Angels Game 8/162 THREAD
by Rev Halofan
on Apr 7, 2008 7:00 PM PDT
Cleveland Indians @ Los Angeles Angels
Fausto Carmona V. Joe Saunders
Two kings of the groundball squibbers in an infield battle royale. Look for the hacks to dribble and the four gloves around the bases to be busy. Probably the best night to DH Torii this season although Scioscia never takes my advice and the record speaks for itself.
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison,
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden
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Time for baseball in Southern California
Go Halos!
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:01 PM PDT 0 recs
Ahh, finally game post.
Are they timed for 3 minutes before game start time?
I'm loving the preview thing over on the sidebar: "Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 65." Very informative!
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.
by lightupthehalo on Apr 7, 2008 7:01 PM PDT 0 recs
Game Time Baby!!!!
Carmona is goin down
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
by angelsown3417 on Apr 7, 2008 7:02 PM PDT 0 recs
Rory and Mark again for this game...
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:02 PM PDT 0 recs
hi Dudes and any lurking dudettes
are they gonna pull the halo out and kick some tribal butt???
by ladybug on Apr 7, 2008 7:04 PM PDT 0 recs
I'm here helping represent the dudettes!
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.
by lightupthehalo on
Apr 7, 2008 7:05 PM PDT
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Lead us into battle Colonel.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on Apr 7, 2008 7:06 PM PDT 0 recs
lol Crimson Chin?
Where did you get that?
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
by angelsown3417 on
Apr 7, 2008 7:13 PM PDT
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we came up with that when Joe first started
It was Jay Leno then evolved into Crimson Chin from The Fairly Oddparents. You gotta have kids to understand it
by ladybug on
Apr 7, 2008 7:15 PM PDT
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where's cleft
the boy chin wonder?
Bring up Wood!!!
by howiestheman on
Apr 7, 2008 8:06 PM PDT
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That's about the best imaginable start to a home game.
Nice K.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on Apr 7, 2008 7:09 PM PDT 0 recs
Vladdy looking smooth :P
2 down
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:11 PM PDT 0 recs
any bets
on how many times tonight we have to hear the nickname "Pronk"?
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.
by lightupthehalo on Apr 7, 2008 7:11 PM PDT 0 recs
Good play by Kotch to stay with that one
1-2-3
Here come the Angels!
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:12 PM PDT 0 recs
OT:
anyone go to opening night and have an extra schedule magnet they want to sell me?
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.
by lightupthehalo on Apr 7, 2008 7:12 PM PDT 0 recs
for those of you watching the game on tv
help out those of us too poor to have cable and give us updates of how things are looking
by UCIHalo on Apr 7, 2008 7:13 PM PDT 0 recs
for one thing the stands are empty :)
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.
by lightupthehalo on
Apr 7, 2008 7:15 PM PDT
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Contrary to popular belief
Walks don't solve everything.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on
Apr 7, 2008 7:19 PM PDT
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Figgy is on fire
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:17 PM PDT 0 recs
GMJ likes the DP
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:18 PM PDT 0 recs
pre game guess should be
how many double plays will the angels hit into
my answer: 4
by UCIHalo on Apr 7, 2008 7:20 PM PDT 0 recs
Vladdy can't buy a 2 strike hit
or any hit for that matter
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:21 PM PDT 0 recs
Nice swings Vlad.
You didn't look like you were desperately hacking at anything within arms-reach at all.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on Apr 7, 2008 7:21 PM PDT 0 recs
Ball 4 and 5?
Did Vlad actually see a strike? NO, absolutely not! Should have been a walk!
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
by K3YEROUT on Apr 7, 2008 7:23 PM PDT 0 recs
vlad will never see a strike until he learns to take a walk
by UCIHalo on
Apr 7, 2008 7:23 PM PDT
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Given that he takes like 50-60 every year
This seems a little excessive.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on
Apr 7, 2008 7:24 PM PDT
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That he is starting slow, I have not contested.
He does not look good at the plate. But "learning to take a walk" is still overstating it.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on
Apr 7, 2008 7:28 PM PDT
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i hear you
i worry that vlad "swing at everything approach" cant last forever
by UCIHalo on
Apr 7, 2008 7:33 PM PDT
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Granted
It seems like age would affect his "hit everything" ability even faster than it erodes most player sklls. We'll see.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on
Apr 7, 2008 7:34 PM PDT
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Pathetic really! :(
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
by K3YEROUT on
Apr 7, 2008 7:24 PM PDT
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I am going to have to change my signature back to...
"Stop swinging at balls out of the zone!"
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
by K3YEROUT on
Apr 7, 2008 7:24 PM PDT
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Garko is a cool name
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:27 PM PDT 0 recs
Sweet
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on
Apr 7, 2008 7:32 PM PDT
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Joe gets out of a 2 on jam
No score Mid 2nd
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:34 PM PDT 0 recs
Joe just needs to be a little better at pitch placement
Though again, the strike zone is pretty high tonight. Hopefully the Angels can be patient enough to take advantage of that.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on Apr 7, 2008 7:36 PM PDT 0 recs
well at least we hope 8 of the 9 will
...on the road....
by Jack Kerouac on
Apr 7, 2008 7:38 PM PDT
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Angels go quietly 1-2-3
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:40 PM PDT 0 recs
Well Torii was kind of patient.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on Apr 7, 2008 7:41 PM PDT 0 recs
mono kotch
has mastered the groundball to the right side routine
by UCIHalo on Apr 7, 2008 7:41 PM PDT 0 recs
lots
of hits going at the pitchers tonight
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.
by lightupthehalo on Apr 7, 2008 7:43 PM PDT 0 recs
Kick save and a beauty
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:43 PM PDT 0 recs
In defense of our guys...
Carmona is easily the best pitcher we've seen this year. Expecting them to totally light him up early was probably asking too much
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on Apr 7, 2008 7:43 PM PDT 0 recs
especially after struggle against weak pitchers like milwood and padilla
by UCIHalo on
Apr 7, 2008 7:45 PM PDT
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And Hernandez
Can't forget him. Though I wouldn't characterize 4 runs off Padilla as "struggling"
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on
Apr 7, 2008 7:46 PM PDT
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"Usually"
Our pitcher isn't constantly giving momentum back to the Rangers. They did okay against Padilla.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on
Apr 7, 2008 7:49 PM PDT
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They make a great comic strip
they are all characters.
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on
Apr 7, 2008 7:45 PM PDT
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And Rex is the leads from his highrise in downtown LA
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on
Apr 7, 2008 7:48 PM PDT
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*leader
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on
Apr 7, 2008 7:49 PM PDT
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agreed, that was a brutal pitch to have to hit
...on the road....
by Jack Kerouac on
Apr 7, 2008 7:48 PM PDT
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That was too slow to turn two. Even with Pronk running.
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:50 PM PDT 0 recs
joe got lucky there
two above the belt FBs that Hafner missed
by KendrickExperience on Apr 7, 2008 7:50 PM PDT 0 recs
Vlad isn't the only super star to struggle occasionally
And it's a damn good thing.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on
Apr 7, 2008 7:53 PM PDT
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Cononel working those special spices
Trade Quinlan for Jack, they are both clowns.
Anyone selling that sweet GA wall clock?
by Erik121 on Apr 7, 2008 7:53 PM PDT 0 recs
Sports Time Ohio
has a terrible picture tonight. Is it snowing in space?
by ViolaHalo on Apr 7, 2008 7:53 PM PDT 0 recs
Joe Saunders continues to show a mental toughness
that makes Jon Garland WEEP.
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on Apr 7, 2008 7:53 PM PDT 0 recs
Nice job of pitching to get out of that mess
...on the road....
by Jack Kerouac on Apr 7, 2008 7:54 PM PDT 0 recs
Scary inning
That is one tough lineup. Amazing that the Indians acquired Hafner from the Texas Rangers for 2 players no longer in the majors (Einar Diaz and Ryan Drese).
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 7, 2008 7:55 PM PDT 0 recs