What do you like on your Side Salad?

by cupie on Sep 12, 2008 9:44 PM PDT in Postgame Threads

Panther of the Game: Mike Napoli

May the force be with us. May all the botttom of the 9th relievers we face be Miguel Batistaesque.

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Yay...

Q played some Q 3b tonight too! Nipples for Panther!

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

by K3YEROUT on Sep 12, 2008 9:46 PM PDT 0 recs

Oh, and btw...

linkie
ANAHEIM — Angels right fielder Vladimir Guerrero left after the fourth inning of Friday’s game with the Mariners with irritation in his right knee and is listed as day-to-day.

Sounds like an excuse to give Vlad a few days off!

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

by K3YEROUT on Sep 12, 2008 9:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

Soth just said on the post game show he is giving Vlad the weekend off.

Day to day.

by 44FAN on Sep 12, 2008 10:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

ive never seen

any athlete run the way vlad runs

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 12, 2008 10:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

Wait...Vlad can run?

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Sep 12, 2008 10:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

built in excuse for any october failure

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Sep 12, 2008 10:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

when he could run...

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 12, 2008 10:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yay!

Bearded man with blouse unbuttoned makes flame shoot up in sky. All party friends jump with glee at sight of small ball going over big wall!

Gansta.

http://bills.sportsbloggingnetwork.com/

by norcaliangelsfan on Sep 12, 2008 9:47 PM PDT 1 recs

lmao

panther

Kotch would've had that.

by howiestheman on Sep 12, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

Napoli is most luminous and provides unlike method of win games.

He is panther of mine!

Exceeding expectations is less a matter of luck than possession of certain assets.

by anaheim angels on Sep 12, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

yay

by Los Angeles de Anaheim on Sep 12, 2008 9:47 PM PDT 0 recs

Abso-frickin'-lutely

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 Sep 12, 2008 9:48 PM PDT 0 recs

F-yay

by ihearhowie2.0 on Sep 12, 2008 9:48 PM PDT 0 recs

YAY!

i love that WIN pic… it’s awesome

Kotch would've had that.

by howiestheman on Sep 12, 2008 9:48 PM PDT 0 recs

Love the pic too

Classic!

by stolenbases on Sep 12, 2008 9:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

Of Course there is love for the win pic

Who doesn’t like looking at Princess Leia in that gold bikini

in fact ill have a side order of that to go

Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee

by Angel Aviator on Sep 12, 2008 10:18 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yay

If Naps name was Ichiro that would have been a grand slam

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Sep 12, 2008 9:48 PM PDT 0 recs

Nay...

I say give it to Batista

Peanuts...Get your Overpriced Peanuts!

by Angel Hawker on Sep 12, 2008 9:49 PM PDT 0 recs

Or Johjima for getting hit by a ball almost every inning.

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Sep 12, 2008 9:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

Naps.. definitely

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 12, 2008 9:49 PM PDT 0 recs

or should i call him

salade latérale

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 12, 2008 10:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

ensalada al lado

BYU 59, UCLA 0

by hk47 on Sep 13, 2008 5:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

Screw BYU!!!

Not the place to say it, but I had to.

by Big Easy Halofan on Sep 13, 2008 5:46 PM PDT up 0 recs

Mike Napoli P A N T H E R !

1st career walk off homer.

by 44FAN on Sep 12, 2008 9:50 PM PDT 0 recs

Yay Baby

Definitely needed more Side Salad.

Way to go Manimal

by eyespy on Sep 12, 2008 9:51 PM PDT 0 recs

yay

POTG!! Nappy!!

by Mickey Hacker on Sep 12, 2008 9:54 PM PDT 0 recs

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 12, 2008 9:57 PM PDT 0 recs

does anyone else get this pic? :)

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 12, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Naps for Panther!

4 RBI’s and first walk off homer!

by stolenbases on Sep 12, 2008 9:57 PM PDT 0 recs

Naps all the way.

Fangraphs loves Napoli so much it married him. Naps with a WPA of .594 Next best Angel? WPA of .143 for both Dondo and Q.

Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!

by Fan Since 1981 on Sep 12, 2008 10:03 PM PDT 0 recs

im not sabermetric friendly

what does this mean?

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 12, 2008 10:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

It means that fangraphs gives Napoli approximately 60% of this win, a hefty amount.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Sep 12, 2008 10:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

nice

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 12, 2008 10:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

hey zu

do you realize your coming up on a milestone?

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 12, 2008 10:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

If you mean 10,000 posts, vaguely.

I don’t really pay attention to that sort of thing.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Sep 13, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up 0 recs

Maybe AnaheimHalos61 will send you a dozen rozes?

;)

by Downing Rules on Sep 13, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

Joe Saunders

Should also get some credit for the quality start . WPA tends to underrate starting pitchers.

by Mickey Hacker on Sep 12, 2008 10:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

saunders needs to find the missing 4 mph, or he should be behind weaver in the playoffs imo.

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Sep 12, 2008 10:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

PANTHER

George Michael

"i got 5ive on it"

by Funke5ive on Sep 12, 2008 10:06 PM PDT 0 recs

Yay

--
Zot! Zot! Zot!

by mjhsieh on Sep 12, 2008 10:10 PM PDT 0 recs

Yea

Side Salad for sure

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Sep 12, 2008 10:30 PM PDT 0 recs

apparently walk-offs are no longer good enough to get you on ESPN...

except if you’re the Red Sox.

I lie… they had a 10 sec. highlight of the game…. a shot of KRod getting ready, then Napoli’s homer. that was it. no more.

nothing about Saunders’ night. nothing about Q’s triple… heck, they didn’t even show the great assist from the first inning.

screw you, East Coast. you suck.

Kotch would've had that.

by howiestheman on Sep 12, 2008 10:43 PM PDT 0 recs

Considering all the great defensive plays in this game,

combined with all the games that were rained out, that sux.

Francisco Rodriguez: 203 career saves. 4 career Panthers, 1/2 as awesome as GMJ.

by Stirrups on Sep 12, 2008 10:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

what was pretty crazy was that they had a gamebreak from BBTN showing naps hit the SF

and i think it was fernando vina who said, napoli has some serious power, as evidenced by how far he hit this ball. and then literally 2 minutes later, nipples hits the walk off

Exceeding expectations is less a matter of luck than possession of certain assets.

by anaheim angels on Sep 12, 2008 11:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

Serious power to Vina = Albert Belle

Remeber the “broken up” play when Vina was playing 2B and Belle steam-rolled that little punk?

by Downing Rules on Sep 13, 2008 9:16 AM PDT up 0 recs

Nap for POTG

Then Saunders for a solid performance.

Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on Sep 12, 2008 11:37 PM PDT 0 recs

i didn't even read any of these posts...

but mike napoli is my favorite angel. period.

PANTHER.

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

by NoDakHalo on Sep 13, 2008 12:21 AM PDT 0 recs

If he can stay healthy.....................

Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on Sep 13, 2008 2:17 AM PDT up 0 recs

What is up with all you people continually dissing the Q man? For the past (6?) years or so, this man has brought us a .280 avg and the ability two play 4 different positions well (2OF, 2IF) as a BACKUP player. On the most recent thread, after Q hit a triple, someone called him Q-suck. Disgraceful.

This guy only averages about 70 games a year and 180 ab’s. And yet he can still maintain a decent level of play (“oh, my Rivera is not getting enough at bats or he would be Babe Ruth”).

Q is a BACKUP. He is versatile. What the FUCK more do you want from a fucking backup player?

Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on Sep 13, 2008 2:26 AM PDT 0 recs