TUESDAY HALOLINKS: Angels Look For Home Field Advantage
by WiHaloFan on Sep 22, 2009 8:04 AM PDT
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PrintErvin Santana looks for first win since Aug. 22 -- latimes.com
Ervin Santana vs. Chad Gaudin
Angels do their best to get an edge -- latimes.com
Joe Saunders (14-7) continued his remarkable return from shoulder stiffness by pitching 8 1/3 strong innings and strengthening his bid to make the Angels' playoff rotation.
Angels' Saunders nearly goes distance, keeps Yanks from clinching - CBSSports.com
Saunders (14-7) gave up two runs and seven hits in 8 1/3 innings, struck out three and walked none in winning his fifth consecutive decision and sixth in his past seven. After the first inning, the left-hander didn't allow a runner past second until Alex Rodriguez hit a home run leading off the seventh.
Yankees-Angels Preview - FOX Sports on MSN
The Yankees have stumbled recently overall, losing six of 10. However, they maintain a 4 1/2 game lead on the Angels for the best record in the AL and home-field advantage throughout the postseason.
Team Reports - CBSSports.com
With their victory Monday night, the Angels are 18-5 in their past 23 games against the Yankees in Anaheim. Overall, they have won the past five season series against New York, 12 of the past 18 games, 18 of the past 27 and 33 of the past 51 including a pair of playoff matchups. The Angels eliminated the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs in 2002 and 2005.
Team Reports II - CBSSports.com
2B Howie Kendrick went hitless in four at-bats Monday. But he has batted .383 (62 for 166) since he was recalled from Class AAA on July 4. That is the top average in the majors since then (minimum 150 plate appearances).
Video highlights from last night's game:
Angels bounce the Yankees, 5-2 - angelsbaseball.com
Daily Recap: Kendry Morales helped the Halos put it away with a pinch-hit homer in the seventh, as the Angels beat the Yanks, 5-2
Saunders fans three Yanks for his 14th win - angelsbaseball.com
Joe Saunders strikes out three Yankees over 8 1/3 innings, allowing just two runs to earn his 14th win of 2009
Rivera's double stretches the late lead - MLB.com
Juan Rivera skies a double to the wall in left-center, scoring Vladimir Guerrero to give the Halos a three-run lead in the eighth
Saunders stays in despite injury - MLB.com
Angels pitcher Joe Saunders has his leg examined by the training staff in the second inning but stays in the game
Morales' homer hands the Halos a cushion - MLB.com
Kendry Morales pulls a high one into the right-field seats, pushing the Halos to a three-run lead over the Yanks in the seventh
MLB Report - FOX Sports on MSN
It's a little surprising to me that no one ever talks about the Angels. They've got a really good team, and you'd think they would be considered among the legitimate contenders to win the AL pennant this season. But I guess they're forgotten because they play out west late at night and they don't have a bona fide ace, unless you count John Lackey. Still, I wouldn't just leave them out of the conversation altogether. If they can get past Boston in the first round, they could challenge New York for the pennant.
A logjam in Orange County - SweetSpot by Rob Neyer - ESPN
I used to think that Kendrick would someday win a batting title. He's a .360 lifetime hitter in the minors, after all. But he essentially refuses to take a walk, and it's really hard to win a batting title that way. Especially if you're a right-handed hitter like Kendrick.
Time as player made Scioscia who he is - angelsbaseball.com
"It's no secret that a lot of us here learned our baseball in the Dodgers organization," Scioscia said. "We all cut our baby teeth in baseball at a very young age -- 17, 18 or 19 -- with the Dodgers organization, and that's how we learned the game."
Cards, Angels join Phils in having closer woes - FOX Sports on MSN
The Phillies' Brad Lidge is not the only struggling closer for a team likely headed to the postseason.Cardinals right-hander Ryan Franklin suddenly is wobbling, while Angels lefty Brian Fuentes — like Lidge — might not be the best closing option on his own team.
September 22 - BR Bullpen
Events, births and deaths that occurred on September 22.
1977 - Bert Blyleven tosses a 6-0 no-hitter for the Texas Rangers against the Angels at Anaheim Stadium.
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His offense can only mask some of his flaws.
I don’t want a guy who takes PED’s and pictures of himself posing.
First we had a Salmon and now we have a Trout, let's see the same results.
We have had enough postseason trouble in recent years...
… do we really need to add a proven postseason choker to the team?
And that’s not even touching the other baggage he’d bring with him. No thanks.
were does it say that he wants to be an angel
"I am not impressed by your per-formence!" -GSP
by KubanKowbell19 on Sep 22, 2009 11:33 AM PDT reply actions
Thats what I was wondering.
And like everyone else said, he’s a post season choke artist, overpaid and hyped, and he isn’t going anywhere.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
I think this is what's known as a
“Hypothetical.”
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Thank you for pointing out my momentary
“Stupidity”. I re-read the post, got it the second time around. Not one of my brightest moments.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
I actually wondered the same thing the very first time I read it! Anyway...:-D
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Why WOULDN'T you count Lackey as an ace?
Just looking at AL potential playoff teams, over the last five seasons he’s been at least as good as Beckett and Verlander and not far off from Sabathia. No, he doesn’t have the strikeout numbers of those other guys, but his control is better and he’s generally been an innings eater.
Lackey’s going to get paid a lot of money this offseason and it’s not because he’s some random #2 pitcher who the Angels have miscast in a #1 role. He’s pretty damn good.
I feel the need, the need...for speed!
It might be because
he’s not very dominating. He doesn’t blow by people and/or he doesn’t really have an out pitch.
Johan Santana has a consistently good circle change, while Lincecum has so many different pitches to throw off batters with. Greinke is the epitome of control, Verlander can throw 100 heaters even after pitching 120 pitches.
Lackey has some problems leaving pitches over the plate or as Hud would say it: He gives a lot of cookies to the batter. Lackey isn’t the kind of pitcher that would win a Cy Young Award, but I do agree that he is still the staff Ace and should be called as such.
Lackey, in his own way, is an ace. He gets good movement on his pitches and is really smart with his pitches. He gets batters to swing at junk, which gets them either jammed up or the ball grounds into an in fielder. Not only that but he can go 110+ pitches. He’s a a solid #1 starter and inning-eater, which is a luxury that not many teams have.
The Big Red Machine V.2 is coming this Fall 2009. Go Halos!
I remember a few years ago
When the Halos were front runners for A-Fraud. That ship has sailed.
Its time for Brandon Wood.
To Alex Rodriquez,
FUCK you.
don’t you think that was a good use of my one f-bomb per month maximum?
In regards to the Rod, I couldn't care one way or another.
However, I subscribe to the philosophy that once you don the Halo uni, all is forgiven.
And that’s not to say I’d excuse any future douchebaggery whilst representing our beloved, but until then, welcome aboard.
Apologies in advance.
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