Angels Win is Inside the Park
by Rev Halofan on May 8, 2009 10:01 PM PDT
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PrintFinal Score in Los Angeles of Anaheim: Angels 4, Kansas City Royals 1
A great pitching performance by pitcher Matt Palmer was overshadowed Friday Night by an inside the park homerun. The vengefully delicious frosting on that sweet smack was that the catchable Howie Kendrick flyball down the right field line was misjudged by an arch-nemesis of all that is Halo: Jose Guillen.
Consider the karma of coming into Southern California riding a first place hot hand and waltzing past a loping fly that should either be caught or kept in front of a fielder for a single. Guillen, who turns 33 a week from Sunday, shoul hope that it is his only karmic komeuppance, as the old bull looked more sullen than ever as a gloating Fox Sports West cameraman made sure to zoom in on his pitiful Taurus frown, abandoned by fate to be jeered by the crowd he has publicly goaded into hating him.
Darren Oliver relieved Palmer in the 6th inning with one out and men on 1st and 3rd. He let in a run but that was all and his 2 strikeouts in 1.2 innings pitched gave him a career total of 1,000 tying Ralph Terry and Tom Browning for 429th place in baseball history.
Palmer's "story" of being a 30-year old journeyman living the dream is wearing out as he continues to show up as a serviceable major league arm. His first-inning foibles were minimal this game, yielding only a high pitch count that left him gassed after 5 and a third innings. Brian Fuentes got his 8th save of the season. He is on pace for a 50-Save season despite having some rough outings in the first month of the year.
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i said oliver.....
middle relief ftw!
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on May 8, 2009 10:03 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, we really needed that!
Hard to choose. Could go to Palmer or Oliver.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
A game of hilarity.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2G3UcoksI50/RrIdWVn-GhI/AAAAAAAAAfM/nv1SBxUmCM0/s400/guillen.jpg
BTW, i don’t get how to post the pics. Help?
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
Click the "picture" icon (the one with the tree) to the right of the "link" (chain icon)...
….and insert the link to the photo there.
I tried it...
it didn’t work :(
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
by vlad IS my man on May 8, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
lemme try again
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
by vlad IS my man on May 8, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
san ku vely much!
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
by vlad IS my man on May 8, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Palmer...
easy call… halos back @ .500
Meet me @ the budweiser patio
by BigBangRobbDawgg on May 8, 2009 10:06 PM PDT reply actions
best photo ever.
"its like deja vu all over again."
-Yogi Berra
by pendletonmike on May 8, 2009 10:09 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Palmer for Panther
Howie gets honorable mention somewhat for his inside the parker, but mostly for his goofy and dorky joke in the post game intervew
RIP Nick Adenhart
palmer looked leti5
but i voted for cousin oliver. 1000 k’s, and palmer wouldn’t have gotten the W if ollie hadn’t stepped up..
World Series '09 - In Memory of #34 Nick Adenhart!
i'm in there twice for today scott..
i changed my picks, and therefore sent in two forms.. just thought i’d let you know..
World Series '09 - In Memory of #34 Nick Adenhart!
its lantz, rev
just sayin!
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
by vlad IS my man on May 8, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I am surprised
I guess wearing a Dodgers hat isn’t looking so good right now with the Manny thing
RIP Nick Adenhart
I didnt hear what Kendrick said
what was the joke he told?
R.I.P Nick Adenhart 1986-2009 You will be greatly missed
HE SAID
yeah i have been hitting the gym hard and running on the treadmill for that one
"its like deja vu all over again."
-Yogi Berra
by pendletonmike on May 8, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Just wondering...
could Palmer and Loux stay on the roster after Escobar.Lackey and Santana returns? they may digest some innings efficiently for us.
Though not better than Fuentes did today
Angel Pitching (Adenhart), Angel Defense - get past that.
by vladtheimpaler on May 8, 2009 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, crazy stat. Maybe we're just that bad with Aybar in there?
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
Voted for Oliver
Nice to see the pen come in, do its job and nail down the W. Palmer pitched another great game, and seeing Guillen misplay the ball…priceless.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
I'd pay like...$100 to go back in time and witness this live and in person tonight.
by ReggieBullits on May 8, 2009 10:49 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Kudos to the pyrotechnics crew...
they signaled homerun by lighting a firework that timed with Howie crossing home. I wonder if their act persuaded the scorers to give Howie a homerun. It sure seemed like an E-9 to me.
Make some noise already people. Come on!
by Downing Rules on May 8, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
They’re here!!!
Nick Adenhart.
by WillGoAngels27 on May 8, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, now a fuentesauras image
-- RIP Nick Adenhart
by mjhsieh on May 8, 2009 11:08 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
rawrrwarwrarwarwarawrawrararar!
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
I love how Kendrick is nominated for panther of the game
When it should have been an out.
Instead of Howie it should be-
Panther of the Game:
-Palmer
-Oliver
-Guillen
In a way Guillen hit that inside-the-park homerun
Word
The time is out of joint; oh cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right.
by chairmanofthebar on May 8, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
nice one
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on May 8, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
As long as Palmer keeps turning in these performances
I will never fail to vote for him. That’s just above and beyond the call of duty right now.
by Captain Awesome on May 8, 2009 11:55 PM PDT reply actions
Didn't it hit Guillen's glove? That would make it an error.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on May 9, 2009 12:53 AM PDT reply actions
no it did not hit it, he overran it and it dropped just past his glove – that is why it bounced so hard and turned into a topspin ricochet ball. I f he had gotten a qurter-inch of his glove on it then it would have been deadened and stayed near where it landed.
I thought it hit his glove...
sure appears to have changed direction after passing over him. Also, the Royals have protested the official scoring of that play.
Make some noise already people. Come on!
by Downing Rules on May 10, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the kind of thing that brings Division Champions.
Palmer coming out of ?. wow. we are .500 ! the pretenders day is just about done, and we’re getting ready for another crack at October Glory!
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on May 9, 2009 1:03 AM PDT reply actions
Any chance Palmer stays in the rotation???
Moseley goes to the pen??
I, personally, feel pretty good with Ortega and Loux as back up in Salt Lake. We are at .500 with Lackey, Santana, and Escobar all on the DL (plus Vlad of course). Things are looking good.
am i the only one who wants to quit while we're ahead with palmer?
if anything, i think loux will be more steady over an entire season
RIP Nick Adenhart
by ihearhowie2.0 on May 9, 2009 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you're the only one.
Palmer is having the time of his life, and refuses to be outpitched.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
Soth and Butch...
have a lot of faith in that fella. He needs to keep on believing in himself and he could find a place as a starter in the bigs permanently.
Make some noise already people. Come on!
by Downing Rules on May 10, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
14-14
Last that time that was our record through 28 games we all know what happened. I’m liking the possibilities here.
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