Asswhuppin on Katella

But Vlad has been killing a rally at just about every chance he gets

What the hell is going on? He is swinging at some really bad stuff. Worse than normal. Not too good.

when the starting pitcher gives up 7 runs. If the game was 5-4 or 4-1 then maybe. But if the starter gives up 7 he gets the blame. Garland gives us a quality start and the Angels have a chance. Then you can start blaming batters.

was at the game. vlad's double play sucked the life out of the place.

Garland awful, Vlad terrible. Co-Blame-a-palooza

He always has given up lots of hits due in large part to his low K rate (hence the career ERA of 4.39). The problem today were the balls that went out of play. So be it. That's just Garland; he'll have games like this (check out his gamelogs), but hopefully he'll be more good than bad and provide some decent starts this year for the Angels.

OF NOTE: Shields fastball was hitting 94 mph, something he was unable to do in the 2nd half of 2007. It's only one game, but it's worth monitoring if he can repeat this kind of velocity.

though some very thing silver lining existed. HK and Desmond continued to freakin' rock and Shields did what he should.

Of note: As I was explaining to my girlfriend how GA notoriously swings at terrible pitches, he hits a jack to right. Maybe all of our smack of GA produces some good juju.

suckage.

time to reevaluate his approach

..you can't give up 7 runs and only go 5 innings like that..

vlad will get it going, but even if he had been 4-4 with 5 rbi's, we would have still lost 10-9..

whats going on with vladdy?
just a slow start, or should we be concerned?

that being said, i'd still give it to garland. bad outing.

The halos made Padilla look like this years Cy Young award winner. You lose some and sometimes you look really bad in the process. Don't stress out too much fellow Angel fans, its April, not September.

That picture will give me nightmares for years to come. Seriously, I think that is an infringement of some kind of photo licensing agreement.

Oh, and I guess Garland.

Oh, and someone is dissing Vlad? Remember the last time someone knocked him down?

i don't care if you're strike zone is bigger or smaller than usual, just so long as you're consistent...for both teams.