Whitewater Rally Rafting

by Rev Halofan on Aug 28, 2008 9:37 PM PDT in Postgame Report Comment 78 comments

Panther of the Game: Juan Rivera

BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE RALLY CUPIE.

This game was positively 2002esque...

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LMAO!

Nice pic! Nice come from behind win boys

Hooters anyone?

by Chone's Chonies on Aug 28, 2008 9:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Great 8th inning comeback by Jhonny Rivers!

by Los Angeles de Anaheim on Aug 28, 2008 9:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

best game of the season.

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

by NoDakHalo on Aug 28, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

All I Can Say

is wow.

Johnny Rivers is obviously panther, but huge kudos to Garland for sucking it up after sucking, and sticking around through eight while giving up only one more run. That was huge.

by jjackflash on Aug 28, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This is actually a great point.

After getting completely drained yesterday following Saunders collapse, Garland came in today and let them recharge. That’s huge.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Aug 28, 2008 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rather, that IS huge.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Aug 28, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

YES

by yeswecan on Aug 28, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Uh Dick wood will always be the panther ... now matter what anyone says.

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

by melvintoast on Aug 28, 2008 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

i just recomended this post

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 28, 2008 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey scotnak... Instead of obsessing about highly spurious pre-game picks, can we get a chart for rec'd comments?

I suck at pre-game picks but I think I might be more competitive in the realm of commentary.

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

by melvintoast on Aug 28, 2008 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

that was awesome

and they sure shut me up.
kinda bummed Wood couldn’t get the hit in the 8th, but great job by Rivera.

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 9:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah... it wasn't fair that they read the scouting report and only threw him breaking balls. If they thre him a heater

down broadway I’d bet he’d hit it further than where Juan hit it. Luminus.

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

by melvintoast on Aug 28, 2008 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow... the hate

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude I'm serious... you're hating on me for assuming I'm being sarcastic.

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

by melvintoast on Aug 28, 2008 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

really? there's no sarcasm in there at all?

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i cant speak for melvintoast

but for me personally, i just dont do the kids glove stuff with wood. I dont get why people will tear apart quinlan or matthews or aybar or vlad or garland or weaver or pretty much everyone…..but not brandon wood.

The post about wood’s 4 pitch pop out with bases loaded and 1 out being awesome and so exciting was pretty much when i lost it.

If he sucks, people are allowed to have a problem with it, super-prospect status or not. For me personally, its just mind boggling how people have such a wildly different standard for brandon wood

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 28, 2008 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

i was upset about the pop-up

but not as much as i would’ve been if Matthews did it.
GMJ is making $10MM a year, and he’s a vet. he gets more hate than the uber-prospect who’s making huge strides in his game.

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He also hit a key triple a few days ago that helped the Angels win.

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

by melvintoast on Aug 28, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

right, and he got the props for it

but does one or two hits make up for 2 years of sucktitude? i think not

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and that i get

and im ok with it. I understand its because people want to see wood become what we’ve all wanted him to become since his monster cucamonga season.

and im one of them. i want him to be awesome and productive with us…but i also want us to win when we’re on a world series path. I got the mcpherson defensiveness because he showed a lot of flashes up here…but wood hasnt. Its not that i think hes a bust, because hes not…i just dont understand the special treatment. Hes 23 years old, hes not a delicate flower. If he fails, he should be open to criticism like any other professional.

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 28, 2008 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's his first game back

and minus that 8th inning AB, he actually looked MUCH better at the plate tonight than he did at the beginning of the season.
he barely missed one in his first AB, but still hit it hard to center.
his second AB should’ve produced at least an RBI single (maybe a double) but we got the crappy end of the stick that inning with line drives.

plus, he made a few pretty good plays on the defensive side.

all things considered, i’m pretty happy with his performace.

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ya

i liked his earlier contact as well….i was referring more to my reaction to the post about the last AB being so awesome. Given the situation, it seemed so absurd in the wood-can-do-no-wrong category. Reading that i felt like a robot that couldnt process a job and had its head explode.

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 28, 2008 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

i didn’t agree that that was a great AB, but i agree with the fact that he’s making notable progress.

again, this is all based on one game, so we could be terribly, terribly wrong

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

amen BROTHA

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 28, 2008 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Obivous Panther is JR but

TH48 was solid tonight as well

One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.

by deejayelleseven on Aug 28, 2008 9:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

viva rivera

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 28, 2008 9:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Pinch hit panther, love it.

But some kudos to Torii and to Garland for sticking it out despite a rough start—not easy at all

by linkbruin on Aug 28, 2008 9:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

nice to see this pic back

Rivera for Panther

by yeswecan on Aug 28, 2008 9:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Juancho = Panther.......

Kudos for Jon Garland……..holding down the fort after blowing up in the first.

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by norcaliangelsfan on Aug 28, 2008 9:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

on replay: that game-ending DP

amazing grab by Teixeira

by yeswecan on Aug 28, 2008 9:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

nice turn by wood too

by UCIHalo on Aug 28, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

nice turn, bad throw

but its all gravy

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 28, 2008 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i can't believe garland gave up 4 runs in the first

and still managed to pitch 8 innings

by UCIHalo on Aug 28, 2008 9:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

did you show up just for Frankie diaper time?

by SCHalo on Aug 28, 2008 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

props to tex for that scoop at the end

that would have had hamilton up with a man on

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 28, 2008 9:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice AB by Naps to walk with the bases loaded too

those darned lineouts right at the OF’s…that is what I will remember from this…that and Rivera’s smokin’ shot to CF. Great pick by Tex to end the game!

Good clean fun! :)

Whodathunk we would be rooting for a former Ranger come August...?

by K3YEROUT on Aug 28, 2008 9:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

torii giving props to the Rally Monkey

by yeswecan on Aug 28, 2008 9:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i liked his line about needing patience in baseball

“3 out of 10 and youre a hero. in school thats an F”

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 28, 2008 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it only takes one monkey!

"why do you we still have quitlin?" -Vladdyg

by cupie on Aug 28, 2008 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tex was FIRED UP after that DP ball

he was shouting props all around the diamond and pointing, GA-style!

by yeswecan on Aug 28, 2008 9:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I saw that!

I went back and finished watching the game this morning (I fell asleep last night), but before that I read the comments here. I was watching for Teix’s reaction and damn, he WAS fired up. I love it!

POTG = Juan for being clutch, but Garland stepped it up big-time going 8 innings. Not only did he keep the Angels in the game last night, but helped the team for tonight by giving the pen a rest.

I was uncool before uncool was cool.

by WiHaloFan on Aug 29, 2008 4:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

torii is a funny guy

“if i went to a casino, I’d win. 10 bucks”

by UCIHalo on Aug 28, 2008 9:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

CLUTCH

My curse on the angels: I have been to 3 of his 5 blown saves, I was at the no-hitter for weaver, and I was there when Maicer had a season ending injury.
I am one LUCKY fan

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 28, 2008 9:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

this is the type of game

teams “of destiny” win. 2002esque is right.

by SCHalo on Aug 28, 2008 9:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Anyone for Figgy for some nice glove work?

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Aug 28, 2008 10:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

eh, he made some crappy plays earlier

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

by Carl Johnson on Aug 28, 2008 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

some = one

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm all in for Figgy's big toe!

An army without leaders is like a foot without a big toe. And Sergeant Hulka is always gonna be here to be that big toe for us. I think that we owe a big round of applause to our newest, bestest buddy, and big toe… Sergeant Hulka.

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

by melvintoast on Aug 28, 2008 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stripes will always be funny

"why do you we still have quitlin?" -Vladdyg

by cupie on Aug 28, 2008 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

good point

saved a run in the 8th

by yeswecan on Aug 28, 2008 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Figgy saved numerousness of hits and runs with his "down south" soft hands.

by 44FAN on Aug 28, 2008 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

After it was 4-0 Rangers

I just said, F it, they’re not gonna win ’em all, better to not be annoyed and just do whatever else.

And then in the eighth, I checked the score and it was 5-4 Angels.

Wow.

You just cannot write this team off.

Witty .sig goes here.

by scareduck on Aug 28, 2008 10:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

you and a ton of HH-ers in the game thread

the only difference is, you tuned out, whereas those dudes bitched and moaned in the thread for seven more innings. ugh.

[turning the page]

by yeswecan on Aug 28, 2008 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have tried

to be more optimistic this year, or if not optimistic, less bitchy.

Witty .sig goes here.

by scareduck on Aug 28, 2008 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah i gave up on that

in June

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

strange thing to do

this is arguably the best Angels team in history. i’d hate to have heard you in the bad years.

by yeswecan on Aug 28, 2008 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha

good thing it wasn’t alive back then, huh? :P

really, i do my best to stay positive, but in games like last night’s (during the first 2 or so ininngs) it’s tough, given our team’s struggles over the past couple weeks.

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

by howiestheman on Aug 29, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you have been and it has been awesome.

"why do you we still have quitlin?" -Vladdyg

by cupie on Aug 28, 2008 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you have succeeded

you are a wise Halos fan, and your words are even more powerful when not in a headlock by your immediate emotions (and i can say the same about myself, except for the wise and powerful part).

by yeswecan on Aug 28, 2008 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Figgy just got the number 1 web gem, if that's any help

for the 7th and 8th inning plays

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 10:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

im surprised they didnt give it to jacoby ellsbury for picking up giambi's walk off

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 28, 2008 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

lol

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was on the road last nite, coming home from Anaheim.

Did Loux get a web gem for that 1-3 lineout DP?

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Aug 28, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i dunno

didn’t watch… i just caught the end of BBTN cuz i was waiting for Sportscenter

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw it on ESPN Sport Center last night.

by 44FAN on Aug 28, 2008 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was a good play, but not top-10 worthy...

I didn’t watch ESPN, but would venture to guess that it did not make it.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2008 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow

i was busy tonight so i couldnt watch the game but i checked the score in like the 5th and saw that it was 5-1 texas and was really bummed. but i just saw the final score and it literally made my night 10 times better, gotta catch the replay tomorrow morning and see what i missed

Mike Scioscia For President

by Sorbo182 on Aug 28, 2008 10:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You can light up the Halo!!!!

by Mickey Hacker on Aug 28, 2008 10:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Big comeback win for us

Got it when we really needed it. Johnny and Judy for Panther. (ummmm, Judy).

Going to look at the highlights now, hope they have the defensive stuff you guys mentioned.

Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on Aug 28, 2008 10:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Good Old Fashion Angels come from behind win.

The kind the Rangers fans hate the most against the Angels. Juan Rivera’s clutch hit was amazing. Naps needs to pick it up a bit offensively, as we know he can. Brandon Wood looked better as far as plate discipline and seeing the ball than last time he was up. I guess as he gets more start in the next few days, our question will get answered whether he is really ready for prime time. Jon Garland’s pitching still drives me batshit, but he hung in there and got the job done. It was great to get the first W in this series and pad the standings.

by 44FAN on Aug 28, 2008 10:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Naps needs some hits to fall, that's all

he’s still getting on base, and he hit some balls hard tonight, but had nothing to show for it.
i still think he’s the best option.

read our conversation above about Wood… that pretty much covers it

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

by howiestheman on Aug 28, 2008 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Went to the game tonight and just got back...

…great atmosphere at the park. The 8th inning rally did remind me of ’02. It was a little frustrating earlier in the game because they hit so many balls right on the screws for outs.
Rivera missed a grand slam by about 2 feet. I sure hope he is re-signed this winter!
Oh well…magic number is down to 13…just another Halo victory!!

by sothball on Aug 28, 2008 11:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs