Or start pre programming PANTHER threads!

it hasn’t turned out too well for us in the last 2 games.

The smart money says the Angels are a flawed team: too many injuries, no shortstop, little speed, middling defense. Still, the offense can erupt against any pitcher. Says Slugger Baylor: “We put a lot of sixes and sevens on the Scoreboard.” One thing the Angels do have is the peppy slogan required of all Cinderella teams. For the 1969 Mets it was “You gotta believe”; for the 1979 Angels, “Yes, we can.” After last week’s clincher, Manager Jim Fregosi unveiled a T shirt with the inevitable updating: YES, WE DID. If the team can say that at the end of October, lots of folks outside Anaheim will believe in Angels too.

Lot of negativity today on the thread. But maybe that’s what people like. I, for one, will wait at least a week before checking in again. If it doesn’t change, I’ll just watch the game. But that’s just me and I don’t expect the majority to change on behalf of the minority.

when the supposed world series favorite is getting one hit by a guy who has spent 9 YEARS in the minor leagues

I’m already over this loss.

if we’re up, keep cheerin’

if we’re down, cheer more…

this team is bomb, the last thing we need is negative karma.

To automatically enter my picks into the Robo Pre-Game Threads that are sure to start popping up around here soon. Like the tape machines in “Real Genius”.

how about “the entire offense.”

That about sums it up.

Apparently I keep missing out on all these sessions of stewing in negativity. Sorry not everyone is having as swell a time as me.

I didn’t get to watch the whole game today, as I was at Twisted Vines in Fullerton hanging out with chums, and since they like to smoke we had to spend most of the time on the patio, thus I missed the simple majority of the game.

My contributions are, because of aforementioned reasons, meaningless. But I’ll say this, for what it’s worth: I’m no fan of Dorothy. I haven’t been since home opener. But if he gives up three and our offense can’t manifest anything, I can’t pin the blame on him. Especially if at a periphery glance I could tell that GMJ and Quinlan were enigmatically in the lineup. So…

The Big A for BOTG? Cause apparently we can’t be sparkling at home. I don’t know. I didn’t see most of it, as I’ve already explained. If someone can justify GIDP – er, I mean – GMJ for BOTG, I’ll back them up. Till then I’m going to try and wear off my wine buzz and hope for better when I’m listening to the game at work tomorrow…

I have to go with Torii. Tough choice, but he was 0-4 with a GIDP and left the most runners on base (3). Garland didn’t start well but settled down and pitched awesome after the first. The reserves didn’t come through, but I expect more from our starters.

the guy was dissing Vlad, saying he sucks. “If that f&cker spoke ENGLISH, he’d do a lot better.”

So, I said politely, “All that matters is how you swing the bat, not what language you speak” and I proceeded to ignore him. However, the bad karma had already set in.

What kind of nutjobs are infesting our stadium?

So that’s who gets it for me. This is a team full of PROFESSIONAL hitters. I have seen them destroy some of the best pitchers of our generation. I was at the game so it was hard to decipher how well Waters was pitching but his blazing “Regan Era” fastball and from what I could tell, slider and change seemed to fool said PROS! Baseball is a game of numbers. So many numbers with such strict guidlines that gives those numbers a “Language.” How can a whole team of talented hitters (and GMJ) be so useless the second there is someone they have never seen before. It must be faulty programming. Blame the PROGRAMMER!!!!!!!!!!