Possible Battle For Los Angeles: Thursday Halolinks
by WiHaloFan on Oct 15, 2009 7:57 AM PDT
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It was almost the City of No Angels -- latimes.com
According to newspaper and book accounts supported by personal recollections and interviews, the late Walter O'Malley, who moved his storied team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958, never wanted an American League team in what he regarded as his new, private and lucrative territory or believed the AL had legal rights to it.
A really interesting story about the early Angel/Dodger rivalry.
Halos add power to formidable repertoire - angelsbaseball.com
The familiar perception of the Angels is out of whack with the current reality. Those Angels were about pitching, defense, speed, small ball and the occasional long ball, just to let the world know it was possible. These Angels mash.
Is a freeway series good for baseball? - NBC Sports - Circling the Bases
The Dodgers and Angels in the playoffs together for the third time in six seasons, but this is the first time they've both made it this far, so people are starting to buzz about the possibility of a freeway series.
They're only ALCS opinions . . . - Angels Unplugged - Los Angeles Times
If, as it appears, the Yankees throw as many as five left-handed starters at the Angels, with CC Sabathia going three times and Andy Pettitte twice, it could seriously limit Kendry Morales, who isn't nearly as effective batting from the right side . . . Howie Kendrick finally gets a chance to show that his postseason performance in 2008 was more a result of his not being fully healthy coming off a hamstring injury. With Sabathia and Pettitte starting so much, Kendrick should get plenty of at-bats against the Yankees, a team he usually torments . . .
3-man rotation is show of respect for Angels - FOX Sports on MSN
"To be honest, I think they look down on us," said general manager Brian Cashman. "They've had their way with us for some time, and now we have something to prove to them. It's not the other way around. "I think the Angels feared the Red Sox, but they don't fear us. I think they're happy they're playing us."
Fox Sports writes the above, CBS Sports answers with this:
The Yankees as underdogs? It just doesn't fit - CBSSports.com
"This is Ali-Frazier," Cashman said. "Two tremendous teams, with a great deal of respect and class on both ends. But I do think the Angels have found a way to get a comfort level when they're playing us. I think they stand tall, and whether they look down at us or we look up at them, they don't fear us. I think they feared the Red Sox [before the first round], but I don't think they fear us. "I think they're happy they're playing us."
Mark Teixeira's 2008 winter wish: to play the Angels in the ALCS -- latimes.com
"I told Torii in December I hope we play them in the ALCS," Teixeira said Wednesday. "And we're getting our wish."
Ranking the possible World Series matchups - Chris Bahr - Sporting News
The top two seeds in each league advanced to the LCS round, three via sweeps. But which potential Fall Classic matchup would be best?
Bobby Abreu isn't saying it, but he'd like to make the Yanks pay - Big League Stew - Yahoo! Sports
Never has a soldier remained so loyal after being discharged, but it speaks to a classy nature that has made you among one of the most respected and admired players out there. Instead of pouting over having your salary cut to relative slave wages, you put on an Angels uniform and instantly became one of the best free agent bargains of all time.
October 15 - BR Bullpen
Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 15.
1986 - The Boston Red Sox capped one of the greatest comebacks in major league history by defeating the California Angels, 8 - 1, to win the American League pennant after trailing three games to one in the playoffs.
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I don't think the yanks are underdogs at all...
but I do think we are going to see some high scoring games, in part to the strength of both offenses. This thing might come down to bullpens. Advantage cousin ollie and jepsen
R.I.P Nick
by RexTookMyStash on Oct 15, 2009 8:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
respectfully disagreeing
but, imo, this is gonna come down to starters. if it does come down to the ’pen, theirs is stronger than ours.
"it's mind-bottling."
by retrohalo on Oct 15, 2009 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Advantage Joba and Hughes
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can we import some of those bugs from Cleveland to distract Joba?
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 15, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and the necessary bug spray
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see the Yankees as underdogs either.
However, I am one of a small minority.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 15, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
niether team is an underdog
they are pretty evenly matched. This ALCS is going to come down to pitching (starting and bullpen) and coaching.. I’m biased, but I think that the Angels have an edge in the management department.
LIght up the Halo...
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 15, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
how in the hell
could the yanks be considered underdogs? ever?
their whole line-up mashed 20+ homers or something. granted it had something to do with 300 ft lines and a jet stream but, still, no way are they underdogs. cashman’s just trying to make the yanks more appealing. pathetic.
"it's mind-bottling."
by retrohalo on Oct 15, 2009 9:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That reveals the NY mindset.
No amount of money, thrown at any amount of baseball All-Stars, shall be deemed sufficient as long as there remains any possible reason to have any possible concern that any possible opponent might accidentally usurp the Yankees entitlement to the WS trophy.
So, unless MLB votes at the beginning of Spring Training and awards the that season’s trophy to the Yanks by unanimous proclamation, the Yanks are in “Situation Underdog”.
You too can be a baseball media analyst! Just don't allow your need to be wrong in public to get in the way of your ignorance.
by Stirrups on Oct 15, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did anybody actually read the accompanying text with the "underdog" line?
All Cashman said was that the Angels don’t fear the Yankees. Probably has something to do with confidence derived from owning them in the regular season and playoffs this decade. Trying to make the Yanks look more appealing?? Wtf? Why? What does he gain from “pathetically” trying to make the team more appealing? What’s pathetic is trying to take any bit of information and twisting it and squeezing it to try and make a payroll joke. Ugh.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Oct 15, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually think...
Cashman spoke mostly truth. The Angels take no mess from the Yankees and the Halos know that they can match up well against the Yankees. With the Red Sox, it was a feeling of almost having lost even before the game started. It was a mental thing.
However, in NO WAY do the Angels LOOK DOWN UPON the Yankees. No way.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 15, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
cashman said the angels look down on the yanks.
i don’t understand where and how that could’ve come about unless cashman’s making things up so his team’s more appealing so people will like it more and buy more jeter/arod jerseys and ny hats so that he can make even more money to buy even more superstars and then claim that other teams look down on them so that he could do it all over again.
pathetic.
"it's mind-bottling."
by retrohalo on Oct 15, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHA I hope you're joking
The Angels look down on us ergo, BUY MORE JERSEYS.
It’s not always about the money homeboy, sometimes there are facts and stuff involved too.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Oct 15, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what "facts and stuff"
prove the angels look down on the yanks, homey?
"it's mind-bottling."
by retrohalo on Oct 15, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But of course, it is the ownage.
Like I said before perhaps a decade of beating our asses and embarrassingly knocking us out of the playoffs has given the Angels a boatload of confidence going into this series. Yanks typically look like shit playing against yall, that my friend is a fact.
Then again that could all be bullcrap. It’s still a heck of a lot more believable than Cashman trying to make a plea so people buy Yankee gear. That doesn’t sound ridiculously stupid to anybody else?
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Oct 15, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dude, chill, i was kidding.
how the ef should i know what goes on in cashman’s head but that’s how ridiculous cashman saying the angels look down on the yanks sounds to me.
also, i don’t think the angels feared the sox – they certainly didn’t play scared.
"it's mind-bottling."
by retrohalo on Oct 15, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At long last the secret of our success revealed in that picture!
We take care of our own grounds! No wonder the Red-Sox couldn’t win!
~Till the Halo burns out...
by Zu Long on Oct 15, 2009 9:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pedroia should man up and get on a mower.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
by opiejeanne on Oct 15, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He couldn't reach the pedals
I feel the need, the need...for speed!
by Gorbachav5 on Oct 15, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HA HA!
Los Angeles Angels pitcher John Lackey jokingly spreads fertilizer before baseball practice in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.
God needed a starter. RIP #34
by 3rd Echelon on Oct 15, 2009 9:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey Angels fans
I know you hate Sox fans, and that’s me, but maybe you can be tolerant after the big win in the ALDS.
Anyways I just wanted to say that the Angels really deserved that series, they were the better team, and nobody can begrudge them their victory given the history of the teams.
Best of luck to the Angels, I hope you kick the snot out of the Yanks.
Peace
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Oct 15, 2009 10:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well thank you
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate the Red Sox!
Sorry, programmed response, let me try that again.
Thanks for the kind words!
I feel the need, the need...for speed!
by Gorbachav5 on Oct 15, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Underdog my ass. Vegas says:
LAA +150
NYY -180
Hell we are +160 for game 1
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What did it look like before game 1 against Boston?
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
by opiejeanne on Oct 15, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We were dogs
I am not sure of the numbers. I typically do not bet the Angels.
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Under Dog and Mighty Mouse, what a team!
I am fan various years ago.
by Fred Fredrix on Oct 15, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Super Chicken would kick both of their butts!...
…and you more than most should appreciate a super hero who’s sidekick was named…Fred. And that drank his super-sauce from a Martini glass!
by sothball on Oct 15, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mickey Mantle also drank his super sauce from a martini glass
A-Rod drinks his from a syringe
by PieceOfAase on Oct 15, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But who would wear the plumed hat?
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
by red floyd on Oct 15, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just can't picture Mickey in a plumed hat.
Therefore – by default and possibly by choice – A-Rod.
I’d think it’s more likely Mickey would wear a sweater with a backward “F”.
by sothball on Oct 15, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a bird... It's a plane... It's a frog!
A Frog?!!!!
Neither bird, nor plane, nor even frog. It’s little old me… UNDERDOG!!!!
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
by red floyd on Oct 15, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dogs
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Under dogs
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it Friday yet?
Did you guys hear Torii on Jim Rome’s show earlier?
“What’s up Romy-Rome?” HA HA!
God needed a starter. RIP #34
by 3rd Echelon on Oct 15, 2009 11:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Quote-a-licious
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
by red floyd on Oct 15, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cashman's comments
This is what happens when a man supremely unskilled at psychology tries to motivate his players.
Do the Angels “fear” the Yankees? Probably not, but there is a healthy respect there, and in no way are the Yankees underdogs.
"He's not a Rhodes Scholar to begin with''~Theo Epstein, talking about Papelbon
by George Kaplan on Oct 15, 2009 1:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If we make it and the Phillies do
I’ll be on the verge of shitting my pants every time Ibanez is at bat, he kills us.
#34, never forget.
by jtkelly86 on Oct 15, 2009 1:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i'm one step ahead of you.
i’ll feel that way whenever arod’s up against us at the big a. that guy loves our stadium.
"it's mind-bottling."
by retrohalo on Oct 15, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let me remind you,
the famous line. “Imma ruin your bithday!” came about when Ibanez was a Mariner and Torii Hunter caught a ball at the fence that would have been an Ibanez home run ball.
The 2009 Pregame Picks Winner and Iron Man of Halos Heaven.com
by 44FAN on Oct 15, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought the birthday thing,
came from that commercial Hunter was in while with the Twins…when he ht the pinata out of the window.
There’s another story for the line?
by WiHaloFan on Oct 15, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LL made it a thing
And we just took it over.
RIP #34
by linkbruin on Oct 15, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeff from LL used stills from that commercial and and did a parody of Hunter as sort
of a game wrap after the game I described which was one of the first games of 2007 between the Angels and the Mariners.
The 2009 Pregame Picks Winner and Iron Man of Halos Heaven.com
by 44FAN on Oct 15, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, yeah
I remember that. I didn’t realize he made it because Torii had robbed a Mariners homer.
by WiHaloFan on Oct 15, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not just robbed a home run...
but essentially sent all the Mariners trolls back under their rocks permanently. There has been nary a troll in these parts since….
They had some division title hopes, but that catch essentially sent the Mariners off into a corner curled up in a fetal position. It was a powerful play.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 16, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correction, it was actually April 18, 2008
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/4/18/415698/story-title
The 2009 Pregame Picks Winner and Iron Man of Halos Heaven.com
by 44FAN on Oct 15, 2009 4:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice link to that post...
Look who had the first post in the comments…. COACH OWENS! What a strange fellow he was. Sure haven’t seen much of his posts around here in quite a while.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 15, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so...
why is the NLCS still on TBS, but the ALCS is on Fox? scratches head.. why doesn’t one network have both series?
LIght up the Halo...
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 15, 2009 5:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
they like the AL better?
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.
by lightupthehalo on Oct 15, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
as long as the AL team is in the eastern time zone and isn't the Ray's, O's or Jay's?
LIght up the Halo...
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 15, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TBS had the ALCS last year
If you remember they were showing Family matters or some shit instead of Rays Sox
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe I'm getting old..
but I seem to remember the division serie(s) and the championship series(s) being being on either TBS or Fox, not split between the networks.
Happiness is driving down the 57 and seeing the Halo lit...
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 15, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How has no one mentioned that Burnett has continually shit the bed in big spots?
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 5:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
does anyone know about the yankees possible rainout game 4 starter?
by Halos in DE on Oct 15, 2009 5:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Have they announced the broadcasters yet?
i can’t seem to find it…
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Oct 15, 2009 7:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Joe Buck and Tim McCarver
So, a couple of douches
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, duh.
but yes, a couple of douches. but bigger douches than the guys from TBS? prolly not…
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Oct 15, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Battle of LA? No! OC vs. LA!
Stop lumping my beloved Angels into LA! They don’t play in LA! They play in Anaheim which is in Orange County! This is for media we as fans do not and should not adhere to this lie! I will as many other Angel fans will never call our Angels by the horrible insulting name! There is only one team in LA and they play in that toilet at Chavez Ravine. Get it right people!!!
by Angelfandan13 on Oct 16, 2009 10:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
is this that spcglobal guy under another name?
All that’s missing is the “bring the DH to the NL!!!!” at the end of the comment.
C’mon man, we are all over that LA-Anaheim thing. The city got screwed over, but we turn the page and play ball. Plus, we are back where we started in 1961.
Let. it. go. ……. now.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 16, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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