Umpires Greenlight Yankees Game 4 Victory
by Rev Halofan on Oct 20, 2009 8:38 PM PDT
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PrintSo two Yankees are tagged not standing on a base, what happens? One is called safe. This is just one of many instances this postseason where the most ratings-friendly team in baseball located in a favorable media market is being gifted more opportunities to score and to wear down the opposing pitcher.
Numerous calls that should have gone the Angels' way and a strike zone the ignored the knees and letters to an Angels starter, Scott Kazmir, who lives on the outer limits of the plate can only add to the frustration as anyone with an historical appreciation of the game can practically smell a media-industrial complex version of Arnold Rothstein collaborating to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Chicago Black Sox in corrupt style.
The soul-killing effect of knowing that the Yankees were getting all the calls while the Yankees were getting ther money's worth out of starter CC Sabathia drowned what was the biggest Angels threat of the evening. It began with a Kendry Morales solo homer and was suddenly two men on with nobody out - but the Angels reverted to their hacking of old and formerly nails-versus lefties Juan Rivera grounded a 2-1 pitch into a double play that was the twist of the knife on the game, and perhaps the season.
But John Lackey faces A.J. Burnett on Thursday night and 6 teams in baseball history have come back down 3 games to 1 to win a 7 game series, so the ALCS may be far from over. If only the phone records and bank statements of the umpiring crew could be more closely scrutinized prior to Thursday evening.
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Where is Kaz on this list?
How can the guy that shit down his leg for the 2nd time in the playoffs not be a choice?
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
he's there
Just another Halo victory
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 20, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasnt when the thing was first posted
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
yep, he was added at 841P
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank You
at least you have your finger on the pulse……more then can be said for our fearless leader
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he's replying to himself trying to say you're better than Soth.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
The only thing this series has done is rekindle my hatred for the Skanks
I really hope the Angels make some big moves this off season.
The time is out of joint; oh cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right.
by chairmanofthebar on Oct 20, 2009 8:40 PM PDT reply actions
Big moves?
nah we can win with what we got its just that most of our players are not in their prime and some are past it :(
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 20, 2009 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
“so this is your new ace, yes”? (insert lackeys shit eating grin)
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
whatever, wait till tomorrow.
If he beats them, then yes, otherwise he is just another pile of shit.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty ignorant thing to say.
lackey has proved that he can win in the post season, given the minimum of run support.Dude has been a rock since 2002.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
don't call me ignorant. You have no idea.
IF we lose on thursday, than what kind of ace is he/????
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
We do have an idea ...
calling Lackey, our Game 7 winner in 2002, a piece of shit is downright LAME.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Super Lame
he has had no run support and pitched well. The D in GM did the opposite of bailing him out and didn’t even make up for it by producing some runs for him
The point was, . . he is just as good as Kazmir if we lose. O.K. the shit analogy was lame.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
dude, his stuff is better than Kaz's and you dont need to be an advanced scout to grasp that one.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
When and where was he called "shit"
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
8:46PM by BBV...he took it back. We're all good. Back off, AA! ;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh...i have an idea alright.
You ask what kind of an ace is he…
Maybe he’s an ace that gets zero run support throught the years? Maybe lackey will put up a CG with 1 run and the angels O will blank on him.
In johns only post season loss this year, he gave up 2 runs, in a losing effort.
Talk shit on the 1 guy who gave you a world series ring and the motherfuckin ace of the staff. Give me a big game, and I want john in it.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
My bad, I agree, I want Big John in the Big game too. PLEASE GOD GIVE HIM SOME RUN SUPPORT@!!!!!
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesnt really matter who pitches if the Angels arent going to play D or hit
going to the mound knowing you have to be perfect in order to give your team a chance is no way to pitch. I would like to see Lackey pump his guys up though instead of being so quick to show them up by throwing his hands in the air when things start to become shaky. Dont ever recall seeing the rest of the team throw their arms up in disgust when he allows a 3 run HR
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Lackey knows this better than we do.
He has been making not so subtle comments to this effect since playoffs last year. I have the feeling that he has seen enough, and is sure to leave.
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.
I love lackey.
But, there’s a part of me that wants him to leave and experience the exact same SHIT, except on another team, not realizing how good he had it with the halos.
Of course, he will probably go to the yanks and get a ring. Fuck my life.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
We will be sitting here watching him get clocked by a hot Figgy playing for CWS.
And be saying over and over “FML, FML, FML…”
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.
Not bad that I, as a 52 year old, knows that!
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.
Yeah I'm starting to think that too.
but the question is who would he want to sign with other than the Angels?
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 20, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
lackster looked great in the ALDS..
but really he didnt look any better than Kaz in game 1… granted he got jobbed by the D but he made it worse by erroring himself.
#34 R.I.P.
Heavenly Offense
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Oct 20, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Whatever?
We are winning THURSDAY. Lackey will be an ACE and the offense will arise from their SLUMBER.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Let Us See If Lackey Can Pitch Instead of Throwing a Tantrum
The very first game Lackey pitched, he acted like a baby whining and crying instead of concentrating on striking guys out. He needs to act like an adult and just do what he is being paid to do, being paid big bucks at that, which is pitch and pitch good. If he can do that, the Angels have a chance. If not, then he can start his vacation. He is not going to get those fat contracts for sub-par pitching in the playoffs. All the other teams have already seen his very poor game one performance. He blows this again tomorrow and he is toast in the free agent market!
I believe he mans up...
AND THE GAME IS NOT TOMORROW (sorry for yelling).
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Lackey
In the past I’ve said I don’t think Lackey is one oif the elite pitchers in this league. Obviously he’s the best we got, but to say he pitched bad in game 1? 2ER is doing his job. Its the offense that’s tanked it so far. Except for some key hits we haven’t done anything offensively.
by HALO_86 on Oct 21, 2009 10:15 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It Boils Down to Pitching
When the offense is unable to get the hit, it is a problem with the hitters. I beg to disagree. It is a problem of the pitchers. Pitchers have to shut the other team down which the Yankees have done a very good job on the Angels. If your pitcher can do his job and hold the other team down then, you have a chance to win when they change pitchers down the line. If your pitcher cannot even hold the opposition for a couple of innings like Kazmir in Game 4 for instance or Lackey in Game 1 then, your chances are slim to none of winning. In the post season, the best pitchers will win! Game 3 showed that when the Angels pitchers match the Yankees, we can win! The exception to the rule probably is Vlad as he swings at every pitch practically and the opposing pitchers know to keep throwing bad pitches as he will take a whack at it no matter what so, that makes it easier for the opposing pitchers.
Are they actually going to do postgame tonight?
by HalolessHaloFan on Oct 20, 2009 8:42 PM PDT reply actions
Wow, they are going to do postgame
did we have postgame last night?
by HalolessHaloFan on Oct 20, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, jeff was interviewed. ....
not sure whats going on now, as im watching Wrong Turn 2.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
FSN West is doing postgame with a REX HUDLER sighting.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
:( and I can't watch
Just another Halo victory
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 20, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice headline. You stay classy Los Angeles of Anaheim
by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 20, 2009 8:43 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
"stay classy" isn't cliche
and should be used more often.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah well our mods don't post headlines after a 10-1 loss blaming a conspiracy
by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 20, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude that game was a DEBACLE...
ok, so you had swisher called out, but that was not even CLOSE the strike zone KILLED Kazmir.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Really that strike zone cost your team 10 runs?
by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 20, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
He could have
Been in the game much longer and, yes, many runs would have been saved.
Not saying it would have saved the game, however.
Wow...
I’m starting to think that Yankee fans just love to piss off others and embrace the hate they receive.
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 20, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Agree
The strike zone did kill Kazmir. By the time of the Swisher call the DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE. The tone had been set.
Swisher call was merely in the service of obfuscation
Stay classy?
how bout we settle this new york style? you down?
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 20, 2009 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
New York style?
isn’t that THIN CRUST?
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah! Fuck that pan pizza shit.
lets get that classy new york pizza :)
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 21, 2009 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
THE SKANKPIRES!!!!
how much did they get paid???
OH and eat me about the tagged up call. They have to at least make it look legit.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 8:43 PM PDT reply actions
The umps are wearing pinstriped underwear
with the number 13 on the crotch. ;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Agree "Vlad"
Despite the fact that our offense missed some golden opportunities, we had already been put behind the 8 ball by home plate umpiring.
We played way to shitty to pin this on the Umps.
Some serious butt kicking better be goin’ on in the clubhouse right now cause this was embarassing. Our fault plain and simple.
Captain, there are doubt's...
way to give the umps a pass, JEEZUS!!! DID YOU SEE THE GAME|????
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah,
and that play at 3rd got them more fired up than anything else this series. What did they do about it? A few GIDPs and some Ks and some LOBs. Nice job.
Captain, there are doubt's...
Do you not care about fair and impartial???
If this shit keeps up, we will have another 1919 on our hands.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You really believe that that the Umps care who wins?
Or are you saying that they were paid off? Cause if it’s just incompetence that you are upset with, then it’s only our fault.
Captain, there are doubt's...
No, I am saying whole heartedly, that this game is no longer fair and impartial.
that in fact, the umps( or ump or two) are paid off. Seriously, look at it from a business perspective. Look at how much money the Yanks will make if they make the WS. How little it would cost them to pay the umps in relation to how much they have already paid out in salary etc. The mafia does in fact exist.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Have fun doing something other than watching baseball then.
Why bother if the game is fixed?
Captain, there are doubt's...
Come on except that the Angels got beaten and beaten badly
no umpire is in on a fix………
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
That is just stupid talk.
When you see an ump choke and fail to make an obvious call that any Littel Leaguer would understand, it is not because he is getting paid off. It is because he is am intimidated puss who refuses to be the guy to blow the Yankees out of a potential rally in a pivotal game of the League Championship Series.
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.
Stupid?? check the NBA, Check The . . . MLB. Learn some history.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey dumbass...learn some yourself before vomiting up cliches.
The NBA didn’t pay off the refs, Donaghy was on the take from the mob. The FBI and the NBA busted him. And MLB didn’t pay off the White Sox, the White Sox were taking money from the mob. MLB was the organization that exposed and punished them, overly so.
If the umps are on the take, it requires investigation to prove it, not some jackass mistake every 12-year old ballplayer could see. McClelland calls out BOTH Yankees for being too stupid to hold up their end of the bargain on his bribe. AND he earns his bribe by calling Swisher safe on the tag up challenge.
Go ahead and be pissed, but get a grip. Flailing at strawmen is a waste of hard earned energy.
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.
Dude, did you actually read my post??
‘The mafia in fact does exist. ’ Right there at the end. So who’s the dumbass now Stirrups??
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I was reacting to the BIGGEST POINT IN YOUR POST:
“Look at how much money the Yanks will make if they make the WS. How little it would cost them to pay the umps in relation to how much they have already paid out in salary etc”
The subject of those sentences are the Yankees, not the mob. Therefore, the party that you are accusing of paying off the umps would be the Yankees, not the mob. Your latter mob sentence is a mere non sequitur to your actual accusation.
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.
Well, I've been drinking, AND i don't think the two are mutually exclusive.
It’s likely that within the NY empire are elements that associate with Mafia, and as such could conspire to create a situation whereby the Yanks have more than a fair shot. Vegas odds and such, bettting and general revenue included in the accumulated windfall gained from a WS appearance.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
We could have avoided a lot of angst had you:
joined those two subjects at all. Drinking, however, is an inhibiter on proper grammer that I well understand. And, in times of serious pissiness, wholeheartedly endorse.
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.
i care about RISP hitting...
the angels had NONE… that was the ballgame sir. you’re not gonna win game when you score 1 run… and have a black hole in the leadoff and 5 spot
#34 R.I.P.
Heavenly Offense
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Oct 20, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
yep
you can bitch about the umps all you want, but when we had chances early on to get Kazmir run support we failed.
Playoff Time Lets Get it Go Angels!!!! Beat New York.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 21, 2009 2:51 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
do you really think the umps had anything to do with them scoring 10 runs...
and the halos only scoring 1… drink another… thats what im doing
#34 R.I.P.
Heavenly Offense
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Oct 20, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed
while every year we get killed by crazy calls. the offense has to show up. that is the only way to get past it.
by HalolessHaloFan on Oct 20, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Pitching Is About Holding the Other Team Down
The Yankee pitchers pretty much did their jobs which is hold the Angels hitters down. if the Angels looked bad, it is because of the Yankee Pitchers. Our pitchers on the other hand, Lackey, Fuentes, Kazmir pretty much let the team down. If they held the Yankees down, we would have had a chance to win like last Monday. Vlad probably cost us plenty too because he did not have plate discipline and took a swing at practically every single pitch! Kazmir pretty much guaranteed a Yankee win with the way he pitched last night!
The Umpire should donate their pay check to charity
With that said that wasn’t the reason why the Angels got out played and out hustled all evening long.
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
BOTG: Fuentes
"Figgins' OBP is still over 40!" -Steve Physioc
by Figgi4life on Oct 20, 2009 8:44 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
BOTS
since they needed to win every game cc didnt start
well, every game he didnt start if scioscia insists on trotting out figgins and abreu as a 1-2 v. cc
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Oct 20, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
that. was. funny.
You put Frankie in that pen and we wrapped up the sweep tonight! ;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
that sucked
Kazmir didn’t look smooth tonight but damn that strike zone by the ump was horrible. Almost 2 different zones for the Yanks and Angels. I’m still keeping the faithm 1 game at a time. We can do it. The hitters have to obviously wake up and get going and give the pitchers something to work with.
by HALO_86 on Oct 20, 2009 8:45 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Awful write up
The umps didn’t help, but we are playing a powerful team that has more offensive weapons than we do. We are pressing and playing like NY is Boston. We have made errors that were uncharacteristic of the team we loved all year. To whine about Fox or the umps is childish. The Angels are beating themselves.
I think we win tomorrow. After that, who knows….
by Lee Stevens' Potential on Oct 20, 2009 8:46 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
+1
this schedule has screwed up so many people! ;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Where is the option
for the entire team? After we got out in the 6th down 5-1, nobody even put forth an effort.
no it is NOT
Just another Halo victory
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 20, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
And the Yankees remember 2004...
where they coughed up a sure-fire World Series appearance by losing FOUR IN A ROW.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Posted this in another thread earlier
by TheAntiSox on Oct 20, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahaha!
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
—Hasta la victoria siempre ¡Patria o Muerte! –Ernesto "Che" Guevara
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Oct 20, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
i blamed Kaz
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
Way to show up in the playoffs Juan Rivera.
.167 in the playoffs from a number 5 hitter is pretty awful.
Playoff Time Lets Get it Go Angels!!!! Beat New York.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 20, 2009 8:48 PM PDT reply actions
well
he is only slightly slumping compared to the .215 he hit the last month and a half of the season.
the way they were swinging the bat coming into the playoffs, neither hunter nor rivera should have sniffed the meat of the order.
at least tori got a big hit in game 1, that was a long time ago considering the bad baserunning, his errors, calling out fuentes, and doing jack shit in the 3 hole
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Oct 20, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
What is Gary in 2009?
0-4 4k?
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
So, he's going to get a rhythm in a last-ditch start tomorrow?
Uh, no. Is Burnett a fastball first pitcher, if so, then start GMJ. However, I’d rather see Quinlan before GMJ.
I think both of us are smoking crack. You have to stick with you top guns. They have to relax and play and quit pressing. Keep the lineup intact Scioscia. They will come through.
MOJO SUGGESTION: Have Adam Kennedy throw out the first pitch Thursday.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
NOW LET'S GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I BLAME SCIOSCIA
For not making any moves, other than benching Mathis, using Bulger on back to back days, lifting Santana for no reason, keeping figgy in the leadoff spot, batting rivera 5th (worst hitter for the last 2 months) … make some moves, there is no time for cliches and figuring things out next week.
Rivera is hitting worse than Kendrick was hitting when he got sent to Salt lake, and this guy gets to bat 5th ? he starts every game of the series, while you have benched kendrick twice already when he had the highest ops on the team in the 2nd half of the season?
MAKE SOME MOVES! PUNCH AN UNDER PERFORMING PLAYER! LET FUENTES CALL OUT TORI HUNTER FOR SUCKING!
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Oct 20, 2009 8:48 PM PDT reply actions
Bulger blows...
Even an injured Shields is probably more effective at this point.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
ive discounted all the blame-sosh posts this year
but this is absolute truth.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Jeez, own up and suck it up
You got beat, your pitchers threw too many balls, and your fielders/bats fell asleep after the 6th. The bad calls had zero impact on the final score. Yankee fans have more to complain about; we actually had a run taken off the board.
Again, class is in short supply here…
Blind devotion.
by ProfessorBigelow on Oct 20, 2009 8:49 PM PDT reply actions
Hard to throw strikes when the ump calls them balls. . . . then blames it on the catcher.
What a f-ing joke.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Your best player is a steroid user
how delicious
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Oct 20, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
More to complain about?
Are you kidding?
Did you just come by to check and make sure we’re being “classy”?
by PitPerc on Oct 20, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
eh.
gotta agree with this poster.
the blame game is tired.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
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by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
i said that at least 500 times yesterday i swear
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
u mean your runner on 3rd who was actually tagged out at 2nd a batter earlier...
thereby making the sac fly attempt to torii the 3rd out… it’s called a make up call. go be high and mighty somewhere else
#34 R.I.P.
Heavenly Offense
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Oct 20, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I will be
I’ll be in reality, I can celebrate all I want there.
Blind devotion.
by ProfessorBigelow on Oct 20, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG...
just change that 49ers to patriots and you would be the follower of every single perennial champion. YOu are so awesome! ;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
EAT SHIT , anyone can root for the fucking money team with paid off umpires.
It takes people with heart to root for the ANGELS"!!!!!!!!!!
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
im sorry did what i just say not happen...
cause uhhh… well it did.
#34 R.I.P.
Heavenly Offense
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Oct 20, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow a Yanks, Lakers, and Trojans fan
Seriously you’re an asshole who has no place lecturing fans.
RIP #34
Who's winning a title this year? I am SO a fan of THAT team! ;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Agree with this, blaming the Umps is very weak.
Halo fans should be better than the blog post here.
Say what you want but he was clean tonight and a BEAST
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Still remember the talk here on this site about how everyone would love him to be an Angel
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Shut your pie hole little boy
previous remarks about you are accurate …reconize that ARod is one of the better players to ever suit up
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You don't know me.
He IS one of the better players to stick needles in his ass, and lie, and cheat. Your right about that.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea A-rod is a great homerun hitter
he is also a cheater and completely crazy. Since we are in the vein of stating facts
He wears lipstick, too.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
A-Rod is not clean
I don’t know what gave you that impression but he is still using. They don’t test for HGH.
how do you know that?
exactly. You don’t. Nobody knows what anybody is using, and nobody every will know unless they start testing for him.
You Angels fans love to bash A-Rod, don’t you? I know you are upset that he absolutely owns you guys, but honest to god, give the guy a break. You knock him for something he did 6 years ago, and then accuse him of using other substances?
He’s just as good without steroids. 2007 should have taught you that. The Angels were one of the top teams that wanted to sign him after that year before he resigned with the Yankees, and I bet you guys would love to have a talent like that on your team.
AGREED REV
BUT WE COULDN’T HIT A BALL OF A TEE IF WE HAD RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION TONIGHT.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
sad day to be an angel fan, either we are in for a historic comeback, or another sad year. I am hoping its the former.
However, the later is going to happen if we dont get SOMETHING from Juan and Figgy. Today was the first game of the series we didnt do something fundamentally stupid. But with Kazmir bringing nothing to the table, we were put in a big whole.
Also WTF is up with scoscia lineup. we need need to move juan into a spot where he doesnt come up in clutch situations (Ie. the 7th spot BEHIND K-mo and izzy/hk)
All that said, if we can make those changes, I have no doubt we can get this series to a game 7, and we all know anything can happen in a game 7!
In Kobe we trust!
You know seriously
You had one of the best pitchers in baseball just throw an impeccable game on short rest. The Yankees lineup just clicked tonight. Yet a lot of you guys really want to blame the umps and a conspiracy? Guys even if the umps “GAVE” the Yankees 5 runs, you still would have lost 5 – 1. You guys didn’t lose 4-3. It was 10 friggin – 1
by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 20, 2009 8:52 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
To your point, the "10" doesn't mean shit. The "1" means everything.
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 20, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
yeah the umpires didn't win it for the yankees
the angels once again lost it, by not hitting the ball. emotionally the umps might have taken the angels out of it, but yeah know what, that isn’t worth squat. This whole series, maybe except game 3 they couldn’t hit the ball and couldn’t field. Up until yesterday the Angels pitching was fantastic.
look jerk off
Had the calls been made, the strikes been called, we don’t know how it would have turned out. So, much like your city, your argument is shit.
Speaking of seriously
You come on an Angels fan site and tell them what to think after a loss. What did you expect they would say to you? You’re trolling.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
—Hasta la victoria siempre ¡Patria o Muerte! –Ernesto "Che" Guevara
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Oct 20, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep...
if I were to ever troll. EVER. It would only be after a bad loss, like tonight to congratulate the other team. However, I don’t troll, so I wont.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
hey go pull the tags off your new Yankees hat
and enjoy your win. you paid top dollar for it.
by UCIHalo on Oct 20, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
ROFLCOPTER!
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 20, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree, CC threw a great game...
but, I can show you at least 10 balls for Kazmir that were strikes for CC. At least.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Umps made so terrible calls
but it resulted in zero runs. It wasn’t the umps fault.
Cascade Effect.
What does the game look like if CC is dealing with situational pressure every inning in a 1-1 game, because our starter can remain in the game with his well-earned effectiveness?
And what does the game look like with the score within reach, and the Halos being among the finest teams in history at manufacturing runs?
We shall never know. instead, we will wear “10-1” with ignomy. So allow us some frsutration.
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.
Frustration allowed
I’ll never someone how to take a loss.
Sorry
never “tell” someone how to take a loss.
If it doesn't hurt, you didn't give a shit in the first place.
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.
umps calls
Granted the calls didn’t result in runs it’s all about momentum of the game. Those out would have been 3rd outs. Sometimes it’s all about the momentum of the game.
I’m not saying we played great and the umps are to blame for the whole game. But there have been some REALLY bad calls in this series.
And you know it’s not just the Angels complaining when every single internet sports page has the play at 3rd on their front page. No matter what you cannot have 2 player occupy the same base. NO ONE was on the base. They were both out.
Now, it’s not over yet!!!! We can still get through this. I’m not giving up – It’s NOT over.
by angelsfan777 on Oct 21, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
A-Roid is still a fraud
And CC is still fat.
It is good to see somebody earn their paychecks for a change.
and we're still down 3 - 1.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
but we will prevail in 7
better? :)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
All of a sudden , I appreciate what the Red sox has done to the skanks .
NOw I hate the Yanks more than the sox
hmmm no, I still hate the Sux more. Look at their classless Dave Henderson move.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Karma. Will. Bite. You. In. The. Ass.
Just another Halo victory
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 20, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
you're right . Fucking hate them BOTH .
Fuck em. LAA in SEVEN . 77777777777777777777777777777
by Ed@northridge on Oct 20, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
it's always been a 6-and-1-half-dozen-in-the-other thing for me
Just another Halo victory
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 20, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I hate 'em both.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
—Hasta la victoria siempre ¡Patria o Muerte! –Ernesto "Che" Guevara
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Oct 20, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Angels better not
Let the )anks clinch on our field. I’m still expecting to win but damn I don’t want to see that if that’s the case. I’m soo disappointed in the offense. Kaz want good. Damn the offernse has struggled all series. They haven’t showed except in a spot here and there. 3 and 5 hitters stinkin it up. 1 and 2 what more can I say. I’m just venting. They better show up thursday. 1 game at a time. Let’s do it.
by HALO_86 on Oct 20, 2009 8:55 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
has anyone called out the difference in the strike zones yet?
Just another Halo victory
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 20, 2009 8:56 PM PDT reply actions
"...not..."
You forgot the “not” right after the word “anyone”.
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.
Are you reading the posts here ?
or did you just go straight to the “post a comment” section? ;) lol!
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
having a hard time catching up... sorry
Just another Halo victory
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 20, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
MLB Network
Ump calls were “odd” and “peculiar” What the hell are they afraid of? Those calls were wrong and they should be ashamed of themselves. they owe both teams apologies.
Captain, there are doubt's...
JR
Whatever FanGraphs says, that Juan Rivera at-bat was the peak of Mount Everest in terms of leverage in this game, and he pushed us off the edge with his double play ball.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
FUCK RIVERA, FOR THE 115TH TIME, TRADE HIM PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
1 million FUCK YOU RIVERA is never enuff .
10000001 tthat will do it .
by Ed@northridge on Oct 20, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
BRING ON THE NEXT GAME
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
Where they showed themselves to be prideless?
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.
CC wants a couple dozen ho-ho's
Just another Halo victory
by HalosFanInNorCal on Oct 20, 2009 8:58 PM PDT reply actions
Why the hell weren't the Angels working the damn counts.
On 3 days rest, they should have been trying to wear down CC. Not play his game. That was crap from the start.
Happy Birthday to the ground!
given the strike zone he was given
just about every 1st pitch was a strike
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Oct 20, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
We did that in one, inning I think.
It worked for a little while and then someone GIDPed. I think it was rivera.
Captain, there are doubt's...
shake things up sosh...
and by that i dont mean flip flopping 1 .167 hitter (kmo) for the other (rivera)
#34 R.I.P.
Heavenly Offense
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Oct 20, 2009 9:06 PM PDT reply actions
Yanks are the better team
better hitting
better starting pitching
better defense
better bullpen
only advantage Halos have Joe G is managing Yanks
That's true. Girartdi wishes he was Scioscia!
Happy Birthday to the ground!
by Monkeyspanked on Oct 20, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
This was just pathetic.
You know we’re done right? The way we’re playing, there’s got to be no way the Skanks don’t take one of the next 3.
Hate to say it.
Happy Birthday to the ground!
The key is "the way we're playing"
The Halos really have to wake up and hit better. Not facing Sabathia will hopefully be just what the doctor ordered.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
AJ Burnett is no slouch.
He pitched pretty well against us in game two if my memory serves me correctly.
Playoff Time Lets Get it Go Angels!!!! Beat New York.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 21, 2009 3:06 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, I am hoping location serves us well...
I have heard that Burnett does not fare well on the road.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 21, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
there's too much blame to go around to pick 1 BOTG
figgy being october figgy
torii and rivera being their ALCS selves
kaz pitching like a scared bitch
bulger not shutting down cause he’s still injured (his velocity is way down)
and sosh not pulling the trigger on changes he should be making NOW
PLAY LIKE THERE’S NO FUCKING TOMORROW GUYS LET’S GO !!! FOR NICK !!!
#34 R.I.P.
Heavenly Offense
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Oct 20, 2009 9:08 PM PDT reply actions
BRILLIANT
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Oct 20, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow Rev
I’ve been a sports fanatic my entire life. I’ve always associated with others life myself.
I can say this with certainty…
You are the sorest of losers. Wow. You lost 10-1.. not 3-1 or 2-1. There are no excuses here.
You don't come here very often do you?
;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey thats cool with me...
If you win, live it up man.
However, I wouldn’t be thrilled with you if I were a regular here. You’re speaking for a decent portion of your fanbase, and you’re making them all look like very sore losers. Most of us know it’s only you though.
FWIW, Rev has built a site that is ripping 3000 to 6000 posts per game.
Most sites would be happy with that traffic IN A YEAR.
Rev is but one personality here, and most of the rest of us are adults who can think for ourselves. We allow him his opinion, and he allows us ours. Anybody who works their ass of our roster has worked hard enough at being a dick to earn it, and the 1000’s of us who remain appreciate his running interference.
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.
You realize he's representing you too, right?
I’m not going to say I believe that, but a LOT of people do.
You would have a fantastic community if Rev was merely a bit-part and not the lead role. He’s a terrible blogger. I’m sorry, but it’s true.
I have 0 opinion on any of the other bloggers on SBN EXCEPT for Rev. Everyone else is just a blogger. Rev is a terrible blogger.
by cmkelly29 on Oct 20, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I am fine with Rev representing.
I have been here often enough over the years to pick up bits and pieces of the unbelievable garbage that comes our way, which Rev deals with so that I don’t have to. Criminal behavior, as a matter of fact.
As I have written elsewhere, Rev is an acquired taste. If you don’t stick around long enough to get it, well, it happens.
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.
I'm fine with Rev representing, also.
This blog is far better than any of the other Angels sites, and I’ve visited quite a few.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
Revs ma boi!
yo…
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 21, 2009 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah I'm kind of embarrassed to be a registered commenter on this site
We just got our asses beat and the guy who runs the site is complaining about the Umps? Really? When Swisher got screwed on the tag up? The umps were bad both ways. Deal with it.
It was bad
but had they gotten the call right on Swisher at 2nd they wouldnt have had a chance to screw that one up as well. With that said the umpires did not cause the Angel hitters to be 0’fers
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Your right, a squeezed strike zone doesn't matter.
Not.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Even if the umps exanded the zone for Kazmir
he was bouncing a lot of pitches to the plate and hanging others. He just didn’t have it.
After 2005, I can't look at an umpire with respect ever.
So, while Rev’s post is out of line, I FEEL HIS BITTERNESS.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh they were shit ....but the Angels managed to cover up their smell with their own foul odor
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
yes the umps have been shitty this postseason
one of them is randy marsh
he was squeezing pitchers on both sides of strikes
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
I'd rather win with class and lose with class
This makes the fan base look bad and perpetuates the stereo type that West Coast fans are not knowledgeable
West Coast Fans?
We’re non-existant. We leave the games early. They already have those stereotypes. I will be there at game 6 to counter all that bullshit. I’ll blow my lungs out and blow out my thunderstix from overuse within 1 inning. I’m going OFF (non-alcohol fueled).
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
oops... I'll be at game 5
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
im tired of them saying we show up to games late
they need to put that lame and crude joke to rest.
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
I show up TWO HOURS ahead of game time.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck em
we live in Cali and they are jealous.
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 21, 2009 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Cheer a little extra for me please!!!
I’ll be with you from far away
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
honestly bro
I understand your dislike for rev but don’t assume we are looking for your approval either
Telling me that you'll "respect the shit out of me"
that’s why.
I am a die hard and I will smack my thunderstix so hard they will burst. Then, I will yell at the top of my lungs since I will no longer have a noise-maker. I want to do whatever possible to help my team.
You came here in the wake of a bad loss and stirred shit up and tried to take my fecal matter out of me.
You deserved it. We don’t need anything from you. Go away.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Whoa, going to give me a colonic? Thanks, I needed that.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Well the playoffs haven't mattered to you in over a decade
So I guess you forgot how that feels
RIP #34
Coming over here talking shit after we lost
You didn’t even a have a rooting interest in the game, yet here you are. The thunderstix hate bothers me, it gets fan involved and makes the stadium loud. I will defend that everyday of the week.
RIP #34
I like the thunderstix...
fairly unique and noisier than stupid rally towels.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I love them
I don’t understand the hate for them like it’s a bad thing. I’m sorry you look so fucking stupid waving a towel above your head
RIP #34
I'm not talking shit...
I’m here to defend you guys from your moronic leader. He gives you all a bad name, do you not realize this?
LOL makes Josh Hamilton crack jokes, and I still visit that site 1,000x more than I’ll visit here.
2 reasons:
1. The main blogger is a realist.
2. The writing isn’t piss poor.
I feel like you guys are a pretty close-knit group who’s only downfall is your idiot leader.
Maybe another time we could have this discussion
But I’m sure I’m not alone being on a short temper tonight.
RIP #34
I get it, really
And I’m actually ok with all our AL West foes, like an aligning against the rest AL East type of thing. But yeah, tonight not a good night.
RIP #34
I dont blame umpires
they are not the reason why our club was so fucking awful
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I will say that we all learned long ago
while playing pickle that if your not touching the base and your tagged …….you out all those not touching the bag are out. What a shit call but then again if your screened out like the umpire was by Jorge P then you miss it…
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Hitting was horrendous.
and Clutch was exactly right… the hitters were hacking against CC and I am not sure why. Does he have an early count meatball that he throws? It had to be something like that as ONLY ABREU worked the count. Everyone else was hacking in under 3 pitches and in not entirely pitcher’s counts.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Its called pressing
Scared to work the count and fall behind to a guy that is a CY Young winner with ++stuff. Some pressing also…trying to make something happen and not letting the game come to them
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, bad timing for that argument...
Bring it some other time or make a fapost on your own team’s web site. That’s how you do this if you want to make a change.
We are in the middle of making shit stew and you come over and try to stir. Not good timing. That’s all I’m trying to say.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
He's an asswipe, just leave it at that.
Ranger;s fans haven’t even tasted the ALCS
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
he must be the coolest kid ever
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
with peeps like mattwelch and stirrups
he’s full of it
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry if u are not stirrups or mattwelch
i just have mad respect for both of them. and moondoggy
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I wrote some good posts too! Maybe you didn't like them as much as
matt’s and stirrups, but at least one of mine was decent.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
yea i do remember
well i love all yall here and that comment was stupid
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha! I'm not offended by you, just by the troll telling us we can't write.
I was an English major for a couple of years before I threw it all away to major in Music.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
major in music?
what type of music classes did you take?
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 21, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Two years of Theory,
one year of History (brutal teacher, but my favorite), a year of Instruments, Vocal Performance, Composition, Conducting, History of Jazz, and I performed in Concert Band, Marching Band, Orchestra, and Choir. My recital was on the piano but I also played clarinet.
I also worked in the theater dept when they did musicals, and was the musical director for two years. In my senior year they asked me to direct the Children’s Musical which is a Huge Deal and involves writing a lot of original music as well as orchestrating it, and I had to turn it down because the school screwed up and lost some of my credits for Instruments so I was carrying 18 units, and I was married and had a 6-year-old, and I was tutoring the Education Majors for $2 an hour because they were required to take a basic music class and some of them were struggling. One of my students introduced me to his girlfriend, an architecture major. When I told them that that was my other choice, he told me I couldn’t have done that because “you have to be smart to major in Architecture”. I asked him how his scales were coming.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
Hah, wow what an asshole.
Thats a lot of classes. I was thinking of taking a jazz class and continue taking music appreciation. I want to take more, but I just don’t know which other ones to take.
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 22, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
P.S. - I am honored.
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.
It's a sad day when the troll has such thin skin.
Aren’t you supposed to be able to rough it in caves and under bridges and stuff? Seriously!
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
That's how he T-Rolls
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
He's a fucking Ranger's fan. Don't expect too much intelligence.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
This has to be the highlight of his season...
ok, I understand, cmkelly29. Go ahead and have your fun. This is your highlight.
This and the “get the fuck off our field” are all you have to look back on in 2009.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Who says that West Coast fans are not knowledgeable???
Do we need to recite for you all the sports champions and championships that have come form the West Coast??? We have 100 fucking years of athletic excellence in bothe team and individual sports, and I have never heard of this stero-type.
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 whom? Street urchins?
Anybody who might reasonably be capable of naming where the 1984 Olympics were held?
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.
China?!?
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
we should be gracious losers like the Yanks
and demand that taxpayers subsidize our new stadium and buy up every top free agent on the market
by UCIHalo on Oct 20, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
The time is out of joint; oh cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right.
by chairmanofthebar on Oct 20, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Rally tacos still going strong
Oh… the game is over? Damn
Beat the Angels if you can... Survive if they let you.
we did that with pujols and it worked perfectly
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
Both our teams shall destroy the enemy!!!!!!!
CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
yah, they got betrayed by the . . . . . umpires.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
LMFAO!!!
That was awesome! ;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
At least they got the FREEDOM! from ESPN.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
Did you all see Kazmir throw his glove down the tunnel?
Lame. Reminded me of Appier. Nice 9.00 ERA in the 2009 playoffs, Scott.
I love this team.
there was a reason the Rays gave him away
Hopefully he turns it around next season
He is going to pitch great in the 2009 World Series.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I would be pissed too if I was the guy alone on the mound,
, in front of millions, getting totally fucked by a system that denies me any justice if I become the victim de jeur of its whimsy.
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.
kazmir got fucked by the ump
because napoli was blocking his view
at least that’s what the ump is saying.
this falls on scioscia, since it was widely reported that umpires prefer mathis over napoli, and if anyone is going to need help from the umpire, it’s kazmir and his fragile bitch made ego and arm
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Oct 20, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
???????
Where are you getting these quotes form the ump?
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.
That was "sounds of the game"
right on Fox. Soth went up and talked to the ump and he said on National TV: “I can’t see because of Napoli’s glove.”
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The replay of the whole thing is in the "highlights of the game" on mlb.com
Wonder if Soth would have been better off taking Napoli out right there, or at least after the horrendous half-right double play non-call at third base. I know I would have been unable to play on top of my game with all that shit flung through my catcher’s mask.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
Why the hell wouldn't Sosh take Naps aside immediately and correct the matter?
And why the hell wouldn’t Sosh bark at the ump to tell Naps as much directly? If the catcher is repventing the plate ump from doing his job, where is it written that the ump defaults to calling everything a ball?
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This should be it, if anyone else missed it.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
Thanks. I will be back...
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FUCK
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK .
I simply CANNOT believe that the ump gets to blame the catcher for his own poor mechanics. It is the ump’s fucking responsibility to get his own ass into position to make the call, AND NOT IMPEDE THE PLAYERS TRYING TO PLAY THE FUCKING GAME THAT HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR JUDGING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good Fucking Methusela!
If ever there was a reason for protesting a game, this is one that should be in the rule book. “No umpire shall not mandate that position players perform their duties in accordance with the viewing convenience of the umpires.”
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Been going on for years Stirrups
and as you saw Mike went out to ask about this and find out if that was the case…..even asked what Naps could do to help the ump out. Its been going on and on for years …former catcher playing D1 I speak from experiences
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I wrote off Sosh's approach as just one more
time he takes the passive approach. “Uh, excuse me ump, sir. May I beg to differ?”
Where the fuck is an Earl Weaver when you need one?
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and a 3 run homer
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
We managed well without 3 run homers back in August.
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yeah and that was not against the likes of CC
you know very well that the shit in August amounts to nothing. They didnt face a pitcher the caliber of CC 2 times in 4 games. You don’t face the 4/5 starter of a club in the playoffs often…just the top 3
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, it started in July against these very Yankees.
Including Sabathia on July 12. And they roasted Minnesota pitching thoroughly in two series.
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.
Using the season as a barometer
is often a recipe for disaster ……if we have learned anything from all our (my) years in this game is you deal with what you have in front of you not the past …great info but matters not unless the players execute…The Angels have executed themselves often
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey anyone got Palmers # or email
I am looking for some BP tomorrow he throws cookies
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Not arguing your point.
Just stating that these same guys have already proven what is possible. That they fail to find that possibility now is the real story, as you suggest.
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Having been
an advance scout and having watched players for years there is always info that helps but then your team has to go out and make those pitches. A guy I suggest how to get out today may not be the same guy you pitch to a few months later…..lots of advanced scouting prior to playoffs with scouts following clubs for weeks…Juan is an out in Sept,relay how and why,,,
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Concede the point. But it is not one-sided.
Halos have advanced scouts too. Adjustments are to be made all around.
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Exactly
They have them and they do a very good job, but as I stated your players have to go and execute the reports ..That hasn’t been done
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought there should have been a protest on the 2U DP at 3rd base...
that right there was the single-worst umpiring event I have ever witnessed. PATHETIC.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Protest can only be made on Rule interpretations
this was in the umps judgment (bad)
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
No worrie Downing
I am sure that once he (umpire) saw the film footage he was pissed……one of the best umps in the game ..voted on by the players for many years…..he just got screened out by Jorge .watch you will see he had no idea of Cano being on or off the bag
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Same mistake he made with Swisher.
Not keeping an eye on the bag and the ball. bad mechanics again. Dude has lost whatever it was he had.
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Umpire Mechanics
Get inline with the catch and the runner .he did that . Problem was he didnt get deep enough and Swisher makes the move before catch with one foot while the back one is still on the bag….he went on movement …follow me?
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Totally. Which is why I said bad mechanics.
It is not enough to get in line. You must also get deep enough to have your eye on the catch AND the bag in your peripheral vision. McClellan only did half of his job there.
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I thought he was NOT in line with the ball and the runner...
it appeared as if he was about 1.5 paces toward left field
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Not the video I just reviewed.
Posted around here somewhere. He was practically on top of 3B, just off the line in foul ground.
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The times I have umpired (little league)...
I always move quickly to get into a position of an anticipated play. McClelland hardly moved on the Swisher tag up and also was just staring straight at Naps during that double tag. He appeared to be stoned. I’d be moving around to see if something is going to happen – keep the ball in view.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
When you see it he is screened out
he is looking at the jersey #20 of Jorge cant see Cano at all
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Right...but why not a quick move away from the stands to see if a tag is being applied?
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh I agree
as you know though from your LL Umpiring days when its bad baseball its hard to be in position for a call..not excusing him just stating how things get fckd up at times…..with that said ITS A SHIT CALL!
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
That conversation was downright pornographic...
“If he gets lower are you going to get a better look?” among other nuggets.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
i got hands and everything else in there
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
WiHaloFan:
jot down the text from that conversation for the next comic. Classic. “You are so NOT getting laid, BLUE.”
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Some Baseball Tonight commentary on the umpiring.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
''oddest' officiated games we've seen in a while'
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how they’re all still afraid to call out the umps… just in case they ever get to take the field again.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
And that they find it all so funny!!! Ha ha ha!!!
Hey, the Angels get screwed by a guy who has screwed so many teams in the past! This is funny shit! Great TV! Let’s joke some more and fill up the last 25 seconds!!!
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That's news to me that ODDEST is a synonym for "SHITTIEST"
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven't found it yet.
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I do not disagree on any point.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
That discussion was BS
That was talk after the game in Boston. It was Napoli’s fault that a strike wasn’t called against Nick Green. These umpires all stick together. Stongest inpenetrable union still going.
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU??
JEEZUS MAN, your defending all the crap that was flung in our face.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
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easy, easy…he was simply asking where it came from.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
earlier he called me names, so I was responding in kind.
THx for the chck. We are all Halo fans. I take it back.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Then I recall my "suckface" comment below.
Thanks.
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LET"S GO HALOS!!!!!!
Thursday we can be united. The umpires and terrible play are threatening to divide us. But we will Overcome!!!. HALO’S in 7!!!!!!!
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Chill suckface.
I want to go hear those quotes for myself. I want to go apeshit over hearing them like everybody else. You are seriously barking up the wrong trees with me.
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I saw it from my seat.
I don’t know who went after him though and had him come back to the dugout and stay with the team. And he did.
by angelsfan777 on Oct 21, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
umps were bad, sure
but the angels were worse. i don’t know who i hate more after this travesty. the yankees are easy to hate because they can buy most of their talent, but the angles did nothing offensively yet again.
let us all remember who we should really hate, and that’s joe buck and tim mccarver, who would not STFU about CC on 3 days’ rest like he’s not the PERFECT 3-day starter in the entire professional sport.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
Hopefully, he has tenderness and has to be held out of game 7...
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It remains the Halos' job to shut up Buck and McCarver.
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by Stirrups on Oct 20, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Invisiggins being interviewed...
just regurgitating the philSOTHophy
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:22 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Free.....Brandon......Wood
izturis leadoff. get jason bay. inject team with steroids. win in 2010.
This is after we win the world series in 09, of course.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck this. And fuck this team for tonight.
I was (un?)fortunately stuck studying tonight and didn’t get a chance to watch the game, except a few innings on gameday and the first inning Teix at bat where Kaz got screwed on the check-swing strikeout and then had to go through 4 more pitches.
But you know what? The supposed Yankee-killer Scott Kazmir has NO BUSINESS giving up 5 runs to them. NONE.
I learned all I needed to know about this game in the third inning, when I saw that while Kazmir had already thrown the ball 53 times, CC had throw it 19.
That tells me all I need to know about how the team approached this game.
When you’re approaching a guy on 3-days’s rest, dominant or not, you should NOT BE SWINGING AT THE FIRST. DAMN. PITCH. As Aybar did. As Morales did. As Figgins did. I’m sure there were more that I didn’t see. YOU SHOULD BE WEARING THE GUY DOWN AND GETTING HIS PITCH COUNT AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE. As Abreu attempted to do.
Seriously, what the fuck was this team thinking tonight? Way to ride the momentum, guys. Umps or not.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m actually looking forward to seeing Mathis back in the line-up on Thursday. If that even does any good.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Augh damn, *thrown* the balll.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
How can you wear a guy down when he's constantly getting you into 0-2 counts?
Doesn’t compute, Clutch. The umps were calling the low strike for CC and not for Kazmir. That contributed to a more efficient pitch count for Sabathia and led to a much more rapidly increasing pitch count for Kazmir.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
How can you be in an 0-2 count if you keep grounding out on the first pitch?
That also doesn’t compute.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Also
The guy is not going to throw 18 straight strikes.
Ergo, even if you took every single pitch for the first three innings, you’re probably going to have CC up to 30-35 pitches by the end of the third.
Which does you a hell of a lot better than the 17 they had him at at the end of 3 today.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Your right and Abreu just said as much in locker room interview
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks?!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
I mean, "!"
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Figgins 1 pitch 0-0
Abreu 4 pitches 4-0
Hunter 3 pitches 1-1
Guerrero 3 pitches 1-1
2nd
Rivera 4 pitches 1-2 (was 0-2)
Kendricks 2 pitches 0-1
Morales 1 pitch 0-0
3rd
Aybar 1 pitch 0-0
Figgins 3 pitches 1-1
Abreu 6 pitches K 2-2 (was 2-0)
Wow, you are right. With the exception of Bobby Abreu, they were WAY too agressive.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What's more
I figured this out by playing a freaking computer game (MVP Baseball 2005). These guys play baseball for a living—and they can’t figure this out?
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
MVP Baseball 05 was such a great video game.
I wish EA Sports would bring it back.
Playoff Time Lets Get it Go Angels!!!! Beat New York.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 21, 2009 3:22 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh yes, it definitely was--too bad EA lost the license to 2kInteractive, which sucks (in that there's no decent PC baseball!)
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
The idea
that a person is an (insert team) killer is a bunch of dong. Much like the idea of a closer, sans Mo Rivera.
Bunch of hocus pocus built on top of misleading statistics.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Humpires
why even play the game if the umps aren’t going to be fair and balanced? granted cc had our boys under his thumb tonite, but kazmir was not getting any of the calls on the corners, then we had the pick off at second that was called safe and the double play by napoli at third that became the humpires version of a fielders choice. 9 against 9 is tough enough versus these guys, but 15 against 9 is an unfair fight. this crew makes joe west’s team look like all stars
WE WANT CC BUCKNOR!
;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Pitching Continues to Fail!
What is readily apparent is the Angels lack of consistent pitching performance. The starters pretty much have the jitters in the playoffs. That is why they continue to under perform in the playoffs. Angels need a thorough house cleaning after this season. What is worst is they spent a huge sum on Kazmir which is certainly a very bad decision. That huge salary will lock the Angels from making major moves.
thorough house cleaning
umm you do know 4 of our guys are free agents next year right?
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Get your heads out of your damn asses and PLAY THE DAMN GAME, GUYS!
Umps shouldn’t even be a factor. I don’t care if it’s Cy Freaking Young out there, and if the umps are giving him almost everything—you show a modicum of patience, show some selectivity, and get him out of the game before the 8th fucking inning.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Point also being
There’s no excuse for an offense this good to be scoring 1 run in these games.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Umpires
See….This is one of the things that is wrong with this world. It’s always someone else’s fault. It can’t be that the Angels just couldn’t hit CC……It’s the umpires and a Major League conspiracy to deprive the little guy of his just due. The umps sucked and that was a terrible call at third base, but I didn’t hear you mention the fact that Swisher was clearly on the base when Hunter caught the ball.
Come on…….Get over the fact that the Yankees are just better than the Angels. A-Rod has been unbelievable and the Angels….Well they have been terrible.
Is it true that the Rally Monkey hung himself with his own tail in the 8th inning? Wow….Don’t blame him!
Swisher was SAFE...he tagged up from THIRD base.
C’mon guys. It was a blown call by Tim McClelland. Pretty sad when umpires become household names.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, sorry ... I'm a little slow.
;) Thanks. Took the drunk guy “BBV” to set me straight! ;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
OH and I almost forgot.
FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Troll-- and i'll feed you.
Where do you cock suckers crawl out from? Is pinstripealley that dead? Not enough fellow bandwagoners to blog with?
Fuck off.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
"It's always someone else's fault"
I’m sorry, you’re right, you made me see the error of my ways. It is actually all MY FAULT that the Angels lost. I’ll man up, take full responsibility for my part in this. I’ll do better next game.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
I still believe this team can do it and hand the Yankee's heads to them on a platter.
But this team has GOT to GET ITSELF TOGETHER. Hopefully having their backs completely against the wall lights a fire under their asses and gets it done. They should have so much fucking momentum by the time we get to Game 7 that CC doesn’t know what hits him.
And for the record—YEEEEEEEEARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
that would require hitting
which the angels cannot do this round.
yeah rodriguez was on steroids at one point and blah blah blah
but those fuck heads are killing the ball with authority. you can juice up and whatever but you still have to hit the ball!
Or, perhaps more accurately:
YEEEEEEEEAAAAAARRRRRGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Oh Rev..
You’re so batshit insane.
A call that also pissed me off, then proved to be useless, “greenlighted” the Yanks to victory. Not your shitty offensive production. Or both of the two run homers by the Yanks.
How can you sleep at night knowing you have the intelligence of a clubbed seal?
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Way to cross the line there, buddy.
“Clubbed seal”? Really?
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Actually a Sox fan
Just amazed at how stupid the Rev sounds.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
I guess we forgot you're MORE obnoxious when you lose...
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
No, not really
We didn’t make up excuses when we lost.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
ouch
at least the angels haven’t sucked for that long
FUCK TEIXERIA AND THE YANKS. Time to fuck shit up!
by JoseGuillenSux on Oct 20, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd rather have two clean championships in the past 5 years
as opposed to one that is full of roided players
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Right...your team doesn't fit that description ... CLEAN
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
ouch again
FUCK TEIXERIA AND THE YANKS. Time to fuck shit up!
by JoseGuillenSux on Oct 20, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, right...
Because the union won’t release anything about Papi and ManRams positive tests have come after he left the Sox. You win!
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Just taking a page out of your guys books
“ITS NOT OUR FAULT OUR TEAM IS HORRIBLE! ITS THE UMPIRES!!!”
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Don't lump me with them
I’m an ogre Yankee fan. I have layers. And I’m loving the fact that your team realized they would be dominated by us so you tanked against the Angels (who frankly would have beaten your sorry washed up team anyway)
We didn't realize anything
The Angels just paid the umps more.. thats all.
In seriousness though, the offense didn’t show up. You and I can both argue that as non Angels fans. Lets not stoop to their level of mental instability
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Don't lump me in with you either
you’re still a Sox fan.
Good point
But I respect Yankees fans more than Halos fans at this point.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Oh no, I have my reasons
Actually from SoCal, whereas I am willing to bet you have never even visited Boston. You fans are slime behind the keyboard and in person. Slowly becoming the new version of Dodgers fans
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
emphasis on SLOWLY...
we will meet up with your fanbase’s douchery in 2121.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
By slowly, I meant within the next 5 years you will be the new Dodgers fans
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
What's that supposed to mean?
Geez, you hate it here so much just move to Boston.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
An Angels fan with a brain?
Blasphemy!
You can try all you want to pull fast ones on me just because I am from BAWWWSTTIIINNN and I wear PINK HATZZZZZ, but I am not that dumb.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
princeton
didnt apply to harvard or yale
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
A distant ancestor of mine was involved with the founding of your fine institution.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
sweet
what role did they play
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
One of the founders, I believe, but I'd have to check. He was a preacher and he may have only worked there when it was founded..
I’d have to dig around to find it. I ran across it about 5 years ago and it was just a “hmmm” moment.
My family (make that families) have been here since the 1600s, so it’s not too surprising that I’m related to someone who did something of note, but the opposite is also true and I’m related to people who were a bit infamous.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
Eat a Big Pappi
Oh I have been to So Cal and U have never been to Boston. Why the Fuck would I waste my time. Hence the reason people visit LA and not Boston.
And LOL at the fact that you compare us to the Dodgers. You don’t know shit and your not even a Sox fan you gay ass rooting for NYY. Go grab on Jeters ass you gay troll!!!!!
to me you are both the same
teams that are given so much tv exposure i doubt there are other teams in baseball. A fan base the pisses the shit out of me. 2 franchises I don’t like
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
FIGHT FIGHT!!!!
I love Yanks-Sox fan fights! (chomps popcorn)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Clean?
Ortiz and Manny? Oh, right, Ortiz took “supplements” and Manny a “fertility drug.”
No, no, no, no--Ortiz had a shake someone else made for him. He didn't know what was in it, man.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
hahaha wow man you are so stupid
FUCK TEIXERIA AND THE YANKS. Time to fuck shit up!
by JoseGuillenSux on Oct 20, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't realize
(a) Troy Glaus filled up every roster spot in 2002.
(b) The steroids Troy Glaus took in September 2004 magically transported themselves to 2002.
Right.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
They didn't make excuses, they just KNEW they were going to always lose to the Yanks...
that is some sick stuff. At least we hoped we might win and felt we had a chance.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
still sore
from getting your shit pushed in?
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, a troll
thanks for helping rev boost his site comments! ;)
“Thank you, drive through…”
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Troll?
Just admiring his stupidity, thats all.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
There's another post.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Rev. has very eloquently expressed a truth about tonights game
as well as about professional sports in general (without actually stating the generalization).
Unfortunately we live in “A World Gone Wrong” where individual integrity and morality is a thing of the past. That fact that a handful of umpires would be less than professional in the execution of their duties is not surprising, but merely symptomatic of a larger cultural phenomenon.
Although each poster here is certainly entitled to his or her opinion/s it would behoove you to have carefully considered the comments he is making before writing him off as a whack job or insulting him by comparing him to a clubbed seal.
Where does Seal go clubbing?
Does he still sing?
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why does this dude keep coming here?
Didnt this guy come around the Red Sox bullshit stike call game? Seriously dude what the fuck is wrong with you? Does doggie bark for attention.
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 21, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Rev...
This team was outplayed in every facet of the game tonight. As bad as the umpiring has been – and it has been bad – this team need only look in the mirror to find the reason for tonight and game 1. This team is getting beat up and down the field.
To blame the umps is foolish.
RIP Nick...
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
To not recognize and call out the umps for their terrible officiating is equally foolish
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, such an intelligent argument. You must work for the government.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
exactly
maybe its not the reason we lost. we know this. but it does feel like you are cheated and a lot of yankee base runners are erased which does change things.
the team cheated us, not the umpires
reagins has the right idea about this stuff. i don’t think he will be bill-stoneman-pt 2.
i think good moves are to be expected
Thanks, compliments are always appreciated.
oops, did my big words confuse you??
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey. Don't go there. My mom and dad and my husband worked for "the government", and you should thank them.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
Jeez Opie, he is a Rnger;s fan. and the govt is pretty bloated.
not to say there aren’t and haven’t been great govt workers. it is a smack at Texas and previous owners of the Ranger’s. And if you have a problem with that, well, then too bad.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed.
But there is a difference between blaming the umps for making bad calls and blaming the umps for the loss.
I’m a Twins fan, but rooting for the Angels to win this. This post is not a good representation of you guys at all.
"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." -Kirby Puckett
Yeah, I can pretty much agree with that.
The umps HAVE lost us some games in the past (see: Nick Green at bat in September, other things that game aside). But if this team expects to win anything, it has GOT to pound the ball and score some freaking runs, regardless of whether or not they’re getting squeezed. So the pitching craps the bed in one game and the other team scores seven runs? So what—Score eight! That’s what a good team does—it gets its cylinders clicking and picks up the slack when some misfire. They don’t all consistently misfire at once!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Thanks for being reasonable. :)
The way things were going around here, I was a little nervous posting that.
"Baseball doesn't owe me a thing. I owe my whole life to baseball." -Kirby Puckett
I'm glad you did thank you
Playoff Time Lets Get it Go Angels!!!! Beat New York.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 21, 2009 3:36 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I am not saying the umpiring wasn't terrible.
I said as much. My point is that six Helen Keller’s could have called this game and it wouldn’t have mattered. The umps didn’t lose this game for the Halos.
Kazmir was scared to death to throw a strike tonight, and his inability to get ahead was his demise.
Similarly, CC was hittable tonight. The Halos hit a handful of balls really hard in the first few innings, but they were hit right at folks. Figgy leading off the game, a grounder to ARod a bit later, a liner to RF by Abreu, I think. CC wasn’t as dominating tonight. A few breaks and the Halos score 4 or 5 runs. Still not enough if they give up 10.
Also, the 6th inning was the perfect microcosm of this season and this offense for about 5 years now. First and second, no one out, and Rivera hits into a DP. That happens a lot with the Halos…just bad timing and an inability to hit for power when needed.
The Angels offense – for all the talk of plate discipline – is devoid of fire power and tonight they couldn’t get anyone out.
This was a terrible game, and I am thankful that it was a blowout because if it was 2-1 or 3-1 and the Halos lost the umps would have tainted a game. But, the Halos played so poorly (and the Yanks hit very well tonight, too) that a run here or there wouldn’t matter – the Halos didn’t deserve this game in any way…
RIP Nick...
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
For the record, tonight we DID have 6 Helen Kellers calling the game.
And, to prove your point, that Halos did lose 10-1 anyway.
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.
my thing is in the 6th
down by 4 if my memory serves me correctly.
Why not bring in Reggie Willits or hell even GMJ to bunt the lead runner over thus avoiding the DP,while also increasing your chance for at least 1 run making it 2-5 instead of 1-5.
Playoff Time Lets Get it Go Angels!!!! Beat New York.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 21, 2009 3:41 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Hoping for a big hit leading to a big inning.
Rivera has had those big hits in the past, and CC looked as shaky as he had been all game, or even all series. Didn’t feel like the time to settle for one run or two if they get lucky. And it didn’t work out, not at all.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
bunting is generally a bad idea.
This team already gives away too many outs. We don’t need to bunt runners over when we are down by 4 runs. Shoot, four runs might as well be 10 runs right now. This team is cold at the wrong time – and CC is throwing well. You don’t see the crumby pitchers in the postseason – generally only the good ones. Except for Vincente Padilla and Kuroda.
RIP Nick...
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
That brought out some Disney Freaks....
Yankees in 5…….Deal with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for raising the level of discourse here.
Now go away!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
lol!
do you prefer Sesame Street? Is a “Tickle Monster” Elmo and Cookie Monster’s lovechild? ;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Disney Freaks
please shut the fuck up. Who the hell do you think you are?
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been an Angel fan for my whole life
And only in one of those 32 years have I not felt like shit at the end of the season. I feel like shit now.
I have nothing important to say.
36 here
been one so long that I am numb to the pain,,,,,,,,,,what get me though is the lack luster effort that I saw tonight.
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 21, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
This is my 33rd. There were a lot of years I didn't feel like shit.
Mostly in the 70’s, because it was clear going in that there was no reason to believe in an October. But that didn’t deter my Aprils through Septembers at all.
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.
Sort of my point as well
Learned long ago if you don’t have a high expectation in others you wont be easily disappointed ……..never had high expectations until 1978 when they went out and tried to buy the best team…only to lose Lyman late in the season to a terrible death ……as I said been an Angel supporter a long time
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 21, 2009 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Admittedly, I am selective.
If the team is obviously crap (what others might call “rebuilding”), I take the ben Franklin approach of pessimism. That way I will not be disappointed.
But if the team IS competitive that year, I joyfully jump to optimism, knowing full well the odds of a painful conclusion somewhere down the road. The price of great joy being the chance of great despair.
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.
really disappointed in tonight's game
I want to think that we can come back from this but the team is just not playing well.
Yet, AJ on the road doesn’t scare me much nor would Petite at home in Game 6. How we get past CC and Rivera in a Game 7, I don’t know.
Angels in 09!
Hopefully CC's worn down?
Or tender?
How many did he throw tonight?
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
OK, maybe he'll hurt himself picking up one of those GIGANTIC burgers ...
you see on those reality shows.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Lord knows
he earned a giant burger. And a dozen donuts. I don’t care how fat he is if he keeps pitching like that.
+1
The guy is earning his paycheck in a big way. Hope we can crack that scoring riddle, otherwise, my TV will be turned off until next season.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
only way it will happen is if figgins and rivera are dropped for the line up
insert izturis or gmj or quinlan for shits sake.
push has come to shove here and it is time to move
before we think of game 7
lets think of game 5 please lets take it a game at a time……damit too much Scioscia huh? lol
Both our teams shall destory the enemy!!!
CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGGGGGEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
i'll roll with the doyers on this one
east coast series is gonna be as dull as they come.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
especially when every sports networks will be sucking the yankees dick
FUCK TEIXERIA AND THE YANKS. Time to fuck shit up!
by JoseGuillenSux on Oct 20, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
every sports network except NFL Network :)
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 21, 2009 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
destroy
pardon my awful spelling
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
seriously how do they miss such a blatantly obvious call??
ur standing friggin 2 feet away!!
theyre making NBA refs look good…
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
''how do they miss such a blatantly obvious call?"
I think you already know the answer to that question shaqfor3.
Maybe part of you doesn’t want to accept it?
Yes, but it made our pitcher work longer. Granted, he was struggling, but that and the missed out at 2nd added to his pitch count.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
1, maybe 2 pitches IIRC.
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.
It was an inexcusable mistake, but...
it had no bearing on the game. None.
The Yanks could bitch about the Swisher tag-up if they wanted…
But, point taken – the umps are sucking big time.
RIP Nick...
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
Whatever
This game sucked in every conceivable way, but I’m over it. All the air went out of my tires on Saturday night. The Angels couldn’t afford to carelessly let a game they should have won get away from them like they did in Game 2, and this is why. The Yankees are good. So instead of being even at 2-2 after tonight’s spanking, the Angels are down 3-1. Call me a quitter, but I already drank away my grief over the weekend. Better luck next year, I guess.
yeah saturday was a back breaker
it confirmed that the angels were not ready for it.
the team needs to acquire some real power pitching to supplement the other stuff.
also, a seasoned post season bat or two would be nice.
"a seasoned postseason bat"
well that right there is the holy grail.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
you're doing it all wrong
true fans blame umpiring and never give up hope.
down 10-1 with 2 outs left? FUCK YOU FOR SAYING WE’RE GOING TO LOSE, WE HAVE THIS SHIT LOCKED!
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
umm Kazmir wasn't getting squezed that much
both CC and kazmir had some balls that were strikes and strikes that were called strikes…it looked kinda even to me
That looks to me like the umpire behind the plate did a good job.
Pretty consistent not calling the high-and-away pitch, but consistent is good.
Looks like the ump called a good game
and the terrible calls on the paths led to zero runs. I think the Yanks won and that’s that, the only “blame” is on the players on the field: CC for pitching a gem and Angels pitchers for struggling.
I could see your charts, and raise them with MLB Gameday zones graphs.
Gameday shows neither pitcher getting calls on the borders (at least early on). And logic would dictate that the fact that Sosh and Dale chat about Dale’s inability to see the zone (and blaming it on Naps) also would indicate that there was a problem with ump accuracy at least on the lower border.
This would lead me to believe that something is amiss with the data you sourced. I cannot accept the accuracy of this chart if it fails to comply with other views of he same data, nor complies with the admissions of the ump himself.
And, obviously, this chart renders the Gameday graphs questionable for the same reason. Both graphics need to present the same data consistently.
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 21, 2009 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Very good points Stirrups
I am not personally familiar with “Brooksbaseball.net” and therefore cannot vouch for the accuracy or inaccuracy of these charts. But simply because someone throws a couple of charts up on this thread doesn’t mean they are valid and it certainly doesn’t disprove the assertion that the poor umpiring adversely affected the Angels.
I know that in the first two to three innings in particular I saw at least four to five head shaking ball calls for Kazmir. It did also appear that CC was getting a noticeably wider zone.
I saw that too...
and I think the ump didn’t give corner/cusp strike zone pitches to Kaz simply because of his erratic location. If he doesn’t throw a bunch of pitches in the dirt, I think the ump would give him those strikes. Instead, he was all over the place, so the zone tightened up. Not fair, but it is what it is.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 21, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Go to MLB. Watch Gameday for ARod's at bat in inning 2, where ARod walks.
Kaz was consistent. Consistently on the borders. And just as consistently not getting the calls. So what is Kaz to do the next time ARod comes to bat?
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.
My feeling exactly!!!
turning point of the game……team trying to force the game instead of letting it come to them
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly!
This team needs to calm down and relax. Somehow someway….
FUCK TEIXERIA AND THE YANKS. Time to fuck shit up!
by JoseGuillenSux on Oct 20, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope we can win Thursday and extend this series as long as possible
However I am nervous that this team will roll over like they did tonight in the late innings
THE BATS WILL WAKE UP!
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Because Santa Claus brings pennants to those who believe and drink the Kool-Aid
and I am a FUCKING CRAZY ASS RABID fan who believes that it’s going to happen. You cannot hold these guys down that long.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I need to go to bed. I'm too tired to play with trolls or even to play nice with my friends.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
If only you could convince a bunch of us to go with you.
er…. you know, to our own beds, to stop fighting with each other… not, like, a bunch of us in your bed… and uhm. Yeah. Convinced myself! G’night all!
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
Although I was sad to see the Angels lose,
I wasn’t entirely pissed cuz my gf kept my spirits up. But reading what all these trolls have to say just pissed me off.
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Oct 20, 2009 10:06 PM PDT reply actions
Your going to be busy Rev
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Trolling for trolls?
impressive :)
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
haha PWNED!
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Oct 21, 2009 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
REFRESH THE PAGE FOLKS
a lot of these loser trolls have had there content hidden and you are gettting great zingers in on posts nobody else can read.
groovy
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Oct 20, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Come on, Rev, you're better than this.
Tim Donaghy could’ve been umpiring home plate, with money on the Angels, and we weren’t going to win tonight.
There was some horrible umpiring tonight, but nothing was going to make up for nine runs.
Anyway, we appear to be dead. I can’t imagine these guys mustering up enough care to even want to fly back to New York for a game six.
If Scioscia had any balls, he would have Izzy playing third and Gary Matthews in left field come Thursday. Figgins and Rivera are awful…..so, so awful.
I've got nothing.
by bc56274 on Oct 20, 2009 10:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I can imagine an Angels blowout of the Yankees in Game 5...
I will be there to witness it.
Believe in the AD, BC.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
hope you didn't pay too much to witness that shameful heartless performance
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Oct 20, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Tough luck.
I’m riding an 8-game winning streak and a 17-1 record in my last 18 I’ve attended. Prior to that, the team was 7-9. So, I’ve got a hot hand.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
SWEET, WE've got to get you tickets!!!!
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for the offer, but I bought them myself ...
I will be @ game 5, man.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish I could be there too. Only 1000 miles seperate me from homeplate.
I’ll be the one that never sits down and sweats blood.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Oct 20, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you know we haven't led one entire inning in this entire series?
That’s pathetic, almost embarrassingly so.
At least we have your winning streak to rely upon. My confidence is skyhigh.
I've got nothing.
we won a game so we had to be winning at least one inning
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
We walked off with 2 outs.
So technically, we led for 1/3 of an inning. Or something like that.
Let's win one for Adenhart #34
HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!!!!!
We weren't leading at that point, we had won.
This entire series, we’ve never held the lead for a full inning.
I've got nothing.
FYI Yes when you win you are in the lead
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
and the inning "ends"
however, I see bc’s point. The Yanks are being agressive and taking advantage. The Halos have to put some runs on the board before the Yankees do.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
They won the inning as well
I get what your saying ,,,,,point is they have not had a lead and held that lead ,,,,,,every time they get it the Skanks tie it or go ahead,,,,,,,,
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
bc
is correct. leading an entire inning is when you have the lead in the beginnig of the inning (going in) and leading concluding the 3rd out.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
awesome... glad I swayed your optimism!
;)
Now, to find the right hat, shirt, skivvy combo that brings the “W.”
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
so far
Torii has been a grip in the playoffs
Chone Figgins is a ghost during the playoffs
John Lackey is a solid #2 Starter
When we needed him to be the MVP of the team, Abreu has been a failure vs. the SKanks
Vlad looks like he’s 100 years old.
I see at least 3 out of 5 players that should be hitting the road after this season should the Halos continue playing the Yankees and CHOKING
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Oct 20, 2009 10:25 PM PDT reply actions
If we take game 5
the series finishes up on saturday and sunday. I can’t think of a more exciting weekend. Im pumped.
Go out with a bang, not a whimper, i want as much post season baseball as possible. April is a long ways away.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
I don't care how many calls the umps got wrong.
The Halos just let this thing slip away. If they can get it all back, then great, but right now the Skanks are clearly the better team.
Let's win one for Adenhart #34
HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!!!!!
TONIGHTS GAME CLEARLY DEFINED THAT
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Oct 20, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
saw the end of the game
we’re just not the same team, guys.
we can do this, but we’ve got to stop pressing. the Yanks have confidence. we do not. time to regain the swagger, of this thing is over.
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
This is exactly the type of situation that creates that Halos magic
Would 2002 have been as great without going down 1-0 in each series? Without everyone writing us off, first to the Yankees themselves, then to the Twins, then to the Giants? Would it have been as great if we’d steamrolled past the Giants? If there’d been no Game 6 drama? If we hadn’t had to win on Adam Kennedy’s 3-bombs in the ALCS? If we hadn’t had to rely on Garret Anderson’s clutch double?
The answer, I know, is no. It wouldn’t have been.
This is why we’re here. This is what this team, and this franchise, especially now, does. It makes magic. It will get itself together and IT WILL NOT DISAPPOINT. For there is no other way.
The time has come. The time is now.
2004? 2005? 2007? 2008?
No. Nay.
THIS TEAM IS DIFFERENT. THIS TEAM IS NOW.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
+1
The 2000s have been great but I grew up on the 90s teams!
by DM_RMBRS '95 on Oct 20, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
the only problem is..
self-realization.
nobody was talking about how good it would feel in 2002..it just happened…and it WAS magic.
now, talking about that magic, instantly kills that magic..holy shit what am i talking about …
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Look over here at this red light....
…. A GIANT METEOR STORM! Crazy stuff, but don’t worry folks, we’ll take care of everything from here. Just move along.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
Just trying to get us excited--WE GOTTA HAVE FAITH!
We already saw SOME MAGIC in Game 3 of the ALDS—NOW IT’S TIME FOR SOME MORE!!!!!!
NOW LET’S GO WIN!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
WE WILL PROBABLY WIN GAME 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hows that?
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, I'm not even sure I can get behind that. I'm just "hoping" we can win game five.
I’m a beaten man, c_b.
I've got nothing.
What more do you want?
Want me to pull out some dam pom-poms, put on a mascot costume, and dance on the pitcher’s mound?
I’m excited for this and think they can do it. If you don’t believe me, and if you don’t believe, period, then that’s not my problem!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
I agree
Acrions speak louder than words.
Playoff Time Lets Get it Go Angels!!!! Beat New York.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 21, 2009 3:56 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
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Playoff Time Lets Get it Go Angels!!!! Beat New York.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 21, 2009 3:57 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Well the one thing to remember
is that you had to assume that the Angels were going to lose one of the games at home…it will be 3-2 don’t worry. I am more concerned about Game 6 against Andy Pettite in New York. Thats going to be the biggest game of the series
The 2000s have been great but I grew up on the 90s teams!
i like this thinking
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I approve this message
This team is our extended family, That's why we love them no matter what the record, no matter what the score.
by halofan4life on Oct 20, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
There are lot of things still giving the Angels hope
They lost two game in NYY but we could really be at 2-2 right now. But oh well its 3-1. However, we’re still at home for Game 5 against AJ Burnett who is a little erratic and will definitely give up some runs the second time around the batters see him in a game. I believe that Lackey keeps us close in the game and we pull through close something like 6-4 or 7-5.
Then we get that huge off day which is the travel back. Trust me i dont think the Yanks want to go to game 7 so Girardi is going to be over managing again, like pulling out Andy andy and hoping someone like Joba Chamberlain steps up and we’ll have a chance.
I hardly think this series is over and i am fairly confident that we will be biting our nails come Sat night. cant guarentee that game, but we’ll have a chance.
The 2000s have been great but I grew up on the 90s teams!
by DM_RMBRS '95 on Oct 20, 2009 10:48 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I was at the game tonight
1. Obnoxious Yankee chicks got tossed for being obnoxious. [Club Section 238 Row X. You know who you are.] So that was cool.
2. I’d rather lose by 9 runs than 1 run. 1 more close game loss and I would be in the cardiac ward. That being said, MATT PALMER? What the F?
3. Sabathia is so sick. I hate to admit it, but the man has some wicked stuff.
4. No discredit to CC, but our bats are cold. Colder than my ex-gf’s private parts.
5. Much love to Howie for going yard. His manly display will not soon be forgotten by me.
6. I like the pitching matchups from here on out. Our three studs will be rested, theirs will not. That being said, I do not want to face Sabathia again. Not for love or money.
John Lackey: "We fly flags."
that was Kendry that hit the homerun
The 2000s have been great but I grew up on the 90s teams!
by DM_RMBRS '95 on Oct 20, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Obnoxious Yankee chicks
Before opiejeanne teh English Major arrives, I should point out that this phrase is redundant.
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.
238 is not club...
that’s RF pavilion.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe he meant 338?
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
It's called Club on the ticket
But it is in fact pavillion.
John Lackey: "We fly flags."
by LazorkoRules on Oct 22, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Santana
shouldn’t he be allowed to pitch like 6 in’s if needed. And I don’t know why he didn’t get the start over Kaz. Santana has owned the Yanks in the post season. Any chance he starts GM 7 or is to late to redo the rotation?
He had pitched the last 2 games prior
You factor in the warming up and the emotions and him not being a guy that gets humped 3days straight you have gotten all your going to get out of him
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I know that Kaz has had good success against NY
but i dont think he’s done it in the post and Santana has
but you are right about the pitching
Lackey > Burnett
Saunders > Pettite
really if the offense does ANYTHING (which it hasnt) then this is easily a tied series at 3-3
The 2000s have been great but I grew up on the 90s teams!
You see the thing is .
It seems as if all playoffs long i’ve been waiting for the offense to break out.
Sure it has had it’s good moments but I have yet to really see the bats find it’s full potential.
But maybe thats just me.
Playoff Time Lets Get it Go Angels!!!! Beat New York.
by deejayelleseven on Oct 21, 2009 4:03 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I like Lackey v Burnett at home
and Weave in game 7 [our 3rd look at Sabathia – that HAS to mean something.] but Saunders v Pettite in NY for Game 6 scares the hell out of me.
John Lackey: "We fly flags."
by LazorkoRules on Oct 22, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Before Melky's two-run single, the Yankees were 0 for their last 26 with men batting in scoring position?
Wow….
Is that right?
I've got nothing.
maybe with 2 outs?
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 20, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
It was correct
Yankees were struggling just as bad as you guys with men in scoring position in this series. Broke out a little though last night.
Let me say one thing, in regards to our current ALCS...
This series isn’t over. And Fuck the skanks! It could be my complete faith in the Halos, or the tequila I’ve been drinking, but I refuse to concede this series, again, f&ck the skanks!!!
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Fuck the skanks!
FUCK TEIXERIA AND THE YANKS. Time to fuck shit up!
by JoseGuillenSux on Oct 21, 2009 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Terry Smith on Angels Talk reported that
the UMPIRES for this series were selected by MLB base upon “merit.” What does this say about the standards of MLB in regards to their umpires. And if these guys like McClelland are the best than how bad are the average or especially the poor umpires????
IMO
this inept officiating is just as bad as the steroid scandal and there needs to be a house cleaning immediately.
Will the union allow it? Probably not. This is def. a cancer in baseball, and its affecting ALL teams.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Oct 20, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It's cold comfort,
but I have to believe that McClelland got back to his hotel room tonight, saw how he single-handedly made the most clusterfucked and boneheaded call ever recorded on video, in the midst of a critical AL Championship Series, rationalized his sorry ass into the least lame excuse he could find, and has now run out of all the tiny liquor bottles in his mini-bar trying to drug his sorry ass off to sleep. Forever shall he wear the shame of this pathetic non-performance.
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.
Good night. I need to be able to fling clay at the fake Angels fan tomorrow in my potter-y class.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
If you throw fecal matter...
you can say “the shit hit the fan.”
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 20, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
We should all be grateful for one thing.
At least we didn’t sign that cheating, rotten teammate, Manny Ramirez.
I just heard he was busy showering while the Dodgers coughed up their one-run ninth-inning lead.
What a scumbag.
I've got nothing.
Really? Man-Ram was showering while the game was going on?
Hard to believe (well, maybe not with him) , but if true he’s topped himself there. That even beats talking on his cell phone between innings and taking a piss behind the Green Monster during a game.
What idiots voted for Kazmir?
Doesn’t matter what they score if we’re only putting up 1. Blame the offense.
Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.
Kazmir put the game out of reach
A pitcher who keeps his team in the game does not give up 5 runs in less than 5 innings, period. Especially in a game in which his offense is going against one of the top three pitchers in the game today and you can only reasonably expect a few runs of support. Hence I voted for Kazmir.
But yes, it’s pretty much a TeamFail.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
As this whole series has been, Game 3 excepted.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
kazmir only gave up 4 officially
he had no business going back on that mound to start the 5th against a guy who has historically abused him.
Scioscia trots him out, he promptly gives up a rocket single.
Then Scioscia compounds it by putting in a hurt Bulger pitching in back to back games for the first time since sept 25th.
2 RUN HOMER, GAME OUT OF REACH 5-0
Kazmir sucked, but he wasn’t done any favors by his manager, his catcher, or the umpire. If Scioscia has the infield in instead of halfway, or just plays them back … Kazmir gains an out instead of a run scoring fc for no outs. That alone cost him at least 1 run when Cano ended up scoring, and maybe 2 runs if a drawn in Kendrick throws out the runner at home.
They didn;t exactly knock kazmir around, couple bloop hits, a bunt hit. If Figgy isn’t 15 feet off the 3rd baseline, maybe he knocks down posada’s double. If Rivera wasn’t a .200 hitter for the last 2 months, maybe he doesn’t ground into that dp. whole lotta what ifs, like what if CC got food poisoning.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Oct 21, 2009 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah well, I wouldn’t vote for him because we still would have lost if he only gave up 2 runs
Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.
Like I said, TeamFail
But if we’re determining who deserves the MOST blame, I say Kazmir. And, probably, the offense for hacking, hacking, hacking away.
Notice how after we had that pic of Mickey working with Vlad on Sunday, Vlad went at least 2 hits the following game, including a clutch 2-run home run? And the team as a whole had a bunch more hits? What happened to that approach?
Come on Mickey! DO IT!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Are you guys aware
that the yankees won 10-1?? no amount of bad calls makes up for CC Sabathia dominating your lineup. and the bad calls went against both teams. it is so annoying to come on here after every game you lose and you blame it on umpiring. i cant believe i’m defending the yankees.
No amount of bad calls? I would disagree with that.
However, you are right tonight that the calls that were bad might not have cost the game.
“Every game” we complain on umpiring. We have a blame of the game system. Not once do I see “umpires” as being “awarded” with a blame. So, you are wrong. We blame our players all the time.
You defend the Yanks? Uh, an innocent Mariano Rivera runs around yet you still call him a “spitter.” (see your recent vote in an OTM poll).
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 21, 2009 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
i'm speaking more to rev halofan
every time you lose, he brings up the umpiring. even today, in a blowout. its just not interesting or close to being based in reality.
i am kind of defending the yanks, in that i’m saying that they won fair and square, and not due to the blown calls. all the umpiring gaffes did was make me laugh, they didnt affect the outcome.
haha, its obvious he wasnt spitting (another crazy thing rev has said) i was saying yes as a joke, as i think most people who said yes were.
i was saying yes as a joke
So, now you and Rev are one in the same… He writes these things to incite, to JOKE and to get reactions. You voted Rivera as a “SPITTER” as a joke. So, some Yankee fan can now go to Over the Monster and have the hair raise on the back of HIS neck saying, “How can you call the best closer in the game a spitter, when he really didn’t spit? This is a bad image of your website where ALL YOUR FANS propogate the fallacy that Rivera spits on teh ball.”
As Depeche Mode once said, “People are People.”
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 21, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I wont blame the Umps
Saying bad calls went against both teams is stretching it though. After all the one bad call that went against the Yanks shouldn’t have happened had they gotten the damn thing right at 2nd base and called him out on the pick off play. Swicher was clearly out and should have never been at 3rd to begin with. The catch in CF would have ended the inning right there. Again the umpires did not determine the outcome but they were awful.
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 21, 2009 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah but you cant say theres any bias
for the yankees among the umpires because they did give you the makeup call on swisher. so it just happened to go more their way tonight. man that play at third was hysterical. could not have been an easier call. how often is a man standing still a foot and a half off the base, clearly tagged with a bear hand and called safe? it makes me laugh in kind of a sick way.
I would never call out bias
Maybe in a little league game that dad umpires but not in MLB. The Angels got their hat handed to them. No need for excuses the only excuses that good be given for the poor effort out there was they were awful. Now lets start game 5 and move on ….
Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee
by Angel Aviator on Oct 22, 2009 2:20 AM PDT up reply actions
It's ridiculous to blame the umps
We aren’t hitting shit.
2 nights ago it was Rivera throwing spitballs. Last night it was bad officiating. Some of you are making us sound like a bunch of cry babies.
We’re losing because we aren’t hitting. Simple as that
Were the umps good last night? Hell no. But that terrible call at third didn’t cost us a run, so let it go. You need to hit to win, and once again were choking in the playoffs
RIP Nick. We will miss you!
by KingF15h on Oct 21, 2009 4:34 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Agreed
From what I saw of the ump behind the plate I thought he was consistent (and that graph above shows that), so I wasn’t sure where all the different strike zone talk was coming from. CC (and the Yankees) flat out beat us with our impatience at the plate in games 1 and last night. Game 2 we lost (Cause our bats have been AWOL).
Do I think the Angels are flat out done? No, do I think the Angels are close to done? Yes. But if by the grace of a higher power they actually get hits & clutch hits, we could turn it around…maybe.
by Dontbatvlad4th on Oct 21, 2009 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions
He was consistent ...
if you compare CC’s zone to itself from inning to inning. Kaz’s zone to itself from inning to inning. I have little faith in that graph above.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 21, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can appreciate the passion of the Halos Heaven family
Respectfully, some of the posts are getting way over the top. I can absolutely appreciate the fervor of the loyal Angel fan base; I’m there with you “living and dying” on every pitch – and have been for 40 years. However, the decorum of some has gone totally out the window on these posts to the degree that this site is no longer a “family friendly” environment.
Yes, I know that if I don’t like it – I can always just stop coming here. I’m hoping there’s another alternative: there’s a code of conduct for the site, maybe it’s time we all tried harder to follow it?
by mustard_man on Oct 21, 2009 4:48 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Jietoh's reasons for last nights results...
Lets call a spade a spade…
1) Umps were bad but didn’t effect the outcome of last nights game. We said the same thing when the wrong calls went our way when Boston was in town, we need to acknowlage it now. NO EFFECT.
2) We didn’t hit for crap, we didn’t pitch for crap. We must be a crap team… Wait a minute. We’re not a crap team. This is the same team that took the Yanks to extra innings two nights in a row. Kazmir was only getting the edge of the strike zone half the time so he should have adjusted rather than allow so many walks. SMALL EFFECT.
3) Yankees hit well, Yankees pitched well. I think we’ve found a cause. They were better than us last night… BIG EFFECT.
Lets hope tomorrow is different. We have Bernett going against Lackey. We should be able to get to Bernett if we remain patient and work the count. Bernett can be wild, is wild most of the time. We just need to expoit this weakness. John needs to stay focused and tread the emotional knife edge between intensity and meltdown like he did in game one against Boston.
by Jietoh on Oct 21, 2009 8:20 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
exactly
totally agree about the three points. that is why we lost game 4. and the other games were fielded horribly. the pitching was carrying the angels this postseason, with the hitters showing up in the 5th inning or later – when they didn’t pitch, we didn’t win.
and on a side note: the angels team next year will look a lot different than this years. and not just the free agents, if they get a splash. i’m not talking about free agent acquisitions, I see Arte making the team a lot younger because of this years BS playoffs – against Boston and Yankees. The Angels have rarely gotten timely hitting (except game 3 of ALDS and 4 of ALCS).
strike zones
does anyone have the link or picture of the two strike zones for yankees hitters and angels hitters? if you know title of thread if on halosheaven that would be swell too.
I didn't read every comment...
…but I haven’t found anyone criticizing HK for the bad throw to Napoli that allowed A-Roid to score the first run. That became an important play in the game.
If Howie’s throw was more accurate – so that Napoli didn’t have to jump to get it – A-Roid would have been out, and I doubt the Yankees would have scored 3 runs in the inning.
I was going to post that last night and forgot ... good call.
That was a TERRIBLE throw.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Oct 21, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Halo D has looked amateurish most of these playoffs. that whole Abreu to Figgins things last night was embarrassing.
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 21, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yup. Bad time for the defense to revert to (at times) Rookie League form.
At times, Aybar has looked really sharp. At other times (the missed pop fly in game one, not cutting off the throw last night) he has looked really shaky.
i put kaz as the blame but, honestly,
it wasn’t all his fault. if gameday is any kind of accurate at all, kaz was painting the corner all night and he wasn’t getting anything.
if anything, i put this on the team as a whole. they didn’t look like a team with all the momentum coming off a spectacular walk-off. also, what’s with soth not starting mathis? numbers and who caught who be damned, you don’t bench one of the few hitters in your line-up that’s actually hitting the ball.
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