The Angels' 10-game margin is their largest since Aug. 16, 1995, when they had a 10½-game cushion.

Nuff said.

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I prefer not to think about no admit to the existence of the 1995 season

Gather around, children, for the Legend of Mighty Kirk McCaskill

by HaloDutch on Jul 23, 2008 5:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I study every match this team all seasons.

by 44FAN on Jul 23, 2008 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

1995 DID NOT HAPPEN & NEVER TALK ABOUT AGAIN!!!!!

"......and you can kiss it GOODBYE"

by Hapyorange on Jul 24, 2008 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

the nightmares

please, someone save me from the nightmares

i pledge alliegance... to mike Scioscia
and the angels way of baseball
and to each pennant and ring we are sure to win.
one fanatic, under the halo, unwavered
with in n out and world series rings for all

by halofan4life on Jul 24, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

1995. That's pretty f'd up to bring up. Please, no more flashbacks.

by snowhor on Jul 23, 2008 10:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away

Folks, it was during the OJ TRIAL … that is how long ago it was…

by Rev Halofan on Jul 23, 2008 10:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I remember it like Kato...

by melvintoast on Jul 24, 2008 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and the bloody gloves...

by 44FAN on Jul 24, 2008 2:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jul 24, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is Chewbacca

It does not make sense!

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 24, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

EAST COAST BIAS

ESPN and the AP are trying to jinx the nobodies from out west!

by Captain Awesome on Jul 24, 2008 6:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

1995 never happened.

why you trying to bring up bad juju?

load the spaceship with the rocket fuel... load it with the warriors...

by gdog009 on Jul 24, 2008 7:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i went to my first angel game that year...

it was in early august….we beat the yanks….just before the collap….wait….i can’t say it.

"Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end."

by NoDakHalo on Jul 24, 2008 8:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Why would you mention '95?

Shame on you!

Write to the Angels front office. Get Tim Salmon's number 15 retired!

by KingF15h on Jul 24, 2008 8:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

A POX ON ALL THAT MENTION 1995!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"......and you can kiss it GOODBYE"

by Hapyorange on Jul 24, 2008 9:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

George Santayana.

Francisco Rodriguez: 188 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Jul 24, 2008 9:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Don't do that again, man

That’s wrong. Think of all the brothers and sisters that went through ‘95 and the ones we left behind. Fuckin’ flashbacks.

Moratorium, Rev …

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 24, 2008 3:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I call your 1995, AND your 1986.

And raise you with 2002.

You fold.

Francisco Rodriguez: 188 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Jul 24, 2008 3:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What about 1982 and 1979

by melvintoast on Jul 24, 2008 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Those cards will come up with the next deal...

Francisco Rodriguez: 188 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Jul 24, 2008 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That just gave me very cold sweats.......

http://bills.sportsbloggingnetwork.com/

by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 24, 2008 3:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

lt's over, Johnny. lt's over!

Nothing is over! Nothing! You can’t just switch it off!
l did everything to win, but someone didn’t let us win.
Where is everybody?
There were all these guys. There were all these great guys!
D’you remember Gary DiSarcina?
l went to get a couple of beers. The box was wired. He opened it…
There were body parts flying everywhere.
He lay there and screamed… l have all these pieces of him on me!
Just like that. l try to get him off me, my friend! l’m covered with him!
Blood everywhere and so… l try to hold him together,
But the entrails keep coming out!
And nobody would help!
He just said: ’’l want to win!’’ And called my name.
’’l want to win, Johnny! l want to drive my Chevy!
But l couldn’t find his legs.
’’l can’t find your legs!’‘
l can’t get it out of my head. lt’s thirteen years ago.
l see it every day.
Sometimes l wake up and don’t know where l am. l don’t talk to anyone.
Sometimes all day long.
Sometimes a week.
l can’t get it out of my head.

by melvintoast on Jul 24, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LMAO... well executed sir

Halo tailgate party... offense optional

by BigBangRobbDawgg on Jul 24, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's not over...

It’s not over until we say it’s over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 24, 2008 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Floyd's right.

Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards.

Now we could do it with conventional weapons. But that could take years and cost millions of lives.

No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.

We’re just the guys to do it.

by melvintoast on Jul 25, 2008 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for catching the ref

What’s the pic?

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 25, 2008 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's Justin Speier impersonating Arnold Schwarzeneger while doing the

batting lineup for the BoSox Angel game on Fox

by melvintoast on Jul 25, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh no!

That means he’ll be back!

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 25, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's always good to be reminded that no lead is ever 100% safe.

Whatever others may say, we haven’t won the AL West until we’ve mathematically eliminated every other team in it.

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

by TheOptimist on Jul 24, 2008 5:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I had a good time watching the Halos in 1995...

saw a lot of good Angels baseball (some bad, too), moved back to LA after a 6-year hiatus, and watched the entire collapse, nearly every single home game attended from June to September. It was tough to take, but it was such a relief to be back watching live baseball again, rather than raspy radio broadcasts and never seeing them on TV. Dark ages, I tell ya.

I had bought season seats in June to assure myself of some playoff seats so I could take my Gramps, as he had attended all the 79 82 and 86 playoffs. It didn’t work out that way, as it ended up.

by Downing Rules on Jul 24, 2008 6:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs