7th Inning Stretch Thread

by yeswecan on Jul 21, 2008 9:05 PM PDT in Game Threads Comment 111 comments

down 4-1 at Monkeytime. LET'S GO HALOS!

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YES WE CAN!

Lets Do This Fellas!

"i got 5ive on it"

by Funke5ive on Jul 21, 2008 9:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

no more suckage!

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

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Get some runs, Halos!

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Let's DO IT ANGELS!

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Rally time!

by melvintoast on Jul 21, 2008 9:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Dang.

No love for Casey.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

C'mon, Izzy, you're the only guy besides Juice without a hit.

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Mighty mouse being less than that tonight.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

thats 2 games in a row, too

do we see the Admiral tomorrow?

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

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Quite possibly.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blah...

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sigh

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Justin in to see if he can keep the score where it is...

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nope.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gotta run an errand but I'm still following the game.

by melvintoast on Jul 21, 2008 9:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Speier says..

“look! I give up homers too!”

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

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How come WE don't get to bat against him?

Francisco Rodriguez: 186 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Jul 21, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

well, I'am

not surprised

"i got 5ive on it"

by Funke5ive on Jul 21, 2008 9:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

another HR, this is getting ridiculous

Hooters anyone?

by Chone's Chonies on Jul 21, 2008 9:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ugh.

5-1 Cleveland. Speier is still on this team… whyyyy?

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He was good for three straight seasons prior to this.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

until he got sick last year

you mean.

With an unidentified illness that we all want to diagnose as “a sudden case of sucking ass”

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is what other relievers not named Shields or K-Rod do by the way.

They’ll own with a 2 era one year and suck balls the next. Shields and K-Rod are WAY under-appreciated for how consistently awesome they’ve been.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

outside of Fenway.

But yes, by-and-large relief pitching is inexplicably terrible in the AL.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

oh justin

http://inplaynoouts.blogspot.com/ - A blog about teams I like, written by me.

by Carl Johnson on Jul 21, 2008 9:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It's ok, we swept Boston.

we sold a loss to the Indians for that.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It takes all the momentum built up over the past week and a half, and all the success realized, and throws it all away in such a manner that all the critics can forget everything and proclaim that the Angels are nothing without A Big Bat.

Yeah, as if The Big Bat will always come up to the plate at that magic time when we have runners in scoring position, and they will always get the big hit, winning the game for us. Like it already does for Vladdie. Not.

Francisco Rodriguez: 186 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Jul 21, 2008 9:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

See but that was just it.

Juan kept coming up in the clutch, and kept COMING THROUGH in the clutch. This game ain’t over yet though.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

fair enough, it isn't over

but with the whiffleball offense of the Angels and a complete lack of cohesion, there’s little chance we rally for 5 runs in 2 innings.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The "whiffleball" offense is bullshit.

We have a good offense. We’ve rallied for 4 runs against josh becket, and we can do it against these bozos.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

scattering singles all night

scoring one run on a doinker from the 9-slot.

That’s whiffleball’d.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, it's lack of clutch'd.

There’s a difference.

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's whiffleball'd

lots of hits, without a lot of meaning.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow. One game defines us.

Ever thought of trying out as an ESPN anchor? You’d be a natural.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol, where have you been all season?

Go apologize somewhere else about the 4th worst offense in the league.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

5th. We past Oakland a while ago.

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

pardon, 5th worst.

We got the upgrade of Izturis in the 3-slot.

Ugh.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We got Rivera hitting 375 475 700.

Guess you missed that part.

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good thing scioscia has faith in the 5th OF'er

enough to play him every day ahead of GMJ.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

See, saying we have a bad offense and saying GMJ

shouldn’t be playing are very different things.

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, it's both.

Juan Rivera is massively overrated, but only by Angel fans praying for a bat to come along.

But a trade is no good, because then we’ll essentially be trading away the future for a shot at winning the ALDS.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yup.

Massively overrating the .880 hitter an offense that’s averaged ~6 runs a game without GMJ. The same offense that whooped the Sox in three straight.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The first game, was a whoopin'

And no one is more glad to see that than I am. But the next two were come-from-behind nailbiters.

You can thank your local Kotchman for that.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rivera started that rally.

Clutch hits make the difference, and so did he.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

woot?

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

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Where have you been the past month?

Trying to find a darker shade of sunglasses? The light must be getting really painful by now.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Losing in the first round of the playoffs yet again,

is really going to suck after such a beautiful showing by the rotation all year.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Where as if we followed the advice of most on the board,

half the rotation would be gone for a 1B with an .800 OPS. Joy.

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey, I've learned not to listen to anyone here.

These’re the same people who wanted Escobar in the bullpen at the outset of the 2007 season.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You could always root for the Sox.

I hear that goes over great at ESPN too.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speier adds so much to a game.

by 44FAN on Jul 21, 2008 9:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

so much....

entertainment?
increase in the suicide rate?
increase in the rate of domestic violence?

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

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

dog kicking.

by 44FAN on Jul 21, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ahhh

well played

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

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So, 4 runs down. No sweat.

We can do this.

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

always the.... you know

optimist.

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

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's Go Angels!

Come on Hula Dula the Domino Rula…...

by 44FAN on Jul 21, 2008 9:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

HOWIE!!!!

the man flexes his muscles!

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

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by calikraze on Jul 21, 2008 9:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, those moves would solve our playoff problems

since we wouldn’t make the playoffs…

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Put the Monkey on the Big screen and

Lets do this!

"i got 5ive on it"

by Funke5ive on Jul 21, 2008 9:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by Funke5ive on Jul 21, 2008 9:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by Funke5ive on Jul 21, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or Maybe

Juan Rivera & his >.900 OPS since becoming a regular was not acceptable.

by jjackflash on Jul 21, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sigh

Try not to let him K the side, Kotch.

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 21, 2008 9:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

ruh roh.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 21, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You need to stop asking them to do things.

Or better yet, start asking them to do the opposite.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

apparently, the ump had somewhere to go

this whole night sucked

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

by howiestheman on Jul 21, 2008 9:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by Zu Long on Jul 21, 2008 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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