Old Man Take a Look At Those Sox

by Rev Halofan on Jul 18, 2008 9:42 PM PDT in Postgame Threads

Panther of the Game: Garret Anderson

Big Bang Friday came a little bit early tonight in the happiest place on Earth in front of Angel fans and Pink-Hat Nation transplants who know at least three or four of their beloved Red Sawgs, tonight's utter losers.

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GA all the way......

if i could i would give Lt. Panther to Manny….........for being….......Manny

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by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 18, 2008 9:45 PM PDT 0 recs

GA as panther

let’s count the hours until Beckett v. Saunders on Saturday afternoon

Angels in 08!

by tanana40 on Jul 18, 2008 9:45 PM PDT 0 recs

GA ALL DAY

honorable mention to big john… very important win for him tonight

Halo tailgate party... offense optional

by BigBangRobbDawgg on Jul 18, 2008 9:45 PM PDT 0 recs

BIG GA

I love how right after the show-boat Ramirez homer to tie the game, GA comes back like “This is MY HOUSE, BITCH.”

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 18, 2008 9:47 PM PDT 0 recs

LOL

nice!

"i got 5ive on it"

by Funke5ive on Jul 18, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

GA is so lazy

he could’ve kept going, but already knew he had the Panther locked up.

I’m gonna go drink heavily to GA!

by TheTypingFiend on Jul 18, 2008 9:48 PM PDT 0 recs

If GA wasn't so lazy

He’d have found a way to get a fifth AB and gone 5 for 5 instead :)

Way to go GA! There are those of us who have never doubted you.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 18, 2008 10:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

GA

Awesome game for the team.

Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on Jul 18, 2008 9:48 PM PDT 0 recs

The old man of the team showin' us how to get the second half started right.

Games like this always make me want to keep GA around.

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 18, 2008 9:50 PM PDT 0 recs

Step 1: Beat the Sawxxx

Step 3. Win the World Series

by Northwest on Jul 18, 2008 9:52 PM PDT 0 recs

20 games over .500 and a 7 game lead..........

life is good for the Angels and the fans….......

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by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 18, 2008 9:53 PM PDT 0 recs

This was GA's present to mattwelch for his daughter's birth!

Whooohooo!

This is BAD Vlad and his band of wimps! (can't change it now, cuz the last time I did...he started sucking again!)

by K3YEROUT on Jul 18, 2008 9:54 PM PDT 0 recs

He should have called her GA then

Oh sorry, that’s the sounds she’s making … goo goo ga ga

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 19, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hopefully....

This will be a sign of things to come from G.A. in the second half of the season.

by Doctor Wu on Jul 18, 2008 9:55 PM PDT 0 recs

Oh yeah and another thing

Gawd I hate the Red Sox.

by Doctor Wu on Jul 18, 2008 9:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

Best, Win. Photo. Ever.

by Northwest on Jul 18, 2008 9:56 PM PDT 0 recs

KOTCH postgame interview

awesome…

Halo tailgate party... offense optional

by BigBangRobbDawgg on Jul 18, 2008 10:00 PM PDT 0 recs

Yeah, too funny. "yeah, ah....well ah, oh yeh....ah, great pitching tonight......and we gotta W"

by 44FAN on Jul 18, 2008 10:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

Ha. I saw that to

I’ve noticed from his interviews that Kotch is a man of few words.

by Doctor Wu on Jul 18, 2008 10:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

i'll b there tomorrow

go Colonel!!!

by SCHalo on Jul 18, 2008 10:07 PM PDT 0 recs

G friggin A

Heckuva game old man.

by ReggieBullits on Jul 18, 2008 10:09 PM PDT 0 recs

Credit to ESPN sportscenter for giving an interesting stat:

Angels starters lead the majors in wins and innings pitched. Most overrated rotation in baseball, right sox fans?

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 18, 2008 10:09 PM PDT 0 recs

Nice.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 18, 2008 10:10 PM PDT up 0 recs

you know whats interesting about this

is the guy over at the Red Sox blog that said this….....didnt post anything after the bottom of the 5th inning…..lol

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by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 18, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Not meaning to be an ass but,

Manny for POTG…that was comedy GOLD! Good thing I wasn’t in the middle of a drink.

In all seriousness though, I have give POTG to the whole damn team. Great to see them show up the sux almost every single time. See you tomorrow Colonel!

by 808halojunkie on Jul 18, 2008 10:35 PM PDT 0 recs

what do you mean show them up

like respond to runs?

because we definitely dont show them up every time we play them.

See: Playoffs

by ihearhowie2.0 on Jul 18, 2008 11:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

i think he might mean this year.........atleast I hope so....

so far…......3-1 against them….......with 5 more to go for the season series.

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by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 18, 2008 11:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

what did Manny do?

I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.

by lightupthehalo on Jul 18, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

He laid an egg.

"i got 5ive on it"

by Funke5ive on Jul 19, 2008 12:02 AM PDT up 0 recs

Holy shit

that was soooooooo awesome. I did a spit take with my Coors light.

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200807193152731

The best part was that he was actully laughing. What a huge sack of douche.

"Bloody your hands on a cactus tree/
Wipe it on your dress and send it to me."

by Hutch83 on Jul 19, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up 0 recs

My diet for tomorrow, courtesy of our Halos onslaught

Lunch: Claim Jumper Sliders
Dinner: Claim Jumper Sliders

Thanks, Manny, for being Manny tonight. You make Jose Canseco look like Roberto Clemente in the field.

You ever feel as if your mind had started to erode?

by PieceOfAase on Jul 18, 2008 11:24 PM PDT 0 recs

Hey, that's right!

Was this the first qualifying sliders game?

by jjackflash on Jul 18, 2008 11:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm not sure -- have we had the Claim Jumper promo all season?

You ever feel as if your mind had started to erode?

by PieceOfAase on Jul 19, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up 0 recs

No

Doyers on May 18—10-2.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 19, 2008 11:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

you know what pisses me off?

any one, if not more of our great defensive plays would’ve been “web gems” or “top plays” if they were made by the Sawx. we turned 3 great DPs (especially the one in the 1st), had a number of great stops (Figgy and Howie) and we get absolutely nothing!

....grrrrrrrrrr

but, that chip on our shoulder is getting bigger and we flexed our muscles tonight. great win, boys.

Mike Scioscia: He provides to unlike method of your team member.

by howiestheman on Jul 18, 2008 11:51 PM PDT 0 recs

i think i saw howies 1st inning DP on web gems dude... yeah there were plenty of others

yeah espnnews highlights shows manny’s homer, then GA’s homer… aaaand thats about it… guess they dont want to wound the RSN’s ego too much

Halo tailgate party... offense optional

by BigBangRobbDawgg on Jul 19, 2008 12:33 AM PDT up 0 recs

didn't watch BBTN

i just figured it wouldn’t be on there because of the short Sportscenter highlight.
in any case, good for Howie.

but still… had Boston won 11-3, there would’ve been at least 10 minutes of coverage rom the game, plus in-depth analysis on everything they dominated us in.
on the other hand, we blow them out and it’s like an afterthought. they barely mention it, then quickly move to something else.

just venting. nothing more, nothing less

Mike Scioscia: He provides to unlike method of your team member.

by howiestheman on Jul 19, 2008 12:46 AM PDT up 0 recs

GONNA BE THERE SUNDAY

Panther has to go to G.A., a good day in the Halosphere since all other AL West teams lost. Did anybody else notice how ESPN went through great pains to minimize Manny’s error in LF? Or the fact that we beat the chowder out of the bosux. Oh well, I guess it’s just a simple case of ESPN being ESPN.

YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....

by halofolife on Jul 19, 2008 2:26 AM PDT 0 recs

== Resident Point Tallier ==

by scottnak on Jul 19, 2008 2:45 AM PDT 0 recs

Dear scottnak,

According to Fangraphs Playlog, they record only three DP’s in the game which would make the answer to the question: Over/Under 3.5 total number of DP’s in the game by both teams, as “Under” for the correct answer. Your have it as “Over” on your results which should be incorrect if Fangraphs Playlog is accurate.
Fangraphs lists Drew grounding into DP in the 1st, Ellsbury grounding into DP in the 3rd, and Pedroia grounding into DP in the 8th inning. No Angel players hit into any DP’s. You may want to check that result. Thanks again for all the great work you do at the HH!

by 44FAN on Jul 19, 2008 4:09 AM PDT up 0 recs

My man 44fan ...

In the official boxscore, they list the Angels hitting into a double play. It was on the play in the third inning when Vlad was on first and then Torii flied out to Ellsbury in CF. Vlad got doubled off first on the play, so according to MLB records it goes down as DP for Boston’s defence, but not a GIDP for Hunter.

If I recall, I think Rev’s question was: “over/under total double plays both teams” not “total GIDPs”. So technically I think scottnak is correct (and not just cuz I got 3 out of 3!) :)

(And why wouldn’t he be correct? When he gets out of Berserkely and start making zillions of dollars as a rocket scientist or whatever he’s doing, hopefully scottnak will invite us all to his palatial mansion on the Dana Point coast for annual HH parties)

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 19, 2008 6:57 AM PDT up 0 recs

C O N F I R M E D

DP not GIDP

by Rev Halofan on Jul 19, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up 0 recs

Thanks for the clarification highlandhalo. (And Rev.)

I remember that now from watching the game last night as soon as I read your comment. I apologize to scottnak if I gave him a start.

by 44FAN on Jul 19, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm sure he'll still give you an invite the HH sessions

with naked strippers at his palatial Dana Point seaside mansion once it’s built. You go scottnak, we’re all counting on you.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 19, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up 0 recs

That's odd

Its the second time this month my pregame picks have disappeared from the thread!

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 19, 2008 11:58 AM PDT up 0 recs

It's a good day to be a non-stop G.A. supporter

and ESPN showed really short highlights of the game on Sportscenter, but I stuck around and watched the rest of the show, and they were all pretty damn short today…but the Angels/Sox game led off the baseball highlights, so we win out I guess. They just had to save up enough time to discuss what color shorts Brett Favre wore to get the paper this morning, and what it means to the Packers’ G.M.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jul 19, 2008 2:54 AM PDT 0 recs

When they talked about GA's homerun and multiple hits they called him "Mr. Anderson,"

and they called the team Los Angeles of Anaheim once that I heard.

by 44FAN on Jul 19, 2008 3:25 AM PDT up 0 recs

Were they wearing

Shades and earpieces when they said that?

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 19, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up 0 recs

We love if you GA

If we weren’t so lazy we’d worship you.

Sorry folks, I fell asleep in the the middle of the game thread once we had the big lead. With mrs highlandhalo and son away, it was just to easy to stretch out on that spare bed in the study with the game on MLB.TV and zzzzzzzzz. Won’t happen again, I promise. Earlier starts!

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 19, 2008 6:45 AM PDT 0 recs

Hey Rev...

I am obsessed with picking up on all the references (it’s probably an OCD like disorder), and I’m confused on this thread’s title. I see a Neil Young thing happening, but I’m not quite making the connection. No disrespect intended, but can you explain this one to me? I realize this may be a strange request, but keep in mind I am a huge proponent of Guinness Stout, and am currently under said influence. This would probably explain some of my other lame posts, and for that I apologize. But rest assured, I am a die-hard, and my shit-talking is not to be taken seriously.

Having said that, please explain the Neil Young reference. Man, I am drunk.

White trashin' the 909

by Red114 on Jul 19, 2008 7:22 AM PDT 0 recs

Me thinks it's

A simple play on the lyrics in the song Old Man. Don’t think too hard on this one Red.

Or maybe it’s deeper than that and Rev is pointing out that GA is not the stonefaced machine most of us think of him as and indeed does have needs. Most notably, just to be loooooved by folks here on a consistent basis.

Old man take a look at my life
I’m a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that’s true.

by ReggieBullits on Jul 19, 2008 9:00 AM PDT up 0 recs