Some photos from yesterday's game and rally
by opiejeanne on Oct 2, 2009 6:36 PM PDT
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We got to the game early in hopes of getting a baseball signed, and Joe Saunders kindly assented. The interaction between the fans and the players was a pretty good show, like this one between Wood and a fan.
Weaver came over to the rail and signed stuff for people for about 10 minutes before the game. There was a guy waving a framed photo of Nick that he was trying to get every Angel to sign. It looked like he had a lot of signatures by the time he started waving it at Weav while he was signing caps and balls for the kids. There weren't a lot of kids at the game yet, so he may have managed to get most of them.
The owner of the pink hat sat beside me. She was very cute and there with a date, so I didn't get her picture.
I regret to say that I couldn't catch the interaction between Napoli and two very attractive non-cougars (they looked about 25) who had had a little bit of work done (amusing understatement) which amused him and the rest of the dugout; he made eye contact with the ladies, grinned and disappeared, and then one by one the entire dugout peeked out and cracked up. Naps kept popping back up for another look, grinning like mad. At one point there was the funniest combination of guilt and enjoyment on his face that made several people laugh at him and shout, "Shame on you." I don't think he heard. The older lady in front of us got a text message from her husband asking if the girls were in her section so if you saw the game you saw these girls. The guy behind me, old enough to be their grandpa, described them as HOT. My camera is big and has a big lens, so it's hard to be sneaky.
Rivera checking out the ladies.
I spared you the front view of several cougars, two of whom looked good from a distance but when they sat right in our section they were scary, skanky females. There might not be enough beer in the world.
Napoli is Not Interested.
Lackey pitching to the second batter:
The third inning was the most interesting.
Quinlan on third, waiting for K-Mo to hit a home run. Terry Evans had already scored on a wild pitch by Millwood.
Which he did.
Kendry's home run drove in Quinlan, Vladdy's up to bat. 
After the third inning it was kind of quiet, except for Trevor Bell's adventure with the broken bat.
Gary Matthews jr. started tossing candy or bubble gum to the kids around the 7th inning, and the kid in front of us (about 10) had collected two foul balls. Greedy little sucker tried to muscle his way in front of the younger kids to get more. His dad did not discourage him, although he did accuse me of being a school principal after I confiscated the second beach ball. (I got tired of getting whacked on the back of my head.) The crowd booed me, but they didn't send any more my way. I acknowledged them by tipping my cap.
After the game we were treated to the Army parachute jump.
Love the pirate flag.
Then we sat through the rally, parts of which were pretty good but the final impression was that it was a mediocre party. They had Bobby Grich and Clyde Wright, but no Timmy Salmon. Wright was funny but every time the Red Sox were mentioned the booing from the stands was so loud and long that we missed a lot of the interviews.
These guys all clean up really nice, and I wish I had a decent picture of Mike Butcher and Gary Matthews, jr because they looked very sharp in their suits.
We got to see that incredible set of stats again:
Izzy and Kendry (I think).
Vladdy waving at the crowd.
I was on the wrong side of the field when the team was leaving, so I had to shoot the video screen to get the rookies and I didn't get them all. I need some help identifying them.
For more photos, click on the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snowwhite/sets/72157622501527188/
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Awesome pics
Somebody needs to introduce some of our players to a tailor, though.
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by Carl Johnson on Oct 2, 2009 6:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Someone convinced Chone that wearing Michael Jordan's jacket would make him look good.
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by opiejeanne on Oct 2, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the compliment.
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by opiejeanne on Oct 2, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So that WAS Figgins!
I saw him in John Wayne over a year ago wearing that EXACT same suit! With a few more gold chains and/or big sunglasses though.
Awesome pics! Loving the rookie hazing shots, esp. whoever got tasked with playing Lt. Dangle!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
by Clutch on Oct 2, 2009 8:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Awesome pictures!
As for the skankier types that go to the Big A… not enough beer? Yikes…. that’s pretty bad
Beat the Angels if you can... Survive if they let you.
by blast21dave on Oct 2, 2009 9:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They looked like they'd done a lot of drugs to stay that thin,or maybe just a lot of booze instead of food, definitely not a healthy look.
They looked like they were on the FAR side of 35, maybe over 40.
There was another pair of sisters about the same age who were just as bad in a different way, and you didn’t have to be as close to tell that you wouldn’t be interested.
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by opiejeanne on Oct 2, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Sounds like a sickly looking cougar at best. Good thing my head is in the clouds as I rarely ever notice these strange creatures lurking around the ballpark.
Beat the Angels if you can... Survive if they let you.
by blast21dave on Oct 3, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've never noticed this activity before, and this is not the first time we've sat behind the Angels dugout.
Maybe I’ve just been oblivious.
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by opiejeanne on Oct 3, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's worse at the player's exit after games.
The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do. - Gene Mauch
by Stirrups on Oct 3, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's the truth
There were tons of them at both player’s exits at the recent NYY/LAA games. Then security asked us to leave while the skanky types were ignored.
Beat the Angels if you can... Survive if they let you.
by blast21dave on Oct 3, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This pic
Is AMAZING
"Figgins' OBP is still over 40!" -Steve Physioc
by Figgi4life on Oct 2, 2009 10:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks. Just dumb luck. I try this a lot.
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by opiejeanne on Oct 2, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Granted there’s some pretty good material to work with.
Also, Sosh’s tie is BRUTAL.
by mattwelch on Oct 3, 2009 5:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was trying to decide what was on his tie. It looked like white baseballs on a red field.
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by opiejeanne on Oct 3, 2009 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
rookies
- - RafRod (rubber duckie)
- - Chris Petit (pink dress)
#3/4 – Matt Palmer (big baby) - - Trevor Bell (police dude)
World Series '09 - In Memory of #34 Nick Adenhart!
by b0rd3rline on Oct 5, 2009 12:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I believe the "rubber ducky" is supposed to be a spoof of Bjork and her "swan dress"
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
by red floyd on Oct 5, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha! I had almost forgotten about that dress. Thanks.
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by opiejeanne on Oct 5, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you. I think Trevor Bell is portraying Lt Dangle from Reno 911.
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by opiejeanne on Oct 5, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
great pictures!
since they are on Flickr already you should add them (all or some) to my Angels Flickr group over there so more people can see them :)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/angels/
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.
by lightupthehalo on Oct 6, 2009 11:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ok, thanks. I was loading them to an angels group on flickr before this but I could only put up 6 at a time. Is that your site?
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by opiejeanne on Oct 6, 2009 10:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It is my group on Flickr ....
I see you added some, thanks! I do have a limitation of 20 images able to be uploaded per day because I have having problems with people flooding the pool with 100+ images at a time …. not quite sure it was only letting you do 6 at a time.
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.
by lightupthehalo on Oct 8, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I need to learn to proofread ...
*was having problems
*not quite sure WHY
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.
by lightupthehalo on Oct 8, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I misremembered the last time I loaded photos. It's ok.
I spent so much time putting my fanpost together that I never added the info on Flickr.
I’ll take a few more this evening, see if I can get anything decent.
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by opiejeanne on Oct 8, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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