Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Login-facebook
Around SBN: Indy 500: 'Greatest Spectacle In Racing' Set For Sunday

LA ANGELS INSIDER is reporting that 2+2=4 and that Maicer Izturis' imminent callup spells a DL trip and rehab assignment for Brandon Wood, he of the suddenly sore hip flexor...

about 2 years ago 4323_1105939621665_1622022962_290465_5300842_n_tiny Rev Halofan 64 comments 0 recs  | 

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

I knew it!

It’s not that wood can’t hit or field! It’s the hip flexor! Whew, what a relief!

by Halopauly on May 24, 2010 9:55 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Woody needs to go...

Nice guy wood is, but where are all those hits Scioscia predicted? Shouldn’t have let Figgins go…. Really miss him…. What do we do now?

Paulo Palito

by Paulo Palito on May 25, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

Figgins is washed up big time

best move of the offseason – dude is slump city

by Rev Halofan on May 25, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bob Uecker has a routine along these lines

“Bob, we’ve got a rookie we want to bring up. Where do you want it—the knee or the elbow?”

by rspencer on May 25, 2010 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

Injury my ass

Vote Napoli and Hunter for the 2012 election

by M.Napoli For President in 2012 on May 24, 2010 10:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Whatever

Player in mirror is smaller than actual size.

Witty .sig goes here.

by scareduck on May 24, 2010 10:33 PM PDT reply actions  

aybar has sucked all year

kendrick has just sucked since being sandwiched in between the nothing and the second coming of old GA. He’s a future batting champion for chrissakes.

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on May 24, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

What do you think of Howie's defense so far this year?

I don’t think Howie is really this awful and should improve closer to his career numbers, but he has just plain sucked so far this year too.

RIP Nick Adenhart

by stolenbases on May 25, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

his D has been bad

but no worse than aybar or whoever is standing at 3rd.

Something strange going on with this team

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on May 25, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

One thing really frustrating about Aybar

Is that the one offensive strength that he has, his speed, he doesn’t utilize since he has yet to learn how to get good reads and steal bases. Right now his defense sucks, his high early season BB% is coming back down to earth, and he isn’t hitting. If he isn’t playing good defense (arguably his greatest asset), he is pretty useless to the team.

RIP Nick Adenhart

by stolenbases on May 25, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can't imagine his defense will stay as bad as it's been.

But ya, hopefully he can figure out how to steal bases effectively, since once he figures it out, he has the speed to be really good at it.

by ~MMP~ on May 25, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Our season is lost

"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers

by DAD OF VLAD on May 24, 2010 10:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Could have called it a “right arm fatigue” like Brian Stokes

by Tony Hui on May 24, 2010 11:06 PM PDT reply actions  

Who knewwwww?

It's been tough...and I am still rooting for you Brandon!

by K3YEROUT on May 24, 2010 11:38 PM PDT reply actions  

Was Scioscia winking and nodding when he said it.

I read the Angels Insider link, but it was a little unclear to me whether Scioscia was winking and nodding when he mentioned Wood’s injury.

Didn’t Scioscia say during the weekend that Wood was going to clear his head and that was not even going to do batting practice?

How did he aggravate his hip flexor if he was resting this past weekend? Maybe its not a question that I should ask.

“Okay, Mike, we understand. (wink, wink). Brandon is injured (wink, wink). Tough Break, Kid.”

by righteous halo on May 25, 2010 6:37 AM PDT reply actions  

Wink Wink

Scioscia has been winking all season long with Brandon Wood…. Sure do miss Figgens….

Paulo Palito

by Paulo Palito on May 25, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is killing me

it’s ‘Figgins’, not ‘Figgens’ (Also, ‘Vladimir’, not ‘Validmer’). Sorry- had to do that.

by agent_99 on May 25, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't forget, it's "Vladdy", not "Vlade"

Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch

by red floyd on May 25, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

"I know!"

I'm not as bad as all of you.

by 44FAN on May 25, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Paulo look at Figgy's numbers

pull your head out, Figgy is finished, lots here to criticize, you mancrush ain’t one of em

by Rev Halofan on May 25, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

We missed our chance!

Couldn’t we just say that Wood and Scot Shields were doing windsprints in the outfield and they ran into each other—resulting in an injury to both players.

This could have been our chance to get both Shields and Wood on the DL!

by righteous halo on May 25, 2010 6:43 AM PDT reply actions  

I predicted this exactly

I don’t know how to copy the link to prove it so I just copied and pasted it.

You watch to ‘save his pride’ Mike will put Brandon on the 15 day DL instead of sending him down. This will let him get the message and also build in an excuse for why his play is so bad.
This will happen as soon as Izzy comes back… Magically

by Sinatrasratpack on May 13, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Fuentes = The New 'F' Word

by Sinatrasratpack on May 25, 2010 8:08 AM PDT reply actions  

It could not have been more obvious if it was posted on the Jumbo-tron

You and probably several thousand others predicted it. Welcome to the club.

by righteous halo on May 25, 2010 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is probably true

However I wrote my prediction down…
There probably were others like Nostradamus-However we remember him because he wrote a book

-My next prediction
                        Sometime soon, a poster will write something negative about Mickey Hatcher, our bullpen, our FO, and our inability to make a big splash of a trade.

Whew! that took a lot out of me, I am drained. I need to rest and play some XBox now I am wiped out.

Fuentes = The New 'F' Word

by Sinatrasratpack on May 25, 2010 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

Scioscia is that you?

Can you tell me something about ……. LAUNDRY?

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on May 25, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thank God

Tired of watching wood at the plate.

by Drizzy23 on May 25, 2010 9:06 AM PDT reply actions  

Wood DL

Thats fine with me…. Wood has cost us many games with his no clutch hit approach attack.

Paulo Palito

by Paulo Palito on May 25, 2010 11:26 AM PDT reply actions  

i know, stupid #9 hitters costing their team games

it angers my brain

Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.

by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on May 25, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

no but he does seem to come up to bat with runners on base

even just a few hits extra could add 4-5 wins for this team. We are loosing games we shouldn’t because of not scoring when we have the opportunities.
He is not THE reason we are sucking, but he is A reason

1. Walks from Pitchers
2. No clutch hitting
3. Wood’s poor bat/glove
4. Aybar not being a good lead off guy

Those are the reasons -—in order that we are failing.
The pitchers will improve
-As will the clutch hitting
-Aybar is still a good player just not a lead off guy, so that leaves Wood as the obvious choice. He is a ‘situation’ that we can actually do something about.
besides TELLING the pitchers to not walk so many guys, and demoting Aybar to 9th
— What else can we do? the Wood problem has no obvious solution, so in the meanwhile he has a mysterious injury and gets some time to think about it

Fuentes = The New 'F' Word

by Sinatrasratpack on May 25, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

3) Like a sorority chick

ZING!

"You gotta have nuts." / "Coming Around 3rd, especially if I'm ticked off, that's going to happen." - Torii Hunter

by Commander_Nate on May 25, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wonder if MLB will investigate this

Jayson Stark actually wrote a rather informative column last year called “Disabled-list conspiracy theories” in which he noted increasing complaints “about the disabled list — and the way certain teams have used it.” Stark noted the suspicious circumstances surrounding the alleged injuries to Dontrelle Willis, Chien Ming Wang, and Oliver Perez.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&page=rumblings090514

Given the unusual circumstances here, I would not be surprised if MLB inquires about Wood.

by Brody on May 25, 2010 2:28 PM PDT reply actions  

it is not against any rules

I don’t like it but it is the equivalent of Al Gore saying, “but I won the popular vote” too bad, the electorial college is what matters.—You can’t change the rules in the middle of the game.

Here is is the same thing. everyone abuses the system because of flaws therein. Until fixed I say use it until you lose it.

Fuentes = The New 'F' Word

by Sinatrasratpack on May 26, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

I agree with you

If this is the system, I want the Angels to exploit it like everyone else. Otherwise we are giving a competitive advantage to our opponents. What I meant above by referring to abuse of the DL is that all of the comments in the press and common sense suggest that Wood is not really injured, and that this is purely tactical to get him time off and a rehab assignment at AAA without placing him on waivers.

by Brody on May 27, 2010 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

The Prisoner's Dilemma

Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch

by red floyd on May 27, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

As opposed to a healthy Wood being an abuse of a roster spot...

The DL is the lesser of two abuses. MLB has no case here.

"Wastin away again in Minor-Leaguer-Ville..."

by Stirrups on May 26, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

I find the following comments telling:

“So are we allowed to scratch our heads, arch our brows or even laugh out loud at some of these trips to the DL? Heck, why not? We’re just watching the growth, right before our eyes, of another hallowed baseball tradition.”

“It’s kinda like the seventh-inning stretch,” one GM said, laughing. “Except it’s the seventh-inning oblique stretch.”

by wumbug on May 26, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Halos Heaven is the Number #1 Angels Fan Blog according to QUANTCAST. Our Angels Fan Site is YOUR Angels Fan Community!

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recommended FanPosts

Small
Summation of the Angels 2012 season so far
Sinatra2_small
Sign the petition to end "Buttercup"
Angelsbathroom_small
JCVW: Vernon Wells Has Been a Consistent .222 Hitter Since 2010

Recent FanPosts

Morales-mainx-large_small
Albert Pujols – A Man of Faith
Kendry_morales_small
The Most Frightening Word in Baseball: "Rebuilding"
Avatar_small
By The Numbers: MLB Starting Pitchers
Small
Angel Games Boring?
Angelmike_small
Terry Smith. You make the call.
Nick_small
Are the Angels the anti-Rangers?
Wrigley_field_small
A Serious top 5 of why Pujols is below the Mathis line.
Angelmike_small
The Top Ten Reasons Albert Pujols is hitting below 200

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >

Yahoo_full_count

Leaders of the Free World

4323_1105939621665_1622022962_290465_5300842_n_small Rev Halofan

Mostinterstingman_small cupie

Tn96_small WiHaloFan

Whammy10_small blast21dave

Fearless Crew

N1222371_8709_small scottnak

Halos2_small Stirrups

Anarangels_small Mayheminthehood

Cant-tell-if-trolling-or-just-very-stupid_small linkbruin

Avatar_small rghan

Alternate-club-logo-no-highlight1_small RexTookMyStash

Celebrity Chefs

306996053509_0_0_small PhiSlamma

Angelsbathroom_small mattwelch

Angels_ywc_album_small yeswecan

34_adenhart_small RallyMonkey5

Userpic-105-100x100_small Suboptimal

The_prior_art_cover_small Turks Teeth