ORIOLES @ ANGELS Friday Game Thread
by Rev Halofan on May 2, 2008 7:00 PM PDT
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Adam Jones, George Sherril and company come to town by air, not sea.
Money, drugs at your command, women in a cage.
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Wood and Willits SWEET
Even though I’d rather see Rivers than Reggie.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hola como estas?
Perdon por no responder mas pronto pero estaba practicando mi picheo con mi primo.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD START
lets go weave… WILLITS in the HOUSE !!
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:11 PM PDT reply actions
nice to see a small shake up in the lineup
im not a big fan of willits, but i’ll take him for now.
anything is better than the slumping old men
Bring up Wood!!!
Almost There
I’d prefer Rivera over GA for a couple more games, at least, to see what Big Juan could do with a few more consistent ABs.
good start weaver
we need his brother on a team and away from jered
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WELL
at least he doesnt have to worry about that scoreless IP streak ha
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:13 PM PDT reply actions
1-run hole
as opposed to to 5-6 + run hole… no sweat
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:18 PM PDT reply actions
Willits
ahhh i missed that lil red bat…
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:21 PM PDT reply actions
wow vlad has aged so much
where did Vlad the Impaler go?
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KOTCH
where would we be without him…
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:25 PM PDT reply actions
wow kotch is good
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so torii and kotchman know how to hit
id really appreciate it if vlad had a couple games off. hes amazing, but hes old, and hes out of whack
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1-1 end of the first
chone walked, stole second
willits popped out to short
vlad grounded out
casey singled to right
torii singles to center
GA flied out to right
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much abliged
Mazal Tov baby! From my family to yours!!
by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
and thats that
thanks GA…sigh
oh well, casey’s the man.
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I still want to know why Weaver's FB won't top 90 MPH.
It’s been that way since last year and it’s a little disturbing.
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
he's never really thrown harder than that, has he?
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91 on the K
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
ill take 3 k’s thru 1.1 with a 91 mph fastball
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
perfect....
now if he would just cut that hair
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by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah and the HR was really nice pitch down around the knees
that was a tip your hat HR!
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
F7
The K was the first pitch I have seen over 90 tonight in all fairness! :)
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
if weave gets a fair k-zone from the ump he can work the corners all day and not worry about velocity… he’ll get better… once lackey gets back he wont have the added pressure of feeling like the “ace”
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
K down goes Jones!
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
KKKK through two
in other news, everyone’s favorite East team, the Rays, is down 1-0 to the second Evil Empire
lets go rays
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anybody smellin’ some late-inning heroics from mr. haynes tonight ?
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
id settle for pena
either way im a huge fan of late game heroics
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Anybody
read or heard any updates on kendrick ?
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:38 PM PDT reply actions
phys said he was "running hard"
who the hell knows what that means.
upcoming road trip is the ETA
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we definitely have the best owner in baseball
and i take a lot of pride in that while my dodger/yankee/red sox fan friends struggle to afford tickets
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if weaver got the same strike zone as clay bucholz
he’d have struck out every batter
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Hey, I like the lineup tonight. Willits in the house, Wood at 3B
Just like God intended.
~Till the Halo burns out...
really like willits in the 2-hole… he’ll see pitches… and he will get runners over the important thing
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
weaver walks payton to start the inning
his first walk in 53 AB’s
so uh, jered? strikes please.
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im feeling an aybar unassisted triple play
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out at first
second and third, one out
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groundout
man on third, one run scored, 2-1 baltimore
dont walk people. thats the lesson to be learned here.
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youd think the lesson would of been pounded in their halo-ed heads last night
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
3-1 baltimore
we’re getting owned by small ball
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good
runner gets to second on an SB and an error
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celtics continue their inexorable march towards defeat
id prefer that the lakers destroy them in the finals but this is pretty funny also.
paul pierce looks like he’s gonna start shooting people. doc rivers is a terrible coach. terrible enough to make the celtics lose to the hawks at least three times.
sorry, that’s enough basketbal for the night.
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game 7 against a subpar-.500 team boston fans must be proud
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Vlad
looks VERY VERY bad… yeesh how much did he age in the off-season
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 8:00 PM PDT reply actions
3 years? Maybe the birth certificate date is wrong.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
jesus vlads strikeout rate has gotta be like a million times his career numbers
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Aybar....................is he a Martian?
He’s not from this planet.
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aybar to kotchman
i could get used to that.
minus the drama.
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Everybody can gleefully boomark this post.
I apologize. Had I not already used my monthly f-bomb allotment for May earlier today, I would f!@&ing apologize.
Aybar is magic on defense. Freakin’ magic. All he needs is one of those tall purple hats.
Last year, I proclaimed him raw in the infield. Bad footwork. Strong armed, but without confidence. I surrender. The kid can play.
i want to have a chat with weaver
about walks, and why you shouldnt hand them out like candy on halloween.
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Didn't the Celtics have some kind of "GINO" power as the secret to their success?
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
look, heres the thing jered
you spent all spring training talking about how you wanted to get deeper into games. prove it. throw strikes on 0-2 counts and make them hit it or sit down. don’t walk anybody when you have them down 0-2. ever. in fact, don’t go 2-0 on anyone. you’re throwing way too many pitches in the first 4 innings to throw more than 6.
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ooooh nabokov gotta close that five hole quicker
i miss hockey.
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That was just 1 game.
In the previous 6 games Angels only averaging 4 runs a game. That doesn’t cut it in the AL, especially with the Angels explosive middle relief.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions
casey strikes out...we may be SOL for this game
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Nope. Sosh will offer tea and scones to the opposition.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Hunter has been a target this year.
Pitchers envy Hunter’s $90 mill.
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Whew...
Could have been bad.
So, with all those pitchers we burned through last night, each proving to be allergic to the strike zone, didn’t we find ANYBODY qualifed to retaliate against teams that hit our players?
blame the manager
its one of scioscias few failings, IMHO. im not big into beanball games, but youve gotta protect your players.
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GA looks about half as frustrated with himself as i am with him
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wouldnt say beaned
fastball got released a smidge early and hit him on the hand
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yup. right on the hand.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
lol, compared to last night i look like the future of the franchise
with my 65 mph fastball and wicked knuckler
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The 2 runs the Orioles scored in the 3rd
They hit one bloop over Aybar’s head. No other balls left the infield that inning.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
walks mean a pitcher's not doing well, in my book
not to mention the homer, and double
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I just jinxed my comment.
2 out double and single leads to a run.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
we miss you john
please come back soon.
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nabokov really needs to have a serious look at his butterfly policy
he’s leaving the five hole so open its embarassing
2-0 stars
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Aybar would have made the saves.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
if i never see that godforsaken henieken light commercial again
it will be too damn soon…that song makes me want to stop drinking beer.
thankfully i came to my senses.
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Notice that the message of those commercials is that the best thing to do
with a Heineken is GIVE IT AWAY!
if wood would just shorten his swing a leeeeeetttle bit
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Looking at his hit chart
(as feeble as that is)
what he needs is for the Angels to shorten the fences. By about 100 feet.
this game is boring
im gonna go watch paint dry
cya
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at least he didnt strike out i guess
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
but the guy also has shown he cant hit big league pitching at all so far
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Not true.
He can hit it all the way to shortstop.
And he can hit it all the way to the left and center fielders.
A couple of times.
Last season.
ok smartass
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. Well.
This IS the guy who thinks that prospects who have a hot season in the minors are only good for trade bait, not putting in as the linchpin of the franchise future. We could have had Miggy if we had tossed in one more of these “prospects” who are flailing this year.
So, yes, I am sour about it all…
That's Detroit's problem.
He’d be our 3B, instead of Q (see last night’s rostor)
Actually, at the moment we need a DH. Frickin’ bad.
No.
We need a RF. And Miguel Cabrera got moved because he is AT LEAST as bad at 3B as Q. Possibly worse.
~Till the Halo burns out...
I would take RF at the minimum, but...
We have lots of OF’s. Our DH position is worhtless so far this year. We need THAT hole filled.
And Miggy was almost identical to Figgins as 3B in 2007.
The thing about Figgins only proves my point.
And if we have so many outfielders, how come Vlad is still playing RF?
~Till the Halo burns out...
I agree that Figgy is a butcher at 3B.
So we could have Miggy’s bat in our lineup WITHOUT ANY depreciation in defense.
Vlad is still in RF because of some crap about needing to be in the flow of the game in order to be productive at the plate. To which I reply: dude, you are getting paid. Money. MY money. Suck it up and deal.
For all we know, Miggy has the same problem.
And Figgy WAS a butcher. He’s been much better this year than last year.
~Till the Halo burns out...
MCab is no longer capable of playing 3B
He might make the cover of Fat Boy Magazine, though.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
how bad was wood's spring training
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Because spring training is so relevant to the actual season.
Just look at Maicer Izturis and his .400 batting average.
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dude his spring training was so bad it seems almost revelant
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
yes it is very revelant obviously
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. Okay.
ST numbers are relevant. I guess we can stop playing the season then. Who won in ST? Because that team will definitely win the series. See you next spring.
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ST numbers are the most revelant thing in baseball man
u should know that
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll keep it in mind from now on.
While I’m at it, how about the name of your crack dealer? Sounds like that guy has some good stuff.
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sounds like your a retard
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
apparently I cant have an opinion
without being accused of smoking crack
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
When that opinion is that
“ST numbers are the most relevant thing in baseball,” I’m not sure what I’m supposed to think. I figured I’d give you credit and assume you were on drugs rather than mentally deficient in some way. Though immediately going for crack probably wasn’t fair. You might just be wasted.
~Till the Halo burns out...
actually im perfectly mentally efficient and sober
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Then the only other conclusion is that you precisely dick about baseball.
I guess I’ll have to go with that one.
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actually i know a hell of alot about baseball
prolly more than you obviously
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry ladybug just taking out the trash
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
just relax
this entire blog is for the same team and based on massive differences of opinion and dished out without name calling and stupid ass high school comments.
sorry i get worked up when someone jumps on my opinion
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
So in retrospect, I clearly went too far.
Disagreeing with you doesn’t give me the right to insult you. I apologize.
~Till the Halo burns out...
i apologize as well
ladybug is right we are all angel fan’s here and i will work on controlling myself when someone disagrees with me
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
wow 40 huh,
he must have great grandkids from his litter
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by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I take back my apology above.
At least somewhat.
Aybar’s footwork is MUCH improved. Very different from last year. Not the same fundamentals. Good coaching in there someplace.
alfredo?
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by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
mmmk
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by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Weaver seems to have just two emotions, plain and pissed-off.
Put us up some runs guys, we want to cheer the Angels a while bunch now!
Scioscia, "Roll the hole!"
BB
for mr.willits… ffs how about a rally
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 8:43 PM PDT reply actions
wow..
sucks for vladdy
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 8:44 PM PDT reply actions
stirrups, I'll give you my F bombs
I haven’t used any. I can’t understand what you saying without your ‘sentence enhancers’!
I'll take 'em! Thanks.
How many months back have you saved up?
(PS – after all the tequila tonight, I won’t make much sense with the f-bombs either, but at least I will have more fun posting things for you guys scratch your heads over…)
woo !!
make him pay torii !! how dare he hit you
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 8:46 PM PDT reply actions
haha...
torii ninja-like
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 8:48 PM PDT reply actions
no doubt
that guy has great game vision
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by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Coolest SB ever!
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
No no no!!!
Don’t forget my hero already, OCab!!!
He did just this sort of stolen base just last season.
But it was better, because it was agaisnt the Dodgers!!!
And it was even better than that, because OCab stole home!!!!!!
Even Scully was on the Dodgers’ pitchers’ ass for being asleep.
It was a thing of true baseball beauty.
How is the paint doing?
Now you tell me. I had that game on my DVR up until about a week ago. I had to make room for the wife’s Oprah space.
GA needs to groove one like he did in the 2nd half last year.
He looks lost so far this year.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
hoping, praying that he does SOON… cause its getting BAD
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Grooved it all the way to the 1B
nice!
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
Who was that player in GA's uniform in the 2nd half last year?
.305/.361/.530
13 HRs, 65 RBIs
Where’d that guy go?
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
He was a lot more patient
and didn’t swing at low-inside curves. I wish that guy would come back though.
~Till the Halo burns out...
i dont know why weaver is still pitching
moreover, i dont know how he lets a .230 hitter go from 0-2 to 3-2 and get a hit
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lot of the middle relief guys pitched last night perhaps? and got TAGGED ? only the back end is rested
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by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The bullpen is more tired than Scooby Doo being chased by Michael Vick.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I felt sick that Weaver gave up a hit to Payton
It felt like having Rob Schneider being nominated for an Oscar.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
ziiiing!
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by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
does anyone else get that *beep* when the game comes back on the air?
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Looks like you guys are gonna see Sherril
Do you think thats a good thing or bad thing?
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
I'd rather Guthrie pitch a complete game.
The CG that is 8 innings.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Sherril has been absolutely lights out so far
But the demise is forthcoming so if your lucky you may be the beginning of the end!
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
True dat.
I’m 6’4”, but I was lanky with very quick fast-twitch muscles as a youngster. Therefore, I played 3B up until I was 20, when I found out that girls were more fun.
I honestly cannot ever recall committing an error. Ever.
Then again, I was not blessed with Glaus’ power. More like Brooks Robinson.
Thanks.
Those mad skills, AND burst blood vessicles in my left eye, where I took a line shot when I was 12 (the eyar before the bases move back to 90 feet). If I am tired, or stoned, or drunk, others can tell because the outer half of my left eye goes blood red. I don’t see it, of course, but it creeps people out.
Ow.
I guess my most impressive achievement baseball wise is that I never got injured, despite taking my fair share of hard knocks and HBPs.
~Till the Halo burns out...
I got an assist on the play.
The pitcher caught the ball on the rebound. So I was told when they picked me up off the ground.
I bet.
That shit is dangerous. That where the First base coach who died in the minors last year got hit.
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I've thought about that game a lot, of course.
Mostly about how all the parents on both sidelines must have absolutely wretched at the sight of a child going down like a sack of potatoes after taking a line shot to the head, and needing two men who were doctors to rush across the Little League park to get me back on my feet. I was told that all 4 games in progress were halted for the entire 20 minutes I was out, because the other parents had ran onto the other fields shouting for doctors.
we have an excellent track record of making
mediocre pitchers look like CY Young candidates this year
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i guess his record doesnt show it then
his last win was july of last year—-granted he DOES play for Baltimore
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by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he started declining around August
after the league started to adjust to him. But he definitely has the ability to be good.
~Till the Halo burns out...
he certainly showed it tonight!!!
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by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
see there you go again attacking someone else's opinion
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by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
He's good. Even held the Angels to just 2 runs over 8 innings last year.
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by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
that wouldnt happen to be 7/27/07???
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by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Speier time
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
Aight Figgy start us off!!!
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Off Toic: Commercial Commentary Break
Once again, nobody seems to want to drink that bottle of Heineken. They all have that smirk of successfully pulling one over the next when they manage to give it away. Is that really the best way to sell your beer?
And where is that Hop Head ladybug when you need her to be dissing this kind of stuff?
Yep. I worked from home all day today.
Even if I needed to go into the office, it is less than 10 minutes away. Nice.
Better. Now you have to take shots at the stupid Coors commercial
where the Coors drinkers need to have their label turn blue to let them know when their beer is cold enough to drink.
they need something to tell them to drink
it’s not like the beer has any flavor that they would know the difference from carbonated water
I know
they need it to be cold to tell the difference between the can of “beer” and the can they peed in!
Figgy down to .305
and falling! Good time to pull your head out!
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
Wow
Great play by Roberts…barehanded! 4-3
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
I can't get over how weird Bradfords throws look on gameday.
Also, 81 MPH Fastball? On a major leaguer?
~Till the Halo burns out...
submariner...
base hit by Reggie….time for Vlad to tie it up with a dong!
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
His secret is deception. He's extremely effective due to his sub-marine style delivery.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this the guy from "Moneyball"?
The one who’s delivery eventually started scraping the ground and the pitch ended up in the dugout?
Bradford should give O'Day tips on how to thorow submarine style.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
Maybe how to throw too.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
flashback
i was just about to say we need vlad from those days.. .that was a bomb last season
And you can LITE UP THAT HALO !!!
by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 9:24 PM PDT reply actions
my sons first baseball game
what a way to start!!!!
Mazal Tov baby! From my family to yours!!
by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Guess it will have to be Torii
to hit the game tying HR!
Vlad SUCKS right now! Almost as bad as GA…
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
whoops, my bad...let's go Kotch!
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
good kotch hitting 550 against lefties
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
Just a little wild on the 3-0 swing by Kotch. :) Almost Reggie Jackson-esque.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
holy shit!
the angels resigned bartolo to field foul balls!!!
Mazal Tov baby! From my family to yours!!
haha
i know, i know…just trying to lighten the mood
Mazal Tov baby! From my family to yours!!
by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
F9 weak
lots of big swings…and not results!
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
Willits...
This am is slowly slippin’ away… but I was just wondering…
WTF is Willits doing everytime he gets on first base? Like he rubs his helmet 4 inches away from his head… I noticed this last year, but never thought to ask.
Anyone know?
http://www.sipperphotography.com
http://www.sipperphotography.com/blog
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Orange-CA/Sipper-Photography/8757971908
cool...
ball players are such odd guys…
http://www.sipperphotography.com
http://www.sipperphotography.com/blog
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Orange-CA/Sipper-Photography/8757971908
Or spiked with turkey and gravy. Lineup looking sluggish.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
by Fan Since 1981 on May 2, 2008 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice work Ollie.
The Rally Monkey doesn’t work anymore. Time for a new gimmick.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
Rally time!!!
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
Ok, after 3 Margaritas I got the munchies.
So when that Round Table Pizza comercial just came on, it inspires me to inform all of you Halo fans that the finest pizza whint 20 minutes of the park is Zito’s (as in Barry, but no relation). Take Katella East to Tustin Ave., turn norht (that would be left) and head up to Meats Ave. Turn into the shopping center on the southwest corner of that intersection, and Zito’s is tuckes back in the corner.
They use garlic in the oil that they brush on thier pies, BEFORe they apply the sauce. Awesome. Simply awesome.
wow, that sounds phenominal
Mazal Tov baby! From my family to yours!!
by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, yes. I had to cut that crap out 30 years ago.
Medical reasons. My sons read this site. We don’t need to go any further here.
Brandon wood is the hero
I call it
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
On a totally unrelated note
How the hell does TEXAS have pitchers who can get Oakland out, but we don’t?
~Till the Halo burns out...
It's a miracle...miracle, true blue spectacle...GA got a hit! Went oppo!
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
GA
comes thru… lets go AYBAR
And you can LITE UP THAT HALO !!!
by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions
Hunter safe at plate
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
what a great call!
Wow!
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
TORII
is one CRAFTY mofo !!
And you can LITE UP THAT HALO !!!
by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 9:44 PM PDT reply actions
Come on BWood!!!
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
that was incredible close... good call by the ump
by Los Angeles de Anaheim on May 2, 2008 9:45 PM PDT reply actions
yeah how often have we had one of those this season ? GOOD TIMING THOUGH haha
And you can LITE UP THAT HALO !!!
by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
BWOOD
that a way to be productive
And you can LITE UP THAT HALO !!!
by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 9:46 PM PDT reply actions
Way to go kid.
A power hitter who can lay down the sac. Don’t see that every day.
~Till the Halo burns out...
yea thats a good sign
Mazal Tov baby! From my family to yours!!
by autry's cowboys on May 2, 2008 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I will take it, but...
...that is the 3rd close play at home I have seen this year where the Angels make the worst possible decision on sliding. Or, in this case, not.
man i wish i could watch this
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
I think I know why you are not playing Juan!
Doesn’t take a Mike Scioscia genius to know that you blow! Wow!
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
CMON LIL RED BAT !!
And you can LITE UP THAT HALO !!!
by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 2, 2008 9:49 PM PDT reply actions
2 outs?
http://www.sipperphotography.com
http://www.sipperphotography.com/blog
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Orange-CA/Sipper-Photography/8757971908
damn....
the tension is THIIIICK!
http://www.sipperphotography.com
http://www.sipperphotography.com/blog
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Orange-CA/Sipper-Photography/8757971908
BLAME RIVERA
or scioscia for putting him in… seriously, mathis has been a great hitter so far, why take him out?
by Los Angeles de Anaheim on May 2, 2008 9:51 PM PDT reply actions
lol blame has to be rivera
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
for his one at bat
I'm gonna drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Terran siege tank
by angelsown3417 on May 2, 2008 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah.
Tying run on 3rd. Winning run on 2nd. 1 out. Pitcher against the ropes. The infield is in. Your team has scratching and clawing it’s way back into the game. So what do you do? Swing a the very first pitch you see, which happens to be a wicked, tailing curveball.
Dear Rivera apologists on HH, here is ladybug’s quota for May: “Fuck you.”
Blame Sicoscia for NEVER playing him then expecting him to win it for us in his first at bat of the season?
Oh wait never mind he has a couple at bats but not enough to be put in, in such a crusial situation.
Reggie sucked too….....he should of at least hit it on the floor and tried to run it out.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuck Juan Rivera
There, that’s my f-word quota for the month.
Look, I know it's a rotten game, but it's the only one The Man left us to play.
Wow.. even Fangraphs agrees
I’m surprised, but for 1 at bat, his win percentage is -.302… way above everyone else
by Los Angeles de Anaheim on May 2, 2008 9:54 PM PDT reply actions
Well, at least the A's and M's also lost. So it's all good...right?
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
they ALL tanked
crap, they didn’t have any hits from 1st to what 6th/7th inning? Torii only got on cuz he got hit.
BOTG = Rivera!
Though Vlad has to be a close second for his absolute worthlessness!
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
well, that was fun....NOT
off to pop another pain pill and try to get some sleep.
See ya at tomorrow’s game…it’s a lunch game, right?
Vlad or Rivera
plus Scisocia for asking Wood to bunt and putting in Rivera in the first place.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on May 2, 2008 10:01 PM PDT reply actions
Mike Scioscia made Dave Trembley look good
And that is hard to do.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
The tying run on second, no outs
and you BUNT? Christ.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on May 2, 2008 10:05 PM PDT reply actions
Well, it could have been worse.
We could have pissed away the most critical at-bat that inning by first pitch hacking. With the TYING AND WINNING runs in scoring position.
Oh. Wait.
Of course you bunt.
It’s a sacrifice. You get a runner on third with 1 out as a result and all you’d need is a sac fly to tie the game. And first base become empty so there’s no double play possibility with 1 out after the sacrifice. The sacrifice was a strong call.
That Rivera couldnt hit a sac fly or even groundout to let GA score was the weak play.
I've brought this up before
but the number say, STATISTICALLY, that your chances of scoring a run with a runner on third and one our are less than your chances with a runner on second and no outs. Exchanging one base for one out, in general, does not statistically improve your chances of winning the game.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on May 3, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
STATISTICALLY. Bleh.
Put down your Bill James pipe.
Do not confuse the obvious tactical advantage gained, with the fact that over history past hitters have hosed too many of their at-bats in that situation.
The proper sacrifice gives your team an opportunity to succeed. What the offense and the defense do with that opportunity is another set of issues.
Past instances are generally speaking
a good indicator of future success.
The fact that I have brought this same statistic up about a thousand times on this board now is probably a pretty good indicator in itself that the Angels themselves have been failing too often to bring the hitters home following a sacrifice, otherwise I’d have no reason to be bringing it up.
Your rhetoric about ‘a proper sacrifice gives your team…’ is all well and good, and generally believed baseball ‘knowledge. Nonetheless, the exchange of one simple base for 1/3rd of your outs for an inning is an exchange that will diminish the chances of scoring. The thing is that sacrifice bunts have so long been a part of the game that it flies in the face of everything we believe to know when someone says that they’re not an effective means of increasing your chance to score. They’re just not…and all the rhetoric in the world doesn’t change that.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on May 3, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
You are saying nothing new. That is correct.
But mostly, it is because you are parroting the more contemporary “baseball knowledge”, founded on the mathematical calculations surrounding the observed situations, collated. Yours is the “new rhetoric”.
It is not that I do not accept math. I am not a flat earther. It is that I do not believe that any mathematical model for situational baseball is accounting for all possible variables. The vast majority of influential data is being ignored in favor of that data which is more easily observed, quantified, and measured. That is lazy, and results in bias.
Your statement – channeling prior sabremetricians word for word, as though this is an absolute mathematical property – that the exchange of one base for 1/3 of your outs diminishes your chances of scoring, is right there in the sweet spot of my point.
What is the objective of the offense in that at-bat? 1 run or as many runs as possible? It makes a huge difference as to how those 3 outs are managed! Has any sabremetrician started to interview managers and quantify, sort, collate the answers? Call me when you find it.
What is the game situation when the sacrifice is applied? That makes a huge difference in how the defense responds and adjusts to the new offensive threat. Does the defense have a large enough lead to not even care? Is it a final inning and the defense is playing with 6 infielders? Is the outfield also drawn in? Are there injuries to the team on defense that have crippled their infield against their normal fielding efficiency? Have sabremetricians even settled on a proper measure for defensive efficiency? What are the arm strengths and accuracy of the outfielders? How well informed is the defensive manager about those arms? How badly does the offensive manager fear those arms? How much of a gambler is he this day? How important is this particular game to the overall objective of the season?
What is the pitcher’s ability to prevent bunts in the first place? Do the managers on defense track this? Do they make adjustments because of this? Is it possible that there is a pitching strategy that can be applied to this function? If so, will pitching coaches and managers leverage this in the future? Have they already? Will it be something that makes one team stand out in their ability to defend against the sacrifice bunt versus other teams? Is it something that even knowing managers can only apply selectively because not all pitchers on tehir staff have the skill?
What hitters on offense are most capable of proper execution of the sacrifice bunt? Are they available to pinch hit for the current at-bat? What impact might that substitution have on any subsequent positional allotment when the pinch-hitter needs to go into the field? Does the manager have further defensive resources to overcome this downstream liability? Is it late enough in the game that the manager has fewer defensive options, but the value proposition for the possible score and extending or winning the game now overwhelm the future defensive liability? What point is that ofr the offensive manager in question? Who interviewed him and quantified that?
Is the batter’s bunting efficiency as effective in the current season as he has been over his careers? Is his efficency better or worse? Is he in a slump and not seeing the ball well at the moment? Did he get hurt earlier in the game? So badly he will might DL afterwards? Is he hiding something that happened a few days ago?
CKOD, I could sit here and do this all day. Your supposition has to be that your model defines a box on a scatter plot, and all those millions of other variables and influencial possibiities are outliers which have not proven to be capable of pulling your model outside of your box. My point is that sabremetricians have chosen, among themselves, where the lines of the box are being drawn, and are doing so with a bias towards what makes it easier for them to track and satisfy their data needs. And that’s fine, because it allows for accurate data aggregation of prior events. But the statement that this bias implies future accuracy is a conceit because it insists that the outliers shall be of no consequence the next time the situation presents itself, that outside the box there is no success. This is nonsense.
It’s a lot more fun to grab a cold beer and enjoy the timeless variations of the human condition, and relish in the power of concentrated effort to break outside the box and succeed.
Holy fuck
Wow. Just wow.
Sit down and have that cold beer you suggest. Or several, please.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on May 3, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I did, and enjoyed the bottom of the 8th inning of today's game.
The one where Angels scored an insurance run by first sacrificing Figgy into scoring position.
Works both ways
maybe they have two when Reggie doubles off the wall and gets driven in later.
:-D
by Caseys Kiss of Death on May 3, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually Bill James agrees with you, Stirrups
He wrote an essay about realistically seeing through the fog of what we thought we knew. James now feels that the variables appear to make clarity more certain but he insisted if one squinted at the numbers all they revealed was that there was too much we didn’t know to have anything to rely on.
Not when Wood is the batter with 0 out
I think Wood will be good eventually, but right now he’s not a contact hitter. At this stage in his development, he hits big or K’s and doesnt draw enough walks. And his chances of K’ing or popping weakly are too great to let him swing away. If Vlad were up it’d be different.
I have to agree with stirrups below in that I like sabermetrics but its not universally applicable. Sometimes you have to look at the specific situation.
On the plus side...........Kendry Morales Hit a GRAND SLAM yesterday in the 1st inning.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
trade mathews and offer cash just to get rid of him and call up morales!
but then we got rivera so um yea we’re fucked unless we get rid of mathews.
If your a true Angel... Gary Mathews --you'll stare into the sun long enough to go blind.
god rivera will you just die already
lmao ok ok but wow that was one shitty at bat.
If your a true Angel... Gary Mathews --you'll stare into the sun long enough to go blind.
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