No one saw that coming...
by cupie on Sep 6, 2008 8:03 PM PDT
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Blame of the Game: Justin Speier
Of note though, a litte ray of sunshine did Bulger bring tonight. Great three innings.
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BOTG
Shared between Lackey and Frankie.
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by scareduck on Sep 6, 2008 8:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
It’s a given that Speier will lose any game that he enters with a tie score, so it’s hard to blame him.
What I do hope, though, is that the Soth realizes that come postseason, Speier does not belong on the roster. Bulger does.
by jjackflash on Sep 6, 2008 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bulger should have been up here since June at least.
His stats in AAA were so sick anyone with even half a brain would realize he’d pitch circles around Speier.
by MH252525 on Sep 6, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
problem is
that Speier is under contract for two more years and a lot more money. They’re not going to simply cut him. They could DL him for the playoffs, but they really couldn’t have gotten away with that during the regular season.
But he probably did belong more than Darren O’Day, who spent a lot of time up with the big club.
by jjackflash on Sep 6, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
K-rod
We wouldn’t have had to waste an extra 6 innings if he didn’t blow it
by Los Angeles de Anaheim on Sep 6, 2008 8:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
K-Rod blowing a save pretty much automatically ensures BotG.
by shiftyeyedgoat on Sep 6, 2008 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another choke like this one against a postseason contender
and he’ll lose $10M and a couple years off his next contract. Do it in the ALDS, and he’s looking at a serious hit.
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by scareduck on Sep 6, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the other hand
Hamburglar is a pretty decent nick for Bulger.
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by scareduck on Sep 6, 2008 8:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Imma say frankie........
but Lackey and Torii didnt help either………..this was like that lambchop song that would never end……….
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by norcaliangelsfan on Sep 6, 2008 8:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Speier's the Blame?
Really?
Oh well. Helluva fight was put up by a few. Way to go Figgy – I was afraid the next three weeks would pass without him getting a single homer. And it’s games like this that make next year look sunnier, i.e. Dondo being the closer. And wow – what was up with Bulger tonight?
"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 Sep 6, 2008 8:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Speier does it Again !!!!
this is my fist post, it has to be Speier, he is a automatic lost!! 1-8 now, give me a break, he does not deseve to be in the line up. time to sent him packin’. Bulger came in and was throwing heat, very impressive.
by bakosloneangelfan on Sep 6, 2008 8:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Can you imagine Speier's psyche right now?
Poor guy probably thought things were turning a corner for him when he was given the Clemente Award. Then WHACK, reality sucker punches and he realizes he’s still destined to be unemployed in a few months. Hang in there Justypoo, the Marines are always looking for “a few good men”.
by ReggieBullits on Sep 6, 2008 8:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I called it
I was watching the game and I missed the first out of the inning, I came back and I saw Speier in the game facing Thome, and said to my girlfriend. “Hey Babe, We’re about to lose”,, Sure enough, next pitch . BOMB.
Blame of the game is Fairly obvious.
by Big Bad , "VLAD"! on Sep 6, 2008 8:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
diddo big bad !!!
i said that exact same thing, the second i they showed him wraming up, i let out a big “oooh noooo!!!” i told my girl, “if he’s coming in next, were done!” its not hard to predit how the outcome when he comes in. I was at the game vs the Mets in June, the exact same thing happen, hopefully he heard me yelling “Nooo” from where i was sitting. there’s better options than him, especiallly with Bulger coming in and pitching 3 great innings of relief.
by bakosloneangelfan on Sep 6, 2008 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HA HA!
My wife was upstairs watching TV and almost every inning break after the tenth I would go upstairs and tell her the inning and score. When I went up and told her that Spier was in, she said “it’s over.”
BAA! She doesn’t watch very many games, but she’s seen enough of the Cobra’s handiwork to know what she’s talking about.
Let no joyful voice be heard! Let no man look up at the sky with hope! And let this day be cursed by we who ready to wake... the K-Rod!
by Scuff on Sep 6, 2008 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me three
Though my exact words were, “We’re doomed.”
Angels fan since '67
by red floyd on Sep 6, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mine were "Were Fucked"
"......and you can kiss it GOODBYE"
by Hapyorange on Sep 7, 2008 7:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we are in trouble
We have a hard time with the Rays. We have a hard time with Chicago. How are we going to get to the WS?
BLAME – Speier. The man in finished. I hope Soth doesn’t put him on the playoff roster
Write to the Angels front office. Get Tim Salmon's number 15 retired!
by KingF15h on Sep 6, 2008 8:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope Bulger gets a lot of chances the rest of the month and then if he pitches well he should replace Speier on the playoff roster
Angels in 08!
by tanana40 on Sep 6, 2008 8:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If Speier is anywhere near the post-season roster...
Then Scioscia will need to be tested for drugs. Speier is instant offense for the other team.
From my seats, it didn’t look like either hit against Frankie was very hard. Sometimes guys hit the ball and find holes. Uribe had two cheap hits tonight, but that’s the way it goes. Tough to blame the pitcher for those.
by LA Seitz on Sep 6, 2008 8:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
On the first hit Vlad was playing in the 1st row of seats in the OF
on a ridiculous no doubles d with no one out. I have news for you Soth….. If some pos hitter hits the ball over the OF head against Frankie then good job to the hitter and he deserves a double. He hit a ball that if Vlad is anywhere near his normal position he catches easily.
by MH252525 on Sep 6, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lots of people here have been saying to let Bulger pitch in Anaheim instead of AAA
His K rate was BETTER than Frankie’s in 2002 when he was in the minors. He pitched probably the best 3 inning relief stint the Angels have gotten all year.
However can someone please assure me that he is even eligible to be on the postseason roster. I don’t believe he was on the Roster on Aug. 31st and isn’t that the day they have to be on the roster to be eligible? And yea I know they might be able to pull some bs injury thing but if they put Speier on it and he’s NOT injured he could pull something with the players association right? Anyway if Speier is on the playoff roster and Bulger isn’t then I will be pissed.
Speier needs to go. He’s a load of crap and it’s sickening that he’s even still on the roster along with GMJ. Lackey shouldn’t have even been in the game when he gave up that 2 run homer. The Angels had Frankie, Shields and Dondo all ready to go and rested. That’s all on Soth.
by MH252525 on Sep 6, 2008 8:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Angels can pull a Frankie again
Lots of guys on the DL he could replace if it came to that.
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by scareduck on Sep 6, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bulger can be on the play-off roster because...
Escobar is on the 60 day DL. The another Speier bummer – he’s owed $4.75M in ’09 and $5.25M in ’10. In other words, $10,000,000 and two more years.
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
by WiHaloFan on Sep 6, 2008 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
anyone
who was in the organization as of 08/31/08 is eligible for the postseason roster.
by jjackflash on Sep 6, 2008 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
AJ called...
Wants to know how his ass tastes.
Let no joyful voice be heard! Let no man look up at the sky with hope! And let this day be cursed by we who ready to wake... the K-Rod!
by Scuff on Sep 6, 2008 10:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Blame of the Game =
Frankie. He blew the save, which ended up costing us the game, and me 2 points in the Pregame Guesses
Pain heals, Chicks dig scars, Glory lasts Forever!
by billhune on Sep 7, 2008 5:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
BOTG: the lineup for getting shutout over the final six innings
Bulger was great. But why have him throw 3 innings and 44 pitches? That’s too heavy an outing for a closer-type guy.
Losing this game is bad but the toll of extra innings is much, much worse.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!
by Fan Since 1981 on Sep 7, 2008 6:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
They would have been better off bringing in Speier in the 10th in order to save the bullpen. lol.
Man he sucks.
by stolenbases on Sep 7, 2008 6:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Turn the page...again...
(man this book is getting long and predictable).
Speier gets my sympathy of the game, because I knew he was going to lose the game.
Frankie gets a pass because there were some defensive positioning/plays that could have been made that would have made his night much easier.
I blame the psyche of John Lackey. He was bitching and moaning over and over with that home plate ump. Can’t let those things get to you. He did not have the mental makeup to get over it.
by Downing Rules on Sep 7, 2008 10:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Frankie deserves BOTG over Speier.
If he does his job, Speier never enters the game.
by snowhor on Sep 7, 2008 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Speier sucks.
Once I saw he was in the game I did not bother following it anymore. He is game over, but not in a good way.
Seattle I would like to thank you for sucking. It allows me to get back to my roots: Hating Fremont.
Kobe tell me how my ass tastes
by hauldog on Sep 8, 2008 9:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Lackey should have been BOTG
He blew a 3-run lead. Frankie was #2. We should have never let it get to Speeieieier.
Howie Kendrick, the Eric Davis of 2nd basemen...great when he's on the field, IF he's on the field...
by hk47 on Sep 8, 2008 12:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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