Tonight's lineup:

by Ajax on Jul 30, 2008 3:27 PM PDT

1.	C. Figgins, 3B
2.	M. Izturis, SS
3.	M. Teixeira, 1B
4.	V. Guerrero, DH
5.	T. Hunter, CF
6.	G. Anderson, LF
7.	H. Kendrick, 2B
8.	G. Matthews Jr., RF
9.	J. Mathis, C

How sweet is it to see Tex slotted in the #3 hole? If only Soth would get Rivera in for HGH...

Red Sox suck.

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i preferred Howie batting 2nd

and playing GMJ….well, that speaks for itself.

by yeswecan on Jul 30, 2008 3:32 PM PDT reply actions

Egads...

Can we just lose Matthews Jr. on this road trip. There is no need to EVER have him in the lineup.

What a friggin’ stupid lineup.

Scioscia has a massive blind spot with regards to Matthews Jr. and lineup construction.

Jim Scully

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Haloville - Land of the Halos

by jimmuscomp on Jul 30, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Better be careful with that #2 spot in the lineup.

...........could be a precursor to being traded.

by wumbug on Jul 30, 2008 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions

apparently we dont need riveras bat

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 30, 2008 3:38 PM PDT reply actions

Yep...

should have just included him in the trade yesterday if Scioscia can’t figure out he is the right guy to play. We wouldn’t want to have FOUR good hitters, would we? (Vlad, Teix, Rivera, Kendrick)

Jim Scully

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Haloville - Land of the Halos

by jimmuscomp on Jul 30, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Five.

Vlad, Tex, HUNTER, Rivera, Kendrick

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 30, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Fair enough...

Hunter has his moments. But his low OBP drives me crazy – but he is the weakest – by far – of that quintet.

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by jimmuscomp on Jul 30, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Though the team doesn't value OBP, I thought it does at the very least value batting average.

Why put the .264 hitter in 2 spot and the .332 in the 8 spot?

by snowhor on Jul 30, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions

hunter is tied with guerrero for home runs and right behind him in average

by halofan4life on Jul 30, 2008 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions

cut him...

end sarcasm

by Downing Rules on Jul 31, 2008 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Well, with Figgins struggling and Izturis being his normal OBP-challenged self, it looks like Tex won't have to be worried about being distracted by runners on base when he bats.

And I don’t know what to say anymore about GMJ playing over Rivera. I love Sosh, but he’s really starting to piss me off.

by snowhor on Jul 30, 2008 3:38 PM PDT reply actions

Okay the only reason why I'm not over reacting about Rivera not being in the Lineup is....

Because HUNTER will miss Saturday and Sunday. So GMJ has to get warmed up for his 2 games this weekend.

But I think Willits should get that playing time.

Freakin Soth and his HGH. Someone needs to let Arturo Moreno that his Manager is always looking for opportunities to use HGH. That sort of behavior should be ban from Angels Baseball.

Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by acuda27 on Jul 30, 2008 3:52 PM PDT reply actions

nice avatar....

is that Steve Smith looking for his National Championship or Super Bowl ring? LOL!
just kiddin’ Ajax. CFB is just around the corner, what a great time of year.

by SCHalo on Jul 30, 2008 3:59 PM PDT reply actions

Nope

Its from 13-9 where Booty was handed his booty. ;.)

by Ajax on Jul 30, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions

you should have booty

on his booty…there was plenty that day!

by SCHalo on Jul 30, 2008 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions

On that day I changed the Wiki for Fight On...

to “Thirteen to Nine.”

It lasted for a whole day.

Too bad its been the only highlight of the Bruins football team in 2 years.

Of course I'm right... I have a UC education.

by BruinHalo on Jul 31, 2008 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions

lol

you guys defintiely deserved to celebrate that day. i was stunned. good luck to you guys this year.

by SCHalo on Jul 31, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions

DEEP LINEUP!

Seattle I would like to thank you for sucking. It allows me to get back to my roots: Hating Fremont.

Kobe tell me how my ass tastes

by hauldog on Jul 30, 2008 4:03 PM PDT reply actions

i see scoscia wanted to off balance the new offense

by adding some auto-outs with gary. ;)

by ihearhowie2.0 on Jul 30, 2008 4:29 PM PDT reply actions

Looks to me like the lineup worked out

by melvintoast on Jul 30, 2008 9:29 PM PDT reply actions

4th

I want to see Mark the 1B bat 4th to split up our big righties. I’m not really sure which one to bat 3rd tho.

by elricsi on Jul 30, 2008 9:52 PM PDT reply actions

Vlad

Seattle I would like to thank you for sucking. It allows me to get back to my roots: Hating Fremont.

Kobe tell me how my ass tastes

by hauldog on Jul 30, 2008 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions

U-Haul batting third makes sense most of the time

More righty pitchers. So we go L-R-L-R most of the time as long as Hunter bats 6th and GA 5th. Against lefties though it makes it tougher to split Guerrero and U-Haul cuz they’ll both be batting righty, but that doesn’t matter, it’s nice to have all righties sometimes against lefty pitchers.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 31, 2008 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions

Tex is a switch hitter

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 31, 2008 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions

That's what I meant red

Just didn’t phrase it very well.

It means the middle of the lineup against righties goes LRLR 3-6 (U-Haul, Vlad, GA, Torii) or LRRL (U-Haul, Vlad GA Torii) and against lefties it goes RRRL 3-6 (U-Haul, Vlad, Torii, GA).

Duh me.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 31, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions