King Ade-Rock MLB Debut Pregame Thread
by Rev Halofan on Apr 30, 2008 11:26 PM PDT
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Print7:05 PM - Justin Duchscherer (R) @ Nick Adenart (R) - TV: FSN
Will he be famous for more than Fifteen Innings?
Pregame Guesses
- Plus or Minus 5: # of Pitches Nick Adenhart throws in Thursday Night's game
- # of strikeouts recorded by Adenhart in tonight's game
- Name the Athletic who will be the first major league strikeout victim of Nick Adenhart
It is College Night at the Big A and a kid who turned down college to sign with the Angels will be on the mound.
To underscore Adenhart's age, allow me to remind longtime Angel fans of the celebrated 1986 13-12 victory over Detroit at the Big A where we scored 8 runs in the bottom of the 9th capped off by a Dick Schofield walk-off Grand Slam. So yeah, Nick Adenhart was 5 DAYS old on the day of that game.
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85, 4, Suzuki
Why are we setting him up to fail? Why start on 3 days rest? I don’t get it…98 pitches on the 27th, 57 for strikes.
Go Adenhart! Kick some ass!
There's an old saying: 50 percent of what's going to happen, you have no control over. And the other 50 percent is going to happen anyway." -- Arte Moreno
80-4-cust
C: Bengie Molina, 1B: Wally Joyner, 2B: Bob Grich, SS: Jim Fregosi, 3B: Troy Glaus, RF: Tim Salmon, CF: Darin Erstad, LF: Brian Downing, SP: Nolan Ryan, RP: Troy Percival
Scioscia quoted from the OC Register
“Let’s see how his stuff is….. We have a twelve man pitching staff, we won’t have to ask him to throw 118 pitches or anything like that.”
Scioscia, "Roll the hole!"
82/5/Thomas
Look, I know it's a rotten game, but it's the only one The Man left us to play.
80 - 6 - Suzuki
King Nick of Adenhart….....All hail the king, All hail the king. His first action by the King will be sending the A’s back to Fremont with their mouths wide open.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can I amend that--I forgot Nick was on short rest
85-5-Suzuki
I am a fair weather fan so the Angels better win!
79 - 4 - Thomas
Lamest poster of all-time.
by ineptituderunsamok on May 1, 2008 6:46 AM PDT reply actions
83-4-ellis
If your a true Angel... Gary Mathews --you'll stare into the sun long enough to go blind.
81-6-Cust
Pleeeeazzzzzzze Frankie, close the games, don't make them closer!
85/4/suzuki
man i hope he doesn’t screw this up
Northeastern University Huskies: Mediocre hockey, guaranteed.
Wouldn't the header...
“Will he be famous for more than Fifteen outs?” be more apropos?
Anyway…
76
4
Ellis
King Ad Rock will "show us the fly spot where they got the champagne"
80-6-Suzuki
When suzuki catches Street do you think he ever wonders to himself “Why were you such a little bitch in the college world Series when we beat your ass and refused to shake hands as is the custom?”
Sea-at-ha-ha-ha that's funny.
85-4-cust
By the way, just my opinion, but King Ade-Rock is a shit name. Can someone not do a little better?
This kid’s going to be awesome, let’s not saddle him with a nickname that makes him sound like a cock.
I see red people
Since it is properly (I believe) pronounced Ade as in AID...
he should be called “Cool Ade”
Arte, please buy the Angels back from the Red Sox...they've owned us long enough.
by Downing Rules on May 1, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I saw Lion-hart on here once before....
if you don’t mind the reference to a Van Damme [sic] movie…...afterall, he is one of the greatest actors of our time (a slight hint of sarcasm here)
Mazal Tov baby! From my family to yours!!
by autry's cowboys on May 1, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
luckily i'm not old enough to remember that album's release
it should be a 5-star in the Rev’s iTunes library, though…
Mr Hunter just reinforced that fact this year...
and I scolded my fellow F107 season ticket holder for leaving early that night.
Although on the flip side, leaving early on Monday night was entirely possible, yet I still stuck it out.
Arte, please buy the Angels back from the Red Sox...they've owned us long enough.
by Downing Rules on May 1, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
85-5-suzuki
Mazal Tov baby! From my family to yours!!
by autry's cowboys on May 1, 2008 11:29 AM PDT reply actions
76-4- Suzuki
Show 'em your a panther... Show 'em what you can do....
by stuck in Romania on May 1, 2008 11:46 AM PDT reply actions
An Angel is Younger Than I Picks
85 Pitches
4 Strikesouts
Cust Swinging
Even I was over a month old at that game.
Hauldog beat me too it...
92-6-Suzuki
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3 days rest? Bad move by the Angels.
Why take any chances with a young arm? This is not a logical decision. Is it really that necessary to rush Adenhart to the majors?
Quoted from The Los Angeles Times, April 17th 2008:
The Angels promoted a pitcher (Alex Serrano) from the minor leagues Wednesday, but not Nick Adenhart. For now - and perhaps for the rest of the season - the Angels plan to keep their top pitching prospect at triple-A Salt Lake.
“He’ll come here when he’s ready,” General Manager Tony Reagins said. “Right now, we don’t feel he’s ready. That’s the bottom line.”
The Angels like Moseley best as a long reliever and spot starter, and Adenhart has a 1.59 ERA in three starts at Salt Lake. But he has walked nine and struck out nine in 17 innings, and Reagins said he has not displayed the consistency that would warrant a promotion.
“Hopefully, when he gets here - at some point he will, and I’m not saying this season - he’s here to stay,” Reagins said.
—-—-—-—-——
I’m not trying to call out Reagins, but his line of reasoning back in mid-April was bang on.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
85-5-Thomas
I Can See That Lit Up Halo All The Way In AZ.
by WillGoAngels27 on May 1, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Guesses
85
4
Barton
Moseley wasn’t getting it done. This isn’t just a spot start for Adenhart, he’s going to be up until Lackey’s ready, which from what I understand, will be at least 3 starts. Maybe longer if Lackey has a setback (which we all hope he won’t). So Adenhart’s pitching on short rest for one start, big deal. He’ll have two more starts after that on regular rest. The kid’ll be fine and he gives us a much better #5 than Moseley.
small sample size
j/k
Arte, please buy the Angels back from the Red Sox...they've owned us long enough.
by Downing Rules on May 1, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
78-2-thomas
I am a die-hard fan so my husband better sit down, shut up and stop complaining--no matter how the Angels play!
i hate Quinlan...
Figgins 2B
Matthews CF
Vlad RF
Kotchman 1B
Hunter DH
Anderson LF
Quinlan 3B
Napoli C
Aybar SS
Bring up Wood!!!
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