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Halos Lose and Swept by the Rangers

Halos got swept by the Rangers.  What a bummer, total bummer.  Clearly, the Rangers were the better team.  The Angels came into this series on a bit of roll and one could argue that they finally had turned the corner. 

After the sweep by the Rangers the Halos have to answer some very hard questions:  Does Mike Scioscia trust his bullpen anymore?  He clearly left Jered Weaver in too long.  This team without Vlad has very little, if any, power in its lineup.  I don't know if there is a remedy for this.  One can make the claim it's time to bring up Wood and give him a lot of playing time but what do we do with the glut of middle infielders?

In the past we were able to get by with small ball and keep the game close and trust our bullpen, but  Scioscia clearly does not trust the pen anymore and has abandoned his own philosophy, in regards to this.  The starters have not been the problem.  The problem; the Angels Achilles heal, their offense and now compounded by their bullpen.  What can we do to fix this?  I don't know.  Be patient, be pissed off, bring up someone up from the minors, make a rash trade...?  I don't know.  We got beat by the Rangers this weekend who both played small ball and hit for power and to pour salt in our wounds, they showed every glaring weakness this Angels roster has.

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Mike, for not trusting his bullpen and keeping Weaver in too long ;)

Angel Pitching (Adenhart), Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on May 17, 2009 1:52 PM PDT reply actions  

LOSE-Possum

I am The Iron Man.

by 44FAN on May 17, 2009 1:54 PM PDT reply actions  

LOL

My fantasy football team is “The Los Angeles Possums of Irvine” (originally just ‘The Irvine Possums’, but after Arte…)
Someone sent me that to use as my icon during one particularly bad season.

by raskul on May 17, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Epic Fail

Way to go, fellas. Oh well, at least the M’s aren’t the only ones who can make Texas “pitching” look good.

by Rachmaninoff on May 17, 2009 2:01 PM PDT reply actions  

SHUT OUT in texas...

quite a feat

Meet me @ the budweiser patio

by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 17, 2009 2:08 PM PDT reply actions  

Epic fail is an understatement

Swept.

Well, maybe it’s a wake up call. This team in theory should be better than this. In theory. But I’m beginning to think that, as Seitz has posited, this just isn’t going to be a very good team, and this begins the downward slide.

Witty .sig goes here.

by scareduck on May 17, 2009 2:11 PM PDT reply actions  

+1

Angel Pitching (Adenhart), Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on May 17, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Mike Scioscia might need to bust out a closed door meeting or two.

This team is lacking in fire.

Mandatory for LACKEY, ABREU, KENDRICK, Scot Shields and his crew, and Aybar.

Not Mandatory for Hunter, Morales, Weaver, Saunders, PALMER, Oliver, and Mike Napoli or Mathis.

It is boggling my mind that the offense is so stagnant and frankly un-powerful, Vlad has been on the DL for weeks, and we have top prospects just sitting in the Minors with promising power. I know that this is by no means a new argument but my God, can we not find Brandon Wood any at-bats? Jesus. Texas has almost 40 more home runs than us? I know they play where they play, but we are in dead last. I am most amazed that between Scioscia, Reagins and Arte, no one sees it our way.

I liked when Rex said something like- Oh man! If you want to give a championship trophy out in May, then oh yah, absolutely give it the Rangers. No doubt. But when they hand out the real trophy in September, it may be a different story.

R.I.P.N.A.

by TheAngelsAngels on May 17, 2009 2:58 PM PDT reply actions  

Amazing? Really?

I have been banging on the drum that the Angels need plate discipline and power. Right now they have very little of either. The Angels are currently 10th in runs scored (175), 7th in OBP (.344), and a pathetic 11th in slugging average. For all the yowping this team does about clutch hitting (the Angels are fifth in that mark with a .281 average), it doesn’t seem to have made a big difference.

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by scareduck on May 17, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

The Halos lost their MoJo

Those red “halo-like” uni’s have zapped the Halos mojo.
Seriously, the Rangers are currently the better team. They look hungrier and they knew by beating the Halos they would solidify themselves as a serious contender at this point in the season. After all, the Angels are the measuring stick of the AL West. The Angels have owned the Rangers for years and they looked sick and tired of that. The timing was right for the Rangers for this series.
I was hoping to see a little more fire in the Angels belly after they watched the Rangers celebrate each victory like a college football team celebrating a national title. But that never happened.
For me, if I were the Angels I would not panic, but I would definitely be out to send a message to the Rangers from this point on.
Once the Halos get Lackey, Santana, Escobar, & Vlad back for a solid couple of months(along with the rest of the starting lineup staying healthy), if they aren’t leading the division by 5 games than they are going to be in for a tough second half. Of course it’s expected of our starting pitching to get the Halos to the post season, however, will the usual suspects of the Angels offense be able to actually produce when they are sapposed to? I say NO.

When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!

by Dono Romantico on May 17, 2009 5:50 PM PDT reply actions  

Well...

Pitching was good enough to win 2 of the 3 games (Sat & Sun).
Offense was good enough to win 1 of the 3 games (Fri).
Just didn’t put it together in the right order, or get the right breaks at the right times. So goes the game of baseball.
There’s still a long way to go. At this time, the Rangers look like legitimate contenders. Let’s see how they look in August (injuries, heat, etc.).

by sothball on May 17, 2009 6:39 PM PDT reply actions  

This thing is a marathon, not a sprint.

by firebird81 on May 17, 2009 7:35 PM PDT reply actions  

What doesn't kill you...makes you stronger.

Let Texas bask in the glow (deservedly so) for now. Wait until September though and see what happens when seats in the lifeboat start becoming scarce.

God needed a starter. RIP #34

by 3rd Echelon on May 17, 2009 7:38 PM PDT reply actions  

I love the Angels

I love Soth, but man this is just getting ridiculous. And it stinks that this is gonna be the whole year. Slap hitters and singles. Besides Hunter Napoli and Morales there is not one person that would scare me as a pitcher. I hate to rag, but man it is just getting old.

"If I was still pitching, I would stick one right in his ear..." Goose Gossage

by angelskid2210 on May 17, 2009 9:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Vladimir Guerrero

Angel Pitching (Adenhart), Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on May 18, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

Exactly

Vlad will help but that’s only if he is the vlad of old. Should be more like B Woody and S Rod. Instead we have Figgins and Aybar. Shakin in my boots LOL

"If I was still pitching, I would stick one right in his ear..." Goose Gossage

by angelskid2210 on May 18, 2009 6:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Vlad will be out to prove something this year. Just wait….big daddy ain’t done yet.

by firebird81 on May 18, 2009 5:14 PM PDT reply actions  

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