Wednesday @ KC Game Thread
by Rev Halofan on May 7, 2008 5:00 PM PDT
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PrintLos Angeles Angels at Kansas City Royals, May 7, 2008 5:10 PM PDT
We have a day off tomorrow and then three games on the Tampa Bay turf. This is hopefully the final off day missing John Lackey in the rotation.
A lifetime is so short, a new one can't be bought, but what you've got means such a lot to me.
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It just started pouring here in Chicago as well
not that has any relevance to anything
Jack in the Box and the Angels
My winning combination
Please tell me Kotchman's just taking a day off and he's not seriously hurt?
I can’t take this **. It is seriously getting to me that we can’t keep our main guys healthy.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Blacked out and can't watch, was hoping someone could tell me.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
According to Bill Plunket @ OC Register
He had a little “tightness in his groin” from running the bases yesterday…
http://fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com/2008/05/07/no-rain-yet-angels-vs-royals/
a.k.a. AngelFan35
by HawaiiHaloFan35 on May 7, 2008 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, WTF?
He 5/6 with 2 HRs in RC, has had no trouble with baserunning, and he STILL feels tightness?
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Can we get a real training staf?!?
Tight muscles, strained muscles, tweaked muscles….unreal.
Plunkett also reports that HK won’t be back until the homestand at the earliest.
Howie drinks your milkshake! He drinks it up!
by ReggieBullits on May 7, 2008 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I have the Royals feed and they
seemed rejoiced that Quinlin was starting
Jack in the Box and the Angels
My winning combination
Tightness in the groin
According to Plunkett
Howie drinks your milkshake! He drinks it up!
by ReggieBullits on May 7, 2008 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
probably not a good idea
to have him on a wet field, then. He might be playing in dry conditions, I guess.
My god that's an ugly line up tonight
It’s not quite a blind date with Camilla, but it’s no oil-painting that’s for sure
I see red people
So far I haven't had any trouble being both places.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
we let Greinke off the hook
although he had 27 pitches. (14 balls)
Still a pretty good first, though I wish we'd managed to nail
Greinke while he was off. Still, can’t complain about having a run already. Let’s go, Jered.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
pitch count
doesn’t it seem that WTY’s pitch count gets pretty high b/c of so many foul balls against him?
Yurg. I hate AB's like that when they're for the other team.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Just got home.
Looked at the lineup, saw quinlan and got a little depressed.
really? quinlan? Kendry wouldnt be a better option Mike?
Im convinced Quin has some questionable photographs of Mike.
We'd have to send somebody down, and with both Figgy and Kotchman day-to day...
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Nope, out of options.
And Kendry as a bench player would be a waste.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
No, only way to send him down would be on a rehad assignment assuming he got hurt
He is out of options and has too much playing time.
Couldn’t Rick Smith spend more time with him? Seems to keep Howie, Figgy, Izzy, etc. out of the lineup.
Well, got out of it.
But we’re back to square one now.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Well, technically Quentin leads the league with 8.
Naps would need to tie it up first.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Given the probable alternatives, I'll take it.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
I know the results haven't been great, but I do think Wood has been trying to restrain himself
from hacking in the bigs, and it’s to his credit.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Kind of ok with that at bat. Wasn't flailing...
I know a K is a K but after the 2 quick strikes, he didn’t chase any bad pitches.
Not many would have caught up to it.
Still would have been a strike. My point is he did not chase any balls. Showed some growth.
We may have had our chance with greinke in the 1st
Looked like a completely different pithcer that inning.
Too bad Jered isn't half the pitcher he used to be
Northeastern University Huskies: Mediocre hockey, guaranteed.
Doesn't seem to have much velocity
I know he was never a fireballer but he is peaking out a 90-91.
OK Jered, you've got them right where you want them
Get that DP.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Did anyone see the line in Bill Simmons new column?
“Shouldn’t Jered Weaver have “Chico’s Bail Bonds” stenciled across the back of his jersey?”
Yeah, they won before our game started.
Irritating, isn’t it?
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
imo his stuff doesn’t seem to have great stuff. his delivery is slightly deceptivewhich may have attributed to his hot rookie start?
Which is weird
because his command was what got him that first-round draft status. Not a lot of heat on his fastball, but a major-league-ready slider and pinpoint command.
Witty .sig goes here.
so wierd
how he went from 94 mph fastball in his rookie season to 89 now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo
Okay this next half inning needs to pour water
or basehits. I don’t really care which.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Jered needs to have a nice visit with Salt Lake City
And John Lackey needs to get over here ASAP.
Northeastern University Huskies: Mediocre hockey, guaranteed.
Well, however he does it
he needs to fix that craniorectal inversion he’s currently suffering from.
Witty .sig goes here.
Apparently not
Well, at least the Angels didn’t pay retail on his signing bonus. He sure as hell hasn’t earned any of it post-2006.
Witty .sig goes here.
can we write an open letter to jered telling him that his problem is his hair?
even if it doesnt fix his mental issues at least he’ll look less like jeff
Northeastern University Huskies: Mediocre hockey, guaranteed.
His hair almost looks like
he’s a Medieval prince, or Prince Valium from Spaceballs…
by Big Easy Halofan on May 7, 2008 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahh. Im trying to piece it together from your comments.
I saw a “ya napster”. Did he hit another bomb?
Whatever dude.
by Mayheminthehood on May 7, 2008 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I suppose I could. On Angels.com or what??
Seriously. I don’t know.
Whatever dude.
by Mayheminthehood on May 7, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW, are Royal broadcasts the only ones licensed to show
gratuitous replays. Seems like you never get to see a critical play replayed most of the time. Is it me?
wty
pitching like WTE.
i’m here for roll call. getting my laptop fixed atm.
"Here we go baby, 'bout f***'n' time!"
And First Place ... so so so terrible...
...but go on, your refusal to accept anything short of perfection is hilarious.
Seriously?
Take a look at the Angels’ rotation ERA+ if you don’t believe me. Weaver will comfortably be worse than Jon Garland at the end of the day. That’s three below average starters. I don’t accept “perfection”? Hell, I’d be happy with mediocrity. A 5.21 ERA is nowhere near mediocre.
Witty .sig goes here.
1st place
crunch numbers all you want. Maybe the starting rotation alone has not kept us in 1st, but WE ARE IN 1ST.
"Erstad says he's got it. Erstad makes the catch!..."
by Rally Manatee on May 7, 2008 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, great
and no doubt about it, Lackey’s return will help. And maybe Butcher can nurse Weaver back to mediocrity. But this team has to have better starting pitching if they want to get to the postseason, because the bullpen is the second worst in the league. I mean, I think it’s likely some of those bullpen guys will bounce back to being league average (Moseley especially once he gets out of the rotation), but jeez. For a team allegedly built on pitching and D, the former is looking awfully flaky.
Witty .sig goes here.
But your posting history clearly shows that you don't accept mediocrity...
...you rage while on suicide watch then, too.
It's not bad considering most people thought when the season started we'd have 5 days of shit.
Whatever dude.
by Mayheminthehood on May 7, 2008 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Word. Seriously, when Escobar and Lackey went down, most thought we'd be lucky to get out of April over .500
I’m happy with the three days of shit. Only because it will eventually be only two days of shit. And that shit aint that too shitty.
Whatever dude.
by Mayheminthehood on May 7, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe it is time for Juam Rivera in RF
so Vlad does not slip and hurt himself … as much as that might help the team right now…
I could be wrong
but I think Velo City is a suburb of Kansas City
"Erstad says he's got it. Erstad makes the catch!..."
What was up with Weaver tonight
I just logged on and saw the score.
Pain heals, Chicks dig scars, Glory lasts Forever!
I don't want to talk about it.
Napoli got a good hit though way back early in the game.
Scioscia, "Roll the hole!"
I was wondering
If that is what it was.
And i see that the A’s won today, so we are now in a tie for first place.
Pain heals, Chicks dig scars, Glory lasts Forever!
To quote the movie Major League..."It was too high, too high."
“Who gives a s#@#, it’s gone.”
Whatever dude.
by Mayheminthehood on May 7, 2008 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
All we need is a couple good little rallies in the next few innings.
It could happen.
Scioscia, "Roll the hole!"
Damn right! Lets go Angels!!
Whatever dude.
by Mayheminthehood on May 7, 2008 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok, what is the formula for the stat that determines how many minutes
each run scored adds to the average length of a game?
Scioscia, "Roll the hole!"
im sponsoring Bootchecks baseballref page
so if he ever gets good again, I take credit
Northeastern University Huskies: Mediocre hockey, guaranteed.
Ha. Nice.
Or maybe Northeastern U. could sponsor.
Whatever dude.
by Mayheminthehood on May 7, 2008 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Lets go Reggie. I'm feeling base hit.
Whatever dude.
by Mayheminthehood on May 7, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Explain how the pitchers
seem to shit on themselves when Napoli is catching. Then I’ll have some salad
Here's a little reality
Doesn’t include tonight’s train wreck:
This is strictly average runs per game grouped by starting pitcher.
If you throw out the #5 gas cans then you’ve got about a 1.5 run improvement for Naps when Garland and Weaver start and about a 2.2 run improvement for Mathis when Santana and Saunders start. I’d say that you can’t conclude that Mathis calls a better game. In fact, I find it interesting that Mathis is +1.74 in Weaver starts where his ability to throw out runners is nullified by Weaver’s slow move to the plate.
Pitcher Mathis Salad Mathis-Differential Adenhart 3 8 -5 Judy 3.5 2.2 +1.3 Gas can 4 4.3 -0.3 Magic 1.4 4 -2.6 Colonel 2.5 4.3 -1.8 WTY 3.75 2 +1.74
I've seen Napoli sign throws and Weaver has missed quite a few so,
is that Napoli’s fault in your opinion?
Scioscia, "Roll the hole!"
Or when the catcher signs down and away and Adenhart
throws the ball a foot over the batter’s head, is that the catcher’s fault?
Scioscia, "Roll the hole!"
See above answer
I’m not saying Napoli sucks, I just think Mathis’s Game calling & defense are superior to Napoli.
Quinlan! Gotta happen somehow... haha
Willits for ROY! Oh, wait... Um, Kendrick for batting title? Yeah!
We probably could have squeaked out a win if Weaver
did’nt suck so bad, so early.
Scioscia, "Roll the hole!"
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