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Angels Bullpen Chokes Up Jered Weaver Gem

FINAL SCORE IN L.A. of ANAHEIM: Oakland Athletics 4, Angels 3

Jered Weaver was gassed after 6 innings. The bullpen was running on fumes after showing up in the 3rd inning on Friday. Weaver lost his W and relief scrub Rafael Rodriguez got the L, but it was Jose Arredondo, masterful in two innings last night, who loaded the bases and saw every runner score to tie the game. You know what they call that? A massacre. But wait, it gets worse later in the 9th inning...

Star-divide

Chone Figgins is on base with one out and Bobby Abreu hits a long flyball for out #2. Figgins tags up and breaks for 2B. He gets there but the tag gets him and the massacre is over. Figgins made the first out on the bases in Thursday night's 2-0 loss in getting picked off at 2B against the Athletics and he made the last out of Saturday night's loss trying to reach 2B.

However, when you are getting 2/3 of your night's runs on the rare Maicer Izturis HR and Jered Weaver nibbles so much that his 6 inning shutout costs him 119 pitches, victory is not exactly destiny with a gassed bullpen and day game tomorrow before a road trip.

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Stole one yesterday.......

Blew on today

Karma is a dirty filthy bitch.

Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009

by norcaliangelsfan on Aug 29, 2009 9:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Can i vote for Figgy?

Lou Brown"You traded my best player to our rivals for no-one?"
Roger Dorn"Well i didn't get nothing, i got a player from the Giants....Not those Giants"
RIP Nick Adenhart.

by WillGoAngels27 on Aug 29, 2009 9:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Mired in a slump

And Texas is thriving.

The time is out of joint; oh cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right.

by chairmanofthebar on Aug 29, 2009 9:14 PM PDT reply actions  

yet still 4 games up...........

says alot about our team.

Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009

by norcaliangelsfan on Aug 29, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why is Scioscia not an option?

Seriously. He has as much impact on the game as some of the players do.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 29, 2009 9:14 PM PDT reply actions  

it's not like soth has a good bullpen to count on

the team needs another person in the pen to step up. Soth doesn’t has much of an option other then to see if some of these chumps can step up.

by semperfi1645 on Aug 29, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Spot on here Marine.....

rec’d

Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009

by norcaliangelsfan on Aug 29, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not really...

he needs like three starters in a row to go 7 or 8 innings…

The bullpen sucks, yes, but they are TIRED. Out of gas. The Trevor Bell and SoS experiments have left them in shambles.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, he doesn't have a great bullpen to work with

but he has some options in the bullpen that are better than others.

And he chose not to use those options.

And actually, since the All-Star Break, our bullpen has been quite good.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 29, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

And he chose not to use those options since we need to meter out their usage. We have a stretch of quite a few games in a row here including a brutal stretch in NYY, Boston and Texas.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bulger hasn't pitched in 3 days

he’s better there than Rafael Rodriguez.

And a win against Oakland counts as much in the standings as a win against any of those other teams.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 29, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yikes...

I didn’t realize the Bulge was well rested. That’s pretty weak.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes...

Why choose Dondo after 2 big innings last night when Bulger hasn’t thrown in the series? I thought it was dumb at the time…

Also, Fuentes is in the bullpen – you can use him more than just in save situations. But that would take too much forward thinking or innovation. God forbid a manager think outside the box.

Maybe Bulger is hurt a little – that might explain it. Otherwise, stupid move by Scioscia.

RIP Nick...

Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home

by jimmuscomp on Aug 30, 2009 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

the bullpen..

in particular jepsen, bulger, oliver, and palmer have all really stepped up. fuentes has been eh… speier and loux were shown the door. there were better options than rat rod. i didnt have a probem with dondo coming in, but rat rod in that situation when bulger hadnt pitched the previous night makes no sense

Meet me @ the budweiser patio

by BigBangRobbDawgg on Aug 29, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm with Casey here

Counting on RafRod and Arrendon’tdo to hold the lead instead of Bulger and Jepsen was a mistake.

NA, #34 SP, LAA
Light up the Halo for Nick!

The Fail Bus leaves in five minutes, please make sure you are under it...

by hk47 on Aug 30, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

sosh should be in there...

this is crunch time … i know he doesnt look at the standings but uh someone might want to remind sosh he’s in an actual race this season… texas isnt going away, get the freakin vets in the game esp. in pressure situations FFS. freakin rat rod ? really ?

Meet me @ the budweiser patio

by BigBangRobbDawgg on Aug 29, 2009 9:18 PM PDT reply actions  

+1

dondo was good the other day. not sosh fault for seeing if he could put together some friggin consistency. Bag and tag dondo.

by semperfi1645 on Aug 29, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

yes the other day does equal yesterday, glad you can read

here is a cookie. Btw, he wouldn’t be the first reliever asked to pitch on consecutive days. He should have been able to handle it today.

by semperfi1645 on Aug 29, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

The bigger question

Is why weren’t Bulger and Jepsen used?

NA, #34 SP, LAA
Light up the Halo for Nick!

The Fail Bus leaves in five minutes, please make sure you are under it...

by hk47 on Aug 30, 2009 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sosh's logic this season has been perplexing at times

Why allow a strugling pitcher to continue yet again, seriously? We’ve seen this scenario repeatedly this year…seems like a conundrum to me.

Let the Halo power flow...

by HALO N BRIMSTONE on Aug 29, 2009 9:18 PM PDT reply actions  

What a difference a year makes

Arredondo is worthless to this team right now. Salt Lake him ’til he gets it right!

by PieceOfAase on Aug 29, 2009 9:20 PM PDT reply actions  

we tried that already

Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 29, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Is Rich Thompson ready to head back to Anaheim?

Wonder how his time in the SLC has gone.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

really?

SHE’s in AR, but I think Rich is still in SLC. That’s why she was lamenting being apart for so long (I read her blog once since Rich went back down and that was the only story I caught — it was just the other day).

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dude - he ruled the night before and has

been good recently. Scioscia asked him to come back and throw an inning after two big innings the night before. That blowup is 50/50 on Scioscia and Dondo.

RIP Nick...

Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home

by jimmuscomp on Aug 30, 2009 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

Blame of the Game: Rally Thread

Bwaaahahahaha! Just kidding!

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

by Dono Romantico on Aug 29, 2009 9:21 PM PDT reply actions  

i dont know

maybe because dondo pitched 2 innings last night and bulger hasnt pitched since wed?

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Aug 29, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

this is the major leagues the PLAYERS get paid to do their job well.

I fail to see how it’s fair to place the blame on scioscia

Go Angels!!!!

by deejayelleseven on Aug 29, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

well

a manager puts the best he has on the field, and decides when to do it.
tonight, a dondo who pitched 2 innings the night before is not better than a rested bulger.
heck, i would have been fine with him putting rodriguez in there to start the 7th.

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Aug 29, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

And the managers get paid to MANAGE well

that includes putting in a well-rested good pitcher instead of a poor pitcher on short rest.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 29, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

If that's what you'd do, sure

but I don’t think that’s a reasonable conclusion to think we were implying, no.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 29, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did any of the media ask him why not Bulger?

I would like to hear his response. maybe he was testing rat rod’s marbles and found out they were made of mush.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Didn't watch the post-game

I was too busy trying to untangle the noose from my closet. It’s all tangled with old headphones and speaker wire.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 29, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

I turned off the game as Arredondo headed into the game...

went to DQ to get my rug rats some ice cream. Came home to this. Ice cream to sucker punch loss in nothing flat.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

got out of the shower

started shaving and I turned on the radio. I broke my razor after the allowed they tied up the game

Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 29, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

driving home from a memorial service

Turned on the radio to catch up on the game. Up 3-0 with 1 on and Arrendondo pitching. Next pitch = 2 on. Oh shit. Bad karma. Turned off the radio.

Too late. Got home and turned on TV and saw game tied 3-3. Next pitch = 3-4. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Sorry guys.

We don't have a Bullpen. We have a Cowpen. Before we get to call it a Bullpen these guys gotta grow a pair.

by Stirrups on Aug 29, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

+1

NA, #34 SP, LAA
Light up the Halo for Nick!

The Fail Bus leaves in five minutes, please make sure you are under it...

by hk47 on Aug 30, 2009 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

me

ha, should i hope for 3 so we’re both wrong?

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Aug 29, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Let's split this series.

I want to be right. Let’s hope I am wrong in predicting a tie with Tex at season’s end and instead we are the clear winner of the division. Deal? :)

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I called the WIN today (Sunday), too

Loved the free Hooters wings (ball race was free wings for all).

Better news: I was wrong in that the Rangers only got 1 in Minnesota. Good to see my pessimism is a tad bit excessive.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 30, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why bother interviewing Sosh?

He says the most retarded cliche shit every time and comes across as aloof.

“Turn the page!”

“Every day is a new day”

“Standings? We dont look at the standings”

What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.

by clover_black on Aug 29, 2009 9:22 PM PDT reply actions  

let's not forget

dondo pitched two innings last night.
where was bulger tonight? dude hasn’t pitched since wed

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Aug 29, 2009 9:23 PM PDT reply actions  

my thoughts exactly

Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 29, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

SIGH

RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09

by vlad IS my man on Aug 29, 2009 9:23 PM PDT reply actions  

big time

stares at 2 good pitches, then hits something weak.
hope it’s just an august thing, not a tired arms and legs of an old player thing

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Aug 29, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

relax

they guy has been mr. consistency the entire year. He’s long over due for a cold streak.

by semperfi1645 on Aug 29, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Agree...

but it has been a complete 180 from what we’ve seen earlier in the season. It seems he is getting VISIBLY frustrated at borderline strike calls, then the AB goes to hell in a handbasket right after that emotional display.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's suffering from "Hillenbloop" disease ...

something we haven’t seen around these parts in a couple of years.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rodriguez

just got his optioned down

Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 29, 2009 9:26 PM PDT reply actions  

isn't that what billy mac just said?

Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 29, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

For Kaz.

He can go back to tearing it up in the PCL.

What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.

by clover_black on Aug 29, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Billy Mac just said it.

What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.

by clover_black on Aug 29, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

i thought i heard b-mac say that

Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 29, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

NO RATS ALLOWED...

not since the infestation was exposed.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

time for the angels to take out the trash

dondo and raf rod……looks like we’ll need the heavy duty heafty.

by semperfi1645 on Aug 29, 2009 9:27 PM PDT reply actions  

Tell your statistics to shut up

by HaloDutch on Aug 29, 2009 9:28 PM PDT reply actions  

That's what these past couple of losses have been

We Will Win With What We Got.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart, Marquis Cooper, Steve McNair, and Frank Grimes, or Grimey, as he liked to be called

by JoseGuillenSux on Aug 30, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

Voted for Dondo, but that was really just a visceral response to the loss...

On further review Chupa’s 6 LOB, including 3 left in scoring position was worse.

2009 Halos:
"Don't worry bout a thing,
Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"

by Quad Fin Rider on Aug 29, 2009 9:29 PM PDT reply actions  

If they don't win tomorrow, I'm gonna jump off a bridge

Not really, though.

The time is out of joint; oh cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right.

by chairmanofthebar on Aug 29, 2009 9:29 PM PDT reply actions  

Like one of those bridges that cross the Florida Keys?

:) There’s a good set of bridges to jump from.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

going to the game tomorrow

i hope they dont lose

Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 29, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Team's at 500 when I attend.

I’m staying away for a while … actually, the team is heading out on a road trip, so I have to stay away! ;)

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

i wanna catch one more game

before I go back to jersey…

Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 29, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Joisey?

The A’s starter was from Joisey.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

yea and the A's have a relief pitcher from Yale

yale sucks

Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 29, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Great for her

To live up to expectations, your niece must now cure cancer! :) Just Kidding Yale’s an awesome school….

RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09

by vlad IS my man on Aug 29, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ha! She has now graduated and has a scholarship for a Masters, but hasn't figured out what's next.

She’s thinking about saving the world but isn’t sure how. Plus, her tights are still in the laundry.

THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!

by opiejeanne on Aug 30, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

IS JORDAN WALDEN THE PTBNL???

A friend told me that it was. I hope to hell he’s wrong. Help me out here, HH’ers.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:33 PM PDT reply actions  

It's all rumors right now

which have jumped from S-Rod to Wood to Walden.

Don’t think too much about it.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 29, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Good God ...

any of those three names brings pain to my stomach. I am worried that Maddon is “really excited about the PTBNL.” That is not good.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Praise little baby Jesus!

I sure hope that’s all the additional damage in the trade.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Damage?

If they got Willits, that’s like an added incentive to do the trade, dude.

Minus points for Tampa.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 29, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

lol! It’s like “owning a piece of shit car and someone crashes into it” kind of damage I’m talking about! ;)

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hope its willits

Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

by princeton11loveshalos on Aug 29, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

haha did billy mac just take a lil swipe at sosh ?

intro in the the sosh interview… “hopefully we hear more than ‘turn the page?’” love sosh but that was a pretty good one by bmac

Meet me @ the budweiser patio

by BigBangRobbDawgg on Aug 29, 2009 9:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Why are our Starters only lasting 5-6 innings?

Weaver has struggled with pitch count his whole career and then we got guys like Bell only going 2 innings. I can’t believe the 180 our pitching has taken this year.

Just another Halo Victory!

by EG Halo Fan on Aug 29, 2009 9:40 PM PDT reply actions  

I can

given the injuries (and a DEATH) that the rotation has endured all year long.

Most teams would be packing it in right now for the winter with the depth-testing we’ve had.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 29, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

But it is a factor

When we don’t have to use the bullpen, our chances of winning are considerably higher. Thus we need the starters to get deeper into the game.

I can see your point Casey about all that has happened to the staff, but it just seems so strange that it fell apart for so many guys all at the same time.

Just another Halo Victory!

by EG Halo Fan on Aug 29, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

agree

(aside from the strange lack of using Bulger)

The pen has been taxed of late. That’s what I’m telling myself to get over this loss.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Aug 29, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

it would be a factor one way or the other...

if the rotation was nails all year going deep into games… they’re gonna be gassed going into sept/oct… maybe the ray of light is that both the rotation and the bullpen have been eh all year… there’s really only one way to go from here and that’s up… and just think that the angels have the record they do despite the pitching problems. in reality if/when the halos make the playoffs… your looking at 3 of lackey/kazmir/weaver/saundo/voodoo to be your playoff rotation… bullpen in theory gets stronger from the other 2 starters going to the pen.. and you no longer have the ratrod/dondo/speier(in the past) of the world as options in the pen

Meet me @ the budweiser patio

by BigBangRobbDawgg on Aug 29, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

tonight

this game tonight still hurts, I am in disbelief. 4 game lead and a tough schedule in September schedule. The A’s are scrubs this year.

by Ca1IFORNIA ANGELS on Aug 29, 2009 10:56 PM PDT reply actions  

no worries

will make it up against the Skanks

by Funke5ive on Aug 29, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

You know what really grinds my gears?

Every time I go to a game, which is usually only once or twice a season, the team does something like this. For the love of god, JASON BULGER. MATT PALMER. THE GUY SELLING HOT DOGS. ANY of those guys are better than Rodriguez and all of them know this. Jesus, let Figgy pitch.

Terribly managed. I mean, just awful. Daric Barton gets to see Rodriguez despite the fact that he’s a lefty. If Arredondo pitched two innings yesterday and was still given enough rope to hang himself tonight, then, well, why not Oliver? Moreover, why the hell was Arredondo in there after he gave up a hit and a walk? Isn’t that code for “take me out, coach?”

Ugh.

http://inplaynoouts.blogspot.com/ - A blog about teams I like, written by me.
#34

by Carl Johnson on Aug 29, 2009 11:45 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

These are the games that the Halos have to win

The race is still close – the team cannot afford to lose to the lower tier teams in the league.

Was there something wrong with Bulger or Jepsen last night? They’ve been pitching much better than Do-do has been…..

by mustard_man on Aug 30, 2009 5:06 AM PDT reply actions  

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