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Dan Haren CG L Keeps Hope (for 2011) Alive

Final Score in Anaheim: Angels 1, Rangers 2

Star-divide


Dan Haren reminds Angels fans to purchase sunglasses before next April: The Future's so bright, we gotta wear shades.

To live in the present, though is to acknowledge a garbage offense of Disneyland. Yuck.

 

One pitch to Vladimir Guerrero was the difference. It went to his knees and was sent over the fence. Rich Harden looked great but against this offense, Texas cokesnorter Ron Washington could have pitched a quality start. Howie Kendrick hit a solo HR to dead center, but that was not enough.

Torii Hunter went 0-4, Maicer Izturis went 0-4 and Juan Rivera went 0-4. And it is not like anyone else in the lineup was about to breakout... well Mike Napoli did have a double down the line but, frnakly, the only good to come out of the offense tonight was the overconfidence it will give the Texas Coacaine Cowboys in Harden's pitching.

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I would like to give a Panther of the Game to Haren.

The Halos offense failed Haren. The Halos offense has failed too many starters this year.

"why do you we still have quitlin?" -VladdyG

by cupie on Jul 31, 2010 8:26 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Thanks Haren for the great pitching...

sorry the offense didn’t help you win – you deserve to.

by angelsfan7 on Jul 31, 2010 8:27 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Blame of the game goes to umpires

They stole a run away from us.

We betrayed Vlad, the greatest Angel. Epic fail.

by Halowood on Jul 31, 2010 8:27 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

What you propose is like asking what would have happened if Germany won World War II

They didn’t win World War II, so we’ll never know. Every event is contingent on what comes before. You can’t take Callaspo’s single from an inning later and then say it would have driven in a run the inning before.

by Suboptimal on Jul 31, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

this again?

"Ballplayers play baseball." -Jose Mota

by Fred Fredrix on Jul 31, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

When was the last time

we had a late-inning come-from-behind victory?
I remember Matsui’s walk-off which was about 3 months ago

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 8:33 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

granted I didn't watch the game tonight

but when I’ve seen Izzy lately the guy has sucked. I only mention that because I read that scouts said he wasn’t close to 100% when he was in SLC. Did he even have good abs tonight? I see the 0-4 which is par for the course for him lately.

by MH252525 on Jul 31, 2010 8:34 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

watched the fattest pitch of the night go by for strike 2.

but not alone at spectatoring the best of Harden’s offerings and swinging at the cheese.

by Rev Halofan on Jul 31, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

o boy

that reeks of a rather morbid sense of hyperbole

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Ok

Early Grinch would have sufficed (two sizes too small, and all)

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Rev, you my friend are an idiot

You call out other reporters for being unprofessional and you are the one making derogatory comments, that are in bad taste. And the future in LA isn’t so bright, you’ll be playing second fiddle to the Rangers for the next decade.

by Tali-ban on Jul 31, 2010 8:45 PM PDT via mobile reply actions  

What might you be referring to?

(Though there is a signpost up ahead which I believe says: “Soon to be banned”)

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

What did he say that wasn't factual?

Nice name by the way…

Have fun losing to the Yankees.

NA R.I.P.

by swiss mcgee on Jul 31, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

You have won NOTHIGN

Quit living in the future that is not even guaranteed to happen.

(i am not banning this guy so that everyone in baseball can see what a texas turd smells like)

by Rev Halofan on Jul 31, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Ya you Texas piece of @#$%

They always say things are bigger in Texas even there A$$ Holes

by IWishWeStillHadTimSalmon on Jul 31, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

When there not filled.

Phoenix Coyotes FTW!
RIP Nick Adenhart.

by WillGoAngels27 on Aug 1, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

he ain't your friend

and I highly doubt you will EVER be in that category

TA-TA loser

Bring back HalosHeaven RADIO!!!

by ladybug on Jul 31, 2010 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

truth is my defense

Did not mention whether Ron Washington was snorting the coke of a prostitute’s ass or off of a slut’s ass because no receipts have been produced to indicate how he pays for the road pooty, see that is a professional job there, no exaggerations.

by Rev Halofan on Jul 31, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

haha lol its called an off year uh like 2006 then what happened the next 3 years..... yeah thats right.

Whats bothering the Angels right now is their crappy offense once they get Kendry back it will be fine. And they could easily add a high class free agent as well (carl crawford) which would mold the Angels O into a formidable one. 2011 looks bright for the halos

Now that Lackey has turned to the enemy lets kick his ass

by Angelsrthebest101 on Jul 31, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

And suring up the bullpen would be great

Now that Lackey has turned to the enemy lets kick his ass

by Angelsrthebest101 on Jul 31, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

or maybe

an ENTIRELY NEW bullpen!!!!!

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Tautology

Brilliant insight. Of course the write-up is “unprofessional”; Rev is not a professional sportswriter. The problem is that the professionals don’t offer any more insight than the hobbyists, usually even less. The only real difference between a sportswriter and a blogger is a press pass.

by Suboptimal on Jul 31, 2010 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Ok, how 'bout this:

The sportswriter doesn’t get to drop the f-bomb as much, or shall we say, wax as colloquially with more reckless abandon as the blogger might—though of course far be it for you to engage in such practices
(iow, he/she faces more censorship than the blogger)

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

excellent point

the freedom of writing for a blog is constantly lambasted by the mainstream press as non-professionalism, when in reality, the blogs are where a more exact recording of events and emotion can be displayed. Dylan Hernandez is a print whore taunting the Angels, fuck him.

by Rev Halofan on Jul 31, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Certainly reflects a current American zeitgeist

In this we are aligned more with the Elizabethans of the late 16th century:
we want more passion, more sex, more violence, more raging intensity and hilarious buffoonery, more snorting gack off of whore’s asses. The Elizabethans in London loved young Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus more than his Henry VI trilogy. The relentless carnage of Titus made Shakespeare the Quentin Tarentino of his day and made him a success for years to come, in England, and of course, eventually in the entire universe.

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Astute observation

and I agree.

To be completely honest, though, I would welcome a realignment more towards the Victorians of the late 19th century.

by rspencer on Jul 31, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

But they were so oppressed and repressed

Though the men could pretty much get away with anything they wanted (other than being gay) behind closed doors.
Besides, the women showed their breasts more in the Elizabethan era. (I rest my case lol)

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

When everyone else is repressed

the truly devious have a clear field.

by rspencer on Jul 31, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Tali's gonna get baaaaned, Tali's gonna get baaaaaned!

"If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third"
Tommy Lasorda on catcher Mike Scioscia

by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Jul 31, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Half-assed hustle rivera

BOTG

Haren deserves a Panther. Probably wondering if he really did get traded.

by Zookeeper on Jul 31, 2010 8:49 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Vlad strikes again.

   ugh hu, how about those road home splits now fella’s? feelin . . . Lucky?

Vlad is a great Angel forever in my mind. This way to lose makes it dullingly obvious to my brain, . . . we’re not makin the playoffs this year.

by Wally's World on Jul 31, 2010 8:50 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Just wondering

How bad do y’all Angel fans hate Rivera. He is trash. I have a feeling he’s viewed similarly to the way us Ranger fans view Kinsler.

by Tali-ban on Jul 31, 2010 8:54 PM PDT via mobile reply actions   1 recs

You hate a player who is actually good?

I can’t imagine what you feel for the guys who suck.

by Suboptimal on Jul 31, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

He is so bad...

That his name listed here doesnt even get a link attached to it…

by Zookeeper on Jul 31, 2010 8:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Anywho . . on a positive note:

A-Rod still can’t hit number 600
nice . . . .

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 9:03 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

good point

though maybe he’ll overswing sometime forcing it
and that will be it for the season . . .

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

A-Rod not getting 600 is a positive note lol wow

Really..? Hate to be rude but why the hell is that a positive note after losing.

by deejayelleseven on Jul 31, 2010 9:18 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions   1 recs

I don't know

gallows humor?
humor period?

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

For me

it’s because the march of evil was at least held back somewhere, if only briefly.

by rspencer on Jul 31, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

the future's so bright......thanx Vlad

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

by Dono Romantico on Jul 31, 2010 9:13 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Garret Anderson Lazy-As-Shit Award goes to .......... Juan Rivera

World Series 2009 Cocktease, washed-up Sadaharu Oh Award to Hideki “I left my game in NY” Matsui

FREE SCOT SHIELDS

by PieceOfAase on Jul 31, 2010 9:18 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

The Rangers cocaine Jokes are getting kinda old and lame already.

Like really is this all we have left is childish dirt tossing postgame reports..?

by deejayelleseven on Jul 31, 2010 9:22 PM PDT via mobile reply actions   1 recs

ummm Hamilton was a huge coke addict before texas. Its like a huge comeback story

Were just saying the truth

" With Haren bolstering the rotation, the Angels are set up beautifully for 2011"- Another East coast biased reporter

by Halos2011champs on Jul 31, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Why does it have any place in a postgame write up is all I wonder.

It’s really bitchmade, to have to amount to a classless level of sports journalism by petty namecalling i’d imagine.

by deejayelleseven on Jul 31, 2010 9:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions   1 recs

I'd just expect to not go out as sore losers is all.

I really try to care moreso about what happens on the field than what occurs in peoples personal lives.But I guess that’s just a hard concept for some individuals.

by deejayelleseven on Jul 31, 2010 9:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions   1 recs

here is the fact:

the one thing a blog can do that the mainstream media cannot do is be a fan, get emotional and shame the opponent on a level of defiance that a corporate tool looking for mass appeal to maximize sales will not do.

You want a boring professional writeup, there are places for it, you want to see the opponent’s weaknesses exploited and shamed, you go to a fan blog.

after having baseball’s family values and god bless america sanitized patriotism shoved at me for years at the ballpark I am on hair trigger alert for an opponent who crosses the vanilla line of corporate do-gooderism – If I can’t yell “you suck” at a game, you can bet I will point out two-faced opponents who make their living off of this supposed sacred national past time and don’t live up the package of values I am forced to emulate for three hours in the stands watching their coked-up two-faced careers shamble on.

by Rev Halofan on Jul 31, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Oh yeah, baby

This should be a published manifesto on the HH home page

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's depressing

And on top of that, tonight we lost.

by agent_99 on Jul 31, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Yea, we lost . . again . . .

and we realize more and more that for this season at least,
we ARE lost . . .

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

agree 100% ... but nothing in public and corporate spaces are GENUINE anything anymore

but “patriotism” has been turned to pablum at the park. I could rant about this all night, but suffice to say, it is an act of spitting on the flag to have a tight-shirted blond whitney houston wannabe sing the national anthem before the game like she is auditioning for american idol. But she is a kid so even though she just (metaphorically) wiped the flag with her ass we have to cheer.

by Rev Halofan on Jul 31, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hear you

I am strictly old-school when it comes to our flag and our anthem, and I find myself constantly annoyed at the ignorance of proper etiquette, and the bad taste displayed in the guise of enthusiastic patriotism.

by rspencer on Aug 1, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

juan you piece of shit!

I wish this blog was read in the Angels clubhouse so Juan could see how us Angel fans are counting down to the start of Carl Crawford in LF :)

by (!ts_a_C.A._thing) on Jul 31, 2010 9:22 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

NOPE.

Carl Crawford is going to get over-paid by the Skanks or someone else. I’ll bet a Benny Hunda he goes elsewhere…

dissenter, dubious and devil's advocate to blog monitors everywhere.

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Aug 1, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

went to the SF Giants and LA Dodgers

Was wearing the Anaheim Jersey over my 2002 world series champ shirt.
Never got hassled (pussy Giant Fans)
Got free Garlic Fries for growing a fu man chu for the game (good deal there)

GO ANGELS
Suck it Rangers
Haren > Kazmir

"You dont need long hair to rip off your sleeves and be a badass" - J. Allen

by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 31, 2010 9:26 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

way to represent

DOV babies in attendance as well?

by Raaddad on Jul 31, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

no

they stayed with Nana

"You dont need long hair to rip off your sleeves and be a badass" - J. Allen

by DAD OF VLAD on Jul 31, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

at this point who isn't > than Kaz??

I thought I heard he had the highest ERA of any starter with more than _______ starts.

by MH252525 on Jul 31, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

this post is so gay.

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

by clover_black on Jul 31, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

they don't hate us.

Giants fans like that we hate the dodgers as much as they do.

by firebird81 on Aug 1, 2010 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

did the angels pass anyone on waivers?

" With Haren bolstering the rotation, the Angels are set up beautifully for 2011"- Another East coast biased reporter

by Halos2011champs on Jul 31, 2010 9:28 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Same shit , different day .

Tori , Abreu and matsui , the heart of the line up – with no heart .

by Ed@northridge on Jul 31, 2010 10:14 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

You can't really blame this one on Abreu

He was on base 3 of 4 times and got in scoring position twice…of course second base is where he stayed.

by kbrown2225 on Aug 1, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

anyone going o the game tomorrow?

i scored free tickets… will be in right field. anyone up for an internet date, i mean, to say whats up, let me know.

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

by clover_black on Jul 31, 2010 10:33 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

I guess yesterday was just a tease by the Angel's offense

Today was them saying “Ha ha, we were just joking. Back to normal today”

by RedHatHalo on Jul 31, 2010 11:45 PM PDT reply actions  

Good thing tonight was my Engagement party

Or I would have been real pissed off. 2011 looks great!! As long as we get some key free agents cough cough Crawford

Big Bats, We Don't Need No Stinkin Big Bats!

by angelskid2210 on Aug 1, 2010 12:00 AM PDT via mobile reply actions  

Congratulations! Looks like you picked a good year

The pain of the 1995 season was greatly lessened for me by the fact that I got married a week after the season was over—although my bride was terrified that I would be in a foul mood.

by rspencer on Aug 1, 2010 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Thank goodness I was on a plane with no way to follow the game.

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

by red floyd on Aug 1, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

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