Fried

a couple honorable mentions: krod, izzy

f’ing day games. hopefully i catch the last couple innings tomorro.

the colonel dishin’ some ‘stick to his lady.

That’s how you’re supposed to close the game.

Q for panther….....3-4 2 runs scored…...but that error negates all that…......Krod gets a very honorable mention for closing the door and K’ng the side…....but JOE deserves it with that huge K to end the rally after 3 unearned runs crossed the plate thanks to shaky defense…....then the 7th he gets em in order to seal the deal…....w00

just be Colonel Panther ? he’s earned that nickname

K-Rod can’t catch a break. So much for jjack’s checklist. Back to the drawing board Franky.

1 run lead. Strikes out the side. Nails!

If he can’t win for that, he’ll never win.

with 11 Ks. although that also comes with 7 walks, which sorta tarnishes that

AMERICAN	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	STRK	L10
Tampa Bay	35	23	.603	-	24-10	11-13	261	235	Lost 1	7-3
LA Angels	36	24	.600	-	18-13	18-11	254	246	Won 4	7-3
Boston	        36	25	.590	.5	22-5	14-20	309	265	Won 1	5-5

honorable mention should go to hokie joe and izzy, but krod pitched perfect.

hes gonna get PAID soon…....what a bargain

Impressive display of composure on Joe’s part, even though the 2 errors lead to 3 runs in the 5th. No f-bombs, no grimaces, no “WTF was that??” look. Kept his cool and came back out and pitched a great 6th and 7th.

Disturbing pic. You know, there is a nest of spiders in that beehive hairdo.

still goes to frankie. he earned this one. you ungrateful people! lmao.

Thought for sure he’d get his first tonight. McSquinty threw the kitchen sink at him and he hiked up his plumber’s pants and K’d the side. On 12 pitches.

That’s going above and beyond.

I know Panther is for a single game, but 23 saves out of 24 opportunities is pretty amazing, no matter how you define a save. I know the Rev thinks closers should perfect (not that Frankie has always been perfect) and don’t deserve Panthers for just doing their job, but that is a pretty high (and unfair) bar. So when the closer IS perfect, in a close game no less, after he has dominated all year, it seems this is the time!

Frankie, Frankie, Frankie!

(I also agree that we are going to be sorry if/when Frankie is gone. We are sooooo spoiled.)

Hokie Joe gets an honorable mention. Frankie deserved a panther for this one.

Really?

Burke – Cairo – Betancourt

Jesus that is a pathetic group.

On a team of allegedly free swingers…. THREE walks? Hud was joking that they were afraid of him after last night’s dinger.

Oh, and to rub it in for the M’s fans…. That Bedard trade looks real good …. if you’re not playing the Angels!

7 IP, 1 ER – that is Panther territory all the way … but going above and beyond in the 6th inning, error-filled as it was to get a gutsy strikeout and come back in the 7th inning to go 1-2-3 on them. It was the GUTS in the face of adversity (errors) that gave Joe the Pamther.

Nothing at all against Frankie, but a Quality start is 6 IP, 3 ER, so Joe blew that stat out of the water – Saunders’ performance tonight is the equivalent of Frankie entering in the 8th with a man on 2nd, one out and getting the 5-Out Save in a 1-Run game.

looks like he just earned himself another start

we have just won our sixth series in a row!

given the lack of offense, that’s incredible.
heck, even if we had an abundance offense… that’s incredible

and HERE at HH, we are arguing passionately about which Angel deserves the highest praise

every time he’s got the ball in his hands I wince and cringe.

Having touted Frankie for Panther, I do have to admit I love how Hokie Joe has come into this own this year. His steelyl nerves are awesome, and the change from a competition between him and Black Magic for 5th starter to a competition for top starter in the AL is amazing (and great!)

Of course, the lack of love for the Angels in the mainstream media continues. I looked at all the major sites for a story on how Hokie Joe is the first 9-game winner in the AL, but all I found was crap about how Joba the Hutt couldn’t make it out of the 3rd inning! Finally, on Yahoo Sports I found the AP story with this quote:

“Using a sweeping curve and well-placed fastballs, he struck out five and walked one while lowering his ERA to 2.63. Saunders, who has yet to pitch an entire season in the major leagues, has allowed one or no earned runs in six of 12 starts this season.

Not bad for a $425,000 salary.”

Pretty f’ing amazing! So, even if I don’t think Hokie Joe should get Panther for tonight, he is the greatest!

Never gonna give up shouting, even when your candidate has clearly lost.

Not to say I don’t appreciate Frankie, or for that matter, Hillary. But to the point:

Saunders faced serious adversity in this game, and as a young pitcher said “F you” and mastered it. Two errors in one inning, and he comes back out to pitch two more innings? Seriously?

Lackey didn’t pitch like that in adversity for years. That kind of inning is what made Kelvim a .500 pitcher for a couple of seasons.

Saunders may not quite have Lackey or Escobar stuff, but his makeup is nails. Nails, dude, nails.

for this one?

I looked at the comments and thought this was the game post.

I have read all the posts. My conclusion:

Saunders for Panther (leads league with 9 wins now too).

Krod for 17mil/yr 5yr contract.

I now gracefully concede and go to bed. Have a great night all.

As Rory Markus says, “Just another Halo victory”.

Get out the brooms tomorrow! Go Angels!

todays gamethread has a whopping 2 comments, 1 of them by me. there are also game threads with 0 comments. have they given up that early in LA?

I look forward to some fresh hacktastic takes tomorrow as the curious wander in to see what all the fuss was about in a post-game entry!

I was on the road, and unable to watch the game!!! Traffic on the I-10 sucked, go OBAMA and ANGELS !!!! ( I completely believe in both)!!!!!

FIN.

...the atmosphere is maudlin over at LL:

“this game was the first two months of our season condensed and wrapped up in a neat little package with a gray tattered bow and a tag that reads “TO: HUGE IDIOT” and a scratch-n-sniff sticker that smells like old cheese for some reason. As nutshells go, this one was pretty complete”

lay down your vote and be done with it.

MY VOTE: FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ

you should have a voting system in place immediately after games. 2 or 3 candidates per.

this is the revs website he makes the rules dont like it make your own site….holy shit that was alot of bitching over the panther….the fact of the matter is the starters get the credit no matter what thats life…...and who ever has the kid playing the dice game…either take the dice away or put him into some type of self defense class.

He comes into a game where the team is leading by one run in a high scoring game, say 11-10. Clearly, the previous pitching has sucked. Clearly, unless it’s GA freakout night, one person has not carried the offense.

Frankie comes in and avoids drama, gets 3 outs and closes it out. That’s when he gets a panther.

I thought I had the wrong thread when I came in here and saw how long it was…