G.A. Helps N.A.

by Rev Halofan on May 6, 2008 7:57 PM PDT in Postgame Report Comment 44 comments

Panther of the Game: Garret Anderson

And is everyone relieved to be done with the cloying sentimentality of Steve Physioc's White Knight trip through the Never-Never Land of the Negro Leagues?

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GA = no doubter

PANTHER.

And another interview, wow.

by SoCalWine on May 6, 2008 7:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Just Another Worthless Halo Save

For K-Rod

by BBFan1 on May 6, 2008 7:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey cmon now.

I don’t think we appreciate Frankie enough either, but this Panther was a slam dunk no-brainer.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on May 6, 2008 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gotta agree

Without GA, runs = 0 tonight.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on May 6, 2008 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Give him an Honorable Mention

for not raising our blood pressure.

Mathis also gets an honorable mention

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on May 7, 2008 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

good job GA i hope this is a sign of good things to come

it was also nice to see vlad have a multiple extra base hits

I'd rather see Willitz in LF

by UCIHalo on May 6, 2008 8:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

GA yo...

Last two games he’s looked like the GA from a few years ago… let’s hope this is his upswing, and he stays hot!

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by sipperphoto on May 6, 2008 8:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Howie

is 2-2 at Rancho..2 homers!

by hathaway93 on May 6, 2008 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

KENDRY went 2-3 Last Nigh with 2 Homers......Hope both K's come back soon.

Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by acuda27 on May 6, 2008 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He needs to come back

like, right now.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on May 6, 2008 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

wait, what?

HOWIE hit two homers?
who’s this guy???

Bring up Wood!!!

by howiestheman on May 6, 2008 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's Rancho

If you make solid contact, it’s probably leaving the yard.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on May 6, 2008 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And hell, even if you don't

as long as it’s in the air, it’s 50/50.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on May 6, 2008 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

GA

Way to go – that get the haters off your back for the next 24 hours.

by BBFan1 on May 6, 2008 8:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

incredible G.A. stat

G.A. at the allstar break last year—15 rbis

after 65! Lets start that trend a little eralier. GO GARRET GO!!!!!!!!!!

by hunter48 on May 6, 2008 8:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

very scewed statistic

he started 38 games before the allstar break last year, and 68 after it. Big difference. Also, as we know, 10 of the post allstar break RBIs were in one game.

by BoulderBrian on May 6, 2008 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, but even if you subtract the 10 rbi game

then he still had 57 rbis after the all-star break, which is nothing to sneeze at.

by mhatter106 on May 6, 2008 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

65-10 = 55

by Caseys Kiss of Death on May 6, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

57!!!!! LOL

Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by acuda27 on May 6, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

my bad

for some reason i thought i remmebered someone telling me 67, i figured the 65 was wrong. but i looked it up its right.

by mhatter106 on May 7, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why does 10 in one game not count? And why wouldn't 65 x 2 = 130 in a year be

impressive?

by melvintoast on May 6, 2008 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i love GA as much as the next old time halo fan

but i’m just saying that because of his skewed stats last year, due to playing time and the one game that was an out lier, don’t expect anything like that this year. I hope he hits 100 rbi over the season, that would be great, but because he had 65 after the all-star break and far fewer before, doesn’t mean a similar trend will occur this season.

by BoulderBrian on May 7, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

2007

Garret wasn’t a first half/second half player last year, despite that popular perception.

He had a bad first month of the season. One month. Then, he started hitting in late April (about the 23rd or 25th). Then, he got injured and missed 35 games to injury. When he came back on June 3rd, hit hit fairly well before he was hurt again on the 16th. From July 3rd (when he came back, another 14 games missed) to the 8th (all-star break), he hit well again. All things considered, he hit .343 from April 25th to July 8th, with an .845OPS in 20 games. Simplifying the discussion to just “pre and post all star break RBIs) isn’t fair at all. He was hitting before the break.

Had he not been injured twice, throwing him off from finding any kind of consistency, there’s no telling how well he would have played in that late April – early July time frame. What we do know is that he was hitting well then.

So, essentially, G.A. had one bad month last year. April. It wasn’t a first-half/second-half story at all. Not to mention, if you want to go strictly on RBIs…he played 40 games in the first half of the season, with 15RBIs, despite being constantly marred with injuries. That projects to 61RBIs in a full season (again despite injuries).

We all know the second half story.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on May 7, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

GA

he is a career 296 hitter with over 2000 hits and 1200 rbi’s all for the Angels. i think people need to give him a break…and lets not forget he got the game winning rbi in game 7 of the world series

by surfpunk on May 7, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

why doesnt adenhart get the win?

he was pitching when the angels took the lead. he pitched into the fifth, and the angels had the lead when he left the game

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

by anaheim angels on May 6, 2008 8:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Starting Pitcher must COMPLETE 5 IP to get a win

...old skool rule, but that is the way they still do it in the mlb…

by Rev Halofan on May 6, 2008 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If GA wasn't so lazy

Adenhart would’ve gotten the win.

by TheTypingFiend on May 6, 2008 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

HA!

GA finally picking it up, thank the lord.
I hope the greatest Angel hitter of all-time keeps it up.
I’m starting to believe that this team is going to be special.

by KendrickExperience on May 6, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If GA wasn't so lazy

Adenhart woulda pitched a complete game no hitter

by melvintoast on May 6, 2008 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh... And if GA wasn't so lazy

we woulda found those weapons of mass destruction.

by melvintoast on May 6, 2008 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That bastard

he probably also slept through his lookout duty shift on Titanic.

And wasn’t he the one responsible for tearing down the Berlin Wall?

Probably also slept through secret service detail for Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on May 7, 2008 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wasn't lazy and drunk GA piloting the Exxon Valdez when it ran aground?

I also heard that he was one of Jesus’ sleepy disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane when the guards came to arrest the Savior.

"The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink." (Henry Rollins)

by PieceOfAase on May 7, 2008 1:37 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

If GA hadn't been so damn lazy

Satan never would have gotten into Eden to tempt Eve.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on May 7, 2008 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Secret Service did not exist at the time of Lincoln.

It was Lincoln’s assassination that facilitated the need for protection of the president for all presidents there after.

Scioscia, "Roll the hole!"

by 44FAN on May 7, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

All Star Game: 1 IP w/Lead to start the game, lead maintained = W

by Rev Halofan on May 6, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm Kinda Glad

I didn’t see the game, insofar as it meant not having to hear Physioc; but I can just imagine what he was saying (and how he was saying it), based on Rev’s quip.

And there are people who actually prefer him? Yikes!

by jjackflash on May 6, 2008 9:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs