on the poll Rev. i keep hearing Ross Porter on a commerical or promo on KLAA….i’d like to have him replace somebody.

but not by much.

   1. The first one. We’ll see that in the playoffs.
   2. It’s mental, he’ll recover.
   3. Most of them.
   4. Haha, probably not.
   5. 1.
   6. No.
   7. Less.
   8. The latter.
   9. Yup.
  10. Nope.
  11. Delilah.
  12. It would be entertaining, they should consider it.
  13. Fuentes.
  14. Yup. And we’d win by 10.
  15. Absolutely. There’s a reason he’s the most secure manager in the game.

I like all of our announcers. I actually am one of the few who don’t mind Physioc, but Gubi got my vote simply because i like him least.

I predict 5-5 over the next 10. Then the shit hits the fan. That little 7-game road trip to NYY, BOS and TEX… 2-5 AT BEST.

Luckily, some home cooking and six wins against NYY, Oakland and Texas from 9/21 to 10/1 will be enough to help our Halos win this division.

“There’s plenty of money here if they want to keep me, let’s be honest.”

—RHP John Lackey (a free agent this coming winter) on how the acquisition of LHP Scott Kazmir affects his future with the Angels.

I am really getting tired of this attitude. if he didn’t achieve his 100th win just recently, I’d have almost nothing good to say about the guy right now. he’d better step up to win us a championship in ‘09, otherwise I can’t wait until his whiny drama is gone.

if? IF? so let’s translate for anyone who wasn’t paying attention. he only cares about who the high bidder is and nothing more. man this is Teixeira signing over again. have fun playing for the Rangers and trying to scramble for a wild card every year, John.

granted I know these are no real revelations but I just had to get it off my chest. what a stupid punk, now I don’t even want to cheer if he does something good the rest of the season.

scoreboard:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/laa/stats?stat_category=mlb.stat_category.2

9-7. enough said.

1. i think naps is a better defensive catcher than he’s been lately. keep him in there except for voodoo’s games and let him get comfortable again.

2. i think figgy has just been getting some lousy jumps.. hopefully he figures it out soon..

3. probably alot, but i personally just suck it up..

4. i don’t see chupa being older than 35, just that 35 is on the old side in baseball.. he needs plenty of off days before october, and hopefully gets hot again at the right time..

5. i don’t think soth is gonna wait for texas to catch us, as is evidenced by kowbell’s ascension in the order the last couple days.

6. there needs to be some continuity for either one or the other at 2B. let izzy move around the diamond and give everybody some rest for the stretch run.

7. i can see woody getting some work in this september.. if anything, he better get in to any game before q does.. maybe somebody will get injured and we’ll be able to pull a k-rod with woody in october.

8. i think hokie joe is rested for the stretch run, and will be a key to october for us.

9. big john has a huge task on hand for saturday, but what it really comes down to is our slumping offense beating grienke.

10. wow, what a crappy way to start with a new team, pulling one of the AL’s best in your first 2 starts.. i think he beats the queen the 2nd time around tho.

11. weaver will be good weaver in september.. all his extra work last offseason will pay off deep into october.

12. i think vlad should participate in one of those celebrity golf events at least, it’d be fun to watch him drive the ball.

13. i certainly hope fuentes figures it out pretty soon and goes back to the pre-cleavland blow-up closer that was unpenetrable.

14. i’m sure a matt palmer start wouldn’t hurt, seeing how young our rotation is and the lack of off days before the end of the season.

15. while soth isn’t infalliable, he sure has been successful, so he has my trust.

we’ll be okay.. LET’S GO ANGELS.. WS ’09. do it for #34!

like I said mostly just venting so I will take your word for it.

one of the things that’s always bugged me is he’s never won 20 games in a season, but acts like he’s a perennial All-Star. he’s come close ONCE (2007). with that talent, and this team behind him, he’s won 19 games one time. big freakin’ hairy deal. he’s just a better Garland.

should be swiftly punched in the junk.

common since 2002? Mike Scioscia! Though it doesn’t seem to be his style, he needs to become more vocal and light a fire under his players asses! While his steady as a rock style is great, he is missing a little fire in his belly and he needs to be a little more vocal in motivating his boys when they are UnderAchieving.

HK should start, K-Mo should stay 6th in the line up, John is a gamer of course he can beat Greinke, and if Matt Palmer were to start to give a pitcher rest its probably Weaver hes going to break his career innings pitched. Everyone else has had a break, due to the DL…

After Aybar’s regression back to his norm as a low .700 ops hitter, I think the platoon of Izturis and Kendrick should be on its last legs. As starting second basemen, Izturis and Kendrick have combined for an rbi total of 82. This would place them 3rd in the entire league as “maicer kendrick” based on individual second baseman performance. Izturis and Kendrick have been much more consistent and productive since the All Star break. Aybar has more range than Izturis, as I’m sure Scioscia noticed that Izturis was unable to get to Rajai Davis’ game winning 2 run single a few games ago. No doubt that Aybar at the very least, keeps it on the infield preserving a tie. The flip side, Izturis has not made any defensive gaffes this season that have lead directly to an Angels loss. Aybar has two in the last week, and he dropped several pop flys early in the year that contributed to a few losses as well. Aybar has great defense, and might win the gold glove, but one great month of hitting, just like his great july of last year, should not overshadow his career norms of a sub .700 ops hitter, with no power, and habitual mental mistakes on offense and occasional fielding gaffes on routine plays. He’ll always have July, but until he can put together back to back months of an ops over .750 I think he should be platooning on this particular offensive team.

I just noticed that they have a combined 106 rbi’s this season so far, and 16 HR. Kinda cool.

1. Cheese & Crackers!
2. He’s got to go!
3. Call the cops!
4. Cheese to the knees!
5. Rib Eye Steaks!
6. Lousy single.
7. Blue Bayou
8. Worm-burner

The blond highlights have got to go.

1. Napoli’s offense and defense are better when he plays everyday but I also like a healthy Nap that is always available. It is Mathis that needs to improve or be replaced.

2. I think opposing teams have Fichiro scouted to a “T” and he just is’nt getting away with it as much anymore.

3.

4. Bobby could be 45 for all I care, I still love him.

5. I don’t think Soth wants to load that much pressure on K-mo to bat him in the meat of the order too much. Is’nt that what Torii and Vlad are paid to do?

6. I think platooning that position is probably a good idea.

7. I would rather they traded Wood than Rodriguez myself. I don’t see Wood starting six games. More like playing in a lot of late innings in games.

8. What ever it takes for Joe to get up on that mound from here on out. Just do it.

9. John will beat Zack, you bet your ass he will.

10. Yes, and I am looking forward to it. Screw the Mariners.

11. Jered Weaver has finally got it together by controlling his emotions and channeling his anger. His skills have always been there.

12. Maybe Vlad should retire gracefully and open a PGA course in the Dominican.

13. Stick with Fuentes.

14. Any new Matt Palmer start holds enormous possibilities for the Angels.

15. Compared to what other teams are saddled with for managers, I really can’t bitch that much about Scioscia. What we all bitch about now, usually the lineups, we have no business because we know so little of what is really going on with the players behind the scenes.

1. Both of our catchers need to relearn how to throw a guy out when he’s stealing
2. Figgy is still the man, but he’s stealing at inopportune times
3. 8
4. Yes
5. He’s moving up. It’s Vlad that needs to move down the order a little.
6. I want to see Kendrick start more
7. If he does, the web e-boners will be flying high
8. Hopefully healed, but didn’t Saunders also say before he was on the DL that there was nothing wrong?
9. Yes, of course
10. I didn’t know that. Thanks for the update.
11. Bad Weaver is dead.
12. Ha!
13. Jepsen, absolutely. Fuentes sucks.
14. I’m a Palmer fan. He’s come through when we needed him. That guy was a huge surprise and I want to buy him a beer.
15. In Scioscia we trust

1. Leave Naps in there as long as possible. We have nothing for options. Mathis???
2. Si! Aging has it’s effects. So What! He’s hitting and fielding well enough to forgive the lack of adjustments he makes stealing bags.
3. Thank God for HH !!! It keeps me distracted enough to not get frustrated with this bumbling bozo! The economy is effecting the promos more than this fool.
4. Where’s The Birth Certificate?
5. Hopefully our genius coach won’t let it get to that point.
6. Arbitrary.
7. Logic says Less, that means Sosh plays him more.
8. He’s coming down from his high
9. Can He? Yes. Will He ???
10. Muy Importante Juego
11. Weaver will focus on next season’s paycheck and pitch very well.
12. No Habla = No Comprende
13. The Horror !
14. Start Palmer. Screw Rhythm and any other excuses. We Need to Win !
15. as long as “IT” is winning us games.

1. Mike needs consistent AB’s. I think part of his streakiness comes from sitting and playing and sitting and playing. Jeff Mathis is a backup catcher…Mike should be in the lineup at least 5x a week. If you’re worried about him being tired.. DH him once or twice.
2. Chon’s definetely lost a step, but i think his CS #‘s are more mental. He’s also been picked off a couple of times this season. Get your head in the game Figgs and you’ll be just fine.
3. Promos ? Im sorry i can’t read lips.
4. Yes Bobby is 35. And yes he’s exhausted. I’ll say it once, I’ll say it again… sit him the entire KC series. That would give him a full 5 days of rest w/ the off day. Get his batteries charged for the stretch run against the TX, NY’s, and Bostons.
5. This should of happened many moons ago. Vlad should be batting 6th, behind Torii, Kmo, and Rivera. Until Vlad helps himself by buying into the team’s new philosophy, you can count on bad ball homers sandwiched between a lot of DP’s and 1 pitch outs.
6. If your 2 2nd basemen have a combined 16 HR’s, 100 + ribbys and are hitting collectively around .290 i see don’t fix what’s not broken. I will say that i’d rather see the steadier Izzy, at least in the short term. The major plus of this platoon is that both injury prone players have stayed healthy all year.
7. Unless there’s an injury, fewer. We’re in a race, people.
8. I think Joe is good to go… but i need to see him beat the Rangers.. or at LEAST get a QS.
9. Big John will be up to the task
10. Kazmanian Devil will whirl his way to a halo victory this time
11. WTY is approaching a career high in IP so it’s natural to probably be a lil gassed. If it becomes a problem mix in a Palmer start. WTY will be ok
12. 1 swing at a time ? sounds like a match made in heaven
13. Bulger/Jepsen/Fuentes … that’s the lineup
14. Like #11 only if needed. The rotation is on a roll right now
15. I believe in the ways of the Sosh

I can’t believe most people would try and vote out Tyrannosaurus Rex or the Grand Phissard. Rory Marcus is likely a Texas fan the way he talks down the Angel’s game and counts most their victories to luck.