88 is enough Scioscia got his big second guess out of the way early this week. The digital ink hadn’t even dried on last week’s edition when Mike Scioscia decided to give Andrew Heaney the hook after six shutout innings and, most importantly, just 88 pitches. This misstep became truly offensive to Angels fans because Trevor Gott and Jose Alvarez came in to cough up three runs in the seventh inning of that game, leading to a 3-1 loss by the Angels.
Often I find myself as one of the folks in the minority calling out Scioscia for a specific decision. With this particular offense, there was an overwhelming majority of Angels fans that were positively apoplectic.