Unshielded: Angels Bullpen Gifts Tigers 12-10 Win
by Rev Halofan on Apr 22, 2009 10:33 PM PDT
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PrintFinal Score in Los Angeles of Anaheim: Tigers 12, Angels 10
Are the Tiger bats this good or is the Angel bullpen this bad? That wasn't what the Disneyland-adjacent faithful were wondering as they headed toward the aisles in a chorus of grumbling boos and obscenities as the normally reliable Scot Shields made the 7th inning a 5 run affair, allowing 2 hits and 2 walks without getting an out, leaving Jose Arredondo holding the bag and inheriting some clunky fielding by infielders who see Brandon Wood closing in on their job and knowing Manager Mike Scioscia benched Howie Kendrick amidst the biggest slump of his professional career.
Joe Saunders was far far from the ace he has been billed as, allowing 5 runs in 5 innings. In fact, the only Angel pitcher of 6 in the game to not allow at least 1 Earned Run was the heretofore scorned Jason Bulger, whose scoreless 8th inning lowered his ERA 4.50 (from 18.00 to 13.50).
The Tigers slapped out 18 hits, but the Angels were not punchless, with 16 hits, but the demoralizing sight of Scot Shields reduced to walking in a run with no outs in an inning he started was psychological bombshell for the Los Angeles of Anaheim Nine.
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so sad....
Shields cant deflect this blame…….
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 22, 2009 10:35 PM PDT reply actions
Aybar is so freaking weak
can’t hit, can’t steal, can’t bunt and now he can’t field
#34 Nick Adenhart always an Angel
good thing we're not using Wood, right?
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Apr 22, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
at least ur drum set looked sweet
RIP Nick Adenhart
by ihearhowie2.0 on Apr 22, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
nice!
i didn’t get to see it… did it sound good, too?
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Apr 22, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
the drum yes, david archuletta definitely not
RIP Nick Adenhart
by ihearhowie2.0 on Apr 22, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
the drums are all i care about ;)
ahhh that makes me happy.
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Apr 22, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
wheres the lil box link to the spreadsheet?
or is it just me
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 22, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
On the plus side
the rest of the AL West failed tonight so we didnt fall back any games.
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
So K-Mo's GIDP in the 9th
ended up being quite huge afterall. Go figure.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 22, 2009 10:38 PM PDT reply actions
Yup......His 5 RBI's didnt do anything either, He is worthless!!!
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christ
can you please stop the paranoid, obsessive defending of the guy?
No one is slighting his performance for the night. No one is implying he is worthless. No one is suggesting he did nothing. No one said he sucks. No one said he should be cut.
It’s a simple, easy, acceptable, understandable observation…a double play that was hit into in the 9th inning proved, in the long run, to be more damaging than it appeared to be at the time it was hit. It has nothing to do with saying K-Mo is “bad” or worthless…it could have been an observation of any player, and happened to be about him because it was Morales who hit the damn ball. I can’t well just lie and say it was someone else who hit it, now can I?
We get it, you love Morales. Now stop the hyper-defensive stances for him. No one slighted him.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 22, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he sleeps in the bushes outside Kendry's window...
“Didja hear that??? He farted!!!” ;) (j/k ’cude dude)
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
whats 'cude mean?
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I pronounce your screen name like this (white boy)
uh – Q – duh
So, I meshed the Q and the d of the DUH and got Q’d or cude; which rhymed with dude. Follow?
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh I see........Q'l
that means Cool?!? lol never mind that was kinda stupid.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROFL I did that on purpose, I know what you ment. I just felt like saying that.
Sorry If I pissed you off a little, I wont let it happen again.
Your one of the coolest posters on HalosHeaven, and I kinda missed our “battles” back in the day when Kotch was still here. So It was intentional, Sorry once again and yes I was thinking the same thing (about the DP ball) after Rivera hit the Double down the line.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was stoked that Kmo
got 5 ribbies. I was hoping for a little magic that might have erased GA’s name from the top of the franchise RBI-single game mark.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too.....oh well, he will get another chance sooner rather than later.
I was pulling for a Grand Slam when he had the Bases Loaded. I hope tonight is the start of his hot hitting.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The shelter needs a hole in the roof to perfect this photo
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
the thing that frustrates me to no end is
yea shields and arrendondo have been bad but what are you going to do? You don’t have anyone to replace them but Aybar, you have his replacement sitting on the freakin beach!
#34 Nick Adenhart always an Angel
last i heard, it was 7-5 us.
then i get home, and it’s 12-8. i frantically find the box score to see what happened…. and i see Shields blew it. again.
….blech.
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
And you just found out how fast Shields can work.
Nick Adenhart.
by WillGoAngels27 on Apr 22, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Ive Hated Shields forever now
Yet everyone seemed to defend him dispite his 082750923702-739704295723095732057325834056793420956 ERA at fenway with 39473205273509838 blown holds when it mattered.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
You need to get a radio in the car.
If you travel via bus, I would consider investing in a walkman.
I've got nothing.
Sony still makes the Walkman?
I thought those were discontinued in 1988.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I like living in the past.
Modern technology frightens me.
Plus, other benefits of the past were we had a nice bullpen.
I've got nothing.
Hey, I hear ya!
I was trippin’ on someone being “internet bullied” by their PS3 … I was trying to figure out how to surf the ’net with my Atari 2600 ;)
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
i have a radio
unfortunately, AM 830 doesn’t really come in in the high desert at night.
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Apr 22, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
$10 for MLB at bat on the iphone
and you can listen to every game, every team for the whole season. A great investment.
Although the cash you have to blow to get the iphone might not be such a great investment.
does this work for the itouch?
given i do not always have internet. I was thinking about getting it but didnt want to waste my money.
R.I.P.N.A.
by TheAngelsAngels on Apr 23, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
sorry
I have no idea. I have not even used it over wifi, so far only 3g. It’s great in the car
It works great over WiFi
But… you need a WiFi connection for that to work.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
and $15 for GameDay Audio Premium for BlackBerry
You’ll need a Bold, Storm, or Curve (certain versions only). It works, though it rebuffers with some frequency. A lot better than nothing, however. They also have it for Windows Mobile phones.
I was thinking about grabbing it for my iPhone
How is the audio? Is it jumpy at all?
I have nothing important to say.
Crashes often, but otherwise great. I use it all the time.
by MidwayCityLivestock on Apr 23, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I restart my phone before a game and I have only a couple problems.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
we just need a mushroom cloud animation
that we insert in posts after the 6th inning
RIP Nick Adenhart
damn
shields was one of my favorite players. now i cant stand it when there is any indication he will enter the game. so sad. this is brutal. even if we are “spoiled”, there is no fun in watching this. this is beyond just “not as good as it usually is”, this is last place team status. at least they hit well today, but hitting well in a loss means nothing because everyone knows there is a solid chance they will score two runs on five hits tomorrow.
R.I.P.N.A.
by TheAngelsAngels on Apr 22, 2009 10:44 PM PDT reply actions
Forget Shields' pronouncements that all is well
this tightly-wound fucker needs to get his head examined. We are losing patience.
he's sucking now but what would you expect him to say ?
Meet me @ the budweiser patio
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Apr 22, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
"i suck, i need help"
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
bud light to the rescue!
Meet me @ the budweiser patio
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Apr 22, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Was that before or after his rape at the hands of Bernie Madoff?
by PieceOfAase on Apr 23, 2009 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that guy is a reall butt hole...
trying to optimize all the negativism. What a weenie he is.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
i got more of them.
1986 and 1995 humiliated me so much that i learned to almost revel in suckitude. heck, I was a rabid Rams fan from 1991 to 1999 always getting laughed at DAILY by 49er fans in a predominantly Maroon and Gold region.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
he'll be fine eventually
RIP Nick Adenhart
by ihearhowie2.0 on Apr 22, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Too much Bad Shields this season.
*Ade-Rock 34*
by TheTypingFiend on Apr 22, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
i think
last time i saw shields this bad was post ASB 07 I THINK… hopefully he’s just having his bad stretch now… problem is EVERYONE in the bullpen is having their bad stretch now
Meet me @ the budweiser patio
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Apr 22, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
BOTG: shields
close 2nd aybar… good to see kmo driving in runs but the DP ended up being a killer
Meet me @ the budweiser patio
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Apr 22, 2009 10:53 PM PDT reply actions
THIS JUST IN: THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!
cancel Christmas, everyone. stock up on kleenex to catch all the tears! (leave your unused tickets for future games at my doorstep, please!!!!)
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
You can send team merchandise to me.
*Ade-Rock 34*
by TheTypingFiend on Apr 22, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
this team just needs a 4 game winning streak for some prolonged mojo building
good vibes to bring us from the muck
RIP Nick Adenhart
i'd take a two game win streak first
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 22, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll take a one-game starting tomorrow...
and then work from there.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Season Ticket Refund
Hey Rev, what information can you give me about this? I can’t sell my tickets to games I can’t attend because of the glut on Stubhub and now the team is melting down.
There is always this place to post your tickets ...
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/zip/
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
You want to buy them?
I’m not giving away $30 tickets for nothing.
by HungryHunter on Apr 23, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
See I would have sympathy for you
if say I just lost my job. Or my parents need help with the medical bills. Or something…you know real.
But I have zero sympathy for someone who buys season tickets and then looks to sell them when the team looks kinda bad. I hope you sell zero. I honestly do. I have nothing personal against you, just people who flee when the going gets tough.
RIP #34
link...
i agree with you if he is trying to make a profit, but …
it is really tough to attend 81 games. further, it is quite a financial outlay for 81 games worth of tickets. you just cannot give them away, unless you are buffered from the financial mess going on.
give the fella a break, he is only trying to make some cash back. however, that isn’t going to happen this year due to lack of spending cash for the common fan.
@ Hungry:
I would doubt there is a way to turn in your tickets. Everyone is turning them in … on stubhub. And they are not selling very well there. So, there are going to be a lot of “empty seat sellouts” this year, at least mid-week. My best bet is to offer really low prices at craigs list to at least get something. You are NOT going to get face value. I cannot count how many SSH are still trying to get face at this time.
In a year of such turmoil, whining still abounds.
by Downing Rules on Apr 24, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
The profit thing is a whole another story
That I am also ok with. I understand the unfeasibility of attending all 81 games, my family had season tix through 2002. I know what its like. The problem I have is when “the team is melting down” and “I can’t sell my tickets,” so “I want a season ticket refund.” (all HungryHunter quotes). This I have a very big problem with. There is no emotional satisfaction if you’re not there for the entire ride, so instead you bail at the first sign of trouble. F that. Seriously.
The guys who buy tix for profit are also terrible. But the season will force down prices since aggregate demand will be down, and supply is going to shoot up. So not as worried about this year. But those guys also suck.
RIP #34
Bruce Sutter is now an Angels fan?
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 22, 2009 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL I bet thats what he looked like when he got off the phone with the guy at the Cable company...
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 22, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
If Aybar hadn't have dropped those two fly balls
We definitely could have won.
The time is out of joint; oh cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right.
by chairmanofthebar on Apr 22, 2009 11:16 PM PDT reply actions
BOTG
Two costly defensive plays would have saved a few runs in the 7th. I was also thinking the same thing as Hud before he said it but why not try and get hit in the foot when that ball started bouncing in the dirt to bring the tying run to the plate. The ball was low enough to where it might not have hurt him that much and lord knows he wasn’t going to get on base any other way in that situation.
A question to someone who attended the game...
what was the distraction on the field (center?) during Shields’ appearance? Guys, if you are going to run on the field and play “dodge the cops” do it when the OTHER TEAM is pitching. Shields didn’t need that distraction.
Maybe that person is the true blame of the game. Just throwin’ it out.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
Erick Aybar Sucks.
All this talk last spring about what a defensive phenom he was. What a joke.
This is something that happens with certain players. They make some flashy plays, and then they’re anointed as some kind of defensive wizard. What goes by the boards is the fact that they cannot consistently make the solid plays on an inning by inning basis. You watch the player long enough and see that he simply is not fundamentally sound.
That’s Aybar.
THIS JUST IN
Angels forfeit the rest of their games for the season since they were just going to lose them anyways.
RIP #34
hahahahahaha
oliver shelved. 15 day disabled list. at least i can go back to focusing on my graduation while the angels figure it out. their health problems has to be a product of something other than just bad luck. scioscia focuses so much on the health of his pitchers yet he cannot keep any of the healthy. every year! what is going on?
R.I.P.N.A.
by TheAngelsAngels on Apr 23, 2009 12:13 AM PDT reply actions
Yeah, come on back when it is convenient and easy.
We will discuss Actively Inactive Brandon Wood and Slothy Soth until the cows come home while you are gone! ;)
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 23, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
whatever dude.
your false sense of entitlement can fondle my balls.
obviously i will be watching everyday and come up with excuses to drive somewhere just so i can listen to pregame on the radio everyday. the main point was Oliver. but of course you had to abuse this opportunity to crack what you seem to think are jokes or something. ill just go with attempts at humor.
R.I.P.N.A.
by TheAngelsAngels on Apr 23, 2009 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Nice retort! (rec'd)
:)
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 23, 2009 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
@ your false sense of entitlement can fondle my balls.
that had me shittin’ giggles! ;)
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 23, 2009 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
FAIL
Can I get a group discount if I buy one for everyone on the Angels 25 man roster?
This year we score runs when we can’t play defense, and get pitching gems when we can’t score runs…
This is because of all those people calling us “lucky” for all those years, isn’t it?
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
Isn't this book something you get when Amway or Primerica try to recruit you?
Bring the entire Angels roster to “a meeting next Tuesday night” for details. “No, it’s not a pyramid scheme!”
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 23, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
hmm.
maybe it’s because our best pitchers are lined up against other teams best pitchers? i think thats the way rotations work. so when our best pitchers pitch gems, theirs are too, and when our lesser pitchers are pitching, we’re hitting off their back end of the rotation as well..
World Series '09 - In Memory of #34 Nick Adenhart!
Nah - not in these games so far this year.
Our best pitchers, for one, are on the DL. Soth didn’t even bother trying to line up matchups for the season because, frankly, there wasn’t much to line up – As much as I like our starting staff, you can’t really say that Soth was excited to start Dustin Moseley against Becky – thankfully our bullpen didn’t feel like giving up a seven run inning that night. Saunders, our opening day starter, and one of our top two current pitchers, gave up five runs in five innings. And left with the lead. And we scored 10 runs. And we lost.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
My Picks = Epic Fail
Almost as bad as Shieldsy.
Oh well.. Live again to play another day. At least we put up runs.
by matthiasstephan on Apr 23, 2009 12:45 AM PDT reply actions
Silver Lining
Yes, I’m being sarcastic:
We lost by only two runs, so this definately was a “pitcher’s duel”.
At least Bulger got his ERA down to 13.50 !
Remember when it was "Tanana and Ryan, and the rest are cryin’ "? In 2009 it’s just a whole lot of cryin’.
Buckle the seat belts everyone, it’s going to be a L-O-N-G season.
CAT SIGHTING...
I saw a cat scampering through the main walkway on the 200 level tonight. Maybe that’s how they got the rats out of the stadium.
In a year of such turmoil, whining still abounds.
by Downing Rules on Apr 24, 2009 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions
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