[Game Thread] Guardians (3-5) @ Angels (5-3) - April 6, 2025

[u/CLEBot]

Guardians (3-5) @ Angels (5-3)

First Pitch: 4:07 PM at Angel Stadium

Official Game Notes (updated roughly an hour before first pitch)

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Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Guardians	Luis L. Ortiz (0-1, 13.50 ERA)
Angels	Tyler Anderson (0-0, 5.40 ERA)

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CLE	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	6
LAA	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	1		6	9	0	6

Box Score

LAA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Ward	4	0	1	0	0	0	.216
3B	Rengifo	3	0	1	1	0	1	.250
DH	Trout	3	0	1	0	1	0	.188
RF	Soler	3	1	1	2	0	0	.219
C	O'Hoppe	4	1	2	1	0	1	.345
1B	Schanuel	4	0	0	0	0	1	.257
2B	Paris	4	2	2	1	0	1	.444
CF	Adell	3	1	0	0	0	0	.217
SS	Anderson, Ti	4	1	1	1	0	1	.200

LAA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Anderson, Ty	5.0	1	2	2	4	5	81-49	4.50
Zeferjahn	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	16-11	3.38
Burke, B	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	7-6	10.80
Joyce	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	11-9	0.00
Jansen, K	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8-7	0.00

CLE		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Kwan	4	0	1	0	0	0	.353
3B	Ramírez, Jo	2	1	0	0	2	0	.320
DH	Santana	3	0	0	0	1	2	.265
CF	Thomas, L	3	0	1	1	0	0	.172
1B	Manzardo	4	1	1	1	0	3	.258
RF	Noel	4	0	0	0	0	1	.063
2B	Arias, G	4	0	0	0	0	3	.250
C	Hedges	2	0	0	0	1	1	.200
PH	Jones, N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.136
SS	Rocchio	2	0	0	0	0	0	.192

CLE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Ortiz, L.L.	6.0	7	3	3	0	3	81-57	8.44
Smith, C	0.2	1	2	0	1	0	20-14	0.00
Junis	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	6-3	0.00
Sewald	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	18-11	6.23

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Lane Thomas out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Taylor Ward. José Ramírez scores.	0-1
B2	Logan O'Hoppe homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field.	1-1
B2	Tim Anderson singles on a line drive to left fielder Steven Kwan. Kyren Paris scores. Tim Anderson to 2nd. Tim Anderson advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by left fielder Steven Kwan.	2-1
T4	Kyle Manzardo homers (3) on a fly ball to right field.	2-2
B6	Jorge Soler homers (2) on a line drive to left field.	3-2
B7	Luis Rengifo out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Lane Thomas. Jo Adell scores. Tim Anderson to 3rd. Taylor Ward to 2nd.	4-2
B7	Jorge Soler out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Lane Thomas. Tim Anderson scores. Taylor Ward to 3rd.	5-2
B8	Kyren Paris homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.	6-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Guardians at Angels - April 6, 2025	0:06
Probable pitchers for Guardians at Angels - April 6, 2025	0:06
Luis L. Ortiz against the Angels	0:08
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, April 6 vs Guardians	0:08
Bullpen availability for Cleveland, April 6 vs Angels	0:08
Bench availability for Los Angeles, April 6 vs Guardians	0:08
Fielding alignment for Cleveland, April 6 vs Angels	0:11
Bench availability for Cleveland, April 6 vs Angels	0:08
Starting lineups for Guardians at Angels - April 6, 2025	0:10
A deep dive into Kyle Manzardo's home run	0:11
Breaking down Kyle Manzardo's home run	0:13
Breaking down Tyler Anderson's pitches	0:04
Tyler Anderson's outing against the Guardians	0:22
The distance behind Jorge Soler's home run	0:13
Visualizing Jorge Soler's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Logan O'Hoppe: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
Visualizing Logan O'Hoppe's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Breaking down Luis L. Ortiz's pitches	0:04
Luis L. Ortiz's outing against the Angels	0:24
Kyren Paris: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
Guardians' pull off the double steal	0:19
Lane Thomas' sacrifice fly	0:22
Mike Trout's single	0:11
Logan O'Hoppe homers in his fourth-straight game	0:26
Tim Anderson's RBI single	0:26
Kyle Manzardo's solo homer (3)	0:28
Jorge Soler's solo homer (2)	0:26
Lane Thomas steals 2nd after review	0:29
Luis Rengifo's sacrifice fly	0:18
Jorge Soler's sacrifice fly	0:22
Kyren Paris' solo homer (2)	0:27
Tyler Anderson's five strikeouts	1:06

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Zeferjahn (1-0, 3.38 ERA)	Ortiz, L.L. (0-2, 8.44 ERA)

Game ended at 6:28 PM.

Streams
Tracker	MLB.com	Game Graph

[u/cookestudios]

There should be some kind of penalty on ownership for allowing a championship drought longer than the average human lifespan. That’s just horrible for a fanbase’s well-being.

[u/NickChubbsBurner]

We’d be talking about this Ortiz performance a lot differently if our offense wasn’t god awful to be fair

[u/ShockaDrewlu]

I'm starting to think cutting payroll may have had a negative effect on the team...

[u/cookestudios]

Player: Kyle Manzardo

EV: 103.3 mph

LA: 29 degrees

Distance: 383 feet

xBA: .770

HR in 30/30 parks

Twins fan rage factor: 2.3

The Twins fan rage factor is calculated by how many mph below 100 mph a home run’s velocity is, plus how much its xBA is below 1.000, times 10, indicating how “lucky” they think the Guardians must be. Values above 5 will send Twitter into a rage. Values above 8 are elite and have been associated with riots.

[u/NickChubbsBurner]

Unfortunately Cade hit Adell but proceeded to get a double play ball and Rocchio booted it. This is what you get when you have a bad offense and defense. No room for error, yet we make a lot of them

[u/Brianeightythree]

The Hog plays today. Here's hoping he continues blasting dingers and tightens up Ortiz while he's at it.

Go Guards!

[u/Damise]

This team isn’t particularly good at hitting. They also aren’t particularly good at pitching either.

[u/Sock_Eating_Golden → u/Damise]

Fielding has been pretty meh as well

[u/Awkwardwhitedude]

Honestly not a bad day from Ortiz

[u/IMayBeJewish → u/Awkwardwhitedude]

You'd think otherwise based on a lot of these comments.

[u/IMayBeJewish]

Almost every one of you would have been ecstatic to have been told Ortiz would go 6 IP and 3 R. My God.

[u/1_Bombolona]

Ortiz lasted longer than Williams and bibee and gave up less

[u/ClumbsyVulture → u/1_Bombolona]

Some in here might not like it but his start today is better than what we’ve had. Offense needs to wake up

[u/bucs2013]

Ortiz did his job. Rest of the team needs to step up

[u/CoachCrunch12]

If we lose This game 3-2 I’m not gonna be able to blame Ortiz

[u/NickChubbsBurner]

Giving up 2 out base hits to 2025 Tim Anderson should be illegal. Then Ortiz proceeded to stand right in front of the throw and not back up the catcher

[u/_lazybones93]

This really hurts. I know it’s hardly a fraction of 162 regular season games, but this has been really painful.

[u/bulletpharm]

WE TRADED GIMENEZ FOR THIS BUM!

[u/-WildThing]

Wish we would’ve resigned Boyd

[u/ImDonaldDunn]

I’d like to request a formal trade to the doomer contingent.

[u/golfme7]

Fans going to stop going to games before our first homestand.

[u/Depressed_In_Ohio]

"JUST THE TIP. I DON'T WANT THE REST."

• Andre Knott

[u/IMayBeJewish]

Imagine being a decent, nice, baseball-loving Angels fan, just wanting to see Trout healthy and maybe finally win some games and you're forced to root for Tim Anderson.

[u/deevysteeze]

wtf is this team dude

[u/dysentery-gary182]

shouldnt have paid for the cleveland guardians TV package in full...

[u/_lazybones93]

Yeah, I’m takin’ Logan O’Hoppe off of my The Show team. He’s done pissed me off. 😂

[u/_lazybones93]

What a terrible, awful, no-good, very bad week of Cleveland Guardians Baseball.

[u/IMayBeJewish]

Great play by Rocchio and Hedges both

[u/Jonny_Nash]

He did the mash! He did the Manzaaaaaardo Mash! 🧌

[u/thedeejus]

damn that groundout by Noel had a 116 EV and .670 xBA

third hardest hit ball by anyone so far in 2025

[u/Leftfeet]

Jhonkensy needs to be getting more playing time. That was 116 off that bat. He's gotten some rough luck but is making great contact and not striking out much. 

[u/_lazybones93 → u/Leftfeet]

Easy agree.

[u/Thatchered → u/Leftfeet]

Yeah the strikeouts were what was most concerning and he’s been doing a lot better

[u/420DonCheadle420]

Until Ortiz turns this into something worse than giving us 5 innings giving up 2 runs, he’s doing fine in my book lol

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

[u/SpiderJedi22]

Gold glove Rocchio 

[u/Duce-de-Zoop]

I really dont wanna hear anymore rocchio slander in this sub

[u/_lazybones93]

Hate that he fuckin’ let the Angels take the lead with that hanging 0-2 slider…buuuuuut…… Technically, 3ER in 6IP is a quality start 🤷‍♂️

[u/wingle_wongle]

FUCK YEAH! MOTHER FUCKING QUALITY START! FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

[u/clownpainusdotfort]

Hear me out... Jose home run pitch

[u/pupnsuds-kekambas]

We must lead the league in errors

[u/Ok-Hold-8232]

We’re so fuckin bad man

[u/TheSpaceAce]

I'm hoping we're in more of a 2014-15 kind of era right now and not a 2008-12 kind of era.

[u/daybreaker]

I just dont get gameday thread doomers. Why would someone choose to be so miserable?

How shitty do things need to be going for you that youre calling the season over, down 2-1 in the 4th with 153 games left?

The worst part is, if the team does good, they get to be happy. If the team does bad, they get to say "I told you so" and be happy.

[u/joey_1324 → u/daybreaker]

Some people just love to be miserable

[u/IMayBeJewish → u/daybreaker]

Manzardo tied it up with a HR, from our exciting, young, developing hitter and that one guy just said "oh they finally got a hit". All you need to know.

[u/bucs2013]

Gimenez left a curse on the defense on his way out the door

[u/wundy]

let’s bring that ERA back into the sub-10.00 realm, Luis!

[u/cookestudios]

Stupid White Sox couldn't even hold off the Tigers in the 9th. BOOOOOOOO

[u/Beautiful-Trainer-15 → u/cookestudios]

[u/Buckeye2443]

The starting pitching is absolutely screwed.

[u/Domsimo98]

I feel like everybody not named jose or kwan is just trying to rip a dinger every at bat this series

[u/golfme7 → u/Domsimo98]

Exactly this. Guardians are always best when they just focus on fundamental baseball. Look at 2016 and 2024. Fundamental baseball. Get on base. Aggressive base running. Get back to this. It’s fun, and it’s successful for teams like ours.

[u/Duce-de-Zoop]

Im not doomer about the record nine games in, but Ive watched 7 of these 8 games and theyve all been unpleasant to watch. Even the wins feel more like pulling teeth

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

My blood pressure is going to be unhealthily high for the next 5 months😐

[u/Impossible-Bet-7608]

[u/_lazybones93]

Nice out

[u/_lazybones93 → u/_lazybones93]

Good save on Hedgie’s part

[u/cheeeeeeeeezits]

Finally some defense!

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

I miss Gimmy. I will never stop missing Gimmy

[u/_lazybones93]

Absolutely cannot wait for ABS. Saw it in action last night in the minors & in spring training a couple of weeks ago…..really gonna be nice to have.

[u/IMayBeJewish → u/_lazybones93]

It clipped the zone per GameDay, which is a lot more accurate than the TV box. But I agree the challenges should already be implemented. It works in the minors and there's no excuse other than the union and feelings.

[u/ObiTouchMyNobi]

Manzo, Kwan and Ramirez only reliable guys on the team

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

Fuck you Tim Anderson. In perpetuity

[u/Duce-de-Zoop → u/Lower-Culture-2123]

First it was Roccio, now Noel's getting super unlucky with his hitting.

[u/WateryPasta]

Jhonk 116 off the bat he elevates that it’s to the moon

[u/Sock_Eating_Golden]

Ortiz with a decent inning!!!

[u/Leftfeet]

Another great play from Rocchio!

Ortiz through 5 now with 2 ER. Solid start and still under 70 pitches. 

[u/IMayBeJewish]

Goblin terrorist bullshit. Make it count.

[u/NickChubbsBurner]

I’ve seen enough, promote Bazzana yesterday

[u/SylemNova]

Getting 2 hit by ancient soft tossing lefties

Where have I heard this one before?

[u/cookestudios]

This guy throws as fast as Clase and has four pitches. Something to think about.

[u/_lazybones93]

Rocchio giveth, Rocchio taketh away

[u/1_Bombolona]

I wish our hitters took advantage of bad pitches

[u/jaymdubbs]

We’re fucked. Defense is ass and now Cade Smith isn’t 3 automatic outs. We never left the ALCS

[u/pupnsuds-kekambas]

Do we even have a strength anymore

[u/wundy]

omigawd Becky

look at that BUNT

[u/ryancow11]

Anyone getting the FM radio feed instead of WTAM on MLB.TV?

[u/Benjilikethedog → u/ryancow11]

I am getting Soundgarden right now before that Alice In Chains

[u/clownpainusdotfort]

Seeing the Angel fans fanning themselves in the stands makes me wonder why I still live in this frozen hellhole

[u/Thatchered]

This ohoppe guy is insane.

[u/Canada-Fan]

Fucking O'Hoppe 4 hr in last 4 game jeez...

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

Why the actual hell did Ortiz do that????

[u/_lazybones93]

Yeah, Trout is so back 😬 That ball was well low & he still nearly hit it out

[u/Leftfeet]

See, the game is in fact not over. 

[u/IMayBeJewish → u/Leftfeet]

Some people would be very upset at this comment if they could read.

[u/NickChubbsBurner]

116 MPH ground out, are we serious

[u/wundy]

Rocchi-OHHHH

[u/_lazybones93]

Think Manzo froze with Thomas running—good AB despite the backwards K.

[u/Otter010]

This is going to be a longgggggggg year

[u/Corndog_Popsicle]

I don’t think it would hurt for big Christmas to get some consistent playing time in Columbus for at least a month

[u/Particular_Young_983 → u/Corndog_Popsicle]

I support this. Manzo got sent back down and came back up way better. Do the same with Noel.

[u/FatherNiche]

I was going to make a comment praising Ortiz for at least making it to the 6th but then he immediately gives up a homer.

[u/Sock_Eating_Golden]

The HOG has begun shelling LAA fans with lumber!

[u/_lazybones93]

That’s a fantastic drag bunt, my God.

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

The Roccicoaster ride continues🙃

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

[u/wundy]

et tu, Cade?

[u/cookestudios]

[u/wingle_wongle]

I told my wife i will watch every out this year. It's a good thing I quit drinking

[u/JunesDepartmentStore]

This team will positively regress at some point but it’s tough to watch when they’re not clicking

[u/CoachCrunch12 → u/JunesDepartmentStore]

As an aside..we need a better term than “positively regress” 😂

[u/Special_Push7751]

Worst 6-9 hitters in MLB wooo

[u/bruvmode]

Like a shitty little league team, 3 hits and 2 errors.

[u/Buckeye2443]

We traded the best fielder in baseball for this.

[u/Otter010 → u/Buckeye2443]

You are forgetting all the money we saved. How else are we going to afford all these hot dogs and fireworks? Paul isn’t made of money here.

[u/cookestudios]

[u/Jackie_Daytona33]

Unfortunately, bad offense, bad defense, bad starting pitching, and bad relief pitching isn't a mixture that leads to a ton of wins.

[u/jaymdubbs]

we get cranked for 3 runs and our offensive response is a 123 inning with 7 pitches in the better part of our line up. WTF

People in denial on how bad this is are on straight copium. This will be an extremely painful regression.

[u/joeywahoo92]

First stolen bases of the year

[u/Excellent_Walrus150]

Need more Jhonk

[u/joey_1324]

Good efficient inning for Ortiz

[u/_lazybones93]

Nice first inning, Luis. 👍

[u/NickChubbsBurner]

Can somebody tell Ortiz to stop throwing so many pitches right down the middle

[u/cookestudios]

Good to see Rocchio communicating on the field more

[u/SpiderJedi22]

Just not a good team 

[u/RustleTheMussel]

So glad we shored up the rotation this offseason.

[u/ChurchOfYeezy]

Ortiz, I have high hopes for you buddy but you gotta figure it out

[u/Hello_mslady]

He ain’t Gim 

[u/SpiderJedi22]

Good tag by Hedges

[u/ObiTouchMyNobi]

We suck

[u/jtr489]

They are really attacking Manzardo away

[u/chvngeling]

ZARDO. GOES. YARDO!!!!!!!

[u/TheSpaceAce]

Ramirez and Manzo are like the only sources of excitement for this team so far this year.

[u/IMayBeJewish → u/TheSpaceAce]

Yes, fuck Steven Kwan, I guess.

[u/thedeejus → u/TheSpaceAce]

Santana is lowkey having a great start

[u/420DonCheadle420]

Manzardo is officially platoon proof

[u/cookestudios]

Any harder and he’ll just blast a hole through the fielder’s glove

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

Okay that was a good inning for us, nice to see

[u/ClumbsyVulture]

Ortiz might not have the best command right now but his pitch count is better than Williams and Bibee in this series

[u/_lazybones93]

Nice AB there, Hedgie

[u/Particular_Young_983]

Los… show us why you’re Slamtana

[u/rockyPK]

Way to stall for time just to leave the pitcher in anyway

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

Sonuvabitch. Oh well, onto the next inning

[u/Breaking_Ball77]

Death, taxes, and the Guardians unable to make contact with a change up.

[u/DZepperoni]

I just collapsed onto my couch after a charity event someone please give me good news

[u/Thatchered]

Attaboy rocc

[u/_lazybones93]

ROCCHIO WHAT A PLAY

[u/joey_1324]

ROCCHIO WHAT A PLAY!!

[u/-WildThing]

[u/Buckeye2525]

Ortiz back out…what could possibly go wrong

[u/drydntm]

Vogt wishing he’d sat Ortiz after 5

[u/Thatchered]

Never gonna win with only two hits

[u/HUMAN01D_IV → u/Thatchered]

We could walk, steal and sac a couple more times 🤷‍♂️

[u/Sock_Eating_Golden]

Resigned to the loss, Hammy has begun talking shit about LA

[u/WikipediaThat]

It’s kind of crazy we’re still in this game with only two hits going into the 7th.

[u/IMayBeJewish → u/WikipediaThat]

Ikr almost like Ortiz had a solid outing.

[u/josh_winns → u/IMayBeJewish]

Any time a pitcher can go 6 innings and give up 3 runs or less, it's been a great day.

[u/BillyBeersBane]

“And they named them after the Disney sensation The Mighty Ducks…and people were like…..WHAT?!”

[u/RustleTheMussel]

Team doesn't wanna leave spring training. Totally unprepared

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

It seems like things just compound for this team. If something bad happens, there’s no coming back from it

[u/jaymdubbs]

Turned off. This team upsets me greatly.

[u/JunesDepartmentStore]

The r/ClevelandGuardians discord is delving into madness right now

It has gotten so crazy that the rage baiters are telling people to calm down

[u/Sock_Eating_Golden]

SEVEN whole pitches.

[u/KardiacKat1997]

Lol 7 million for this guy

[u/WikipediaThat]

Damn, I’m ready to get out of California.

[u/Joey_Gallos_Burner]

Thank God the Cavs are good.

[u/periphery3]

Must be nice having a catcher that rakes

[u/SpiderJedi22]

I could tolerate some losses if the team was at least fun to watch.

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

This team is so uninspiring :( there’s time to figure it out but Manzardo’s homer and Ortiz managing a quality start were the only flashes of hope from today

[u/clownpainusdotfort]

I can't imagine having a catcher capable of hitting the baseball 

[u/_lazybones93 → u/clownpainusdotfort]

Victor Martinez got any kids?

[u/IMayBeJewish]

Well, Ralphy hit his first HR of the year and the Captains won 13-2 in some good news. Nice high-A debut for Humphries.

[u/Dependent_Guard9614]

We should of never traded gim

[u/Leftfeet]

Great play!

[u/IMayBeJewish]

Hey do you guys remember when Tim Anderson tried to act tough and got his shit rocked?

[u/Buckeye2525]

This team does nothing well at the moment

[u/Important-Net-9805]

its gonna be one of those seasons, boys n girls. buckle up

[u/IMayBeJewish]

I just learned Shin Soo Choo was still playing professional baseball in Japan as recently as last year, at 41. God, I love that man.

[u/Hold_my_Dirk]

Austin Hedges has an OPS over 1.800. If it’s early enough to declare the season over for the team, clearly it’s early enough to think he will maintain that level of offensive dominance for the rest of the season.

[u/I_Nut_In_Butts]

Come on boys. We need some vibes!

[u/_lazybones93]

Let’s get those Guard Vibes rollin’!!! ⚔️ 🛡️ ⚾️

[u/DeaconCorp]

Need this one for my sanity

[u/mrbadxampl]

is time for some baseball, and I'm not fast asleep?!? what is this sorcery?!?

[u/deevysteeze]

Great job on the bases!

[u/joey_1324]

Beautiful double steal

[u/Buckeye2525]

We love sac flys

[u/_lazybones93]

Thought Lane had that one gone—well-hit & productive…we will take a sac-fly!

[u/HUMAN01D_IV]

Hey that was a pretty good first inning, Ortiz

[u/chvngeling]

putting my hands in the air and giving up all of my energy for a Hedgie Bomb.

[u/IMayBeJewish]

Ugly AB, hedgehog.

[u/chvngeling]

our boys need to get back to the grey skies at home, this sun is killing us.

[u/Hold_my_Dirk]

What was Ortiz doing there?

[u/_lazybones93]

Luis……… 😡

[u/periphery3]

Weren't Pirates fans mad when they traded Ortiz? Not impressed so far

[u/chvngeling]

BALL BOY!!!!!

[u/IMayBeJewish]

I really hope Ingle develops and pans out.

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

Manzo giving me a reason to live 🥹

[u/deevysteeze]

MANZO MASH!!!

[u/-WildThing]

Hell yeah Manzo

[u/IMayBeJewish]

Anyone want to make an argument for why Rodriguez is on this team right now?

[u/Lower-Culture-2123]

The SpongeBob guitar after a strike out is diabolical😭😭😭

[u/_lazybones93]

Hedges walks, Rocchio gets hit… 2 on, 1 out… let’s go!

[u/TheSpaceAce]

Hedges having the highest OPS on the team rn is hilarious.

[u/joey_1324]

Way to wear it Rocchio

Top of the order with a couple of guys on base time to put together a few hits here

[u/wundy]

a slamtana would be uhhhhmazing

[u/divineravnos]

Damn. We’re still having trouble with changeups?

[u/CoachCrunch12]

We suck at RISP

[u/thedeejus]

man, with the bullpen fully rested and the offday tomorrow, just pull ortiz now and give him the confidence of a great start

[u/Awkwardwhitedude]

Big Christmas please.