Adenhart's Gem Denied by Angels Bullpen Meltdown to A's
by Rev Halofan on Apr 8, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
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PrintFINAL SCORE IN Los Angeles of Anaheim: Angels 4, Oakland Athletics 6
Through 7 innings, the Angels had managed 4 runs on 8 hits, two RBIs were from sacrifice flies and two were from simple singles with men in scoring position. The hunch was a 4-0 lead would be a godsend as the worries have been over the Starting pitching. The bullpen has been an assumed stellar strength in every preseason prognostication.
Well, it was a reverse curse as Nick Adenhart, 7th on the team's starting pitcher depth chart, threw a 5 strikeout 6 inning gem, getting out of jam after frustrating jam with a knee buckling curveball and a well-masked changeup. After a scoreless 7th inning by middle reliever Jose Arredondo, manager Mike Scioscia broke with his usual game plan and left Arredondo in. Two batters and two baserunners later, Scot Shields came on. He was not terrible at all, but little dribblers and fielding miscues lef to 3 runs. Closer Brian Fuentes was one strike away from finishing the game TWICE and lost on some seeing eye hits and a lost-in-the-lights fly ball.
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not a good way to start ur angels career
FUENTES blew it
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by princeton11loveshalos on Apr 8, 2009 10:22 PM PDT reply actions
It was his second appearance...
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
it was blown before he even came in the game.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
???
Bullshit. He came in with a clean 1 run lead, F’d up the third out himself, and then gave up three runs.
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Well when the wheels fall off the bus..............
eventually it will crash…….
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The wheels didn't fall off till he got behind the wheel and ran over the median.
I’m all in favor of apportioning blame, but don’t try to absolve Fuentes of his part in this.
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oh im not.........walking the leadoff guy was the straw that broke the camels back...
but I think if he had the 3 run lead like he should have……..he woudnt have been so cute with his pitching selection……
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like my guess is going to be pretty close ...
at least for this series:
http://www.halosheaven.com/2009/3/27/812120/angels-arizona-in-arizona#13457013
I’m going with 3-4 now that Lackey and Santana are not in there. I see a split with Oak and a 1 game take from the Red Sox.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh. Reasoning seems off though.
Starting pitching hasn’t been our problem.
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Only 3 games,
but the fill-in starting pitchers put the Angels in a position to be 3-0 right now. It’s the rest of the team that’s screwing up.
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by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 8, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The inning was perfectly set up for him.
There were no baserunners and three LHB were due up. The situation was ideal for him. But Fuentes messed up completely. He is not ready for prime time. Maybe he should go pitch in Saskatchewan or Edmonton.
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by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 8, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
i have to say the only upside to this game
was adenhart being pro
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
Fuentes, not necessarily for blowing the save,
but the two killer subsequent runs.
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That's what does it for me
Otherwise, I’d say (with regret) the blame went to Napoli for several defensive lapses.
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Yeah, his baserunning SUCKED tonight! ;)
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to vote for all five for BotG
The final two innings were a joke. Fuentes better get used to facing MLB hitters. Willits in LF is better than Gary “I drive a Bentley” Matthews Jr.
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Reconsidered BotG: Fuentes
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by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 8, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Uh........how is Figgy not on the list?
That’s who’s getting my blame…….
All he had to do was throw to 1st to get one out……..screw the run…….he opened the floodgates like Carl said in the game thread…….
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:25 PM PDT reply actions
no, there was no need to force a ball home......
who cares if that run scores……get the guy out a first……….Shields K’s the next batter…….go into the 9th with a 4-1 lead
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah......that throw.....period.....
wrong……..naps dropping it sucks….but the throw should have never been made IMO
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Still UCI, I agree with you, but...
you gotta go with the “gimme” out at first base. It is a much safer throw, angle of throw and it is a force play. Give up a run in exchange for the out, minimize the damage with a four-run lead.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh Christ come on
What is the guarantee that we get ANYONE else out that inning if Figgins had thrown to first base???
Fuentes didn’t get the job done in the 9th, walked the leadoff man with a 1-run lead. THAT is how we lost the game.
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
well walking the leadoff batter is asking for trouble......
but I imagine with a 3 run lead (which he shoulda had) he probably wouldnt have been trying to be too cute with his pitches…..plus he didnt get alot of help from the Ump………
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Like hell he did
Fuentes blew the game. Pure and simple. We go into the 9th with a 1-run lead and he walks the first batter.
Frankie could have walked the bases loaded and still got out of the inning because he has blow-them-away stuff. Fuentes doesn’t.
Blaming Figgins for that loss is akin to blaming Abreu because he got out on the final play instead of hitting a 2-run homer to tie the game. IF IF IF. Nonsense.
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
When the hell did Fuentes ground out?
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't think you were watching the game
Certainly not at any time other than when Figgins threw home.
And I’m to blame for the credit crunch too ….
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Completely emotional comment.
Figgins executed his throw, Napoli dropped it. Naps also bungled Suzuki’s infield knock in the ninth.
Shields and Fuentes put six men on the bases after the throw home. Even assuming Shields gets out of the eighth with a 4-1 score, Fuentes coughed up three runs in the ninth, and the Angels probably would’ve dropped it in extras.
Jeez thank you
Somebody saw the same game I saw.
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
So you dont think Fuentes would attack the A's differently in the ninth
with a 3 run lead compared to a 1 run lead?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
If I were an amateur psychic.
Why assume Fuentes is going to perform better with a different margin? He walked the leadoff man.
It’s pure superstition. Just like assuming Shields strikes out Matt Holliday on the subsequent play if the course of play is changed by Figgins throwing to first. If Fuentes would’ve had a different result entering the game with a different margin, why wouldn’t Shields also have a different result as the course of history changed as well? Maybe his adrenalin levels shift and he blows it. Maybe Matt Holliday changes his approach with two outs.
The point is, this is black magic. On the other hand, Angel pitching putting 19 men on base is empirical. That’s going to lose you a ton of games.
Moreover, even if one is generous to Napoli and charges the first run to Figgins, Figgins scored a run the previous inning, so it was a net neutral contribution. Arredondo walking two batters, and Shields cashing two batters in, however, is net negative. That’s why FanGraphs make Fuentes the overwhelming goat of the game. Because, well, he was.
Well above all..........Soth screwed with the system.....
Shields shoulda started the 8th :)
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Was not a save situation ...
hence no system in place.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 9, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
heh....
boo on you
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 9, 2009 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Naps, didn't bungle the second play.
Fuentes did. Fuentes is the pitcher, his job is to let someone else get it unless it’s right to him. He went after it anyway and got in Naps way.
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Shields put one man on base
Figgins put one man on base via the fielder’s choice, and Shields allowed one hit.
lol no......Im just calling it like i saw it.......
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
thank you
Can"t understand all the focus on figgins when at least 4 other guys had greater impact on the loss.
its not all on Figgins........
its just where it started…….
again IMO
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
What's so hard to understand
He cost the Angels two runs. He turned a 3 run save into a no margin one run save with one boneheaded decision.
Hmm. So he was responsible for the 19 men....
…Angel pitchers put on base tonight? Your math doesn’t even work out.
Fuentes coughed up three runs. Naps bungled two balls, and Matthews lost the third out in the lights and nonchalanted the catch.
But ít’s Figgins’ properly executed throw to the plate that was responsible for the subsequent six runs? It’s hard to understand because it’s a kooky mixture of superstition, emotion and hand-wavey hokum.
Nothing to do with execution
It’s preparation. It’s making the wrong decision. Perfect pitches get hit. Perfect throws get dropped. Ground balls get booted. But making the wrong decision on a routine play is unacceptable.
Yes, it IS unacceptable but you're missing the point ...
That play did not cost us the game. We went into the 9th inning with a 1-run lead. And what happened then?
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
We lost by two
Which just happens to be the number of runs Figgins cost the Angels in the eighth inning.
We're not going to agree here.
You’re combining an “unacceptable” stamp of the foot with a boatload of superstition that assumes everything that happened after the Figgins-Napoli play at the plate would have transpired exactly the same. Moreover you are assuming a speedy Ellis doesn’t beat out the throw, or that Morales handles it appropriately. None of these things are remotely givens.
How can anyone argue with that? It’s Johnny Carson in a cheap spangled turban stuff. I don’t do fortune telling, so I’m siding with FanGraphs on this one.
And you're ignoring the fact that trading a run for an out is the right decision there
As taught by every coach at every level of play.
by LA Seitz on Apr 8, 2009 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, and not only that ...
The rest of the team is to blame as well, for not putting enough hypothetical runs on the board to give Fuentes enough of a cushion to blow.
This if if if stuff is bullshit of the highest order. Thanks for being sensible, Turks.
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
In Fuentes' defense...
He was squeezed by the ump on that walk. Or did that refill of cerveza’s blind you? :)
Hey, I agree that Figgy made a good play and that a RUSTY Naps blew it by not squeezing the glove. But, the rule is to go to first — trade a run for an out.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Nick was getting squeezed all night.
And the walk isn’t what cost him. Not either making the play on Suzuki himself or letting Napoli do it is what cost him.
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Throwing home in the first place was the wrong move.
For the exact reason of what happened.
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plus him and Aybar are doing nothing to prove to me they belong on the field anymore than 3 wood
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno, Aybar's been pretty good so far.
Besides the one mistake, Figgy’s been lights out.
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Figgins has 4 runs in 3 games.
He leads the team in that regard.
Why do we expect that Brandon Wood, with his hacktastic .191 average over 183 ABs in the Majors is suddenly going to light up the park? The guy has 55 Ks against 4 BBs. Figgins has 3BBs in three games.
Don’t take spring training stats as reality. Wood may yet have a pulse, but he’d have been facing junkballing lefties with good sink and breaking stuff, and those pitches have destroyed Wood up ’til now.
If we're gonna lose......might as well let him take his hacks in the Big Leagues.....
instead of sluming around AAA…………..this team is in some need of some serious pop…..1 HR in 3 games…..is not gonna cut it
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I get the fan longing for "pop".
I just don’t get the fan assurance that Wood gives us that on day one. Or day one hundred and one.
It’s peculiar to me that folks are impatient with a player that has scored four runs in three games, but are willing to sit out Wood “taking his hacks” and just making outs, all on the hope that he might do something one day. Matt Brown and Chone Figgins both outhit him in spring, and spring training stats mean nothing. And hitters with K:BB ratios like Wood has rarely perform in the majors.
I’ll take the runs now. I don’t view Wood as competing with Figgins to begin with. I look at him as competing with Quinlan and Matthews.
Figgins has a profile. Among leadoff men, he’s in the top quintile in runs per plate appearance, and Bill James calls him the most efficient baserunner in the game. He has a place on this club. It’s players like Quinlan and Matthews that are completely redundant.
I realize that.....but why throw home with a four run lead?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Why the hell not?
The play was right in front of him, he thought he could get the man out, and it was an easier throw than to first base.
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
First base is a guanteed out
and MUCH MUCH easier play for the fielder accepting the throw. It’s something you learn by the age of 12.
Also, gentler angle and no runner in the way between release point and the glove you are throwing to.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see both points of view and yes, it probably was a mistake
But no way in hell did it cost us the game. The leadoff walk to Giambi was much more critical.
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
No, he'd have been called out.
Ump was clearly about to gun him down when he noticed the ball.
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He was safe on the replay
I think the ump was ready to call him out, but would have ended up calling him safe. Wrong play. Boneheaded decision by Figgins. Something you learn in little league, and he screwed it up. Figgins plain and simple cost them the game.
Fuentes gave up 3 runs.
If Figgy goes to first, it’s 4-2. I don’t think Figgy is the one who cost them the game.
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yup......
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh.
I guess I thought the wild pitch scores someone.
Nevertheless, 3 runs in the 9th still costs the win.
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You got that right, Zu
Voice of reason. Thank you.
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
the 3 runs in the 8th hurt just as much
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
1 run in the 8th scores regardless.
It’s a save situation and Fuentes comes in either way.
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Right....
and like I said above….a closers mentality is gonna be different with a 3 run lead….then it is with a one run lead….
which is why Fuentes probably pressed too much thus walking the leadoff guy……and starting the blaze yet again…
I will say though……if he cant handle a one run lead like this….he wont be the closer for long…
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
The way I see it, it's immaterial what happened before Fuentes came into the game.
He had a lead, he’s the closer. He gives up the lead, and the game, he gets the blame. That’s how it worked with K-Rod, and that’s how it works now.
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fair enough.....
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Jesus ... thank you, Zu
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes and Arredondo also loaded the bases with 2 runners before Shields came in
Jimmy John in the house
The worst Figgy was guilty of was making a risky play
but Naps caught it, and it looked to me as if the runner would have been out at home had he held it. I don’t think Figgy forced Napoli’s error. Thus, while Figgy did arguably make an error in judgment, it was a lesser error than Napoli’s, and Napoli made several. At least, that’s how I see it.
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
Figgins, not even a question
If he just takes the out for the run and doesn’t throw to the plate, they get out of the eighth with one run against and still win the game. Figgins blew this one.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:28 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
haha a little comedy in a horrible game
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by WillGoAngels27 on Apr 8, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuentes pitched with some bad luck
But WTF was Gary doing on that play. Nomar isn’t going to hit the ball over your head very often anymore, and he just plays it on a hop with the game on the line. Get Willits up here ASAP.
His voice was on that jack commercial just now.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I read that.
So this is just a day off for him, an evening to go cruising local community colleges?
I've got nothing.
alright
i take back blaming gary in the past thread for his terrible read. I’ll just blame fuentes for getting in napoli’s way for that ground ball, i’m not sure if a lefty is even supposed to go for that ball.
Bring the GMJ DFA picture back!!!!
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Matthews Jr
He should have caught that ball. I bet that ball is caught 95% of the time. He was a defensive replacement.
I hope he didn't loaf on that ball on purpose.
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by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 8, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I have noticed in the recent games I have watched that GMJ looks pretty lost out there.
One good diving catch, sure, but everything else is an adventure. I don’t get it.
I blame Figgins
I don’t care that Napoli dropped the ball (and if the Umpire had called him out, he’d have been wrong anyway), because Napoli should never have been receiving the ball.
Figgins throws to first, no flood gates. From the moment he threw home and the run scored, I just had an unending sinking feeling.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 10:39 PM PDT reply actions
lol so you think throwing home with a 4 run lead is an appropriate play?
Is that what I am understanding of all this defense of Figgins?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Granted I wasnt watching the game........
but was he most defintely out had Napoli caught the ball?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
thats why I asked the question.....
I did not know….
I think you misread my question.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
My bad
I misread your post. Sorry.
He was safe on the replay. The ump appeared ready to call him out, but had not made any definitive signal.
its okay man.....
im totally with you on all of this……..
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Right
Because it’s just so easy to make that play with guy barreling down the line and the throw arriving late when you still need to make a tag.
IT WAS THE WRONG DECISION. IT COST THEM TWO RUNS.
What is so hard to understand about that?
What's hard to understand about it is that you've never played a game of baseball in your life
It was a reaction play. And even if you think it was boneheaded of Figgins to throw home, how can you still explain away the NINTH inning? That is where we lost the game, dammit
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Good lord, you're a douche
Seriously. What kind of lame-ass response is “you’ve never played a game”. You don’t even fucking know me.
by LA Seitz on Apr 8, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Carney is that you???
;)
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have thrown home on that play
OK, so I’m a dick. By your logic, then, I cost the Angels the game? Get a grip, man.
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
And you would have been wrong
But no, by my logic, you did nothing wrong since you weren’t actually playing. The professional who has been playing his entire life and STILL made the wrong decision cost the Angels the game.
That's the problem
it’s NOT a reaction play.
This is baseball, he’s a professional. The highest level I ever played was Colt leagues, and even I KNOW that if you are in the field, it is 100% your responsibility to know EXACTLY where to throw the ball BEFORE the pitch is even thrown.
There was precisely 1 correct place to throw the ball in this situation.
Figgins did not throw it that way.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Little League kicks Pony's ass.
;) (just thought I’d stir the pot a bit more than it already is)
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I played little league, too
Sorry, no pot to stir here.
In fact, I played on the same field as ALL TIME GREAT TIM WORRELL.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, at that age I think it's Senior League
Little League is equivalent to like Mustang or Pinto or some other horse.
That's right. At least out here in SoCal.
Little League over 12 is Senior League. Kind of the AYSO equivalent of Pony ball (13-14). [Orange Pony All-Stars were National Champs in 1971. Take a guess how I know that.] Then Colt (15-16). Then American Legion (17-18) if you are not playing travel ball.
I think we've made our arguments loud and clear on this......
people just dont see it the same way………
live to fight another day
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
greatest?
Soth for deviating from the the system :)
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
The greatest?
I guess that technically would rely on who you believe to be the creator of the universe, no?
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
the fact that he caught the ball, made the tag, then dropped that ball
sounds pretty fundamental to me.
Do you get scared when people run at you? Cause I thought MLB catchers could handle that
Only he never caught it
Since Cust had the throw beat, and Napoli had to start the move to make the tag before the ball got there, because it was the wrong goddamn decision.
OK it WAS the wrong goddamn decision but it did not cost us the game
Fuentes did. You don’t walk the leadoff man with a 1-run lead in the 9th unless you are prepared to get the rest of the opposition out somehow.
I’m sorry but I don’t like what I see in Fuentes’ makeup as a closer. I would be much happier with Shields or Arredondo taking the ball in the ninth, because they have the kind of stuff that can produce quick outs.
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
he was fine in the first game.......
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
"Fine" is not good enough for a championship-caliber club
Sorry to quote the Soth, but I’m pretty sure that is what he is telling the press right now …. followed by “turn the page”
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, let me re-organize his post...
“he was PERFECT in the first game…”
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
lol, love ya Downing ... !
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
:)
I love you, too halo-bro!!
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
lol the Soth screwed the whole pooch up anyways.....
by not starting Shields in the 8th…….he deviated from the system.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
"The System"
is in full effect if a SAVE SITUATION exists. The score was 4 nil, man. That allowed Sciosc to work Arredondo a bit longer.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 9, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Physical errors or poor outings happen
They’re unfortunate, but over the course of a season, they’re inevitable.
Mental errors are unacceptable.
I agree with you that mental errors are unacceptable
But that wasn’t even that much of a mental error, nor did it cost us the game
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Not knowing where to go with the baseball before it's hit to you
is pretty much the simplest of mental mistakes, and an unacceptable one i any context. He had one play to make, and didn’t make it.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll take a Figgins mental mistake in the 8th
over Fuentes giving up 3 runs in the 9th and blowing a save any day of the week.
What I dont understand is how you can say that is better...
because you dont know how the 9th woulda gone had the game been 4-1……instead of 4-3……….which is what it shoulda been.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope, we don't know what would have happened.
What we DO know is what DID happen, and what happened is that Fuentes coughed up 3 runs.
~Till the Halo burns out...
Im gonna give you the bottom line cause you seem to miss it
9th inning begins.
Fuentes enters the game with a lead
9th inning over
Fuentes leaves the game down by two.
Everybody together: its the closers job to CLOSE the game.
No I get it........
The difference between me and you on this subject is simple…..
You look where the END was…………
I see where the end BEGAN………..
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
What norcaliangelsfan said
plus, and this is important:
Players are going to have bad physical outings where they don’t locate, and don’t perform to par with their physical abilities. It happens. Even the best hitters get hits 30% of the time.
What Figgins did was unforgivable in the scheme of baseball. He forgot T-Ball practice #1, Section #1, Rule #1: KNOW WHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL BEFORE THE PITCH IS MADE.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
You idiot!!
They don’t pitch in tee ball!!! I’ll bet you never even played the game!!!
by LA Seitz on Apr 8, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hahahahahaha
you caught me.
I was just too freakin’ good in T-Ball, so they skipped me straight ahead to the Cubs’ AAA-affiliate.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Well they sure as hell probably don't get bitched out for making a reaction play and throwing home either
If you were my dad, I’d be in tears every other inning for mental mistakes.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
But if he was your dad.....
he would have had you prepared……and thus you wouldnt have screwed up :)
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
:)
I thank my lucky stars again for my own dad
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
You're probably right.
They’re also not making millions of dollars, and they’re still learning. It’s assumed that the guys with the big contracts actually know what they’re supposed to do with the ball when it’s hit to them.
Actually I probably learned to throw first
or at least around the same time.
And along with learning HOW to throw, you learn WHERE to throw.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
And, if you're a pitcher, especially a CLOSER ...
You learn how to throw strikes in the top of the 9th with a 1-run lead. You do NOT walk Jason Giambi to start the inning.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
As I've already stated a couple of times
I find total mental collapses to be more abhorrent than physical let-downs.
The greatest players of all time get out 65% of the time, don’t homer even 10% of the time, and the greatest pitchers of all time still blow 10% of their games, etc., etc. It comes with the territory of the physical limitation of humankind. Even if I will gladly blame him for sucking as badly as he did, his mistake is, at least in THIS context, more forgivable than just absolutely not KNOWING what to do with a baseball…something hammered into your head from the earliest days of play.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The A's got lucky too
Ball rocketed off Ziegler’s leg and goes straight to Chavez.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
A pitcher isn't supposed to go after a ground ball right in front of him?
It was a miscommunication, but someone has to take charge and call the other guy off there.
Honest opinion, Suzuki runs well and I don’t think Napoli would have had him anyway, but that’s neither here nor there.
It wasn't right in front of him, it was down the first base line.
Naps wasn’t that far behind him, a good throw beats him.
~Till the Halo burns out...
It was certainly in his area of responsibility
What if he doesn’t go after it and Napoli stumbles out of the box? You’d be here bitching that Fuentes didn’t make an attempt to play the ball.
No, I'd be bitching about Naps stumbling out of the box.
You are the one who has admitted to having a personal vendetta against one of the players involved in this discussion, not me.
~Till the Halo burns out...
You aren't exactly the biggest Brian Fuentes fan ...
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Really?
All I said was that K-Rod is better. If I say Albert Pujols is better than Kendry Morales, does that make me not a fan of Morales?
~Till the Halo burns out...
Ah. Great semantic breakdown...
You just pulled a Keanu Reeves in The Matrix move… i shot slo-mo bullets at you. ;)
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Keanu Reeves. Great actor
He would have made the play that Figgins botched, AND would have done Fuentes’ job for him by saving the game, all with a smug look on his face, while remembering all his difficult lines.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I have? Please show me where.
Please quote the post where I claim a personal vendetta against a player. It should be easy, since you’re sure I’ve done it.
Well, okay.
Imagine if Figgins could get on base
Did I mention I hate Chone Figgins. He’s fucking dead to me.
“I hate ”http://www.halosheaven.com/2008/10/3/627306/alds-game-thread-bos-laa#9168469" >Chone Figgins" seems pretty unambiguous to me.
~Till the Halo burns out...
Oops ... Seitz throws home when he should have thrown to first.
Nice catch Zu, unlike Napoli :)
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
are you part elephant?
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL......
Stu Long is a man of many talents.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently so big that I don't even remember writing it
Not that I didn’t write it apparently, but sheesh, I’ve probably said that about every player on the team at some point or other, including the whole bottom part of the order in the Sox series.
And just so it’s out there, the decision he made tonight is worse than anything he did in that series.
It wasn't so much his performance in that series as his
cumulative playoff performances IIRC. You even made a somewhat less hate-filled post about it on your blog.
Anyway, if you say it isn’t so, than it isn’t so and I’m glad of it.
I seem to remember being kind of surprised you were saying it at the time. That’s why it stuck.
~Till the Halo burns out...
I hate Matthews a trillion times more than Figgins
And I don’t blame him for last night.
Actually, I don’t hate Figgins at all, but I was very frustrated by his playoff performances. That was heat of battle stuff.
BOTG - K-Rod
For not signing with the Angels when he had an opportunity, thus causing the multitude of mistakes that led up this loss.
At least he had a Maalox moment save in Cincinnati tonight against the Reds.
by BBFan1 on Apr 8, 2009 10:47 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
FanGraphs says: Blame Fuentes
By far and away he has the worst WPA of -.735
The next worst is HK ; -.113
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!!
does Fangraphs account for mental mistakes?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
uh yeah....it was a bonehead move......
just like Figgins……
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I dont blame it all on Figgy......
but he started it……..
Its like the house getting lit on fire……..
I dont blame the house for getting burned down…….
I blame the person who lit the match.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 9, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes... when in doubt apply the tag...
especially when a douche like AJ is in the batter’s box.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Not the same thing at all
Figgins should have known where to throw the ball before it was hit to him.
Paul’s sole point of blame is not tagging Pierzynski. If you’re in the mindset of Paul at the moment and believe yourself to have cleanly caught the ball…and there’s as little doubt in your mind as there is on any catch of the ball…then why should it even OCCUR to you to tag Pierzynski? Easy answer…it shouldn’t.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
The A's season is finished
Mosely had a quality start and Ade had 6 SO innings.
They are our 6th and 7th starters on the depth chart.
Saunders, Lackey, Santana, Escobar, Weaver, Ade, Mosely
No! Not perspective!
Because that means one must realize there are still 159 games to play.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!!
by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 8, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
More perspective
The Yankees are 0-2. What will The New York Post have to say about this?
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!!
by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 8, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Aye sorry Downing ...
Having a real shitty day and this just makes it worse.
And then I gotta back up my man Desmond. He owes me some cash for this.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I went to the game tonight
and I thought all was well, but two things bugged me. We will lead the league for most singles because 9 hits and 9 singles. Also, Matthews can’t hit but he is supposed to play defense and…cant catch the ball. But all in all we need to start shaking some things up a bit. Long season I think we will manage to put it all together and come out on top.
Give the young guns a chance...if they suck wellll...
Holy shit! It was EXACTLY one year ago today that Speier blew it in the 9th inning.
April 8th, 2008. Angels are leading 3-2. With two outs in the top of the 9th and no one on base, Speier issued a walk and then a HR to Hafner. Angels lose it 4-3.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA200804080.shtml
(Frankie couldn’t pitch the 9th because of the ankle problem)
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!!
This is all a set-up folks.
Give the A’s some glimmer of hope, then smash that hope to hell at a more opportune time.
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Better we get rid of the nasty BS early right?
RIGHT FUENTES??
Yeah. That’s what that was. Alright. You’re still cool…
== Resident Point Tallier ==
Let's get back onto the Billy Mac gossip.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey folks...
there’s a great special on “When Yellowstone Erupts” on Science Channel in HD. Fuentes shouldn’t watch this as it is too explosive.
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lol
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
This is scary shit man!
We’re in for a huge eruption in the next sixty years!!!!!
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait are we talking about BillyMac?
Or Yellowstone
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pigtail girl hopes it's sooner than that.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!!
by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 8, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Turned that off...
the final scene of Commando is heating up!!!!
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
"don't bother my friend, he's dead tired"
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahahahahaha. Rec'd
But in 60 years, pigtail girl won’t be much to ‘erupt’ over.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:24 PM PDT reply actions
Billy (Joel) Mac sings:
And when shes walking
Shes looking so fine
And when shes talking
Shell say that shes mine
Pigtail Girl … la la la …
Don't call me Desmond
Ringo Starr's "You're Sixteen"; an ode to young love
You come on like a dream,
Peaches and cream,
Lips like strawberry wine.
You’re sixteen. You’re beautiful. And you’re mine. (mine, all mine)
You’re all ribbons and curls, ooh, what a girl,
Eyes that sparkle and shine.
You’re sixteen. You’re beautiful. And you’re mine.
(mine, all mine, mine, mine)
You’re sixteen. You’re beautiful.
It’s a crime????
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!!
by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 8, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
CURSE OF THE PIGTAIL GIRL
It will stick with this franchise for another 100 years.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:29 PM PDT reply actions
This team does not appear to me that it was ready to start the season.
Fielding spotty. Hitting spotty, with regulars looking rusty. Baserunning gaffe. Mental mistakes. Shaky bullpen. I know that it’s only 3 games, but these things were supposed to be all straightened out several weeks ago.
Nothing crisp about these guys right now.
Agreed 100%
what exactly is Spring Training for?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently it's for batting a meaningless .400
and tricking the team into thinking you have an ability that justifies you being in the game more than Brandon Wood.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah I hate having thoughts of hoping someone goes down.......
but I want 3 Wood to come play with the Big Boys in some way
Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head on - Coach K
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
We'll be OK. Turn the page.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
7pm cant come fast enough
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Im curious why Weaver is 4th in the rotation.....
anyone know why?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
He had a stiff back for a while
might have something to do with it.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
oh thanks.
Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head on - Coach K
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Just the way it set up out of spring training
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Agree. Funny thing, only the starting pitching has been good.
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!!
by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 8, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Pitchers generally have the edge in the first couple weeks
or so I’ve heard.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Blame it on the WBC.
;)
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit! I just saw what happened to Brian Powers!
… sorry for being ignorant about this, but I just spent the last day and a half in the hospital after being mugged in London.
What a horrible thing to happen. I hope they catch the people responsible.
Don't call me Desmond
Yeah
Broken elbow, massive contusion on right hip. Laptop and mobile phone stolen.
I got in one punch but I couldn’t even slow them down. Have to talk to the cops later today again.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
damn :(
Glad to hear you made it out at least…
What’s the situations about the guys who did this to you?
== Resident Point Tallier ==
I don't know yet ...
One of the guys whacked me in the hip with a club or a crowbar or something to knock me down. I got up and hit one guy but not hard enough to knock him down. Then they were running like hell with my laptop and phone. I chased them but I couldn’t catch them. Both guys were smaller than me and in retrospect it was probably stupid of me to try to chase them. A young guy walking his dog saw what happened and tried to chase them too but they got away.
The cops are coming around again this morning to take another statement and there is hope that CCTV footage will show something. The guy who whacked me from behind was in the off license buying cigarettes at the same time as me, about 5 minutes before it all went down.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
jeezus!
That’s insane :( Man. I’m really glad to see you posting here.
Crazzy to think that if this had gone the wrong way we likely would’ve never known :(
Scary thoughts…
Hoping for the best these punks get caught and punished rightly!
== Resident Point Tallier ==
Thanks Scott ...
This explains why I didn’t play the guesses last two games!
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 9, 2009 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
2 guys
One whacked me in the hip from behind and grabbed the laptop, while the other guy grabbed my mobile phone out of my hand.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, that blows.
Holy crap, I can’t imagine what I’d do if that happened to me. The phone would be a small loss (5 year old sprint piece of crap) but my laptop has my whole damn life. The important stuff is backed up, of course, but still.
~Till the Halo burns out...
The laptop is what might do these guys in.
It’s inevitable that it pops back up on the internet soon. And once it does, there are ways.
I think the mobile phone might get them as well
It has a tracking code and the cops can trace it to a location.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 9, 2009 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I was about to say.
Cell phones are pretty easy to turn into mobile tracking devices. All the movies I watch say so.
~Till the Halo burns out...
I don't know about that ...
… but I called my cellphone company and just by giving them my phone number, they knew what something called a IMEI tracking number. I thought it was kinda creepy that the mobile phone company knows SO much about my whereabouts, but in this case it might be kind of handy.
However, I’m not holding out too much hope. Even if the cops can track the phone there is no guarantee that the guy who is found holding it was involved in the assault/theft …
Thoughts?
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 9, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Pfft.
I know everything about BASEBALL. Crime and punishment is someone else’s specialty. :-P
~Till the Halo burns out...
I will agree with you ...
… there ain’t much you don’t know about baseball ! :)
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 9, 2009 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Well hopefully the cops will catch them
It was a serious assault and theft using a weapon of some sort.
To be honest, I am lucky to still be here. That’s what they told me at the hospital and so did the cops. If I would have fallen wrong and smashed my head or something it could have been sayonara.
Losing the laptop sucks. It’s still just sinking in, really. I just feel bad for my wife having to listen to me fighting with these guys in the street and not knowing whether I was OK or not. She really went through hell … not knowing.
The cops offered to try to call her, but (believe it or not) I couldn’t remember my own wife’s mobile number, and it was stored in my phone.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 9, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I believe it
I remember a few of the numbers of friends and family, but in general I rely too heavily on them being in my phone at this point, and could easily forget a good number of them.
And given your situation, it’s really not hard to believe at all.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 9, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks man
I’ve been a bit unlucky lately but nothing like that poor Brian Powers guy. I can’t imagine what his family must feel like.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry about your misfortune...
yeah, what a ridiculous thing to happen in our stadium. Hope those guys are apprehended and punished.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for your thoughts but I am okay
The worst part of it was when I got mugged I was on my mobile phone with my wife. She heard the whole attack and she did not know for several hours if I was alive or not.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa man.......
glad you are okay…..I can see why you might be in a bad mood lol
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. Sorry about being grumpy.
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by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
its okay.......
Im grumpy too….I hate losing to the A’ss
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 8, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Kinda makes an argument over blame of the game seem ...
STUPID.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You are right there, pal
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Apr 8, 2009 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa, whoops...meant to link, not post
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
“Wait, what kind of pictures?”
::Opens up porn website::
…
“Not those kind”
…
“Oh”
::Closes porn site::
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Highland. Friend. You need to take care, man.
And pick a new strategy for living well. Start buying a Sunday dinner for a local rugby team or something. Spread some serious good karma amidst a bunch of major league ass-kickers. Good things will come.
Get rid of closer
Brain Fuentes Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get rid of him…..
Jimmy John in the house
that’s NOT what she said.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 9, 2009 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Whoa...
the blame of the game poll results look like a big middle finger being pointed at me sideways.
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you said it.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 9, 2009 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
your post was 2 minutes before the crash...
and we were talking about the halos bad luck run …
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 9, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Just got back home from the game.
In retrospect, I should have known we were gonna lose. True story. On the way to the big A, I was pulled over by the CHP on the 91 freeway, me and the cop were BS’ing and talking baseball, come to find out, he was from NorCal, and yes, an A’s fan. Then, to top it all off, ran into my ex-wife, with her new hubbie, at the Mickey D’s on State College Blvd. next to the stadium…en route to the game. If karma truly is a defining force in the world, i’m gonna play the lottery later today, since I and the Angels have had our fill of bad luck!! Losing to choakland sucks ( along with higher insurance rates)
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Well....
I live in the I.E. and didn’t leave till 3:40, the CHP clocked me at Ninety. I told the officer I was in a rush to get Tony LaRussa to his next AA meeting. He didn’t find it funny.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
LOL Panther
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by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 9, 2009 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
GMJ
Quit wasting time and bring Wood back to Anaheim and send HGH to Salt Lake City to force waiver of the no-trade clause. Once he waives the no-trade clause, find a team with an untradable contract, preferably for a pitcher, and make the deal.
sad to see this post today
nice to see props to nick though. it seems like he would be proud of his career even though it obviously was short. im just happy he pitched a gem last night. wins and losses of baseball will never compare to the wins and losses of life. RIP Nick.
Still, I wish Nick was here
by adirondackangelfan on Apr 9, 2009 12:51 PM PDT reply actions
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