Gifted 5 Errors, Angels Fold Anyway
by Rev Halofan on Jul 7, 2010 10:25 PM PDT
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Final Score in Chicago: Angels 2, White Sox 5 ...
Joe Saunders had his moments, Mike Napoli threw out a baserunner attempting to steal 2B, Howie Kendrick had a pair of hits, Torii Hunter did too and Scot Shields and Fernando Rodney combined for 2 and a third scoreless innings pitched.
But those were the only highlights on a night that the Angels left a combined 13 men on base, managed only 5 hits against ancient Freddy Garcia and struck out ten times. The team lost its third game in a row and a game in the standings to the Texas Rangers who, resting Vladimir Guerrero and Ian Kinsler managed a 4-3 victory over the Cakewalk Indians.
Rain is in the forecast for the Angels 11:00 AM (pst) start tomorrow.
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I thought the Angels played a much better game than the score indicates.
Brandon Wood appears to be on the verge of busting out any game now. Just getting some bad breaks lately.
Both true
you are wise
Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.
by vladtheimpaler on Jul 7, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Line 'o the week:
Angels couldn’t hit water if they fell out of a boat, which they will need to get from the dugout to the clubhouse…
-(Rev)
"That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball." ~Bill Veeck
McAnulty looks like
Tom McGowan…must be a Mc thing.
by maze88 on Jul 7, 2010 10:31 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Pretty much,
but his hair-do definitely reminds me of the movie HEAVYWEIGHT. There was a baseball scene as well, which makes sense bcuz they sucked.
Btw, why in the world does he wear his cap underneath his helmet? Just as ridiculous looking as Cervelli with his huge helmet.
by maze88 on Jul 7, 2010 11:04 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
So does Pierre
cause of his pea head.
"jut keep winning babt" - Moondoggy
by Rally Manatee on Jul 7, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have liked to be in the front office meeting when they decided to bring this guy up
you know there was some low level temp who was too afraid to say anything but was thinking “What the hell are we doing?”
never
“you happy now bitch”
Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Jul 8, 2010 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I would love to forget Tommy Lasorda.
Who cares if he made a funny? He’s the enemy.
"jut keep winning babt" - Moondoggy
by Rally Manatee on Jul 7, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
My mom always says that he and Mussolini make her embarrassed to be Italian.
Red Hudler > Rodger Lodge
by Teixeira Who? on Jul 8, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he deserves a lot of blame for this season
for the signings of Matsui, Rodney and the trade to acquire Kazmir.
Torii Hunter has some Brain Movage
I hated the signing from day 1
It didn’t seem smart to me to sign someone at his age with no speed and no value on defense.
Torii Hunter has some Brain Movage
I said all along that we must resign Vlad cause he's gonna have a career year, but nooooo...
(boy am I full of shit . . . )
We'll keep your application on file for when Reagins is done.
"jut keep winning babt" - Moondoggy
by Rally Manatee on Jul 7, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
The Angeles would have resigned him if they got the deal Texas did.
Vlad was looking for a multi year deal and the Angels weren’t willing to give it so they moved on. Vlad ended up only getting a one year plus and option for a second with Texas. Too bad it worked out that way but them’s the breaks.
I am a fair weather fan so the Angels better win!
But how is it a good signing if it doesn't work out?
That sort of begs logic.
Half the fanbase (the crazy half) thought GMJ was a good signing at the time, but that didn’t work out either.
You have to judge a signing on outcomes, otherwise you can wipe a franchise out on the “best of intentions”.
I was judging the signings based on "Did they make sense at the time?"
There was very little to suggest GMJ would be worth the contract he got, besides the career year he had in his 30s.
There was almost nothing to suggest Rodney would be worth the contract he got.
There was pretty much nothing to suggest Matsui would struggle this badly, so I think it was a good signing.
Reagins has made decisions that deserve to be criticized, I just don’t see the Matsui signing as one of those.
Matsui was all Arte...
Billboards/Revenue
Reagins is just an Idiot with wandering eyes and mumbled speech.
If ain't nothing wrong, something just ain't right.
But you still can't call Matsui a good signing.
It may have been logical and well reasoned, but the fact that it didn’t work out prohibits it from being considered.
by snowhor on Jul 8, 2010 8:22 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I wanted Vlad back,
but when it was apparent that he wasn’t coming back, Matsui seemed like the best alternative.
"jut keep winning babt" - Moondoggy
by Rally Manatee on Jul 7, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Matsui was a stupid baseball signing, marketing maybe, baseball stupid
And I’ve bitched about since day 1 on this site and he is exactly the Matsui I knew he would be. The Yankees didn’t even offer him a contract after winning the MVP of the world series, why you ask, because he can’t play an entire season, he needs long stretches of time off. And that is if he is just going to D.H. I was shocked, disgusted, and dumbfounded that the biggest move the Angels made in the off season was to sign Matsui. That was a huge F.O. fail.
Really? You are going to take yourself that seriously? Well I guess someone has to.
Not that well.
We’ve won two of seven since last Wednesday. We had won three of six the week prior to last Wednesday.
Outside of two or three weeks in early-mid June, this team has been largely treading water. We’ve lost series to Kansas City and Milwaukee for hell’s sake — the friggin’ Royals have a +17 run differential on us this season — and it’s not that long ago that we were swept in a four game series by Boston. Now we may get swept in a four game series to the ChiSox.
This team has been out of first place 83 of the 86 games this season. That’s some chronic suck. I think we kid ourselves if we think the team has been doing pretty well.
Ok, so next year we'll have Kendry back, and we'll have Crawford, and
oh . . . god . . . I can’t face it . . .
The heck with the “chronic suck”, I just want some chronic, brotha
We've got success in our future.
Hopefully Reagins doesn’t trade the farm on some speculative moves before the trade deadline so that we can lose to Texas by two games in October instead of six.
But don't you think that there's a s**t load of guys "on the farm" that we could move
without it being a real problem. Other than Trout, Borrjos, Conger and a few pitchers, (and Q, of course), who ISN’T expendable to try and salvage this season and possibly next?
But what are we realistically going to get in a trade without losing any of those guys...
Nothing anyone will be happy about… that’s a fact.
I was referring to pre-Royals series. And it has been 2 months since Boston swept us, I wouldn't say that is "not that long ago" in terms of a baseball season.
And as far as the team playing well, I was mostly referring to June, I should have specified that.
Overall though, pretty well might have been an exageration, but they’ve at least been playing well enough to keep the gap between them and Texas close for the most part.
Now that IS depressed
and potentially dangerous
"That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball." ~Bill Veeck
eat a beef and chedder for me.
or heck, ill go get one myself.
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
Old Outfield that is but slow and defenseless applies to about everybody on the team
Torii Hunter has some Brain Movage
I have a soft spot for the Rays
did they solve that problem in the dugout between Longo and whatshisface?
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
Somone told Longo he hits like Brandon Wood.
It got pretty ugly.
W6G
by RexTookMyStash on Jul 7, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Maddon benched him
But he said it was “unrelated”
WTY's ERA+ = 152 : - ) -- Kevin Frandsen > Brandon Wood??????
by Figgi4life on Jul 7, 2010 11:14 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Reagins has a soft spot for the Rays, too.
That’s why he took on Karmis’ salary AND gave TB prospects. Imagine how f’d TB would be with that albatross on its payroll.
by snowhor on Jul 8, 2010 10:20 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
What pissed me off the most.
Here’s my ranking for the things that pissed me off the most in tonight’s game:
1) Aybar getting picked off. Every frickin’ game we have a base running gaff.
2) Napoli’s complete incapability to get a hit with men on base.
3) Seeing McAnulty followed by Wood. 2 easy outs in a row, guaranteed.
4) Abreu striking out looking and getting all huffy at the ump. You don’t get that
Yankee zone anymore! Swing dammit!
5) 5 errors from the opposition, and NO win?
"jut keep winning babt" - Moondoggy
6) Howie not going 2nd to 3rd on a deep fly ball out. Twice!
I am fan various years ago.
by Fred Fredrix on Jul 7, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
how many outs when that happened?
Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Jul 8, 2010 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions
doesn't matter.
Even with 2 down, having a runner on 3rd changes they way that have to pitch. The 2nd one was completely inexcuseable. Rios was running towards the center field wall on the catch, I thought sosh was gonna flip his lid after that one.
by AlohaHalofan on Jul 8, 2010 8:21 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
it does matter
Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Jul 10, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
how does it matter how many outs there were?
he should take the base regardless of how many outs… theres no way Rios throws him out.
by AlohaHalofan on Jul 19, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
has anyone else
noticed that McAnulty wears his hat under his helmet? I have never seen a major league player do that. I think it just enhances his level of suck to an almost comical level. What in the hell were we thinking when we signed this guy?
“I know what will fix the first base problem, we’ll sign a fat Brandon Wood without the minor league credentials. Problem solved.”
Our front office has been making an abnormal amount of questionable decisions in the past year.
"I have one word for you...Be careful."
-Jose Guillen
He was a minor league free agent who was signed to fill a leadership role for the Travelers and started playing really well.
At which point, the team decided to give him a shot at a bench role with the team, which obviously isn’t working well.
Look closely at Chicago's leadoff man tomorrow
Juan Pierre wears his hat under his helmet. Also, Jackie Robinson did the same thing.
Red Hudler > Rodger Lodge
by Teixeira Who? on Jul 8, 2010 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions
More guys used to do it.
I think they can size helmets better now than they used to, so we don’t see it as much. With Pierre it’s probably because his head is pea sized. With McAnulty, I don’t know, maybe he’s just more comfortable that way.
"jut keep winning babt" - Moondoggy
by Rally Manatee on Jul 8, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame Izturis
Always injured. With him in the lineup we could bat him second and Howie could bat 6th and we score/drive in more runs. I’m assuming Mike is batting Howie second because of speed. Doesn’t want a slow guy batting second.
Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.
Jeeezzzz
Look at the bags under Scioscia’s eyes.
If ain't nothing wrong, something just ain't right.
We need to borrow the Lakers shrink. . .
This team is Spazmatic !
If ain't nothing wrong, something just ain't right.
It's unfair playing shorthanded
With the vaunted offense of Jack Cust, Jr and Wood, no wonder we lost.
FREE SCOT SHIELDS
This team lacks heart....and talent
Soth’s bag of tricks won’t work on this group.
As for blaming Reagins for the on-the-field talent, he shares that with Soth. Make no mistake, Soth has a large say in the roster.
By the way...
Sign Kaleb Cowart now. Today. Stop jerking around and wasting time. The farm needs talent, get this guy into rookie ball now.
Where's Howie on the BotG list?
Come on. He didn’t advance on deep flies… TWICE. The first was on Juan Pierre, for Ghu’s sake! Pierre’s arm is just barely better than Damon! And the second, Rios was going BACK to get that ball.
I voted for Naps, because Joe was actually better than the line, he had some really shitty defense behind him.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
That picture of Mike
He’s thinking “2018?!?!? Seriously?!?!?!?”
"The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness." - Annie Savoy
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