L.A. of Brooklyn Beats L.A. of Anaheim

by Rev Halofan on Apr 2, 2009 10:11 PM PDT in Angels Postgame

Final Score from Chavez Ravine: Angels 2, Dodgers 6

Preseason work at night:

Dustin Moseley threw 80 pitches, 50 for strikes, giving up 3 ER in a pitchers park. The lack of outfield range in the Angels' defense is going to make Andre Ethier's Triple a common thing this season.

Vladimir Guerrero had a 2-Out RBI, so that is worth something.

Brian Fuentes looked awesome in his 1-2-3 7th inning. Some of those swooping curves (maybe you call them sliders) to righthanders were beautiful twists of batter-caught-looking-teases.

But that was about it for the good news, where the Halos couldn't buy a hit besides 8 lousy singles, ironically the one hit in the 8th inning by AAA casualty Brandon Wood being the hardest-hit of the night. The Angels are demoting the guy who squared up the ball the best tonight.

Jose Arredondo had a bit of batting practice fever, surrendering a run on some hard hit balls. But it doesn't count and maybe he working on stuff. Maybe.

Poll

BLAME OF THE GAME

Bobby Abreu 0-4, 1 GIDP

53 votes

Torii Hunter 0-3, 1 GIDP

12 votes

Howie Kendrick 0-3, 3 LOB

74 votes

Dustin Moseley 4 IP, 3 ER

53 votes

192 votes | Poll has closed

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I vote Abreu since Torii and Howie at least walked once.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 2, 2009 10:14 PM PDT reply actions

slackluster performance.

I voted for Abreu as well, though there could have been a team vote.

by sothball on Apr 2, 2009 10:19 PM PDT reply actions

I voted for Howie. Still bitter. Need meds.

by Stirrups on Apr 2, 2009 10:28 PM PDT reply actions

Spring Results!

== Resident Point Tallier ==

by scottnak on Apr 3, 2009 12:23 AM PDT reply actions

awesome! and as usual i forgot to vote.

by Rev Halofan on Apr 3, 2009 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions

I am like T.O.

Waaaayyyyy too important to get involved with pre-season practices. Call me when the season starts. And oh, make sure my pedicurist and masseuse preps me before I can participate.

Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on Apr 3, 2009 2:27 AM PDT up reply actions

I couldn't pick. My hamstring has been bothering me and Coach has me shut down.

by Stirrups on Apr 3, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Picked up right where I left off! Zilch!

Blogging is FUN!

by Downing Rules on Apr 3, 2009 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions

When it's close

The new guy always get the blame. Bobby A.

Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on Apr 3, 2009 2:23 AM PDT reply actions

Just cause he left the Bronx doesn't mean he won't hear the appropriate cheer.

by sothball on Apr 3, 2009 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, but, is it all-temperature cheer?

Blogging is FUN!

by Downing Rules on Apr 3, 2009 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Why does Moseley look so old in this photo?

I could have sworn it was Don Sutton. Wierd

Peanuts...Get your Overpriced Peanuts!

by Angel Hawker on Apr 3, 2009 8:05 AM PDT reply actions

HAHA

I didn’t pay close attention to the pic at first but it does look like Sutton!

Outfielders For Sale! This weeks special...GMJ - see Tony for details!

by gorams77 on Apr 3, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Moseley

doesn’t deserve a win for that pitching performance, so the other guys are off the hook in my book.

by jjackflash on Apr 3, 2009 8:29 AM PDT reply actions

I might get flamed for this, but

I didn’t think Moseley looked all that bad last night despite what the stats say. His fastball had nice movement and he kept his pitches down for the most part. The Doyers just got some good hits on decent pitches. Blake was almost crouching when he hit that HR; the ball wasn’t up in the zone. More of a good hitting performance by the Blew Crew than a bad outing by Moseley.

Maybe I’m being too nice, but this was one of the few games Moseley started where I wasn’t screaming at him through my TV.

by Higz on Apr 3, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions