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by tmat on Oct 2, 2007 8:04 PM PDT

What the experts say!

9 out of 10 of those "experts" in Shitstol, I mean Bristol, picked the Sux. The only dissenter-Jim Caple. The Halos are gonna give them a due shock!!!!

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just a minute

while I fondly recall my 2002 anxiety heading into the 2002 post-season.

It peaked with Scioscia bringing in Donnelly in Game 1 and YesWeCan howling over Dominos slicing the thin crust pizza into squares...

by Rev Halofan on Oct 2, 2007 8:04 PM PDT reply actions

Pizza Cutting

They do that out here in Ohio. I hate that!

by anaheimisnotla on Oct 2, 2007 8:46 PM PDT reply actions

This is going to be

another YES WE CAN year. Let that be out mantra as we stick it to those Chowda Heads!

The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!

by cardinalwraith on Oct 2, 2007 8:46 PM PDT reply actions

It'll be closer than it was in 2004. For one thing, the starting rotation is a lot better. (I hope.) But I still see a lot of holes, and as 2005 showed, if the Angels can be kept off the basepaths, there goes the offense.

Hoping Ervin Santana turns it around in Salt Lake. Go, Ervin!

by scareduck on Oct 2, 2007 9:23 PM PDT reply actions

Blah Blah Blah

YES WE CAN!

We'll be fine.

by ReggieBullits on Oct 2, 2007 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions

You talk as if you're on an enemy site

Weird.

Anyway, yes, it IS difficult to score without baserunners. Meanwhile, this is a pretty good and multi-faceted offensive ballclub, one that's a helluva lot closer to Boston than we were in 2004, and a good deal better than the team in '05. We've got better hitters in the lineup than 2005 at almost every position except Vlad.

Also, the rotation is a lot better, period; it's another question entirely whether they'll perform better in the playoffs, but this is the best 1-2-3 the Angels have had since 1991, if not 1989.

by mattwelch on Oct 2, 2007 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Good analysis.

I think the team that scores the most points usually wins.

by melvintoast on Oct 3, 2007 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions

On CBS Sportsline

3 picked the SOX and 1 picked the Angels!!!

Thats good cuz the SUX are going to go into the series over confident!!!!

Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by acuda27 on Oct 2, 2007 9:27 PM PDT reply actions

And their front page graphic

for the aces from each team has a picture of an ace from every team in the playoffs except one: The Angels.

It was apparently more important to have two Indians than to recognize that the Angels have probably the best 1-2 in baseball.

http://kotchatthebat.livejournal.com/

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Oct 2, 2007 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions

And on top of that

gave the Red Sox the edge in every category except bullpen, where they were even.

For starting rotation, they mention Lackey, Escobar, and...Santana. I guess it's easy to forget that he's not even the #4 option when your head is that far up Boston's ass. He even acknowledges that it's basically Beckett and then question marks...but goes on to give the edge to Boston anyway.

http://kotchatthebat.livejournal.com/

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Oct 3, 2007 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions

I think my favorite BS stat so far

Is people talking about Escobar's bad September (7.99 ERA), then turning around and saying nothing about Dice-K's 7.69 ERA during September. People are seriously using Escobar's bad month as a reason to doubt us, while not applying the same logic to the other side.

As far as the SeeBS sportsline edges go, XD at the Sox having a huge edge in the outfield. The simple truth is Manny wasn't that much better than GA this year at the plate, Willits was a better hitter than Crisp, and Figgins was a better hitter than Drew. The defense of the two squads is fairly comparable.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Oct 3, 2007 6:44 AM PDT up reply actions

i'm more confident this year

i think this is the strongest-looking Angels team to make the playoffs since the '80s. if they can somehow get healthy, i'd make them the favorites to win the Series.

by yeswecan on Oct 3, 2007 10:34 AM PDT reply actions