Dan Haren Injury Masks Angels Bigger Weaknesses
by Rev Halofan on Jul 26, 2010 10:29 PM PDT
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Final Score in Anaheim: Red Sox 6, Angels 3
Did I ever tell you the story about Mo Vaughn in 1999? On Opening Day, his first game as an Angel after signing a big offseason free agency contract, on the 2nd batter of the game, he sprained his ankle on the dugout steps fielding a foul ball.
Well tonight, Dan Haren made his Angels debut and partied like it was 1999 alright. Haren took a line drive off of his right wrist in the 5th inning and left the game without even throwing a pitch. He was diagnosed with a contusion although no X-Ray was taken. Haren will visit the Angels team doctor Lewis Yokum on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, even with world class starting pitching, the team's glaring holes in their offense, defense and relief pitching added up to an atrocious evening of baseball against the weakest Boston Red Sox team the Angels have faced in any of the past 12 years. Clay Buchholz tried his best to hand the game to the Angels but they refused to do anything more than the occasional single. Terry Francona tried to give the game away by putting some really washed up reliever and the Angels climbed aboard a 2-run HR by Hideki Matsui to complement their earlier solo HR by Bobby Abreu, but gutless grounding out by Howie Kendrick and Erick Ayabr and just about everyone else was laughably overshadowed by Fernando Rodney coughing up a bomb to David Ortiz when all the terribleness and misfortune of the contest seemed like it could be washed away.
Nothing else to say... Angels tied with Oakland, 7.5 games behind the Cocaine Cowboys. Biggest deficit of the season. We're just not that good, folks, but I doubt this is news to any of you...
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Kohn
can we get the KOHNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! fail yet? I was so pumped about this game, Kohn up, Haren starting… Watching with the brother in law from New Beanland…. I’m disheartened. Just hoping Haren dont miss no time now
I blame the three idiots who
did nothing with the bases loaded in the 2nd.
Mostly Mathis because..
FUCK YOU MATHIS!!!!
f-bomb for July
by hobbit_86 on Jul 26, 2010 10:33 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'll bet Buchholz was pretty relaxed even as he was getting into that jam--
Because he knew he’d get right out of it because Black Hole Mathis was coming up.
Light up that halo! RIP, Nick.
by Clutch on Jul 27, 2010 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That, my friend, is Angels bAseball.
Load bases, nobody out. Then
- Popup to first
- Popup to first
- Fly out
Of course, since the first two popups were Rivera and Mathis, I was expecting:
- GIDP
- K
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
oh, and by the way...
“WE’RE SCREWED”
My only hope now is for 1995-esque collapse by the Texas Rangers. I like my chances at that happening about as much as my lottery ticket being a winner!
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 26, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
part of our 95 collapse was the mariners winning a ton of games in a row
Do you really see us being able to pull off a 45-15 record the rest of the way? 40 and 20? The way this team is playnig right now 30-30 would be a stretch.
by Balls and Strikes on Jul 27, 2010 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
lets hope it is just a small cut
put a band-aid on it and throw a no hitter danny HERON
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Im a nurse
and Im sure they’d take an x-ray in a sitch like this. If not yet — soon.
I know...
this was a reference to the great mensa alum Mark Gubicza’s comment about “precautionary x-rays.”
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 26, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Napoli looked at it with his X-Ray Specs
Haren is fine
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 26, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Tony Reagins
For thinking Dan Haren = Offense
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
Chowdown.
Boston, keep your tribadistic lumberjack of a firstbaseman’s line drives off the forearm of our new ace.
+1
hopefully he’s ok, if it’s just a bruise we should be able breath a sigh of relief
No Matter What... Fight On!
May The Halo Burn Bright!
by trojanangelfan on Jul 26, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Stealing?
we gave up a classic angel in Saunders
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Everyone Else
if they cash in some runs, they may have avoided the Kohn trap
Alternate red Angel jerseys FTW!!
Reagins said it
This guy is a top-of-the-rotation guy who can give you innings," Reagins said. “His strikeouts to walks are right where you want them to be. He’s a competitor, and that’s what we need. It’s a shot in the arm for this club.”
Retire #5....BD!!!
"Shot in the arm" was foreboding in light of tonight's events ...
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 26, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It's also
The curse of Donnie Moore. Wish Donnie would have been beaned instead of serving up a home run.
Retire #5....BD!!!
by bobbinhead25 on Jul 26, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
no, no, no, no...
those ghosts are long buried, man. Long ago.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 26, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps
I just have to throw that out there. You never know.
Retire #5....BD!!!
by bobbinhead25 on Jul 26, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Shot in the arm!!! Curse you Tony!!!
Retire #5....BD!!!
by bobbinhead25 on Jul 26, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I was so pumped for this game until
I remembered it’s still the same offense. When they had the bases loaded I knew they weren’t going to score. Just bring up bourjous and keep masking the fallacies but he will one of them!
Now batting, our rookie of the year, Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike TROUT!
by angelskid2210 on Jul 26, 2010 10:38 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
dude, isnt that the saddest?
I had the same thing happen. Watched the Halos load the bases, no outs, and I KNEW they wouldn’t score. I had no doubt. Because that would be the tradition in this god forsaken season.
Is it time to start
cloning more Matsuis? I’ll take 2 run HR over weak pop ups to end innings (Mathis)
japanese pornbots that can slug homers.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 26, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we have to admit
the baseball gods deemed that the Rangers win the AL West to go on to the ALCS, be 1 strike away from going to the WS, but have a bullpen meltdown.
baseball gods = Bud Selig
It only makes sense that it’s all a conspiracy for the Rangers to be really good this year, seeing how the MLB is paying for the franchise atm, and the want to find a good owner who thinks they are buying a winning team.
That, and we have a pretty crappy, underachieving team this year..
It must be that time of day, the time to focus on sports.
Oh and don't forget
Have the Halos rack up the frequent flier miles by having an inefficient travel schedule too!
Alternate red Angel jerseys FTW!!
by blast21dave on Jul 26, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
F++K that shit
angels will win the division
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
If we are playing guys like Kohn and Thomspon, we might as well bring up Bourjos and Trumbo.
At least give the fans the opportunity to see guys who actually give a crap and want to stop every ball in the outfield from getting past them. Rivera, Abreu, and Matsui can rotate at DH.
Francona was yelling "vaccuum" at somebody...
who was he yelling at after Beltre’s HBP?
I love this team.
big papi, referring to the after game buffet.
And his enormous appetite.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
he was barking at napoli
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Jul 26, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
In response to the GAME Thread
It is not me. I already am being punished in may other ways
As for the great trade to bolster our starting pitching i see that it worked we only scored 3 runs (thank god i bet all my points). Ninja GET US A POWER BAT.
Pujols, Fielder, Dunn anyone at this point that hits HR
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
I didn't mean to accuse you...
it’s just bad form to bring up PGP in the game thread…
Bad luck, that’s all. Go git ’im tomorrow DoV.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 26, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
lol @ pujols
Maybe a package deal… Scot Shields and several can’t miss HOT minor league prospects.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Jul 26, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
B Wood would surely tip the scales in that deal.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 26, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Please
Q, untouchable.
Shields, Kaz, and the ghost of paul mcanulty.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Jul 26, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
To hell with a POWER BAT
Get me someone who can hit it out of the infield with the bases loaded.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
No need for any Kohnvoluted excuses, we just plain sucked!
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 26, 2010 10:44 PM PDT reply actions
What the heck?
I got to watch the first inning. THE FIRST INNING.
I leave and all hell breaks loose. It’s youse guyses faults, alla yous.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
Then it's really all your fault
for leaving HH without any adult supervision!
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 26, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
-Nooonononono my friend,
I am not taking the blame for this one.
I want Saunders back and Kazmir traded.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
I'm glad Reagins is still trying
No one else on the Angels is.
somebody hasnt watched any other games this year
Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Jul 26, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Im trying to hold out hope...........
but what for exactly?
Chan Gailey's #1 Fan!
by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 26, 2010 10:47 PM PDT reply actions
Goin on Sunday
My 6 year old daughter asked if she could cheer for “Gladdy”. Only if I can run the bases for you after the game, says I.
Retire #5....BD!!!
my 6yo...
cheered for Vladdy at the 2 HR night during the last homestand … people were ready to pound the little fella.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 26, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Makes sense
I will let her cheer. Not his fault!!! Last game I went to people were gonna pounce on me for destroying beach balls! I was 3 for 4 in beach ball slaying!
Retire #5....BD!!!
by bobbinhead25 on Jul 26, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Cocanie Cowboys?
Why not:
Dickheads of Texas
Escobar’s Rangers
Colombia COCAs
Imbreed asslickers of Central Texas
White lines of Texas
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
cokanie? isn't that canadian for beer?
by K3YEROUT on Jul 27, 2010 12:06 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
havent beat boston this season
terrific.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
FIRE MICKEY HATCHER!
"F it, let's pitch." - Ervin Santana
by Chzburger Jones on Jul 26, 2010 10:51 PM PDT reply actions
Sosh will go before Hatcher
they are a package deal
SADLY
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
HAREN INTERVIEWED
thinks he will not miss a start
by Rev Halofan on Jul 26, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
stop playing games with my heart
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Haren is a tough kid who has never been on the DL in his career
and after hearing him speak about it just now, I’m feeling good for the first time since he left the game tonight
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 26, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Haren said no big deal
Ball got him on the meat of the arm and it swelled up… Seems reluctant to not continue pitching.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Jul 26, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Harens always
I am Angry and when BattleMoses is angry Mr. Bigglesworth is upset,and when Mr. Bigglesworth is upset people DIE!!!!!!!!!
by BattleMoses on Jul 27, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
been a gamer like that.
Dude never quits.
I am Angry and when BattleMoses is angry Mr. Bigglesworth is upset,and when Mr. Bigglesworth is upset people DIE!!!!!!!!!
by BattleMoses on Jul 27, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
When does the Colonel make his first start for you?
Tuesday night would have been his normal spot in our rotation.
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 27, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Thursday.
I am Angry and when BattleMoses is angry Mr. Bigglesworth is upset,and when Mr. Bigglesworth is upset people DIE!!!!!!!!!
by BattleMoses on Jul 27, 2010 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I'll probably be catching it with your group at the Snakepit
I’ll always be a Hokie Joe fan no matter where he goes!
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 27, 2010 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
nothing wrong with that.
I’d be the same way with Chris Young
I am Angry and when BattleMoses is angry Mr. Bigglesworth is upset,and when Mr. Bigglesworth is upset people DIE!!!!!!!!!
by BattleMoses on Jul 27, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Armageddon was playing on another channel.
I was torn between 2 turkeys. What to watch? After the bottom of the 2nd, I went to Bruce Willis. At least I was able to take more offense over there.
"Wastin away again in Minor-Leaguer-Ville..."
I guess you did not want to miss a thing
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you’re far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Where every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
Don’t wanna close my eyes, I don’t wanna fall asleep
‘Cause I’d miss you baby and I don’t wanna miss a thing
‘Cause even when I dream of you the sweetest dream would never do
I’d still miss you baby and I don’t want to miss a thing
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
1 degree of separation from Ms Tyler. My wife met her while she was filming That Thing You Do.
Liv was just standing around on the sidewalk on location in downtown Orange doing absolutely nothing and being totally ignored by 1000’s of passersby. My wife was there to meet Tom Hanks (she did), but accidentally struck up a long conversation with a very nice, very pretty, young lady. It wasn’t until later that my sons informed her of who that girl was.
"Wastin away again in Minor-Leaguer-Ville..."
so sorry
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Haren in the postgame right now sounds like the "injury" is no big deal
feeling better now
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 26, 2010 10:55 PM PDT reply actions
I really hope that's the case.
Hoping for the best, expecting the worse. I guess I truly am an Angel fan. We’ll get those Spencer for Hire, Larry Bird loving chowds tomorrow!
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
I blame that song "Breathe" they keep playing
for prolonging our winning woes
Alternate red Angel jerseys FTW!!
You know we have yet to win a WS title since they started playing that friggin' Buttercup stalker loser crap.
"Wastin away again in Minor-Leaguer-Ville..."
NEW SONG
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Hell if we are reaching back to 1983
Alternate red Angel jerseys FTW!!
by blast21dave on Jul 26, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
bring me back to my
sperm years
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Hell if we are reaching back to 1983
Alternate red Angel jerseys FTW!!
by blast21dave on Jul 26, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
His name is vaguely familiar. I think he is a douchebag IIRC.
"F it, let's pitch." - Ervin Santana
by Chzburger Jones on Jul 26, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
i heard he has
a horse face and is a bitch
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh
That’s right. Ok now I remember. A horse bitch from Texas!
Retire #5....BD!!!
by bobbinhead25 on Jul 26, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
also bitch wife from maine
"Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless" - Kenny Powers
by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 26, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
A money grubbing, hen-pecked, horse faced, Benedict Arnold,
BITCH. I think that’s the proper description DOV.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Don't look into his mole....
That’s the key to his strength.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Mole!
Holy Moly!
Alternate red Angel jerseys FTW!!
by blast21dave on Jul 26, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I vaguely remember him costarring in a tv show with a guy named Wilbur Post
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 26, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you hear him saying he hopes he will get cheers like vlad did?
Then they asked him if the money had been the same would he have stayed in anaheim. He said he wouldnt get into that. Prick.
F*ck you John Lackey.
by Balls and Strikes on Jul 27, 2010 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe
someone will knowck the mole off his face. You know he wil try and retaliate for the Rodney inside pitch.
Retire #5....BD!!!
At the game........ so disappointed I have tickets for tomorrow
I am going to boo Lackey like no tomorrow. Its the only thing Angels I am looking foward to right now.
Now that Lackey has turned to the enemy lets kick his ass
by Angelsrthebest101 on Jul 26, 2010 11:04 PM PDT reply actions
At the game tonight...
GOOD NEWS: Haren can throw strikes! What a contrast to Kazmir. In the 2nd & 3rd innings, I think he threw 20-25 strikes to one ball.
BAD NEWS: He may have been too much around the zone. Plus he went and got blasted by that line drive off. He hasn’t even had a welcoming press conference yet!
GOOD NEWS: We got bases loaded with no outs!
BAD NEWS: The next 3 batters were Rivera, Mathis, and Aybar…
Goldberg would love to do it.
Retire #5....BD!!!
by bobbinhead25 on Jul 26, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
youknowithinkimighthaveseenthatsomewherearoundhere
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 27, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
And it always makes me smile.
It reminds me of another Healy clip—was it Jerome Bettis who said it?—that would’ve been apt to use during the recent troll invasion when they couldn’t understand why we didn’t want to talk to Rangers fans:
“Did the Japanese sit down and have dinner with Pearl Harbor before they bombed them?”
In order of appearance...
…Rivera…weak pop-up to 1B. Since Rivera had set such a high bar, Mathis decided he couldn’t exceed it and promptly did the same thing. Aybar followed with a weak pop-out to LF.
So, what Aybar got done is he hit a pop fly a little farther than riveramathis…
Aybar showing off The POWER!
One assumes that Brandon Wood is not being missed in that situation? That we have the loss of Wood’s productivity fully backfilled?
"Wastin away again in Minor-Leaguer-Ville..."
The only backfilling I can ponder...
…is out hopes for a 4th consecutive crown in 2010.
That backfill will be equal parts;
1) Wood’s hopes and dreams.
2) Kazmir’s shoulder
3) Morales’ broken leg.
4) Crappy relief pitching.
5) An ineffective offense.
Did I miss anything? If so, add it to the pile.
Valley
This is just a dip. Sometimes you gotta have a mediocre season. Put it in perspective!
Gimme a cigarette
I think the Baseball Gods have spoken to us in bold capital letters.
And they’ve said, this isn’t our year.
When our best hitter breaks his leg hitting a game-winning grandslam, the writing was on the wall.
I've got nothing.
I'm not sure we know what they want, or if they care.
Last year, the gods (or God) tapped a young and promising starting pitcher on the shoulder and told him…it was his time to leave this good earth.
The earthbound Angels Baseball Club responded with a memorable season where they beat this same Sux team 3 straight in a 5 game ALDS series, including a highly improbable 9th inning rally in game 3.
I wouldn’t try to read too much further into what the baseball gods may or may not have said with Kendry’s injury…
Dugout. 3b side. Angel Stadium.
by K3YEROUT on Jul 27, 2010 12:12 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
There's no "I" in team...
and there is also no “I” in your message.
:)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 27, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
It's official. . .
We have been Cursed In every way, shape, and form.
And I blame Juan Rivera’s epic piss-poor hustle for pissing off the BB gods. What a effin’ lop of shit.
If ain't nothing wrong, something just ain't right.
hahah i remember that mo vaughn injury. I was at that game, it was sooooo back breaking at the time. Little did we know that the mo vaughn we thought we signed was really on roids during at least part of his time while in Boston cough kinda like one former Bosox/ current Doyer, and former twin current beantowner
It seems like Haren will only miss one start if that, but it goes without saying that the fact one of our major coups in recent years gets injured almost instantly upon becoming an Angel
In Kobe we trust!
Ah, the Moo Vaughn injury
That’s why the railings they put up in front of the dugouts in response to that injury are called “cow catchers.”
On one of the few nights that the team could make it a "feel good" story...
…and they managed to eff that up too.
Is it the Rex curse?
The Vlad curse?
Oh, it’s a curse alright…
…But it’s simly nothing more than the We Suck Moaky, Vinergary Balls After a 5-Mile Jog on a 98 Degree Day curse.
Wasn't the pregame question...
Will the Angels use more than 3 pitchers? Since the Angels used 6, shouldn’t the correct answer be Yes and not No?
yesterday
Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.
by vladtheimpaler on Jul 27, 2010 4:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm still depressed
Might take a couple weeks to get over all this stuff.
Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.
me too...
… Even if Haren’s injury isn’t that bad (which it probably isn’t), its a microcosm of how this season has gone. For every bit of incouragement we’ve gotten, we’ve received a double helping of despair. Kendry hits a walkoff salami, breaks leg. Any win streak is surmounted by an even greater losing streak. Bases loaded less than 2 outs in so many crucial situations, no score. Excited about Dan Harens 1st start as an angel? Here’s a harsh reminder that this is 2010 angels baseball…
All I’m thinking now for the rest of the season: Wtf is next?
by AlohaHalofan on Jul 27, 2010 7:45 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
and with that said...
… Let’s play playoff spoiler! I still have love for the man but, I really hope Big John gets lit up tonight. That might make me feel better even if for a short while.
by AlohaHalofan on Jul 27, 2010 7:54 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Revisiting Mo Vaughn's legendary rant (2002 spring training)
Vaughn quickly hit the roof when he heard that Percival said in the Times story, “We may miss Mo’s bat, but we won’t miss his leadership. Darin Erstad is our leader.”
A handful of Mets teammates watched in astonishment as Vaughn began venting a stream of 35 expletives in about 10 minutes.
“Let me say this: who the [bleep] is Troy Percival?” Vaughn bellowed yesterday morning. "What has he done in this game?
“Has he led his team to a pennant? Has he ever [bleeping] pitched in a big game that meant something?”
“This guy talks so much [bleep], and he hasn’t even done [bleep],” Vaughn said of Percival. "He has the right to evaluate and analyze people, but what the hell has he done to deserve that right?
“He hasn’t done [bleep] to lead them anywhere. I got hardware, I got playoff appearances, I got an MVP. I’ve been to the playoffs twice. What the hell has he done? Who the hell is he?”
“They ain’t got no flags hanging at friggin’ Edison Field, so the hell with them.”
(The above was taken from the March 26, 2002 New York Post, without permission.)
Wow, I don't remember that
I wish someone would call us out like that again!
7 months later.........
we got our Flag……..and our Hardware.
Thanks Mo.
LOL.
Chan Gailey's #1 Fan!
by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 27, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Where's the "all of the above" option in the Blame Poll?
I am a fair weather fan so the Angels better win!
How did we fall so far from last year to now?
What is currently missing in our lineup. I say our two glaringly obvious holes are in LF and RF. And let us not for get about the little lizard doing virtually nothing. It is going to take a lot to catch up to the talent on the Texas team.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jul 27, 2010 10:06 AM PDT reply actions
and we have alot of people underperforming from their career averages.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 27, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
this shows a lack of team leadership
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jul 27, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Oddly enough, 2 of our former team leaders are also underperforming with their new teams.
So I’m going to say that team leadership has nothing to do with it.
Good thing I didn't follow the game . 2nd inning .
Bases loaded and nobody outs . No FFFing runs . I would probably be banned right now from what I could have said .
I'll be that guy
Ok. When are we going to start the “get rid of Hatcher campaign”? Someone usually starts it by now. With all seriousness though “who has lived up to their top potential or surprised on the upside?”. Have we acquired anyone who has gotten better than what they were when we got them? Just asking.
by Dfresh on Jul 27, 2010 6:42 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
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