Angels Waste Weaver in 0-1 Loss to Twins

by Stirrups on May 28, 2011 8:30 PM PDT in Angels Postgame

"So, guys, WTF? I got nine godamned innings of near perfect pitching going for me here, and you smurfs can't even friggin' be bothered to get but ONE hit off Steve Carroll???"

Jered Weaver pitched a 9-inning 2-hit masterpiece Saturday evening in Minnesota, only to be forced to sit and watch fill-in pitcher Anthony Swarzak of the Twins cast a "yeah guys, nobody remember me" spell over the Halo bats (taking the night off, not unlike the HH editing staff!) and take a no-hitter into the 8th. Swarzak DID pitch twice against the Angels back in 2009, but that was clearly so long ago that he regained that never-before-seen mojo our bats create all too frequently. Only Peter Bourjos managed to get on base through the use of that heavy wooden thing in his hands.

So, in what pundits will mistake as some classic pitching duel, the Angels dragged themselves into yet ANOTHER extra-inning game. After two batters faced by Hisanori Takahashi, Kevin Jepsen came to the mound with a runner on first and yielded enough consecutive base hits (3) as necessary to send the home team crowd happy.

Honestly, somebody needs to do a deep dive research study on this franchise since 2002 and determine if they really do hit significantly worse against unfamiliar pitching. We all agree that it sure seems that way, no? And, if the answer is yes, has Carpino shed the pro scouting staff???

Poll

Blame Of The Game

George Jepsen

86 votes

LA Angels of A Scouting Department

25 votes

LA Angels of "0" Offense

250 votes

Those Who Watched Game 7 of the 1991 World Series Before The Game

15 votes

376 votes | Poll has closed

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I blame the OFFENSE

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on May 28, 2011 8:33 PM PDT reply actions

pAthetic

The score dictated they pass

by norcaliangelsfan on May 28, 2011 8:35 PM PDT reply actions

so sorry

"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some douche named DFA from AN

by 2pintsofbooze on May 28, 2011 8:39 PM PDT reply actions

why do they hate Jered so much?

WHY?????

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on May 28, 2011 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

maybe Weaver will start demanding Conger be his personal catcher now

pretty please

"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some douche named DFA from AN

by 2pintsofbooze on May 28, 2011 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions

If things keep going the way they are, the only thing Weaver will be demanding

is to be traded.

A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.

by angelslogic on May 28, 2011 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Has Jepsen been DFA'd yet?

Why is he still on the team?

"Ballplayers play baseball." -Jose Mota

by Fred Fredrix on May 28, 2011 8:45 PM PDT reply actions

Why is....

Willits, Mathis, Wells, Rodney, Kazmir, Amarista, Takahashi……

by ChargerBill on May 28, 2011 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions

At least Amarista's a rookie.

He conceivably could get better.

Light up that halo! RIP, Nick.

by Clutch on May 28, 2011 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions

If not DFA, at least sent back down to the minors for longer than a couple weeks.

A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.

by angelslogic on May 28, 2011 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions

BOTG Reagins

For putting together this piece of shit.

by ChargerBill on May 28, 2011 8:45 PM PDT reply actions

As far as the title of the post goes, it might more aptly be written:

Angels waste great effort by [insert starting pitcher’s name here] in loss to [insert opposing team’s name here] as the impotent offense scores only [insert number of runs <2 here].

A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.

by angelslogic on May 28, 2011 8:47 PM PDT reply actions

Hey, don't be giving away my HH editorial trade secrets!!

I stumbled onto the site tonight seeing and no thread support, I had to whip out what WAS my super-secret emergency post-game thread recipe.

"...the error of age is to believe that experience is a substitute for intelligence." - Lymon Bryson (1888-1959) pulling a Nostradomus on Torii Hunter's baserunning ass.

by Stirrups on May 28, 2011 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Did you even watch the game, or did you just post the obvious?

by eyespy on May 28, 2011 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions

I wonder if we can bring in

this coach for a little pep talk

"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some douche named DFA from AN

by 2pintsofbooze on May 28, 2011 8:53 PM PDT reply actions

dammit, didn't work

gonna have to do it the hard way if you want in on the joke people…sorry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY0_jeOUB6Q&feature=player_embedded#at=92

"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some douche named DFA from AN

by 2pintsofbooze on May 28, 2011 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I think the Angels could use a good berating right now. Go for it Sosh.

A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.

by angelslogic on May 28, 2011 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions

hopefully he doesn't get distracted by the postgame spread of food.

if there’s pasta we’re screwed

"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some douche named DFA from AN

by 2pintsofbooze on May 28, 2011 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Classic.

by ChargerBill on May 28, 2011 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions

This guey is about to have a stroke!!

"Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in" -George Costanza

by Howie's Batting Title on May 29, 2011 12:21 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Found some vid on Hatcher

HERE

this is his daily speech, gameday or not

by eyespy on May 28, 2011 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Why, oh why, for the love of...

why is Jepsen even allowed on the field?

Mathis is a sign of The Apocalypse.
"And God looked upon The Angels lineup, and, behold, it was corrupt."

by Halo Hurricane on May 28, 2011 8:56 PM PDT reply actions

Poor poor Weaver

Jeff Mathis Batting Average Watch: .191

by ryanfea on May 28, 2011 9:01 PM PDT reply actions

Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me

(change girls to teammates)

well i lay my head on the railroad tracks
waitin for the double E
but railroad dont run no more
poor poor pitiful me

poor poor pitiful me
poor poor pitiful me
theese young girls wont let me be
lord have mercy on me
woe, is me

well i met a girl in west holywood
i aint namin names
she really worked me over good
she was just like Jesse James
she really worked me over good
she was a credit to her gender
she put me through some changes lord
sort of like a waring blender

poor poor pitiful me
poor poor pitful me
theese young girls wont let me be
lord of mercy on me
woe is me

whoo!

poor poor pitiful me
poor poor pitiful me
theese young girls wont let me be
lord have mercy on me
woe, is me

well i met a girl at the rainbow bar
she asked me if i’d beat her
and she took me back to the Hyatt house
i dont wanna talk about it

poor poor pitiful me
whoo!
poor poor pitiful me
hot little mamma(faint)
poor poor pitiful me
whoo hoo!
poor pitiful me

(last verse only live)
(Well, I met a girl from the Vieux Carre`
Down in Yokahama
She picked me up and she throwed me down
I said, “Please don’t hurt me, Mama”)

Warren Zevon (RIP)

...on the road....

by Jack Kerouac on May 29, 2011 4:05 AM PDT up reply actions

It's a Shame

That a pitching staff generally as good as this one (WTY, Haren, Pineiro, Santana, Downs, Walden & Thompson) is backed by such a pathetic, impotent offense.

Think about it this way: effectively, the Angels only play six or seven innings on offense. How many games could any team expect to win by coming to bat only six or seven times per night? Mathis = pretty much 3 guaranteed outs. Willits (with Amarista as sub) = pretty much 3 guaranteed outs. That’s two innings worth of guaranteed outs each and every night.

by jjackflash on May 28, 2011 9:13 PM PDT reply actions

if the offense wasn't so offensive, Jepsen's lack of performance would not have been so offensive

I'm an Angels fan

by ladybug on May 28, 2011 9:24 PM PDT reply actions

this is why I voted

offense

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by feNOMINAL on May 29, 2011 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions

Isnt carpino in charge of troll dolls and what color the billboards are?

When did this guy ever have a say in personnel?

Either way,

DFA Jepsen, pure F’n trash.

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

by clover_black on May 28, 2011 9:27 PM PDT reply actions

Curious

Since I didn’t watch the game (for the most part), what was Jepsen’s velocity? The limited amount of success he has seen at the major league level has been due solely to his ability to throw the ball really fast. It’s always frozen-rope straight, so the only way he’s ever able to get anybody out is simply by blowing it past them. If he has lost a couple of MPH, then his continued failure is to be expected.

by jjackflash on May 28, 2011 9:29 PM PDT reply actions

Even if u throw 105 mph, if it's in a straight line MLBers will hit u after the scouts see u a few times

1 trick ponies don’t last too long.

by aces666high on May 28, 2011 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe Not 105

but I get the point. If you have command of 98+ MPH, you can do OK (hitters will still have a hard time catching up with that pitch depending where it’s thrown), but if you’re only throwing 92-24 and straight, well…that’s called batting practice.

by jjackflash on May 28, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions

jepsen had a 98-99 mph fastball that is gone.

the MPH gap has closed significantly between his fastball and offspeed (which he can barely locate)… that’s the exact reason why batters have been getting such good wood on his pitches.

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

by clover_black on May 28, 2011 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions

scioscia disagrees

That cliche about doing things over and over and over and over and expecting different results, doesn’t apply. Cuz he is unorthodox and he won a title for a franchise that never has so he has carte blanche.

by CJ2009 on May 28, 2011 11:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

scosia didn't have that much to do with it

his influence on this team has been seen after 2002, when they stopped taking walks, and started striking out more. and not taking pitchers deep into counts, fouling off pitch after pitch. and signing huge strikout hitters like hunter, abreu, wells and even vlad. look back to the 86 team and you’ll find 1 hitter striking out 100 times in a season. this team has 2 maybe even 4 hitters that will pass that mark. i blame the whole front office for this; and ultimitly the offense for not supporting an excellant job by their picther. i won’t blame weaver or haren for wanting to leave after or during this season.

by hoffy loves the angels on May 29, 2011 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions

I would seriously suggest checking Vladdy's strikeout stats

before saying such blatantly false statements about the best player we’ve had this decade.
most he EVER had with us was 77. Never over 100 in his career.
Even Wells (as garbage as he’s been before he got hurt), has never gotten over 100 K’s in a season.

"I have one word for you...Be careful."
-Jose Guillen

by IE Angel on May 29, 2011 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions

didn't say he struck out 100 times

maybe that was inferred, but i did not say he did. but he does and did strikeout a lot and in some clutch situations. and wells will probably be up there if he ever comes back. as for best player that is debateable, he made some huge blunders on the basepath and in the outfield as well. most glaringly, in the playoffs against the sux. going back to the k’s, look at a guy like yogi berra for instance, it took him 3 seasons to hit 100 k’s. all i’m saying is that scosia’s teams after 2002, have no plate discipline.

by hoffy loves the angels on May 29, 2011 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Jepsen's Drop In Velocity

He was consistently above 95 mph in 2009 and 2010. The sharp drop in velocity is alarming and something the Angels should be investigating. Jepsen probably has some kind of injury.

FIP
2009: 2.86
2010: 3.03
2011: 6.26

K/9
2009: 7.90
2010: 9.31
2011: 4.15

stat source

by Fan Since 1981 on May 29, 2011 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions

If the velocity chart does not appear

You can find it here

by Fan Since 1981 on May 29, 2011 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions

Jepsen was bad but this thing had no business going extra innings

by river-z on May 28, 2011 9:30 PM PDT reply actions

Gutless, boring, heartless, stupid, uninterested

Probably missed a few. Screw these guys.

by aces666high on May 28, 2011 9:31 PM PDT reply actions

Gutless is right.

No ganas!

My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General

by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on May 28, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Hatcher doing a bang up job

How does he still have a job? What are we going on like 7 years of pathetic offense.

by SB Bruin on May 28, 2011 9:39 PM PDT reply actions

What Mike Scoscia should do is

what DeNiro did in the movie " The Untouchables " …walk around the players with a baseball bat in his hand and whack anybody who is not hitting ..in this case the entire batting line-up if possible …just keep poundind and pounding .

by Ed@northridge on May 28, 2011 9:46 PM PDT reply actions

and then take the bat to himself

by CJ2009 on May 28, 2011 11:46 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

that too .

by Ed@northridge on May 29, 2011 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Bad Karma

Lots of bad Karma. Guys this is our team. Rangers bang out 5 homeruns we bang out 1 hit in 10 innings. Aybar had his homerun for the month, he will now go down 20 points in his average trying to duplicate his effort of yesterday. Trumbo can’t hit Right Handers, so instead of taking a few pitches to gain some insight as to how the pitcher is pitching him, he swings at the first pitch and pops up. That is a coaching issue sit the rookie down and explain to him how to hit major league pitching. Oh I forgot we have Hatcher, hell Trumbo may never learn to hit right handed pitching. I guess I don’t have to worry about how I am gonna pay for my playoff tickets this year.

AngelBum

by Angelbum on May 28, 2011 10:08 PM PDT reply actions

I'll give it to Angels in the Outfield here

“We are the boys of summer, and it’s a big bummer. No matter who we play, we give the game away, ‘cause we can’t win. That would be a sin. We even lose the games before they begin.”

by TheKingfish on May 28, 2011 10:11 PM PDT reply actions

Gutless

by homercles on May 28, 2011 10:17 PM PDT reply actions

I love the picture above and the caption

That really says it all, Stirrups

by Raaddad on May 28, 2011 10:27 PM PDT reply actions

Wow.

This might be the most pathetic loss all year, even more so than the blowouts. The offense keeps finding ways to embarrass itself every night. We may have a lot of “action” players who can lay down a bunt like nobody’s business, but that certainly hasn’t translated into a lot of runs.

Mire el pollo grande! Mire el pollo grande!

by The_Question on May 28, 2011 11:07 PM PDT reply actions

scioscia needs to get more blame

Not only did he give us that potent lineup that had 2-3 guys hitting over 260 but again he used a combo of Rodney takahashi and jepsen without using downs or Thompson. What are you saving them for? In case we get to the 19th, you dont want to have to go all Wilson valdez on their ass? And it aint like its an isolated incident. Rodney and jepsen have been blowing games all season. And jepsen was blowing games in Aaa. Why he was called up over kohn, or any other person with an arm is beyond me. Sure ninja created this team, but mike is mishandling the shit out of it and making matters worse. Glad we are in the al west bcuz we should be at least 10 games back with the way we have played. Plenty of season left and no real distance to make up so its still possible to win. But as long as mike keeps dpi.f what he has been doing, then 3rd place is best case scenario

by CJ2009 on May 28, 2011 11:44 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs

Bleh.

12-15 in May
99 runs scored
110 runs scored against

C’mon JUNE!

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base." ~Dave Barry

by LAASurfin on May 28, 2011 11:58 PM PDT reply actions

June has been a great month for the Angels

the past couple seasons starting with an 18-9 record last season.

Swung on and missed, he struck him out! ~ Terry Smith

Angels' 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 7-5

by blast21dave on May 29, 2011 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Guess which one I voted for?

Not sure why I thought watching game 7 of the W.S. was a great idea. Man, the parallels between that game and tonight… depressing.

Swung on and missed, he struck him out! ~ Terry Smith

Angels' 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 7-5

by blast21dave on May 29, 2011 12:40 AM PDT reply actions

ONE HIT!!!!!!!!!!????

Don’t know, don’t care. People that criticize can kiss my ass. I don’t give a shit
-Kobe Bryant
You want to make history you have to do historic things- Kobe Bryant

by KB_24 on May 29, 2011 12:41 AM PDT reply actions

Scioscia's fault

Kevin Jepsen can only be Kevin Jepsen. We all know what Kevin Jepsen is. I think everyone on this site knows that Jepsen has been our worst reliever in there. I don’t think anybody on this site thinks that Jepsen was the right situation with 1 out in the 10th. It was Scioscia’s choice to put Jepsen in the game. Jepsen can only be Jepsen; Scioscia needs to know not to use him in key situations.

by jco on May 29, 2011 8:28 AM PDT reply actions