HOLD THEM THREAD
by Rev Halofan on Aug 20, 2008 6:03 PM PDT
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Let's hope this one works out better than the last new thread.
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
They ought to put the bullpens in the cat house. or the cat walk whatever it's called
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
you gotta long night ahead of you
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
look what i found
nice weav
I've got nuthin'...
Weaver! Defense? Wha?????
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
if we're leading in the 8th you're gonna see shields again
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
Maybe sosh will leave weave in until his arm falls off.
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
I'm gonna blame you.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
and Dollar beer night
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
that a kid!
There is an "Angel in the outfield" and his name is GA! ps. he is lazy but not a bum GO HALOS!
HAHAHA
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
9K's
tieing Weavers career best
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 6:10 PM PDT reply actions
Must be nice to have Weaver on your fantasy team .
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 6:12 PM PDT reply actions
Weav's thrown 200 in the postseason for the Dirtbags
120 in the Show shouldn’t be any problem. Right?
Witty .sig goes here.
REALLY stupid. More stupid than the one last night where GA climbed the foul pole
to grab the fly out.
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
Stupid angles making me think that was out. >:(
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Nice outing WTY
one bad inning but you held it together.
Ball should have been caught for the 3rd out though
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
there was a what?
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno what I was typing. I musta gotten distracted. I don't remember typing puts.
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
"one bad inning" by his defense.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
D only had to record 9 outs not like they got tested
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
88mph fastball
Thank the stars he didn’t have enough gas in the tank to help power that fly ball.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
I agree looks good and seems oto be getting better and better with the season
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Fizioc? I didn't know you could operate a computer
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
Out by 14 inches. But who's counting?
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
The good news about the Rays
Even though they have a really good core, a lot of the pieces are gone to free agency next year. Dunno if the ones they have are good enough to replace lost production (Carlos Pena in particular, but there are others).
Witty .sig goes here.
They just buy the Rays.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
agreed
I’m happy to see the Rays win their division for the next 5 years
# F-Bomb, F-Bomb, you're my F-Bomb #
They should be grateful for one year
They have a really nice young core, though.
Witty .sig goes here.
Pena is signed through 2010, Longoria was inked to a long term deal
Crawford has 09 and 10 option
Percy another year and pitching staff is locked in with D Price waiting
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok, Torii, they are dissing you.
Remember what your grandma told you!
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
You can't hurry love... You just have to wait...
Love don’t come easy… it’s a game of give and take…
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
"Remember to just go have fun!"
…and he came back from her memorial hitting like hell on wheels.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Maddon schooling Sosh on pitcher management?
Screw “The Formula”?
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Guess the ball isn't carrying in the Trop tonight
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Blue smoke... isn't that what you see when your engine block is cracked?
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
white smoke Murph
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
White smoke is the steam you see when your cylinder heads are gone!
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
White smoke is due to water getting in to a cylinder from a bad gasket, cracked block or a cracked head
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Blue smoke is usually transmission fluid due to a leaking modulator valve
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Either way your in a bad spot when you have that happening
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
It's usually oil coming up past a cracked piston ring and into the combustion chamber.
The oil burns partially and comes out the exhaust system as blue smoke.
So blue smoke = ring job.
Ring job = new rings.
therefore,
Blue Smoke = New Rings!
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
P.S. - I got it. Nice one.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
It's what happens when you lose your piston rings.
Blue Smoke = New Rings!
I like it!
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
The coffee stain in center field exudes that ... or is that a skid mark?
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
Me. Hate it.
Hot. Humid. Cheesy architecture covered with cheap pastel paint. Every-friggin’-where.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Hate the place..........sell it to Cuba Place sux azz..............can take BP with the size of the bugs that fly around
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
GA was too lazy to take the bat off his shoulder.
UGH.
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
Blue smoke is going to walk in a run here.
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
My guess is that FanGraphs will pick that at-bat as a pivotal moment in this game.
It better still work out for us, or Caseys Kiss of Death had better damned duck.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
An insufficient number.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Oliver? What's wrong with ET?
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
Dondo had to phone home.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
by Fan Since 1981 on Aug 20, 2008 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Oooh wait... Dondo's pitching the 8th. Shields must not be feeling well.
If GA wasn't so lazy the Halos woulda won the 2008 WS by now.
Stupid August
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
matches the way he pitched yesterday
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
He is more than a man, he's a shiny golden god
Whatever dude.
by Mayheminthehood on Aug 20, 2008 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe ET in the eighth instead of Shields Down?
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
Wow, Sosh has a quick hook tonight.
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
Well we sure as shit know the greatest RP ever wouldn't be asked to go 1 2/3 god forbid
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Limit the pitch count and hit him on the first pitch..........dumb azz
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
Bullpan. Succeed.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
good job ET
just like old times
leave him in please
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 6:37 PM PDT reply actions
Nice work by ET to put the fire out.
Shields against the Rays’ top of the order doesn’t sound like fun…
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
Now the bats can explode
to make this game not a save situation so that Frankie’s price comes down and we can re-siign both him and Teix. YEAH YEAH YEAH
I vote to toss F-Rod more then an inning and get a true save. Pen has been awful team losing now is the time
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
not to mention F-Rod has not been out there all that much in the last week
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear ya but would not hurt and might learn something for the future (playoffs)
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That's what worries me.
Sosh did not keep him active during that great streak they were on.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
It's the Fireman red jerseys
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 6:39 PM PDT reply actions
Considering some places give them away for free.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Yeah it was evident by the way the Angels pounded at Balfour
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting stat...
Rays with just one hit since the second inning.
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
Thats what it has taken to be winning ,,,,,,,,,,,,by 1 run
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
One of the best pitcher names in history.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
wow thats how its done angels bullpen
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 6:45 PM PDT reply actions
The bottom of our order is just an offensive blackhole.
Can someone tell me why Napoli isn’t behind the plate?
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
what does it matter ?
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
He doesn't want to be late to the post game spread??
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
How can anybody still say with a straight face
that this is the very best that this team can do at the catcher position?
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
damn the rays for sucking for a decade
and stocking their roster with cheap young talent.
enjoy your small window of success
is that light at the end of the tunnel an on comming train?
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
spoke too soon
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions
and we have been the cow manure
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
DAMN, WHY CAN'T THIS SERIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED BY THE STORM?
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
If your closer is your best pitcher...
this is the EXACT situation where you want to bring in your closer. To close down a rally. Bullpen “roles” are a joke and the managers that started slotting guys into 1 inning roles have screwed up the bullpens of the future.
Jim Scully
I have been yelling that for years and I did it last night but once again it shows that a CL is OVER RATED
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
No. It shows that our CL is not being used correctly.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Just doing what 98% of MLB managers do .....CL is over rated crap
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
98% of MLB managers are under-utilizing their closers.
I suspect that it is an extension of the same theme. Limiting a closer to one inning allows that closer to throw harder. Be more dominant. But that only works if you have ANOTHER closer to pitch the 8th. And if you have even ANOTHER closer to pitch the 7th, both the 7th and 8th inning guys can throw harder as well. And all that allows the starter to go 6, throwing harder, and qualify for his quality start and win.
So it ain’t that closers are overrated, it’s that true closers are under-utilized and that their limited role is improperly valued, preventing managers from using them when the appropriate moment presents itself – if that moment happens to occur before the 9th.
The real downside is that this trains the closer to work only one inning. At this point, under Sosh’s management, Frankie probably does not have the gas to go 6 outs anyway.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Yeah forget putting the team in the best situation to win a game
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
By leaving the "best closer in basball" sitting in the pen as the game falls apart late
best closer in baseball is what has been said by others
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Suggesting he pitch linkbruin??
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
fair enough
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You have to be kidding me.
I hate the Rays right now. SO much. You have no fans. Look at the stands. LOOK at them. You people suck.
You have to be kidding me.
I hate the Angels so much right now. SO much. We have no bullpen. Look at the score. LOOK at it. You bullpen-arms suck.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
Willy Aybar FTW again
I have a feeling
hopefully im wrong
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 6:54 PM PDT reply actions
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE, DO WE?
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
yes
we sure as hell cant beat the red sox ,rays , twins ,or white sox on the road
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Easy, card, that is NOT gonna be decided tonight.
Look at TB’s schedule going out.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
To set up the Rays bottom of the 9th walk off HR
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
by Fan Since 1981 on Aug 20, 2008 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course
I wonder if Soth is gaming this series as a last show of loyalty to Maddon…
Light Up That Halo!
Maddon has receipts showing that the Soth DOESN'T buy his TVs at Howard's
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
by Fan Since 1981 on Aug 20, 2008 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
all this without
Carl Crawford,David Price and Evan Longoria WOW!!!
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 6:58 PM PDT reply actions
It ain't about the Rays' only getting 4. It's about the Halos only getting 4.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
NEED ESTEBAN YAN=)
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 7:00 PM PDT reply actions
We're not putting up the white flag yet!
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
by cardinalwraith on Aug 20, 2008 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Need Rolaids Rollie who would pitch 3 innings for a save
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Its a must if you wanna win against these Rays and the Angel bullpen
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Minute Maid tastes 100x better anyway.
by shiftyeyedgoat on Aug 20, 2008 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
donald duck FTW!!!!
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
ORANGE JUICE JOKES
OMFG LOL.
I would never be friends with you.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
Astro lover
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh come now
No need to be superstitious or whatever…
Excuse me while I find other justifications for no longer visiting Florida…
Light Up That Halo!
Good eye Figgy, the leadoff man does his job--gets on base.
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
not pepper erick
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 7:04 PM PDT reply actions
another terrible Angel bunt
Where hk47 is trying to decide what is more overrated...closers or saves...
good teixeira
not sexy texy but i like it
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 7:05 PM PDT reply actions
excuse me single for Tex
Where hk47 is trying to decide what is more overrated...closers or saves...
Zobrist isn't an outfielder usually, I think. He's an infielder.
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
that wasn't Zobrist, he was lifted this last half inning for defensive replacement
Where hk47 is trying to decide what is more overrated...closers or saves...
HUH only one TV in the joint. Man up boy
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
time for somebody to be clutch
If your a true Angel... Gary Mathews --you'll stare into the sun long enough to go blind.
lets get that 5 dollar footlong off the submariner
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 7:07 PM PDT reply actions
great, knuckle scratching bradford
lucky for the rays they had a worse record then us or he would be ours
Is it just me?
Or is Bradford being traded around the league ahead of the Halos schedule?
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
WAY too close, and here comes Maddon to get tossed.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Perfect.
My DirectTV receiver just decided to reboot itself. First it has to run a checkdisk on the hard drive. “This may take up to 30 minutes.”
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
I'm trolling for a yeswecan smackdown.
Fish ain’t biting tonight.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
steve psysiocs calls are great haha
SAFE!!!!
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 7:09 PM PDT reply actions
might have been high, but he was out...who cares!?!?! we'll take it
Where hk47 is trying to decide what is more overrated...closers or saves...
looked out, but we'll take it
Where hk47 is trying to decide what is more overrated...closers or saves...
need a Hula Dula Grand Slam Rula
Where hk47 is trying to decide what is more overrated...closers or saves...
Yet ANOTHER bases loaded opportunity for the Halos
there is only so many of these you can blow and still win a game.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
At least we're not facing Percival
Then I’d actually be semi-conflicted.
Let’s go!
Light Up That Halo!
basehit will do
no hero just get the run in
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 7:12 PM PDT reply actions
Back just in time to see Torii mash one...sigh.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
I kid! I kid! Even GA liked it and singled in a run.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
by Fan Since 1981 on Aug 20, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
clutch hit plzzzzzzzz
If your a true Angel... Gary Mathews --you'll stare into the sun long enough to go blind.
23
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 7:13 PM PDT reply actions
I LOVE YOU MR CLUTCH OLD MAN
One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.
by deejayelleseven on Aug 20, 2008 7:13 PM PDT reply actions
GA ISN'T THAT LAZY! THE HALOS TAKE THE LEAD!!!!
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
If he wasn't so lazy he would have bunted
for a grand slam
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
Yeah 1 not enough at the rate things have been going
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair warning guys ,,,,,,,,if F-Rod spits the bit here it will get ugly......Don't know if I have insurance on this computer
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
Weeeeeeeeeee
If GA wasn’t so lazy he would’ve gotten us those runs in Torii’s at bat…
Light Up That Halo!
offical scorer changed his mind during the break
according to ESPN
He is an Idiot
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Tough call, but that's how I woulda scored it.
MLB 2B should make that play, with a force at second.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Your out of your mind! Guy had to go to the back hand sliding away from first and was going to be tough to get it out and to 2B
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Ball hit his glove clean. It just bounced off the heel and not the pocket.
That was the error. When the ball got to him, the runner was only 2/3’s the way from 1st to 2nd. Just because that guy is none too quick as a 2B does not mean that the play was beyond human.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
that was a hit
ball was destroyed and aki was going for a trick play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo
by ANewFoundThrice on Aug 20, 2008 7:16 PM PDT reply actions
BS, They did that just to end the streak.
Please no more K-Rod.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Scorer gets it right the third time around!
Changed back to a hit.
The only good thing to come of another blown Frankie save
Is that his greed will that much less satisfied.
Light Up That Halo!
lol according to espn
they changed it back to a hit?
hell ya dp
If your a true Angel... Gary Mathews --you'll stare into the sun long enough to go blind.
panther
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo
by ANewFoundThrice on Aug 20, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, nice
Despite myself, I’m warming to The Hud.
, Frankie.
lets go guy has no HR's and your throwing CB at him........no need to trick the guy
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
Thats the kind of thinking
which lets a hitter like him go yard for the first time.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
hmmm
someone should tell frankie they changed it back to a hit
you know frankie, he was probably tempted to blow a save just so GA could have another shot at getting a hit….
Yeah right.......because hes such a team guy right?
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
whoooo nice play figgy!
now let’s get the hell out of florida
light it!!!!!!!
If your a true Angel... Gary Mathews --you'll stare into the sun long enough to go blind.
And we finally win one in TB!
Hooters anyone?
by Chone's Chonies on Aug 20, 2008 7:23 PM PDT reply actions
LIGHT UP THE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION!
WE WILL NOT BE SWEPT!
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
Thank you. How's law school? :D
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
by cardinalwraith on Aug 20, 2008 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Reading about
The general tort litigation process as we speak…
I’m calling for a directed verdict against you for the willful destruction of my fantasy team…
Light Up That Halo!
Which league?
The Hunt for a Red October ...and please keep telling Clutch to chill!
by cardinalwraith on Aug 20, 2008 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Dear Frankie haters, dreaming for the future:
Please remember this series.
Francisco Rodriguez: 193 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Ummm what am i remembering?
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
How well your replacements hopefuls did.
Most gossip around here is that only Frankie fails. Not much recognition of the liability that ALL closers fail.
Francisco Rodriguez: 194 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
WRONG! Thats not the talk. riddle me this ........why can't he be used when the game needed to be saved earlier
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I do not disagree.
You are pushing that particular problem, and I agree with you. But I think that is Sosh’s fault. For most of the year, most of the others have been pushing the general rejection of Frankie altogether, for reasons not having anything to do with not working the 8th.
Francisco Rodriguez: 194 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
See thats my deal though. Dondo was asked to work 1 2/3 and he did come in after Oliver made a little bit of a mess
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
yes he did,,,,,,,,,,,after he had arm trouble
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
why waste a guy who can eat innings and be productive as a starter for 3 outs
If your a true Angel... Gary Mathews --you'll stare into the sun long enough to go blind.
Dondo asked to do what get how many outs? god forbid Frankie do that huh?
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I completely agree with you.
If the closer’s so good why not use him when the game is on the line in the 8th? or the 7th, for that matter.
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
Again, relax. I do NOT disagree that Frankie needs to be used in the 8th as well.
If Dondo is being asked to pitch more thna 3 outs, Frankie most assuredly needs to do AT LEAST the same.
Francisco Rodriguez: 194 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Thank you Stirrups
Thats my biggest point ….. See a blog I posted awhile back about such subject and how making millions to get 3 outs is a joke
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
But where you and I may differ is that I think
this problem is Sosh’s fault, not Frankie’s. If Frankie can command $15 million, and Arte pays him, but Sosh only makes him work 3 outs, who fault is that? Arte for overpaying? Sosh for under-utilizing? Frankie for maximizing his income?
I think Sosh, so I don’t blame Frankie, so I don’t diss Frankie for succeeding where he is used, and I realize that where Frankie fails many others have failed before him, and shall fail after him.
Francisco Rodriguez: 194 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
Hasnt Dondo been asked to do a job for 1 inning as well?
the only difference is it hasn’t been the 9th. Still being asked to hold the game down and do a job that ultimately will lead to a victory. You realize this is the first time in F-Rod’s career that he has not been extended more then an inning. He had done it on many other occasions prior to the start of this season, and there was never an issue. Now he has him sitting there as the game falls apart
I agree that it isn’t F-Rod’s fault. Just hate the talk about how he is the best thing ever. Not saying he is god awful but he is not worth the kind of $$$ he will demand nor is any other closer in all honesty. Thats me though.
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
P.S. - That was my 5000th Comment on HH!
I’m gonna throw myself a party! Bring your own beer. And your own women. If I don’t answer the door, leave them on the porch.
Francisco Rodriguez: 194 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.
What modern closer?
Is asked to extend himself? The best ones – the ones not named Frankie are not being run out there before the 9th inning of most games. If you do, you risk the health of your best guy.
That may not be in-line with the belief that closers need to do more to earn their money, but it is Justin Speier, Scot Shields and Jose Arredondo’s job to be a bridge to K-Rod. Speier and Shields get their millions as well – why does K-Rod have to do their jobs?
First year he hasn't gone more then 1 inning since he arrived !
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Nathan / Rivera
Nathan has been asked to do it 2 of the last 3 times out, and Rivera has done it 9x this year
Frankie no habla
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh and Papelbon 9 x
Frankie no Habla mucho trabajo
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I can clearly see where you are coming from
But let’s see those other guys go out for two or three innings for the save, like you expect K-Rod to do so everytime he makes an appearance.
See now your putting words in my mouth
Never said that! Just pointing out that there is often times that a save needs to happen prior to the start of the 9th inning. Looks like Francona, Gardenhire, and others see that as well.
Never said he had to go out and pitch every game at 1+ innings or more.
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
K-Rod
If you had no bullpen or at least have a bullpen that hasn’t done the job, you may have to bring your closer in as a necessity. I think that is more of the case with other teams than with the Angels.
Scioscia has done it in the past, where he needed K-Rod before the ninth inning and brought him in. But when you have two supposedly capable arms to serve as a bridge, why put more stress on K-Rod by expecting him to come in?
It seems you are painting the handling of K-Rod as the closer somehow babying him or giving him only opportunities where he can rack up saves without consquence.
Bingo You got it now!
If I remember correctly it was the 8th and Shields looked awful. Needed 5 outs for a win and he sat on the bench. Had not pitched in 5 days. Today they used Dondo 1 2/3 inning because Shields was out of the loop. You going to honestly say that F-Rod could and should not have been out there late in the 8th?
I said it before……….say it again……..He has been used every year but this year for more then an inning. Would not have hurt to use him Tuesday or tonight in the 8th.
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
replied to Stirrups comment
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by Angel Aviator on Aug 20, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Weav didn't get the win
but his first QS in over a month. Good show, everybody.
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Totally don't get this, though
The Rays are sporting an array of guys who are mostly hitting under .300. Whahappen?
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