ALDS Pregame Thread

by Rev Halofan on Oct 1, 2008 4:30 PM PDT in Pregame Picks Comment 96 comments

Red Sox @ Angels - 7 PM on TBS

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Go Halos...

I am rooting for you, thick or thin, win or lose. Always an Angels fan.

by Downing Rules on Oct 1, 2008 4:33 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs

I love the Angels.

by Higz on Oct 1, 2008 4:37 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I hope Mrs. HighlandHalo’s red knickers work out for the best.

If GA wasn't so Lazy, I'd have something clever here.

by TheTypingFiend on Oct 1, 2008 4:38 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I dont want to ask for too much here, but a 15 run crushing of the Red Sox would be pleasent

I'm your huckleberry

by autry's cowboys on Oct 1, 2008 4:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

just wanna say

living in the middle of yank and met fans, EVERYBODY is wishing me luck. so, come on Angels…I’ve loved you guys for ever now GO BEAT THE SOX OFF THESE GUYS!!!

Still, I wish I was here

by adirondackangelfan on Oct 1, 2008 4:42 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs

Robb Quinlan pinch hits for Figgy, pops out to center field.

Simultaneously Becketts oblique explodes, Pedroia and Youkilis crash into each other on the 55 freeway driving to the game.

Quinlan for series MVP?

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Oct 1, 2008 4:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Completely unnecessary dude....

it would be, “Quinlan for series Panther”

I'm your huckleberry

by autry's cowboys on Oct 1, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and by 55 I mean 57 or 22 or 5.

I lower my head in shame for making that mistake.

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Oct 1, 2008 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They'll likely be taking th 55

From a Newport Area hotel.

If GA wasn't so Lazy, I'd have something clever here.

by TheTypingFiend on Oct 1, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There ya go. I was thinking about them staying at that hotel where they signed Torii at.

Savi Ranch how I love you and your shopping.

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Oct 1, 2008 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is the day we’ve been waiting for since the A’s decided to close up shop halfway through the season and concede to us. The post-season. This is it. This is why we got Teixeira. This is why we got Torii. This is why we celebrate walk off home runs, or balls caught at the wall with spectacular leaping catches. This is why we buy plush monkeys. This is why we deal with rats in our food, and sit through the Shooby Dooby Down To Ruby’s song at every game. This is why we turn up “Calling All Angels” if it comes on the radio. This is why we hate defeat, and love victory. This is why we take one game at a time. This is why we smile when we drive down the 57 and the halo is lit.

100 wins? That means nothing right now. What matters is who wins the last game of the season.

Instead of trash-talking the other team, I’d rather let the Angels do the talking.

This is the only division series that matters.

by RubixsQube on Oct 1, 2008 4:44 PM PDT reply actions 8 recs

Highly rec'd!

by Higz on Oct 1, 2008 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by gary matthews jr. jr. on Oct 1, 2008 4:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Uggg the wait is killing me, I need a Xanax

What are u guys doing to pass the time, cause for me its like time is going at 1/2 speed.

by SFV88 on Oct 1, 2008 4:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Posting on Halos Heaven!

by Higz on Oct 1, 2008 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Popping some Xanax

If GA wasn't so Lazy, I'd have something clever here.

by TheTypingFiend on Oct 1, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

drinking beers before class

There is an "Angel in the outfield" and his name is GA! ps. he is lazy but not a bum GO HALOS!

by wallispdub1 on Oct 1, 2008 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and the game

There is an "Angel in the outfield" and his name is GA! ps. he is lazy but not a bum GO HALOS!

by wallispdub1 on Oct 1, 2008 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A Quote before I leave for the stadium

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
- Anatole France

BELIEVE!!!!!

by swiss mcgee on Oct 1, 2008 4:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Putting on my red and getting ready to leave for the game

and nervous out of my mind.
Go Halos!

by UCIHalo on Oct 1, 2008 4:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

We have the best pitchers. Our hitters are healthy. We have Teixeira.

Let’s forget about 2007. Let’s also forget about 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

NOW IS THE TIME: Let’s kick thos Sox back to Boston for an early October exit.

Hey you! What are horse mackerel!
Hey, the chair are sailing! You believe that I am toad of the month!
(Yes, that is K-Rod's entry music, translated)

by infant on Oct 1, 2008 4:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I might have an extra ticket for tonights game

Anyone interested ? Don’t need money or anything for it – my son might not be able to join me and I’d be happy to give it to somebody else.

Hey you! What are horse mackerel!
Hey, the chair are sailing! You believe that I am toad of the month!
(Yes, that is K-Rod's entry music, translated)

by infant on Oct 1, 2008 4:56 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs

Man.

If only I was back home~

== Resident Point Tallier ==

by scottnak on Oct 1, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh man

I’m stuck at home watching my brothers on Back-to-School Night.

If only I had been a single child!

If GA wasn't so Lazy, I'd have something clever here.

by TheTypingFiend on Oct 1, 2008 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

awesome generosity and would usually be all over it...

but, well, see my post below!

I'm your huckleberry

by autry's cowboys on Oct 1, 2008 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man only if it didnt take 4 hours to drive from the San Fernando Valley.

I love to go but spending more time on the freeway then at the game stops me from driving anymore.

by SFV88 on Oct 1, 2008 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tonight

Tonight I will have the good fortune of being able to watch the game with my Dad and my 1 1/2 year old son. When I was growing up, there were not that many opportunities to do this. Quite frankly, who knows how many more opportunities there will be? Lookin forward to an ANGELS VICTORY with three generations!

I'm your huckleberry

by autry's cowboys on Oct 1, 2008 4:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Anyone know the announcers for the TV games?

Is it the same all games for the halos?

by SFV88 on Oct 1, 2008 5:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

TBS has their #1 Announce team

Though I don’t know who that is, they should be on all the games.

"Hostility Abounds" 9-17-09

by wildwill on Oct 1, 2008 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been away from home for 7 years

I watch the Angels games with mixed feelings. Seeing the stadium reminds me of home and I feel good, but then I remember I’m not there…and I could be. Today the feelings are even stronger in both directions. I feel fantastic that my team is about to start another road to a championship, but I feel even further away from home.

GO ANGELS!

I was uncool before uncool was cool.

by WiHaloFan on Oct 1, 2008 5:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

scotnak rules!

"why do you we still have quitlin?" -VladdyG

by cupie on Oct 1, 2008 5:20 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

I Can't Wait

I can’t wait for the game to start. It feels like I’ve been waiting two months….oh, wait. I have.

I can’t wait to hear what Steve Phillips says over the next couple of days.

I can’t wait to see what the LA sportswriters say after the truth comes out.

I can’t wait to see the look on the chowds’ faces on Sunday.

I can’t wait to see my roomates cheering for our boys, now that the Twins have lost and they have become Halo fans out of respect for the way we play the game.

I can’t wait to be ignored by ESPN and other major news outlets until they realize they have to talk about us.

I can’t wait to sport Angel gear on a daily basis for the remainder of the playoffs.

I can’t wait for my HH t-shirt to arrive in the mail.

I can’t wait!!! AHH!!! GO HALOS!!!

Red Sox, we're comin!

by NoDakHalo on Oct 1, 2008 5:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Keys to the game:

Power chugs: The more full cans of beer you chug during the commercial break before the bottom of the side, the more offensive power the Angels get.

Defensive Curls: Build a shrine of Angels memorabilia, and get some free weights. Before we take the mound each time, do as many curls as you can while facing the shrine, and yelling out the name of the pitcher.

Rocks: After a good play of any sort, give everbody in the room rocks(knocking fists). Dont miss anybody.

Rally Attendance: If we are doing well, and someone comes over or enters the room, and subsequently the Angels start to slip in anyway, that person must leave the room/house for the duration of that game…possibly the entire series.

Whatever dude.

by Mayheminthehood on Oct 1, 2008 5:23 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

Don't forget about our luminous defensive resistance power though, bro

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Oct 1, 2008 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are going to be 5 of us

out here in philly watching the game together tonight! Work is going to suck tomorrow, but I dont care because we are going to publicly humiliate the Red Sux!

10pm start baby! we are all pumped!

by kingfish on Oct 1, 2008 5:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Some might question my parenting skills for teaching my kid how to say fuck the sox.

What can I say, I’ve always gone commando on the feet.

Now score some runs so Quigley can get in the game!

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Oct 1, 2008 5:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Off to the game

GO HALOS!!!

by Higz on Oct 1, 2008 5:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The Fall Ritual

After so many years of using October as a kick off to the hot stove season, I feel so

blessed to once again be partaking in the yearly ritual of Angel Playoff Baseball. IT

NEVER GETS OLD.

Fanatic since Fregosi

by Jangel7 on Oct 1, 2008 5:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd like to say to my Halos Heaven brothers and sisters: this season has been rad, and finding this online community was truly a gift. I've made plenty of friends from it, and we have had the pleasure of sharing something we all can agree on, no matter wh

That being said, tonight is the beginning of the war…the real battle. The last march into territory of the gods. Let us all stand by each other, remember why we’re here and be brave. Let us not ever give up, no matter if we’re down by 1 or 10 runs…no outs or 2 outs. Positive vibes make their way towards the stadium and can lift these heroes of ours into the stratosphere. Let’s hunker down and be prepared for some nervous moments, because you can’t have the sour without the sweet. Let’s root for our team and each other. I love you guys and I will fight along side you and this team till the day I die. Once more into the breach, my friends. Tonight is the first night of the rest of our lives.

GO ANGELS

Whatever dude.

by Mayheminthehood on Oct 1, 2008 5:32 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

Very Churchill like

I say props to this post. And the positive vibes can go all the way from London to Anaheim.

GO HALOS

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Oct 1, 2008 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was wondering about something

With Beckett hurting, if the Angels had elected to go with the shorter series, would that have been better? That is if the series even lasts more than 3 games.

I was uncool before uncool was cool.

by WiHaloFan on Oct 1, 2008 5:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I want to apologize to the taxpayers ahead of time...

for i will be dragging serious ass at work tomorrow…GO HALOS!!!!

I've got nuthin'...

by BeerMadeMeFat on Oct 1, 2008 5:38 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

NICE!!!!

That makes a few of us bro……

by blues911 on Oct 1, 2008 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Oct 1, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just realized, like a dumbass, that I finally won't have to watch this on MLB.com

Awesome! I’ve seen like five games all year on TV, and if I saw a stoned Victor Martinez on my computer one more time I was seriously considering changing my position on the Drug War….

by mattwelch on Oct 1, 2008 5:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Rob Neyer hates MLB.TV

He listens to delayed internet radio feeds or if that fails he trys to find a knothole at the back of the stadium.

by MH252525 on Oct 1, 2008 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

THE GAME PLAN: Plain & Quite Simple:

It is still a game. You are here while the majority of the league is watching. RELAX, PLAY YOUR GAME & HAVE SOME FUN & THE HALOS WILL WIN ! ! !

HALOS IN AN YAWNER: HALOS SWEEP THE SOX !

When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!

by Dono Romantico on Oct 1, 2008 5:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

TELL ME THEY HAVE THE THUNDERSTICKS BACK

not those pos rally rackets, we need our thunder stix!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo

by ANewFoundThrice on Oct 1, 2008 6:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ajrat, amra Red Soxke bacch die uttam modhom dibo!

Translation: Tonight, we will give the Red Sox a harsh beating with a bamboo club!

by Big Easy Halofan on Oct 1, 2008 6:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

For a second there I thought I was so drunk I couldn't see straight.

Thanks for the translation.

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Oct 1, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Switched from the coffee, I see. Nice

by Big Easy Halofan on Oct 1, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

gotta calm down some how.

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Oct 1, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you guys have nothing else going on...

the WNBA finals start tonight.

I was uncool before uncool was cool.

by WiHaloFan on Oct 1, 2008 6:09 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

Who's Playing?

Did the Sparks make it?

"Hostility Abounds" 9-17-09

by wildwill on Oct 1, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Go Angels!

Check out the Hot Corner on MLB.com, BTW. Right now they’ve got live cams of batting practice at the Big A.

by LittleCupcakes on Oct 1, 2008 6:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That Hot Corner

Thing is interesting. You cannot watch a game like that if it’s your only video source because once the ball is hit you have no idea where it goes.

"Hostility Abounds" 9-17-09

by wildwill on Oct 1, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How has the thread gone this long without...

anyone repeating our 2008 motto?

We don’t take no mess!

Onward to victory.

by JAP on Oct 1, 2008 6:12 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Let's get pumped up

by vlad IS my man on Oct 1, 2008 6:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

PUMPED

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Oct 1, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

SOOOOOOOO Pumped

I’ve been watching the other games all day, and I’m so pumped to watch our beloved Halos slaughter the hated Booooo-Sox. If freaking James Loney can go yard and hit a bit tater, then Vladdy should hit TWO!

We are

THE BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL

time to show it baby!

"Hostility Abounds" 9-17-09

by wildwill on Oct 1, 2008 6:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I feel strangely calm

Despite my hatred of the Boston Red Sox, their players, their fans and especially their bandwagon fans, somehow I feel another Red October coming up.

Let’s be cool, calm, collective … and I’ll eat a moth if we lose this series.

GO HALOS!

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Oct 1, 2008 6:34 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I'll put my faith in you then

Cuz I’m nervous as hell.

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Oct 1, 2008 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's go Angels!

How about winning the first game of the series for once, huh?

Hooters anyone?

by Chone's Chonies on Oct 1, 2008 6:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Stuck out of town(Utah)

for the Whole first round, (work) I missed the last Three games and I forgot the AC cord to my laptop. Overnighted my cords (Thank you Mrs Andyman) have some beer, have some snacks, Hotel has a flat screen TV NOW LETS GO WIN!!!

Trapped in Utah, it was a trap!

by Andyman on Oct 1, 2008 6:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Utah? Sweet. Hopefully you found the State Liquor Store and are drinking regular octane brews

If not, apparently altitude makes a difference too

by Big Easy Halofan on Oct 1, 2008 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just drink a couple more : }

Trapped in Utah, it's a trap!

by Andyman on Oct 1, 2008 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Always worked for me

by Big Easy Halofan on Oct 1, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's Go Angels

Angels in 08!

by tanana40 on Oct 1, 2008 6:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

HalosHeaven

There is NO OTHER alternative!

by ladybug on Oct 1, 2008 6:47 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs

pregame flyover??

Is there going to be one tonight?

by blues911 on Oct 1, 2008 6:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

oh man almost game time!!!!!!!

There is an "Angel in the outfield" and his name is GA! ps. he is lazy but not a bum GO HALOS!

by wallispdub1 on Oct 1, 2008 6:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Stuck out of town (Orlando)

And now, my fellow friends, I ask that we brace ourselves. Long has past sicne hte days when we were mere palyoff neophytes and everything was so cute and adorable and we were just so happy to be here. This team has flags. This team has pennants. This team has rings. This team is THE ass-kicker in all of baseball, and the pipeline into the future appears full.

We are their fans. We are pros at this. Now is not the time to commit suicide because of a simple error. The team shall overcome. Nor is the time to proclaim ultimate victory with every base hit. The team is merely getting started.

But now IS the time – THIS is the time – to rage in delirious fury in constant support of this new campaign: to win 11 more games. We are the adrenaline. We are the lifeblood. We are the sharpened eyes, the extra hustle, the dive, the slide, the lunge, the miracle effort. This is OUR job. This is OUR role. We have been here before. We know what to do.

Yield not one inch, not even to thine own angst.

Now let’s get out there in the stands, and on the highways, and in the bars and living rooms and garages throughout the planet, AND KICK SOME FUCKING ASS!!!!

Francisco Rodriguez: 2006 to Present: 149 saves. 5 Panthers. As fabulous as Pride, Romero, Gregg, Budde and Dino Ebel combined.

by Stirrups on Oct 1, 2008 6:50 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs