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What type of Angels fan are YOU?

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The way in which we watch and react to Angels games tells a lot about what kind of people we are. Print off this handy quiz, be honest, score yourself, and fess up in the comments below the scoring guide.

1. Chone Figgins steals third base but comes up awkwardly, wincing and grabbing his ankle. You:
a) Say "Dammit please don't be hurt Desmond. We don't need injuries at this time of year. ... but nice hustle, just like Sandy Alomar."
b) Say "Now who's going to play third? Brandon Wood might be on fire at Salt Lake City but he's not ready yet, as evidenced by his high strikeout to walk ratio."
c) Say "Hell yeah, way to get the running game going Soth! Shake it off Desmond. Rub some dirt on it. ... Hey, beer guy!"
d) Say "Shit we're really screwed now. There goes our leadoff man. I don't trust Aybar in the No. 1 spot. We can forget about the ALCS now."

2. Ryan Garko is writhing in agony at home plate after being drilled by a John Lackey inside fastball. During the 15-minute injury delay you:
a) Say: "Man nobody likes to see a guy get hurt. Hope Garko's OK. Christ, Tony Conigliaro was never the same after that he took one in the dome."
b) Watch the scene with detachment. You turn to your companion and say: "John's pitching inside too much. Garko's OBP is way up because he gets hit a lot."
c) Say: "Take that Garko, Angel killer! Way to go Thunder!" You grab a hot dog and two beers during the delay and eat the hot dog in the urinal. You think about eating a moth.
d) Say: "Oh great. Now Lackey's gonna be suspended for at least 10 games which means we're definitely going to lose Game 1 of the playoffs."

3. Francisco Rodriguez walks Jason Varitek, Julio Lugo and Jacoby Ellsbury in Game 2 of the playoffs with a 1-run lead. Then he strikes out Dustin Pedroia, Jason Bay and David Ortiz in order for the save, freezing Ortiz with a ball that breaks out of the heavens on the corner. You:
a) Say: "Just another Halo victory! What a closer. Thank God we have Frankie. What an amazing season he's had. Remember when we had Doug Corbett or Joe Grahe closing games?"
b) Say: "I'm glad we won, but Frankie is just walking too many guys this year. Why can't he throw a strike with the game on the line? Walks are a killer."
c) Shout: "Hell yeah sit your ass down Papi! On to Fenway, Chowds!" and high-five an entire row of complete strangers and spill your beer on an old lady. Anaheim police talk to you on the way out of the stadium.
d) Say: "F---ing hell I hope the coronary unit at CHOC hospital is still open." You hold your head in your hands for five minutes then swallow 2 valiums.

4) The Angels face Baltimore's Garret Olson. He baffles the men in red for 6 innings of 1-hit ball with an array of 81-mph pus balls and his pitch count is 59. You:
a) Say: "We always struggle with soft-tossing lefties. Remember how Mike Flanagan owned us? Can't wait to get into the O's bullpen."
b) Say: "It's first-pitch strikes. Look how effective Olson is. We need some guys who walk more. And stop swinging at the first pitch, the odds are not in your favor."
c) Say: "Goddamn it Vlad how can you pop up on that shit! Let's get 'em! C'mon GA ... hey dude, by the time you get back from the beer stand we'll get a little rally going!" You chuck your peanut shells under the seat ahead of you.
d) Say: "That's it. Every manager in the league knows it. This is why we'll never make it past the first round of the playoffs. Just throw a lefty at us."

5) Erick Aybar and Mark Teixeira string together one-out singles against the A's. Vlad Guerrero comes up and rips it right into a tailor-made rally-killing GIDP as Teixeira barrels into Mark Ellis. You:
a) Say: "Another double-play ball kills us. Mind you, Bobby Grich was great at turning the DP, but he was also pretty good at hitting into them too."
b) Tell your neighbour: "That's Vlad's 27th GIDP this year. You just can't have that from your No. 4 hitter. Extending his contract will be a big mistake."
c) Say: "Damn Vlad stung that one. Nice turn Ellis you asshole. Shit, I just spaced my beer. Get me another one." You break out a pack of sunflower seeds and take off your shirt.
d) Say: "He's on decline, he's on decline. Look at the way he's running. I'm telling you Vlad's got maybe one, two more good months in him."

6) Garret Anderson goes 5-for-5 with 2 HRs and 8 RBI but the Angels lose to the Royals, 15-8. As you shuffle towards the parking lot you:
a) Say: "Too bad about Saunders tonight. He looked like Ron Romanick out there. ... Wasted a great night by GA. Retire No. 16 right now."
b) Say: "Saunders walked too many guys tonight. You just can't walk that many guys and hope to compete. He went to 3-1 counts on 12 of the first 20 batters. Crap."
c) Say: "Blue Smoke almost got us free wings at Hooters tonight. What the hell, like Soth says, turn the page ... What the hell, let's go to Hooters anyway. The chicks there have nice asses."
d) Say: "Why can't we beat bad teams? Why can we beat the Yankees but not the Royals? ... Damn, I hope I've got enough gas to get home."

And now ...

YOUR HANDY SCORING GUIDE:

Mostly a) You are an Angels purist, an optimist and perhaps a bit of a historian about the team. You have a good job, probably some gray hair, and can still remember how to repair the oil pan on a VW bug ... by yourself.

Mostly b) You are a stat geek. You can recite every word in Moneyball by heart, in fact you may have narrated the audio book. That is, if you can get a job as cool as voice-overs, which you can't. Your wife or girlfriend is probably not hot.

Mostly c) You are a hardcore Angels firebrand. An optimist by nature but you take every play with the seriousness of Heinrich Himmler and party hard when the Angels win. You can handle your beers. You sit in the sun in the bleachers when you can. Your wife or girlfriend is probably hot.

Mostly d) You are a pessimistic Angels fan. You are haunted by 1995 and the ghost of Donnie Moore. The Angels are never good enough. You don't own a gun -- if you did, the Register would print a story saying "... then he turned the gun on himself."

Enjoy!

This Fan-Post is authored by an independent fan and may or may not be a reflection of human evolution, divine enlightenment or nine cans into a 12-pack.

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A D B A B B

i think im a schitzo. Also, i think it depends on situation. I freaked out over Ls a lot more when we werent up 15 games so its gotta be put in perspective.

All angel fans are good angel fans though!

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 20, 2008 12:09 PM PDT   0 recs

A, C, C, B, C, D

Half C’s and 1 of every other. I guess that means I start with the description of the C mentality and then pick my favorite parts of A, B & D to describe myself. I don’t know if this means I’m well balanced or really, really F’d up.

by snowhor on Aug 20, 2008 12:34 PM PDT   0 recs

3 A's and one each B, C, D

Also on the schitzo bandwagon.

I hope Harden wins 10 more games for the Cubs. Ha!

by 101halo on Aug 20, 2008 12:41 PM PDT   0 recs

Damn! What a post!I

I think I am in need of a little therapy too…
B-A-D-C-C-A
For some of these, I think I could have used an “all”, “none”, or “I also would have said…” option.
Never have thought about eating a moth at the urinal though!!

by sothball on Aug 20, 2008 12:46 PM PDT   0 recs

DOES THE WINNER GET DIAMOND CLUB SEATS

stay humble in a ferari

by MYSPASCOBAR on Aug 20, 2008 12:56 PM PDT   0 recs

It's true, I love beer.

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

by Carl Johnson on Aug 20, 2008 12:57 PM PDT   0 recs

classic.....nice effort on the post

A,A,C,A,C,D

I'm your huckleberry

by autry's cowboys on Aug 20, 2008 12:59 PM PDT   0 recs

My answers

1. How about, tough break, but he wasn’t hitting that well anyway, and he’s on pace for the lowest runs scored per times on base in his career:

+--------+--------+
| yearID | ob/r   |
+--------+--------+
|   2002 | 3.0000 | 
|   2003 | 0.3736 | 
|   2004 | 0.3773 | 
|   2005 | 0.4520 | 
|   2006 | 0.4079 | 
|   2007 | 0.4112 | 
|   2008 | 0.3699 |
+--------+--------+

2. A. Just don’t like the beanball. Sandy Koufax never threw an intent pitch in his life and he didn’t need to, either. (On the other hand, they say Koufax telegraphed his pitches but hitters couldn’t hit them anyway.)
3. Something like all of the above.
4. A. It’s not just the Angels, either; lots of teams struggle against unknown lefties.
5. D, though the extending his contract part isn’t necessarily a mistake. It’s not like the Angels have a lot of better options.
6. A, and assuming it’s in the second half, you note that Saunders is a first-half pitcher with a track record of melting down late (career 3.05 ERA first half, 4.72 ERA second half).

Witty .sig goes here.

by scareduck on Aug 20, 2008 1:01 PM PDT   0 recs

Column header for 1 is wrong

It should read “r/ob”. The description is right.

Witty .sig goes here.

by scareduck on Aug 20, 2008 1:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You are such a D

D is for Duck. Lotsa love anyway mate.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 20, 2008 3:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So he was still on base

but not as a matter of hit…

What does “OB” mean in this instance; is it a Plate Appearance?

by shiftyeyedgoat on Aug 20, 2008 11:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

OB:

means WAN KENOBI

by Rev Halofan on Aug 20, 2008 11:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

On Base

In other words, the rate at which he converts reaching first to runs scored.

Witty .sig goes here.

by scareduck on Aug 21, 2008 3:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Almost all C's...

does that mean I have a drinking problem?

by Clip Show on Aug 20, 2008 1:14 PM PDT   0 recs

Almost all D's, followed by B's, or the other way around...

but practicing them all with a dangerous slant of C.

Not a single A, though.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Aug 20, 2008 1:16 PM PDT   0 recs

Too young shifty

Read “Angels Essential” by Steven Travers, even though it’s a really crappy book, available thru Amazon.com or a quality bookseller near you.

BTW Howards has a sale on LCD flatscreens. I’ve heard.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 20, 2008 3:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What the hell is a book, old man?

Is it that horrible invention by Amazon to read electronic words?

by shiftyeyedgoat on Aug 20, 2008 3:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice riposte

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 20, 2008 3:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

A - A/C - B - B - B - C

okay… first off, great post highlandhalo. you win.

secondly, i’m not a stat geek, and my girlfriend is incredibly hot. i think i’d answer C a few more times, but some of those answers were a bit extreme. i’m like 1/4 B, 1/4 A and 1/2 C. that’s kinda weird, huh?

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

by howiestheman on Aug 20, 2008 1:16 PM PDT   0 recs

Get off the goddamn fence post and say what you are dude

No half-points. Send me a pic of your girlfriend and I’ll be judge of how C you are

Just kidding! :)))))

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 20, 2008 3:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

hahahaha

i’d post it, but i don’t want you guys to be jealous… ;)

okay okay, maybe i’ll post a picture tonight.

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

by howiestheman on Aug 20, 2008 4:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

4 Cs and 2 As

If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.

by melvintoast on Aug 20, 2008 1:21 PM PDT   0 recs

H A R D C O RE

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 20, 2008 3:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

A A B C C D

I’d say I’m more a C than a A… though I cannot handle my beers. But my girlfriend is hot.

If I were a Genesis fan I would’ve scored ABACAB…

uye, what a lame joke

Fire Mickey Hatcher... oh wait

by thrill000 on Aug 20, 2008 1:25 PM PDT   0 recs

now that was a lame joke

Fire Mickey Hatcher... oh wait

by thrill000 on Aug 21, 2008 3:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL true!

I’m guessing that means she got the joke, and that you and her will be fighting over your shared collection of Genesis vinyl if you ever break up. … Cheers thrill, let’s hope that don’t happen …!

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 21, 2008 3:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ha

She’s the fan, not me.

…and now I have “Land of Confusion” stuck in my head.

Fire Mickey Hatcher... oh wait

by thrill000 on Aug 22, 2008 8:25 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You poor poor man

Thanks to you and mayhem, I had both ABACAB and the pic of mayhem frazzling what’s left of my brain yesterday.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 22, 2008 1:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Good Post.

I was uncool before uncool was cool.

by WiHaloFan on Aug 20, 2008 1:28 PM PDT   0 recs

Mostly A's

Though I don’t know quite THAT much about Angels history and consider myself a bit more cynical than that.

Light Up That Halo!

by Clutch on Aug 20, 2008 1:47 PM PDT   0 recs

Me too

I answered 4 A’s, since I agreed with everything exactly up until the historical reference (I didn’t really become a baseball fan until ’95).

A A A B C A

I’m cynical too, but always think they’re in the game no matter how much they’re losing by.

by gilbert on Aug 20, 2008 2:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

A A C A C B

I don’t know what that says about me. I try to be optimistic, but it doesn’t always work. I appreciate stats, and I think my wife is hot.

by jjackflash on Aug 20, 2008 2:13 PM PDT   0 recs

A A C A C C

Looks like I’m a beer guzzling purist. Of course I think my wife is hot.

by ReggieBullits on Aug 20, 2008 2:20 PM PDT   0 recs

panther

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 20, 2008 3:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm not going to post my actual picks

Because they’d be a mix of A, B, C & D for each question. Take the first sentence of answer A, add the first sentence of answer B, throw in the first sentence and beer from answer C, and top it off with the occasional pessimistic quote from D.

And of course, like Bullits, I think my wife is hot. Especially after a lot of beer.

Great post, though, Highland. I’ll toast you when I’m savoring my next glass of single malt.

by Brew Angel on Aug 20, 2008 2:39 PM PDT   0 recs

What a choice

I can’t be a purist and have a hot girlfriend? I’m changing my answers to C’s.

by JeffJoiner on Aug 20, 2008 2:51 PM PDT   0 recs

C B C C A D

Here we go :-)

Hey you! What are horse mackerel!
Hey, the chair are sailing! You believe that I am toad of the month!
(Yes, that is K-Rod's entry music, translated)

by infant on Aug 20, 2008 2:51 PM PDT   0 recs

Mostly 'C' mentality......with a little less beer and a dash of 'A'

Although…..
1) I don’t go into urinals – it would just be waaaay too awkward
2) I would probably get the wrong sort of attention if i took my shirt off during the game
3) I don’t have a wife/girlfriend…….(but i think MattUK is damn hot!!)
4) Shouting “Take that Garko, Angel killer! Way to go Thunder!” in an English (slightly westcountry) accent probably isn’t cool

I’m up for Hooters tho, they do have good asses

by AmyAngel on Aug 20, 2008 2:51 PM PDT   0 recs

Bless your heart

"I've got more action than my man John Woo
And I've got mad hits like I was Rod Carew" - Shure Shot, The Beastie Boys

by Zoe Necrosis on Aug 20, 2008 9:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Rich DeLucia actually quite liked it when some chick flashed her rack at him in 99

He threw her a handful of hundred dollar bills. Not sure if that’s the wrong sort of attention or not.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 21, 2008 3:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

As the Rev says ...

This is my quiz and you adhere to my questions :)

Anyone who answers C to No. 2 I wanna party with.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 20, 2008 3:20 PM PDT   0 recs

answers

A
B
C
B
C
B
I like posts like this that make you think rather than that “Mickey Hatcher sucks Post” for like the 10th time or “Here is what MY lineup would look like”

Relax... Everything is fine

by Sinatrasratpack on Aug 20, 2008 3:29 PM PDT   0 recs

I was thinking about that ...

but then thinking about Sinatra made me think of “I did it my way”. Stale.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 20, 2008 3:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah. I hate those too.

I would show you what MY lineup would look like, but Mickey Hatcher sucks.

Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Aug 20, 2008 4:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

For the reasons above

“Mickey Hatcher sucks” was eliminated as a potential choice

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 20, 2008 4:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Here goes my f-bomb for the mont

FUCK GABE GROSS. What a stupid name. Asshole.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 20, 2008 4:44 PM PDT   0 recs

i'm a combination....

i usually have an initial reaction like ‘c’ demonstrated, but as i settle down and start to think clearly, i evolve to a ‘b’ guy.

now i bet you’re all wondering how my girlfriend looks…

or maybe i shouldn’t flatter myself…

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

by NoDakHalo on Aug 20, 2008 5:21 PM PDT   0 recs

a,b,a,a,c,a

#3. My point about Frankie has always been this: where else can you get a great cardiovascular workout without leaving the couch. Priceless.

Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on Aug 20, 2008 8:02 PM PDT   0 recs

I'm a fairly strong 'C'

Though I remember ‘86 and ’95 well enough to maintain a trace of ’D’ whilst taking in a game.

I must note that I have never eaten a moth before, though I came extremely close to eating a deep fried cockroach after tanking down copious amounts of Singha beer in Bangkok one night. My wife, god bless her, kindly instructed the street vendor to refuse to serve me. I thank her to this very day.

Props to the fair author of this Fanpost too…

by Big Easy Halofan on Aug 20, 2008 8:15 PM PDT   0 recs

Also a C with traces of D

And I also have never eaten a moth, but I have fought off the Mothra clones in 5xx.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Aug 20, 2008 8:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Like my grades in college...

2 – A’s, 1 – C, and 3 – D’s! I’ve got to admit….that grading scale is eerie. “Haunted….by the ghost of Donnie Moore”. I see that pitch to Hendu over and over and over in my nightmares.

by Ducky22 on Aug 21, 2008 4:33 AM PDT   0 recs

A, C, B, B, B, D

Stat geek neurotic.

by ViolaHalo on Aug 21, 2008 4:56 AM PDT   0 recs

ABCCCC

 this is cool— though i would consider myself a historian too

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
Yogi Berra

by AnaheimHalos61 on Aug 21, 2008 8:23 AM PDT   0 recs

Awesome Post

Great job, highlandhalo

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
Yogi Berra

by AnaheimHalos61 on Aug 21, 2008 8:24 AM PDT   0 recs

which one?

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
Yogi Berra

by AnaheimHalos61 on Aug 21, 2008 9:44 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Great Post

A
A – If it was Pierzynski I would say I was a C
A
A
C
C

by Seik1177 on Aug 21, 2008 10:29 AM PDT   0 recs

A B B D A B

but I would have chosen c more if there had been less beer drinking. I can get pretty excited and high five complete strangers, and I always drop my peanut shells under the seat in front of me.

But I know I am a stat geek at heart (I am a scientist after all) who is also very passionate about the game.

Oh, and my wife is hot! (Sorry no pics – I like being married.)

The future is now!

by halofan91 on Aug 21, 2008 11:32 AM PDT   0 recs

Anybody who says "D" to number 3 is, by definition, too young to be drinking beer.

No wonder you spill it. Not grown up enough to respect your beer.

Francisco Rodriguez: 194 career saves. 3 career Panthers, 1/3 as awesome as GMJ.

by Stirrups on Aug 21, 2008 12:04 PM PDT   0 recs

Awesome post.

But somewhere out there must be a list of A.5’s.

I’m old. What little hair I have left is gray. I got a good job. I remember using bailing wire to repair VW bug engines. But in no friggin’ way am I so stoopidly and naively optimistic – precisely because I have LIVED Halo history. I know better.

Francisco Rodriguez: 194 career saves. 3 career Panthers, 1/3 as awesome as GMJ.

by Stirrups on Aug 21, 2008 12:13 PM PDT   0 recs

3 a's and 3 c's

i guess i know a bit about the Angels and trivia and what not, but i take every play seriously and have fun watching games. and beer is always good!

"Here we go baby, 'bout f***'n' time!"

by b0rd3rline on Aug 21, 2008 3:17 PM PDT   0 recs

I agree with b0rd3rline, so this is my sKore2.

This fanpost is too LONG and too KOOKY to read anyway!

by 44FAN on Aug 21, 2008 4:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Who are you, yes we can in disguise?

44 FAN … I thought we knew ye …

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 22, 2008 1:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

A A A A C C

I can feel where B is coming from, but he’s too pessimistic. D needs to some anti-depressant medication.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Aug 21, 2008 5:12 PM PDT   0 recs