Thank You All For a Great Season
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Tough loss
once again we fall flat in the post season
Thanks Halos!
by Los Angeles de Anaheim on Oct 6, 2008 8:32 PM PDT 0 recs
I'll take it
It was way better to go out this way than getting swept in three games. The team showed heart and came up a bunt short of victory.
by HungryHunter on
Oct 6, 2008 8:41 PM PDT
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great regular season. period.
we tried… many questionable calls… bleh.
some things NEED to be changed.
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Oct 6, 2008 8:33 PM PDT 0 recs
amen to that
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on
Oct 6, 2008 8:35 PM PDT
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have to agree here
really, the MINDSET of the team needs to be changed.
you can’t play for 1 run post-2002. it doesn’t work anymore. you want to win championships? catch up with the times.
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on
Oct 6, 2008 8:58 PM PDT
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yea no more squezze plays when tied in the ninth and the season is on the line
too risky…
pinch hit for a flyball hitter and sac him in..
Angels baseball beat itself in the ninth tonight….
GO RAYS
witty remark
by dtownmbrown on
Oct 6, 2008 9:13 PM PDT
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i dont think the squeeze was a bad call, aybar put too much flash into it by trying to slap at it, he should have just laid a howie kendrick-like bunt
We can't look at the standings. If we play the way we are capable of playing, we will reach our goal." Mike Scioscia
by AnaheimHalos61 on
Oct 6, 2008 10:08 PM PDT
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Did anyone else get the feeling
that this team was just better built for the long haul and not short post season series. We’ve got the depth to get 100 wins when people get injured but not the star power / hitting potential / mojo or what have you to beat a team that really wasn’t better than us.
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
by teopeht on
Oct 7, 2008 1:01 AM PDT
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No. Not buying it
Our front three are stellar and our fourth is as good as anyone else.
The Angels may have beat them 8 times in a row, but winning three before they do is all that matters.
by hauldog on
Oct 7, 2008 11:24 AM PDT
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Pitching-wise you're right, but hitting-wise, this team is not built for the post-season.
by snowhor on
Oct 8, 2008 11:03 AM PDT
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Post season games are low scoring
Unfortunately they forgot how to play defense
The Angels may have beat them 8 times in a row, but winning three before they do is all that matters.
by hauldog on
Oct 8, 2008 2:36 PM PDT
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god damnit we should have won that game
unf**king believable
by BoulderBrian on Oct 6, 2008 8:33 PM PDT 0 recs
yo i am glad i found this blog
u guys all rock here and i’ll be sure to keep checkin up for the latest updates on my favorite baseball team
THANKS
Watching the Halos from Princeton University. The random Halo fan in a sea of Bosux and Skankee fans.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 6, 2008 8:34 PM PDT 0 recs
I HATE BOSTON
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 6, 2008 8:34 PM PDT 1 recs
WHO DOESN'T?
"Halos Heaven All Time Saves Record Holder Genius Prognasticator."
by vlad IS my man on
Oct 6, 2008 9:54 PM PDT
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with a burning passion
We can't look at the standings. If we play the way we are capable of playing, we will reach our goal." Mike Scioscia
by AnaheimHalos61 on
Oct 6, 2008 10:08 PM PDT
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Keep it positive in here guys.
My eyes are gonna be like a hawk. And I will be relentless.
It was a great season. Unfortunate how it ended though :(
== Resident Point Tallier ==
by scottnak on Oct 6, 2008 8:35 PM PDT 0 recs
Dude...
who are you, the friggin’ blog police? I’ll be sure to cleanse all my opinions before I enter this hallowed fanpost. Whatever, give me a break.
I was at a rehearsal tonight and “watching” on my phone – but couldn’t believe the squeeze call…
I’m going to watch the game now and see how bad it really was…
Unreal call. Really ballsy – or stupid.
Jim Scully
by jimmuscomp on
Oct 6, 2008 9:39 PM PDT
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You got the game thread to vent.
Look at the title. Look at how it’s goin.
Just want to keep it positive.
== Resident Point Tallier ==
by scottnak on
Oct 6, 2008 10:36 PM PDT
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Kendrick lost the series for the Angels
His 2 errors cost 4 runs total.
Pathetic
World Series Bound in 2008
by HaloPride on Oct 6, 2008 8:35 PM PDT 0 recs
Correction... 5 runs total
not to mention is impressive 2 for 15???? Thank you Mr. Hatcher.
by MidwayCityLivestock on
Oct 6, 2008 9:37 PM PDT
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Thank you, right back, Rev!
Just wish it could have ended on a higher note.
The '56 LA Angels (PCL) cap logo...a classic.
by MurrietaMick on Oct 6, 2008 8:36 PM PDT 0 recs
I'm sad that we lost, but at least we fought till the end.
We weren’t pushovers—we made them earn that series victory, which is more than I can say for the prior October matchups against them.
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
by cardinalwraith on Oct 6, 2008 8:37 PM PDT 0 recs
i am drained...
its been fun
Krod save count (62) ... Rob's blinkie cup collection (8)
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Oct 6, 2008 8:37 PM PDT 0 recs
It was a good effort....
a great effort was required.
Damn…this..hurts. So close.
Thanks to the Rev and Scottnak for all your work. I will try to thank you better at another time…just can’t think too clearly right now. Take care guys.
by sothball on Oct 6, 2008 8:39 PM PDT 0 recs
43 Runners Left On Base
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 6, 2008 8:39 PM PDT 0 recs
yup,
Same story different line up. Torii earned his 90 millies, tex was clutch, vlady showed up, we need some presence from the youngins, hopefully after this, they will be prepared for next year, we will be there again next year.
by bruinbrah on
Oct 6, 2008 8:40 PM PDT
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It was a great season on Halos Heaven!
Thanks to Rev Halofan, scottnak, cupie, and yeswecan.
Recipient of the 2008 "The Iron Man" award from scottnak of Halos Heaven!
by 44FAN on Oct 6, 2008 8:40 PM PDT 0 recs
Ditto Ditto and double ditto!
Whodathunk we would be rooting for a former Ranger come August, er September, er October...? Miss ya Kotch, but Tex is THE man!
by K3YEROUT on
Oct 6, 2008 8:40 PM PDT
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Yes, thanks to everyone
Thanks to the main guys especially, but also thanks to those of you who comment and post and make this blog community fun to read.
by gilbert on
Oct 6, 2008 9:20 PM PDT
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thanks Rev and HH peeps
I haven’t been this pissed and had a whole bunch of other people to be angry with about a season since 1995.
load the spaceship with the rocket fuel... load it with the warriors...
by gdog009 on Oct 6, 2008 8:42 PM PDT 0 recs
Thanks Rev, scottnak, cupie, yeswecan
This site is fantastic…..I’ll miss all the fun of game threads, though I’ll still hang with you peeps over the winter.
by ViolaHalo on Oct 6, 2008 8:43 PM PDT 0 recs
thanks everyone
great year. sorry it could not have been more
by UCIHalo on Oct 6, 2008 8:45 PM PDT 0 recs
Thanks Rev and the rest of the halosheaven crew!
Thanks for the awesome site! Sucks it had to end like this. Can’t wait for spring training!
by gohalos912 on Oct 6, 2008 8:45 PM PDT 0 recs
Thanks for a great site Rev
kudos to you
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 6, 2008 8:45 PM PDT 0 recs
Good luck to Frankie and Teixeira
Hope they find teams that know how to at least show up in October.
by LA Seitz on Oct 6, 2008 8:46 PM PDT 0 recs
Ignoring the flame bait
Because I like your posts, your blog, and this was an emotional end to the season.
by ViolaHalo on
Oct 6, 2008 8:47 PM PDT
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Why leave Shields in?
He’s already gassed and gave up a hit and then a hard line drive at first. Should have taken him out (and I was actually saying that before Kotsay lined out).
by HungryHunter on Oct 6, 2008 8:49 PM PDT 0 recs
Also
Why squeeze when they clearly knew what was coming? What the worst that happens if they don’t give Aybar a ball to bunt?? He walks…which puts the double play in order. That was not smart ball.
by HungryHunter on
Oct 6, 2008 9:03 PM PDT
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Because Scioscia trusts him more than Frankie?
Jim Scully
by jimmuscomp on
Oct 6, 2008 9:40 PM PDT
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Better than to have K-Rod serve up the game on a silver platter to Bay
Resign Tex.
by 182 on
Oct 6, 2008 9:41 PM PDT
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where was our lone lefty in the pen? he only threw 8 pitches the night before
and why did bay get to see two fastballs out over the plate? did they think he learned how to hit a curve after his last failure of an at bat?
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on
Oct 6, 2008 10:09 PM PDT
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Was this an organizational loss ?
Were we beat at every level ?
Stay on the damn bag!!
by higdog on Oct 6, 2008 8:49 PM PDT 0 recs
Nope.
I think our starting pitching was every bit as good as theirs. But defensively and at the plate, they were better.
by ViolaHalo on
Oct 6, 2008 8:50 PM PDT
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Boston signs and develops professional hitters.
Ours are overmatched, which results in wild swings at bad pitches. And the reliance on cute gimmicky shit like a suicide squeeze to the our shot to stay alive in the playoffs.
by snowhor on
Oct 6, 2008 8:53 PM PDT
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Thanks
I dont post really, but I love reading this place. Want to thank everyone for making it interesting.
Hats off to Tex, i hope he returns, i’m not expecting miracles. Also nice job hunter, lackey, and no matter what, we cant blame shields. I’m happy with all our big money actual (cept GMJ). Now we need a new closer, starter, 1b (i hope not), and 2b. We must replace Kendrick. I have never been more upset/disappointed with any player ever.
Bring on the spring! Go Dodgers! Go Rays!
by Zookeeper on Oct 6, 2008 8:51 PM PDT 0 recs
Mahalo Rev
and also to the others that help you with this site.
by eyespy on Oct 6, 2008 8:51 PM PDT 0 recs
this game is still in the top of the ninth
ball falls out due to hustle from the runner, same story as a runner diving into the catcher, ball comes loose, player is safe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo
by ANewFoundThrice on Oct 6, 2008 8:52 PM PDT 0 recs
This site is great!!
Tough year but I’ll be right here next year rooting on the Angels like always!!
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
by angelsown3417 on Oct 6, 2008 8:52 PM PDT 0 recs
Papelbon on TBS
Acting like a complete tool. So what’s new? Red Sox nation (from the fans right down to the players) are genetically incapable of comporting themselves in any manner other than offensive.
by ViolaHalo on Oct 6, 2008 8:53 PM PDT 0 recs
Boston is the capital of Asshatland.
load the spaceship with the rocket fuel... load it with the warriors...
by gdog009 on
Oct 6, 2008 8:58 PM PDT
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let em celebrate look at what Krod does on the mound after every save
witty remark
by dtownmbrown on
Oct 6, 2008 9:16 PM PDT
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yeah pointing to your dead grandfather is always a bad thing
seriously forget “the nation.” im waiting for a rays sweep and for them all to choke on the r’s added to the end of every other word.
but other than that, it was a great season. not the way we want it to end, but it is a great time to be an angels fan
by linkbruin on
Oct 6, 2008 11:19 PM PDT
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Too many
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Specializing in maniac-ball since 2000
by halofan4life on
Oct 6, 2008 11:53 PM PDT
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Sort of numb to the world right now... just had my heart ripped out.
Great fansite.
by Red on Oct 6, 2008 8:55 PM PDT 0 recs
I know what you mean bro
Im just so crushed and heartbroken. The guys battled so hard and to end it like that hurts real bad. Hopefully we get the title next year though!!!
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
by angelsown3417 on
Oct 6, 2008 8:56 PM PDT
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So many positives...
about this season. You can’t judge success based on whether or not you win the world series, or you will be a depressed fan. It was a lot of fun to watch the Halos win 100 for the first time, and KRod get the saves record. Just think of it this way… what would we talk about if we all liked the Orioles.
by ponusbaum43 on Oct 6, 2008 8:56 PM PDT 1 recs
Absolutely right
Come on, we played 166 games this season and won 101 of them. That’s pretty darn good. We still have a ways to go, but this is all a learning experience.
Just wait for next year.
"Hostility Abounds" 9-17-09
by wildwill on
Oct 6, 2008 9:05 PM PDT
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Better to be the Halos than..
the rest of the division. But common, ask the players and Artie and I think they will have a different view.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on
Oct 6, 2008 9:08 PM PDT
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High Expectations
always tough to live up to
Rays had none this year and thats why they are loose and ready to win.
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on
Oct 6, 2008 9:18 PM PDT
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i am pulling for the rays
cause next year they will be the 2008 mariners
by UCIHalo on
Oct 6, 2008 9:19 PM PDT
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Nobody
is saying that because we didn’t win the world series this year, it was a failure but looking at the past 5 years I don’t think you can see a bunch of positives. A team that is on the precipice for 5 straight years and just can’t perform in the playoffs is not all that successful in my book.
by HungryHunter on
Oct 6, 2008 9:28 PM PDT
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I judge it by the piss poor manner with which they lost.
Not the Angels I am accustomed to watching.
The Angels may have beat them 8 times in a row, but winning three before they do is all that matters.
by hauldog on
Oct 6, 2008 9:40 PM PDT
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True
they played like a team that was surprised to be there rather than a team that expected to be there
by Seik1177 on
Oct 6, 2008 10:42 PM PDT
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Um...
We’d talk about Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Boog Powell, Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken jr., even Babe Ruth (tech), not to mention 3 World Championships… Long way to go there ponus…
by MidwayCityLivestock on
Oct 6, 2008 9:44 PM PDT
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Not so much
I live in Orioles country, and I can assure no one is talking about any of those players. At all. Just the Redskins.
by ponusbaum43 on
Oct 8, 2008 4:17 PM PDT
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We keep losing
we trade for Tex and sign Torii and we still lose. What is the common denominator ?
Stay on the damn bag!!
by higdog on Oct 6, 2008 8:57 PM PDT 0 recs
boston is better set up then we are for a short series
by UCIHalo on
Oct 6, 2008 8:58 PM PDT
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Failure to execute has nothing to do with the length of a series
The Angels lost because they simply don’t show up to play in October. They’d lose if if the series was five games, seven games, or 57 games. They simply don’t show up when the lights are brighter.
by LA Seitz on
Oct 6, 2008 9:03 PM PDT
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kind of
definitely we had some guys not show, howie and aybar. but everyone one of those games were close. and most of them were decided in the late innings.
my point is that a short series mitigates our advantage over the sox.
here is a fun test. compare the angels starting post season roster, position by position to the angels post season roster and tell him how many players you wouldn’t swap.
tex and maybe torii is what i come up with.
by UCIHalo on
Oct 6, 2008 9:18 PM PDT
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going for it all
and getting cold feet near seasons end, we had izturis gone for the season and couldnt pull the trigger on a world series MVP hometown hero in Eckstein.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo
by ANewFoundThrice on
Oct 6, 2008 8:58 PM PDT
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yea in hindsight that was huge. with Eck they win this series easily
by MH252525 on
Oct 6, 2008 9:01 PM PDT
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Somehow
I doubt Eckstein would have made a difference.
by HungryHunter on
Oct 6, 2008 9:29 PM PDT
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Thank you too Rev
cupie, yeswecan, scottnak, ladybug, and all the great posters. This hurts but it will be fun next year.
And Quentin will still be out on on a fly ball to CF.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Oct 6, 2008 8:57 PM PDT 0 rec


