astros in his first regular season start since being shut down last August due to elbow inflammation. Canning had a short spring because of elbow soreness and received a PRP injection last month, so he may be on a short leash.
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Are the (virtual) California fans banging (virtual) trash cans?
It would be really fun if all the baseball websites somehow could collectively play The Show vs each other. Do a draft, make website based teams (The Fangraphs Fanatics? The Fangraphs Staticians?) and beat down the BleacherReport Creatures and so on.
That would be sweet.
This was fun to watch, and proves the old adage that imaginary baseball (and some fun commentary) is better than no baseball!