Angels Get Their A's Kicked 6-5
by cupie on Sep 25, 2011 3:36 PM PDT
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Lame.
The Angels actually found a way to get our hopes up and break our hearts a FIFTH time this season.
You too young to recall The Donnie Moore Game? Well, it was a lot like this one. Except more people actually believed in that team, and that team actually believed in itself and the stakes were of course much higher. Oh and that was a playoff caliber club. But that was a taste of the misery that followed around fans of this franchise for about 16 years, sixteen long, listless years with an occasional pause to build us up just to let us down.
And so the heartbreak of the The Jordan Walden Game is a lot less historically painful but it is a load of misery nonetheless. Sure, a lot would have had to happen to make the most magic comeback in team history occur and of course we are not mathematically eliminated but ...there you are. Your 2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The fifth best team in the American League and magnetically incapable of veering up or down from such heights of mediocrity. Walden has a whole career to redeem himself. This team has three games in which to just disappear.
Thanks to cupie posting this, I was gloating about the possibilities coming the Angels way in a room full of Dodgers fans who then poured it all back on me. All of it and more. And when the dust cleared and the mockery ended I stood up and said "I will take what happened today and what happened all season to the Angels, with the Angels and by the Angels own hand over what is happening now and will likely continue to happen in Chavez Ravine." And that is all I got. I can't really even vouch for Arte at the moment, but I can be glad for what we do not have. If not having that is all we got than at least we got something. At the moment that is all we got. (-RevHF reporting on cupie's post)
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Gonna have to resign Rodney now
Cowabunga, Duuude!
by bobbinhead25 on Sep 25, 2011 3:39 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
FUCK walden. This game was in the bag.
And Fuck Oakland, they play us like they’re good, do it to someone else, fuckers.
I have a secret place, inside my mind, where I keep hidden inspiration you wont find.
by Tapatio Man on Sep 25, 2011 3:39 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
that was terrible, ivan
Horray for puns.
Welcome
by Halos in DE on Sep 25, 2011 3:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
my tv's not showing any more 2011 baseball
my sorry ass will be seated at Angel Stadium the next three nights and then baseball is done
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 25, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I wanted to write up a scathing, profanity and vitriol laden response of how I felt about this game and this team...
but I can only muster a weak laugh at this point. Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
by ConcernedParent on Sep 25, 2011 3:40 PM PDT reply actions
Why did I even convince myself that we had a chance again
I’ve been let down for the billionth time this season
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
2011 Angels Baseball: Fade to Black
Life it seems will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one elseI have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me freeThings not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can’t be real
Cannot stand this hell I feelEmptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me but now he’s goneNo one but me can save myself
But it’s too late
Now I can’t think
Think why I should even tryYesterday seems as though
It never existed
Death greets me warm
Now I will just say goodbye
Death is Creeping on them
Mark Trumbo: 2011 Rookie of the Year
by nicolasville on Sep 25, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
You didn't know that was Metallica? Do yourself a favor and listen to the song.
EPIC SOLO. long live kirk hammett
by Halostradamus on Sep 25, 2011 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't know Metallica
if they all showed up at my front door. I have at least heard of them, though.
Better song/solo here:
I can’t remember anything
Can’t tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me
Now that the season is through with me
I’m waking up, I cannot see
That there is not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now
Hold my breath as I wish for off season
Oh please God, wake me
Back in the womb it’s much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can’t look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I’ll live
Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me
Hold my breath as I wish for Winter
Oh please God, wake me
Now the world is gone, I’m just one
Oh God help me
Hold my breath as I wish for the off-season
Oh please God, help me
Athletics imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell
The Rangers have taken our title
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 26, 2011 8:43 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Walden, the only choice?
You mean, while that fatass Scioscia was sitting on his hands in the dugout?
Witty .sig goes here.
Walden is the closer
He left him in too long, but as long as Walden is the closer – he gets the ball in save situations
Right. Up until he blows it
And the Angels still had a 1-run lead at one point. Scioscia could have yanked him at that point, but NOOOOOO….
Witty .sig goes here.
hay guise...
lackey is already beginning his demise one out into the first inning. runners at the corners, tex up.
by ConcernedParent on Sep 25, 2011 3:43 PM PDT reply actions
Stings more
The Sox have given up. The wild card was being gifted to us even though we don’t deserve it. And with a simple throw to the bag, we could have been only one out (despite all our other failures) with 3 games left against a team that is resting for the postseason. It’s maddening.
by Brody on Sep 25, 2011 3:48 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Even if we had pulled this one out, Tampa would not have given up their one game lead to us.
Just as well.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
who cares???
Angels can’t catch their own shadow, let alone the Rays and Sox
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 25, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Gutless September performance
Lost 2 of 3 to Baltimore with our 3 aces on the mound; lost 2 games to walk-offs in Toronto; and lost 2 of 3 at home to the A’s. Literally threw the season away. Walden’s play on the groundball was a perfect metaphor for the season.
by Brody on Sep 25, 2011 3:43 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 6 recs
the Bulls had Air Jordan ...
we got “Err” Jordan
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 25, 2011 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
AKA
Durr Jordan or in Germany, Herr Jordan
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
I sure don't see Walden being the long term answer at closer
The dude is definitely not another K Rod.
I do
IF Waldo develops a secondary pitch and has the confidence to throw a slider to put a guy away..he will be great. As long as he throws fastball after fastball though..ya he will struggle at times.
Right now, he is a slightly less heavy Jonathan Broxton.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
This is why I blame Sosh and the catcher. They should have called the slider....
Instead of letting Jordan throw fastball after fastball. He does have a very good fastball, but, if that is ALL you throw big league hitters will eventually hit you hard.
I can't believe this shit.
IT was in the F**KING BAG!!!!!! PIECE OF SHIT
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 3:43 PM PDT reply actions
Waldens just a kid...
… He’ll learn. This team had no place being in the postseason anyways.
Perhaps you've heard of me from the pages of Sports Illustrated...
by Northwest on Sep 25, 2011 3:44 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
dumbest. post. ever.
I hate that “he’s just a kid bs”. And I don’t care if we deserve it. As a fan, I will take whatever postseason berth we can get.
by Halostradamus on Sep 25, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
he is just a kid. Why after 9 blown saves is he still in position to blow his 10th? IF he had blown just 5 of those 10. Hell, 7 of those 10. Where would we be?
And yes, i know, at least a couple of those blown saves still ended up being wins. But certainly not a majority of them.
It's a combination of failures that resulted in the 2011 season outcome.
Can’t blame it all on Walden.
Oh yeah I forgot. F@ck jeffvern
Cowabunga, Duuude!
by bobbinhead25 on Sep 25, 2011 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
if only we didnt trade Naps for Wells
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 25, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
If we had Naps
then we never know about Trumbo.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
As my dad likes to say...
If my grandmother had wheels, she’d be a pushcart.
I’ve seen a lot of posters I haven’t seen before today. WELCOME!
"Stay loyal to the Angels. As for me, I'm jumping on the Nationals bandwagon, later." -Daniel Sirca
by migfig on Sep 25, 2011 3:45 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
We are all here to cry on each others shoulders
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
LOLANGELS
For not being able to fucking win when other teams lose.
This team has no business being in the playoffs.
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
by blast21dave on Sep 25, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 8 recs
Even with our three stud starters
This Angels team is too fatally flawed.
We are not playoff worthy.
THIS GAME IS BULLSHIT
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
Yanks would sweep us anyway. We are not the 2010 Giants. We have no one we can count on right now out of the bullpen. and the offense sucks. The starters are worn down and so are the fans. Just let the season end.
by Brody on Sep 25, 2011 3:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
You mean the starters that all pitched their hearts out the last five days?
They pitched pretty damn well if you ask me. The offense has had some shade. But it comes down to the sorry ass pen. In toronto and this game. Two games we could not afford to lose and they blow. 2 games that would make the difference in us being potentially ONE GAME UP!!! We would be one game up if the bullpen does not blow those two games!
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Why do you build me up?
…..
Ooooooh ooooooooh!
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
I know it dosen't have an effect,
but I seriously want that miserable, god-damned song obliterated from Angel Stadium
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Rec'd.
This team never, ever deserved the playoffs this year. Had they snuck in, all the idiocy would have been forgotten — nay, justified, in the minds of ownership/management.
Maybe a defeat this bitter and ignoble will actually get some stable-cleaning done this offseason. I doubt it — I have very little faith in Arte’s independence given he pinned all his hope on one horse — but the man needs shock therapy if he wants to improve this franchise.
Why does everyone like Arizona so much?
by Halowitz on Sep 26, 2011 1:28 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Joe Saunders wearing #34
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 26, 2011 2:24 AM PDT up reply actions
It's the only organization we've traded with that had enough of heart to not fleece Reagins.
Arte Went Biblical sounded nice until it was clear it didn't involve sitting the twenty-three million dollar man.
Oh, I guess we should like Atlanta, too.
Arte Went Biblical sounded nice until it was clear it didn't involve sitting the twenty-three million dollar man.
So thrilled (sarcasm)
that I only saw a few innings of this game. Unfortunately, it was the last couple innings.
Buttercup strikes again!
The scream scene between The Duke and Daniel Craig’s character in L4yer Cake appropriately describes how I’m feeling.
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
by blast21dave on Sep 25, 2011 3:49 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Ranger fans=no class
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 3:50 PM PDT reply actions
Well
when we give them confidence by falling all over ourselves, yeah of course they would start to feel like their team is actually good.
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
I was talking about that one fan who was a total cocksucker.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ah
To hell with him. 2011 Angels have been the biggest cocktease all season.
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
I think their team *is* actually good.
by Turks Teeth on Sep 25, 2011 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Data be damned
Rage is the only consolation prize for me at this point.
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
Ranger fans=no ring
Baseball is a funny game...
by Halosfan777 on Sep 25, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Stereotype much?
"It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy." - Nolan Ryan
"Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when (Nolan) Ryan's throwing balls by you." - Reggie Jackson
Further down I give you and others I have encountered credit.
That is why I made special notice.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 26, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, saw that.
But this was my gut reaction before I got that far down.
It’s your board anyway – I shouldn’t have posted this anyway.
They need a DELETE POST button for rednecks like me. ;)
"It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy." - Nolan Ryan
"Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when (Nolan) Ryan's throwing balls by you." - Reggie Jackson
Lol yeah and to correct horrible grammar.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 26, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
All we have to do is sweep Texas and the red sox and rays...
Oh never mind
by DragBikeRacer on Sep 25, 2011 3:52 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
I'd do it too
Just to get him the f outta Trout’s way. But he’s owed close to $20 million more than Zito over the same three years. No way SF goes for that unless we throw in some serious cash. But believe me, even if we had to pay the whole difference in contracts, I’d still do it.
Does Wells still have a no-trade clause
Or did waiving it once void the clause entirely?
I think he still has that no-trade clause
I could be wrong about that though
It doesn't matter if you are wrong, that $66m owed to him for the next three years will act more like a no-trade clause than an acutal no-trade clause.
Arte Went Biblical sounded nice until it was clear it didn't involve sitting the twenty-three million dollar man.
Big splash would be
tossing TR overboard into the ocean.
Bam! 2012 Angels are instantly better!
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
There is a quality left available after the world series two words people
Scott Kazmir
Cowabunga, Duuude!
by bobbinhead25 on Sep 25, 2011 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously unless WE sweep Texas (not going to happen) and Rays get swept by the Yankees (not going to happen)
this season is done, I left Boston out they’re done. the Rays know how to come through at the end, the Halos do not!!
Go Tampa Bay.
"It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before."
Just saw that play and wtf Walden I can't believe that erro.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 3:54 PM PDT reply actions
Even Jeffy's thinkin', "Damn dude, that throw sucked."
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
by halofolife on Sep 25, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Dumbass Walden
embarrassing bunch of garbage
So I have this rock in the back yard that does nothing but sit there so I named it Juan Rivera.
There really is no point in starting weaver on 3 days of rest.
"Stay loyal to the Angels. As for me, I'm jumping on the Nationals bandwagon, later." -Daniel Sirca
by migfig on Sep 25, 2011 3:55 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
He'll be on regular rest if he starts on Wednesday.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't even feel like going to tomorrows game anymore.
4 runs to the A’s in the 9th? Unbelievable.
This team invents ways to lose.
I have a secret place, inside my mind, where I keep hidden inspiration you wont find.
by Tapatio Man on Sep 25, 2011 3:55 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Walden was up in the zone all throughout the 9th
Live by the flamethrower, die by the flamethrower.
And when he gets that rare groundball… he literally throws it away (and doesn’t help that Aybar reaching for the ball knocked it away from HK).
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
Scioscia has lost it.
“Jordan was throwing the ball well and that’s what’s important.”
I give up on everything.
To be fair.
He is going to throw his young closer under the bus. He still needs him for next year. Even if he says this shit to the media. He is trying to protect his player which is more important than saying something to make the fans happy.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
10 blown saves.
10. Just think about that for a minute. That is a HUGE number. 10 wins instead of losses and we have a completely different outlook on this season.
Baseball is a funny game...
WE didn't lose all of his blown saves.
Not even half of them, I believe.
It’s still a big number though.
"I have one word for you...Be careful."
-Jose Guillen
I'm glad Scioscia had the balls
to give the role to the best arm available, but this kid was in AA last season and not exactly lights out. It’s hardly fair to be mad at the guy for having an uneven rookie season against the best hitters in the world.
We weren’t going to win this season even if he had half as many blown saves. Putting him in that role and using him consistently this year hopefully gives him enough high leverage experience that will help him for the rest of his career.
so. Lets say of those 10 blown saves, he only blew 5. At a .400 win rate in games he blows saves, that means we'd have lost 3 games less.
We are… 3 games out of the wildcard right now?
is it three games that Texas lost?
From Jeff Mathis' TOPPS card: "Jeff is a defensive catcher, but he can rake it when it counts." Jeff has a lifetime .199 MLB batting average
Like most managers ours has the fatal flaw of putting in the closer and turning his mind off...
…as to doing anything if the closer is ineffective. Sosh is certainly not a lone in having this flaw. The kid didn’t have it today and should have been taken out.
But today is just a microcosm of the season. A season of tease. The failure is organizational. from the owner and GM to the manager and coaches. The flaws of this team were exposed over the season, yet at the trading deadline we did nothing. Just another example of organizational ineptitude.
2011—-the year of the tease
...on the road....
At least he had the good sense to yank Downs out
after giving up a couple runs.
But then goes and throws it away by letting Walden try to “figure it out”.
Takahashi couldn’t save us from the FO
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
It just blows my mind that the 2011 season is lost on an easy GIDP ball.
That almost any other player would be able to throw to second easily. There was no rush on the throw he had it by a mile. Yet he throws into Fing center field. What a time to screw up. Shame on you think about it all offseason Walden on how much you suck. A play that most of us on halosheaven could have easily fed to Aybar to complete the double play. Just awful. Awful
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:00 PM PDT reply actions
You can believe what you want.
1 game deficit with 3 to play all gone to hell with one play. Can’t believe the shit of this team. Thanks a lot Walden.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Well then, believe your tag line
“There still is a chace (sic) until elimination”
They still aren’t mathematically eliminated…..
There still a chance.
There is a chance I might win the lottery to. But when you lose games like this you might as well shoot yourself in the foot.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
You of the History or Bust post.
When you have accepted that it’s over, then it’s time we all put this season to bed.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Not only did they bust.
They climbed up a steep tiny slope to knock on the door of history. History opened the door and told them to F*ck off and knocked them back down the mountain.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
We just went 6-7 in our last four series, against the low lights of the AL.
It wasn’t just tonight. Not remotely.
I haven't felt this fucking awful as an Angels fan since we blew Game 2 of the ALCS in 2009.
And I think this is worse. The Red Sox are trying to hand us the Wild Card on a damned silver platter, and we’re playing as badly as we have all year. There is no hope anymore. None. Let’s just start counting down the days till April 6th, and pray that Reagins is fired, Mathis is gone, Scioscia gets some sense (we all know he’s not going anywhere), and we sign someone who will contribute SOMETHING.
Boston has been handing it to TAMPA, not us.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
They've been handing it to both of us.
Tampa’s just accepted it. We could easily have had it if we’d played some OK baseball. We didn’t even have to play that great, just take two of three from the damned Oakland A’s.
by Tom Servo 93 on Sep 25, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
and three of four fromToronto, and two of three from Baltimore.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Texas signed two top closers for their stretch drive
while we did nothing. And so tonite is what we get and probably what we deserve. Thanks Tony.
Just one more example of how this season has been bungled by the front office almost from the beginning.
My only hope is that Arte is puking right now and vowing to do what’s necessary to turn things around in 2012.
But I’ll believe it when I see it.
by Seraphan on Sep 25, 2011 4:02 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Well when Arte first took over the team
he seemed to sign more International Free Agents. Recently they haven’t signed any of the top free agents from the Dominican or Venezuela. The guys they sign are on the cheap. The Rangers have been signing a ton of guys like that and thus have more to trade from their system. Arte has spent/wasted a ton on Kaz, GMJ, Vernon, Rodney.
Jim Bowden on Tony Reagins.
Style: Authoritative, brilliant baseball mind who works well in the trifecta with owner Arte Moreno and manager Mike Scioscia. Builds teams on pitching and defense up the middle. Active at trade deadlines, will trade prospects and has the resources to acquire All-Stars
by MH252525 on Sep 25, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd.
Arte cares more about having a top payroll team to boost the team’s PR than spending money where no one looks, though it would help build a more productive team.
Arte Went Biblical sounded nice until it was clear it didn't involve sitting the twenty-three million dollar man.
Let me be the one to give Jeff Mathis his fair share of blame
176
176
176
176
How is he still playing? By now I would have put Trout at catcher, my god Soth! 176….. Are you even watching the games?
Jim Bowden on Tony Reagins.
Style: Authoritative, brilliant baseball mind who works well in the trifecta with owner Arte Moreno and manager Mike Scioscia. Builds teams on pitching and defense up the middle. Active at trade deadlines, will trade prospects and has the resources to acquire All-Stars
no it is not; you can only DH for the pitcher
...on the road....
by Jack Kerouac on Sep 25, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't stop watching tex's little league hr off lackey...
trying to decide if its worse than walden’s E.
by ConcernedParent on Sep 25, 2011 4:05 PM PDT reply actions
The worst part is how Walden looked so happy about throwing the game. If only he would read the comments here to let him know that blowing saves are, in fact, looked down upon.
He's fancy. He'll go glove.
But hey
He probably overheard Sosh saying how he was throwing the ball well.
As Jeffy Premium Mathis will tell you, as long as you have Sosh’s love, nothing else matters.
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
did anyone read the Angels recap by Lyle Spencer in regards to Walden
“But the rookie closer threw wildly to second — Erick Aybar and Howard Kendrick seemingly confusing the pitcher by arriving almost simultaneously”
what the hell?!?
That's kind of what happened.
It looked to me like he was trying to throw it Kendrick. Of course you should always just throw it to the base, but something definitely threw Walden off.
by Tom Servo 93 on Sep 25, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently with his 4,000 games of wisdom
He never learned that all you have to do is THROW IT TO THE FUCKING BASE.
This is all on Walden.
Currently Stuck in Jordan
by Nathan Aderhold on Sep 25, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
This is untrue
He got confused because
A) he brainfarted
B) he forgot to throw to the bag
C) he looked at Kendrick gesticulating to Aybar and thought “Oh, let’s throw it to the guy gesticulating!”
Kendrick wasn’t close to the bag.
He got confused because
he is from Texas.
by Halowitz on Sep 26, 2011 1:38 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Bull
You throw to the base in that situation. Every. Time.
Aybar was practically on top of the bag when he released the ball. Kendrick was FUCKING MOTIONING TO THROW TO AYBAR.
No excuse.
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Sep 25, 2011 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to be a broken record, but let's remember the lineup Scioscia threw out against a shaky RHP
Trumbo was hurt, we have Branyan ready on the bench, yet we let him go in & look awful with a three-strikeout 0-3. Jeff Mathis is still Jeff Mathis, Hank Conger is still the only catcher who can hit, and Mathis goes 0-3. Vernon Wells hits a solo home run.
Together they go 1-10 with a HR and leave 10 men on base. The rest of the team goes 8-24 with a 2B, 3B, HR, 4 BBs, and just 4 left on base.
It was obvious before the game, during the game, and after the game — the manager fielded a team designed to score fewer runs than it should have, for no good reason at all. Then we lost by one run.
by mattwelch on Sep 25, 2011 4:07 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
paging UK Halo fan
paging UK Halo fan……
Jim Bowden on Tony Reagins.
Style: Authoritative, brilliant baseball mind who works well in the trifecta with owner Arte Moreno and manager Mike Scioscia. Builds teams on pitching and defense up the middle. Active at trade deadlines, will trade prospects and has the resources to acquire All-Stars
Yeah, he kind of disappeared when the team blew up.
Explicitly called out Matt for insufficient cheerleading of Scioscia, and then went radio silent when the chips fell predictably.
I just caught up with his "Branyan woulda hit 12 HRs!" BS in the gamethread
Will never understand that mindset.
As much as that is bullshit.
The team scored enough runs to win the game. Downs and Walden decided to shit their pants in a big situation. Especially Walden. It is flat inexcusable.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
players are going to have bad games
that is baseball.
Soth continually puts this team in a hole, before the game has even started.
Jim Bowden on Tony Reagins.
Style: Authoritative, brilliant baseball mind who works well in the trifecta with owner Arte Moreno and manager Mike Scioscia. Builds teams on pitching and defense up the middle. Active at trade deadlines, will trade prospects and has the resources to acquire All-Stars
and couldn't/wouldn't do anything to get them out of it during the season.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Downs I can give a pass.
But a little league play that should have been made cannnot be blamed on the manager. They practice it so many times. There is only one person to blame and thats Walden the player. Im sorry. Scoscia put up a shitty lineup but the fact is the offense did enough for him to not allow three runs.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
yea of course Walden gets blame
but putting out a lineup card is something that should be w/o error as you have as much time as you need to put it together. Soth doesn’t look at splits, he over values some players, under values others.
Jim Bowden on Tony Reagins.
Style: Authoritative, brilliant baseball mind who works well in the trifecta with owner Arte Moreno and manager Mike Scioscia. Builds teams on pitching and defense up the middle. Active at trade deadlines, will trade prospects and has the resources to acquire All-Stars
For the overall season yes, Scoscia deserves the blame.
But for this one game you can’t blame him for it. It was well within reach for what the offfense was able to provide. WE had it. The Angels had it We could have pulled within a game despite so much ineptitude of the fing team. But instead we are on this site pissing and moaning on what could have been.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm gonna give Downs a pass. He's pitched brilliantly all season. He just "picked" this game to have a bad one.
Walden, on the other hand was handed a 3 run lead, and throws it away by giving up two straight hits, and a couple of batters later, the error.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
I'm not sure if I'll even be able to sit through the next few games
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
I have a night class.
And I’m kind of glad.
by Tom Servo 93 on Sep 25, 2011 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
TYPICAL
Leave it to our closer and the defense (today was an all one package) to finally stick a fork in our season,….Sidenote, Jeffey was in their till the end too…way to go SOSH!!!!!!!!
Worse game in a long time.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:12 PM PDT reply actions
Im saying easily worse game all season.
And of 2010. Maybe even surpassing 2009 playoffs.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Blame Mathis
Walden only pitches. Mathis calls the pitches & puts up the target. He should have called different pitches, or better location.
Mathis should have framed Aybar's glove better.
Piece of shit.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Trumbo's September may hurt him in the ROY voting
Nova came on when Trumbo started to fade. Trumbo’s September slash:
.233 .250 .453
JOKE
That there wasn’t one off speed pitch thrown that inning. Jeffey YOU ARE THE MAN
Suzuki's double was off-speed
he pushed it to right field
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 26, 2011 10:44 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Reagins didn't throw the ball into centerfield on a potential inning ending double play
I get what you’re saying about Reagins handicapping the team, but Walden gets no slack today. He fucked up plain and simple
It seems you're absolving Walden of all blame
He blew 10 games this season, young player or not, he has played a significant part in the Angels not being in the post season
I didn't say he's THE reason
He is ONE of the reasons
LAA101010, this is the big one! I'm coming to see ya honey!
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
try again please
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
You're right, it's not your fault.
But something else is your fault. I’ll think of what that is some other time.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I can tell you wat is your fault
not reading the community guidelines before you started posting here.
Sure
I don’t think you see much of a difference roster wise from this year. Maybe a new bullpen. They’re tapped out at payroll.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Wells wont be terrible, he'll likely be much better (not great) than this year.
I predict next year’s whipping boy will likely be Bobby Abreu or Torii Hunter.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
didn't catch that
the mustard_man is not off the hot dog.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
A better question would have been about 2015.
A lot of money is coming off the books after 2014 season. We’ll be able to make a big splash then.
Arte Went Biblical sounded nice until it was clear it didn't involve sitting the twenty-three million dollar man.
Go Rays
Never been more disappointed at getting a refund than now.
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-11
Our Season summed up in 1 game
When it counted……
Does Arte even care about getting his monies worth?
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
if there was ever one time to have one option for BOTG this is it
Walden, by a long margin
I was actually depressed for 5 minutes after the game.
Like, real depression, sat in a chair feeling sick and unable to move depressed. To bring hope back with and early lead plus Boston’s ineptitude only to blow the game with such remarkable aplomb made for a nasty afternoon. Whatever. I’ll just watch a couple It’s Always Sunny re-runs to feel better.
You used to be cool, man.
This was literally my same reaction
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
These are the moments that make the good times that much sweeter
Front-runners and bandwagon jumpers don’t know how truly elating it is to see your team succeed after some heart tearing disappointments.
I’m looking at you Yankees fans and 21st Century Red Sox fans
Good point.
I’ve seen this team mismanaged, players misplayed, costly errors on the field…But come March, I’ll be in Phoenix watching the team thinking, “I’m looking at the 2012 World Champions.” Unless the Angels move out of SoCal, I’m tied with about 500 of you all for their biggest fan.
You used to be cool, man.
Glad I didn't see it.
I cancelled by DirectTV extra innings package after they signed Fernando Rodney.
Arte Went Biblical sounded nice until it was clear it didn't involve sitting the twenty-three million dollar man.
I sat in my seat at the stadium for a good 15 minutes after the game was over
Just sitting and staring in disbelief. Your “feel better” plan sounds like a good one, except I’ll probably watch Futurama or Archer.
I laughed, shrugged my shoulders and smiled ...
then, I remembered we have Wells for three more years and nearly became comatose.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 26, 2011 2:28 AM PDT up reply actions
The year was 1986.
Game five. ALCS. We were playing Boston, the team we are currently chasing.
What was the score heading into the 9th inning? 5-2 Angels. What was the score today? 5-2 Angels.
Jordan Walden is Donnie Moore, 25 years later. Almost to the date.
I've got nothing.
For Walden's sake, let's hope not.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Season not Waldon's fault!
Hoping for some offense in 2012! Way too many times the lack of offense pressured the defense and pitching. Blame past games of not enough offense that lost plenty of games we should have won. Underachievers: Wells, Abreau, Aybar. Nonachievers: Mathis, Rodney. If it wasn’t for rookies we would have been out of this race long ago. Scioscia needs to get a clue re: the catcher position!
by frosse on Sep 25, 2011 4:41 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
He gets the blame for this game.
And unfortunately the pitfalls earlier in the season put us in a position that today be a must win. And Walden blew it. He blew it. The bullpen was major blame of the season. 25 blown saves is inexcusable even with the offensive woes. The starting pitching and the offense put the team in position to win games and the pen did not come through at all. They are my blame of the season.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Offense put team in position to win??
Really?? Close to bottom in most offensive categories.
by frosse on Sep 25, 2011 4:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
What I am arguing.
Even though the offense is shit. For example like today. They scored five runs. They could have scored more but in the last inning they scored enough runs to put the team ahead by three runs. And the bullpen blew it. You cant blow 25 saves and expect to make the playoffs. The offense could have given them more leads to blow or saved them from more of those games. They deserve a lot of the blame but I designate most of the blame to the pen.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Aybar had career highs in Doubles, Stolen Bases, Homers, RBI, OPS+, Total Bases
4.8 WAR and stellar defense
Erick Aybar did not underachieve. He is one of the reasons the Angels were as close as they were
I stand corrected on Aybar. Stand by rest.
by frosse on Sep 25, 2011 4:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't know how WAR is calculated, but that seems high.
Maybe it is my hatred for Aybar…but he doesn’t walk, swings at pitches early in the count when a pitcher is wild, doesn’t drive in runners on 3rd with less than two outs, seems to make errors that always result in unearned runs, and makes baserunning errors. I think it was against Toronto, but Aybar was on third base in the 7th inning with the Angels up 1, and doesn’t score on a pitch that gets away from the catcher. Angels end up losing by 1.
There is a mental aspect of the game, baseball IQ, that doesn’t go into account when WAR is factored in.
As much as today sucks.
They are probably done. I am still going to watch the last three games even if they are going to kill me. I love this team much like all of you and I will still be forced to watch them through mere will. Damn them for making us so attracted to his team.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:46 PM PDT reply actions
A miracle or bust?
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Not only did they bust.
They climbed up a steep tiny slope to knock on the door of history. History opened the door and told them to F*ck off and knocked them back down the mountain.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Our only chance is if we sweep Texas
And both Rays and Boston get beaten 2 our of 3. Then we need to win 2 play in games. Odds: 0%
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
There is a better chance of Texas sweeping us, instead of the other way around.
The Angels know they are done after today. You don’t come back from that.
I've got nothing.
That didn't stop the A's from coming back and kicking our ass.
They can still try to play well even if they are done.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep, you could see the defeat on Torii Hunter's face
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
I saw it too.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I am not saying they have a chance.
Rather I am saying I still love this team despite that and how much they sicken me.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
98% of the posters on this site feel the same way you do.
It’s more frustrating for us than it is for the players in a sense, because they get paid to play. We on the other hand, spend money on this team. I contend that it hurts us more.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I know. Lol I am just expressing that sentiment that is all.
And it hurts them as well as it hurts us. It may not hurt Vernon wells because is a pos, but it may hurt torii as much as us. He plays to win and has intensity. It may hurt him to lose like this because he knows his chances of ever getting a ring are coming few and far between. Players like him may hurt like us. Its a horrible situation to be a part of.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I got you man.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
you think because you "spend money" on a team it hurts you worse?
you’ve obviously never played sports before in your life. get real.
I think professionally athletes are much better conditioned to deal with disappointment than the average fan
They lose 40% of their games a year in a good year. They don’t get on base 60% of the time if they’re a good player. They’re paid millions of dollars even if they don’t succeed. But hey, baseless attacks against people you don’t know is the correct response.
You obviously think that my opinion is incorrect even though it is mine.
Care to justify your comment with a reason or two?
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Un f*****believeable
Sitting in the upper deck enjoying the impending victory and the nice afternoon weather, ground ball to Waldo, its over, wait, wtf, DId i just see that. no way. See you guys in Tempe
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
I couldn't help but laugh after this phone call.
I just called my brother who is a Red Sox fan and asked him about dinner plans, and I suggested we do it after the Red Sox/Yankees game.
His comment “It doesn’t matter. I haven’t been able to watch this f’ing team for about 2 weeks now. And I’m not about to start watching again to see John f’ing Lackey blow up against the Yankees.”
On a side note.
I got banned from LSB for something I said on this site. I called out Ranger fans for having no class when a poster from their site trolled just to be a douche. LOL I try to be classy and congratulate them and you ban me. Eat shit LSB. They are few classy fans like BigTex and others. I don’t know why I even tried to be classy.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 5:04 PM PDT reply actions
LSB is a clusterf*ck of GIF's, internet memes, and low-brow pics
You’re better off not being part of their website
by LAA101010 on Sep 25, 2011 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah I won't lose any sleep over it.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
FWIW
If you got banned for what I posted then I apologize. It was my fault. Y’all have been nothing but nice to me and you were nothing but nice on LSB. Again, if it was my fault, I apologize
The snozberries taste like snozberries!!
by Chrom on Sep 25, 2011 11:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
OT: Chromaster, did I get a thank you note to you?
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
What happens on LSB
can be historically traced to being my fault.
by Rev Halofan on Sep 25, 2011 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Why, what did you do?
"Stay loyal to the Angels. As for me, I'm jumping on the Nationals bandwagon, later." -Daniel Sirca
by migfig on Sep 25, 2011 11:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
They just don't 'get' you, that's all.
"It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy." - Nolan Ryan
"Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when (Nolan) Ryan's throwing balls by you." - Reggie Jackson
The only reason I even commented no class.
Was because of the douche that came over to HH just to be in ass and rub it in. I wouldn’t expect LSB not be happy over us being eliminated on a horrible error.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 26, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Mathis
I agree with everyone else about Walden today and Wells this year and Reagins in general, but I think that as long as Mathis is the starting catcher this team isn’t serious about being in the post-season.
Scioscia's Fault
Why the quick hook on Piniero…granted, he’s ben sketchy for most of the season but he’s absolutely cruising today with a knee buckling curve working 6 1/3 dominant innings and just 77 pitches thrown…but ‘ol Mikey Lasorda has to overmanage and go right ot the pen for no reason…tough to crack on Downs after the season he’s had but he was mostly owrthless this afternboon and two inning saves have always spelled doom for this team whether it was Franky in the past or Walden now…this one hangs squarely on the skipper who should just keep his ass planted on the bench more often and ahve a little more faith in a guy who was throwing his best stuff out there todat…DISGUSTING!!!
could not agree more
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't understand a quick hook either.
What were they saving Joel for? The playoffs? Next season? The guy only made 77 pitches, leave him in.
This game was so infuriating.
Of course, with that said, if Walden makes a simple throw to second base everything we’re talking about is irrelevant.
I've got nothing.
The whole sequence to the pen
changes if you leave Piniero in and then don’t panic and get Walden to get one out in the 8th…granted it was a one pitch 8th for him but most closers seem to work better coming in form teh pen rather than sitting in the dugout waiting to go back out again…Scioscia manages liek there are no consequences to his decisions…and quite frankly there aren’t.
The hell with this season!
What a big time freaking disappointment!!!!
-I read in the LA TIMES today that there may be no room for Trout on the roster as we have WELLS and HUNTER and ABREU as options in the outfield spots. F-ck you Wells for getting in the way of progress (Mike Trout’s progress).
"Hey where the white women at"?
The LA Times wrote that today?
It was written here the day the Wells trade was announced (or at least his role will be limited to backup or injury replacement).
Good job, LA Times. Your slogan should be “News Less Than A Year Old.”
Arte Went Biblical sounded nice until it was clear it didn't involve sitting the twenty-three million dollar man.
Does anyone really think
that Trout won’t be the opening day left fielder next seaosn??? I think the Halos say bye bye to Abreu and at the money basically because you get to pay Petey B and Trout the minumum for a few years and use Wells as the primary DH…Trout has to figure greaty in the 2012 plans.
My mind and my heart says that you're right.
But this organization defies logic. I honestly don’t know what they will do.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with you there
Beltre was there for the taking in teh offseason and nothing…Arte needs to get over his petty obsession with Boras and sign guys if they can help this team win games!!!
and why was Trumbo in the game, He saw 9 pitchs and stuck out 3 times. He is clearly not right
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
I don't think today Trumbo was his best player, Howie should have been at first w Mice tits at 2nd
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The saddest lament: We coulda been great.
The Angels are not a terrible team… in fact, they’re a pretty good team. What hurts so bad is that they could have been a GREAT team without some of the leadership’s major failures: not signing Beltre, the Wells deal (on several levels), sticking with Mathis. If you don’t do something Arte, these failures have the staying power to sink us next year as well.
And sink the number of butts in the stands
I don’t care how family friendly and beautiful Angel stadium is, if this team continues to put lackluster, BORING play on the field, people will be less and less inclined to come watch the games.
I was actually thinking the same thing.
I hope Tampa Bay still catches them, but at least for one night I would feel better knowing our collapse wasn’t that catastrophic in the grand scheme of things.
I've got nothing.
you mean Jordan Sax or Steve Walden
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you mean Jordan Knoblauch.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
You can take the Walden outta Texas, but you can't take the TexASS outta Walden!!
Fuckin’ Walden!
Somewhere in Anaheim Rodney is laughing…
Representing the Angels in Sin City.
by maze88 on Sep 25, 2011 5:54 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Ugh
I can’t stand my laughter as they cry, my soul brings tears to angelic eyes.
I seriously can’t, but I can’t stop either. Baseball gods totally called in sick today.
This is the typical Angel pattern: Season on the line late in a huge game and either a pitcher or a middle infielder totally botches a routine play, ruining all chance of victory. Yet I still watch, year after year. I will go to an early grave because of this unhealthy habit.
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
Mets
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Sep 25, 2011 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
In one way, this was a good thing......
….should the Angels have stumbled into the playoffs, the front office would have undoubtedly been deluded into thinking that this was a good team, needing only a few veteran ‘tweaks’ to get over the top……now we can get past the idea that a team starting Alberto Callaspo at 3rd, Jeff Mathis at catcher and an outfield of geriatrics can even make the playoffs, much less compete in them……
Everything you say is right.
Everything management does seems to be wrong.
And no I don’t mean EVERYTHING.
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I am thinking we sign a 30 yr old plus reliever to be the missing piece for next season
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Aramis Ramirez
4 years, $60 million. “Bargain.”
Calling it now.
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Sep 25, 2011 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
that's it. Now I sleep tonight.
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Because that's what happened 5 years ago
Instead we get gmj
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
it was a horrible day and memory of gmj just made it worse. Are we still paying that one catch wonder?
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
Actually we’ll finally be done paying for it after Wed. Quite a journey it’s been, eh?
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Sep 25, 2011 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
it has. What about Kaz?
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe that Kaz is off the books after this season, too.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Wow
Weird to think how many of us were around back when that was only a rumor…
And the sad part now is, who would you rather have had on the 2011 team:
GMJ or VW?
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Juan Rivera.
Arte Went Biblical sounded nice until it was clear it didn't involve sitting the twenty-three million dollar man.
by snowhor on Sep 26, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I kinda hope that's not the case..
Considering Callaspo statistically is just as good as Ramirez. (And I know you’re aware of this but I’m not sure others are).
Short of a trade I’m not sure how we upgrade 3b. We have the same problem with the outfield/DH situation.
I more than kinda hope that's not the case.
Arte Went Biblical sounded nice until it was clear it didn't involve sitting the twenty-three million dollar man.
I'm thinking about watching gay porn.
I need to have something equally horrifying seared into my mind. I cannot stop thinking about Walden’s throw to second base. That errant toss could haunt me until next April.
I've got nothing.
That is how I remember him pitching
He actually put the ball between his pecks and then fired it towards home plate. Here is a picture of said pitch.
Tim Salmon: The once and future Kingfish.
by Teixeira Who? on Sep 25, 2011 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck the A's and the Rangers.
"The AL West is turning into an awkward high school party
The Rangers totally want us to f*ck them and we just won’t do it." - Commander_Nate
I just want too the red sox lose and be miserable
Papelbum in with bases loaded two outs tie game bot9
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 6:32 PM PDT reply actions
We lost but ibwould raher see them not in it.
Go rays
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by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn ipad
I want the red sox to be miserable too.
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by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure anything will make me happy today or tomorrow or for a while.
I still have seats to 2 more games. I don’t know if I can take it anymore except that I’m taking some students from the school I work.
Hmm walden should be watching this game.
Pitcher threw it second
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by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 6:43 PM PDT reply actions
I got to give it to big papi.
He is having a great year
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by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 6:50 PM PDT reply actions
I'm just excited for the first positive spin HH fanpost that goes up about the 2011 season
so I can shit all over it.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
Well
I got nothing.
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by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
You are like the Ex-Lax of HH.
Good to have you in the cabinet, clover.
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Sep 25, 2011 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Buttercup is so F***ING appropriate for this team
Why do you build me up (build me up) Angels Team, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never win, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin’
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Angels Team, don’t break my heart
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Sorry I did not get back to you guys on meeting up. Lets do it next year
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Same here, angelsfan7! Nice to put a name to the face.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Bunch of us met up at the game.
Where’ve you been, dude? Long time, no see!
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
And now, since it's the end of the month, and I don't give a shit any more...
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
my feelings right now via a quote from the office.
Jim: [talking on cellphone] Hey! Where you at, Filippelli?
Karen: [off camera] I’m at the grocery store buying a corkscrew to give myself a lobotomy.
Reagins is the blame for this game and the season
pure and simple. Fire him for putting this 140 million 2nd place team (and lucky to be that) on the field. Any company I have ever worked for would have sent him packing long ago.
CONGER, CONGER, CONGER !!!
The sad part is, Jor-el pitched brilliantly. 1 hit through 6, and that was a lucky shot off of his own foot.
And the F***ING offense finally came through. Walden couldn’t hold a 3 run lead.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
The worst part about it was that it was an error too.
Its not like he just shit the bed pitching wise. Even thought that would be bad, it would still not be worse than this.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
*though
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by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn you Walden!!
"Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in" -George Costanza
by Howie's Batting Title on Sep 25, 2011 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
its a plot to keep us out, Wait, we did that to ourselves eariler
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Saw that coming the only Red sox hitter with some life.
Was batting in a clutch situation.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Boston takes lead, gonna win
Elimination # will be 1
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
It would be so fing hilarious if they were to lose now.
There is still a chace until elimination.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 25, 2011 8:35 PM PDT reply actions
Sox win
We will likely officially be eliminated by the end of tomorrow.
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
agee, i am not going on Wen
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
agree
2011, it's going to be a heck of year, or not
by salmonforever on Sep 25, 2011 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
nesday
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Sep 25, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
This may sound bad, but at this point...
I’m kinda glad they blew it. I didn’t want this team sucking me back in one more time with false hope, only to choke it away in the Rangers series.
Let's hope they just get eliminated before even taking the field
I don’t want to see Texas have the pleasure of delivering the killing blow themselves. Plus, Dan Haren could probably use an early shower after all the abuse he’s taken this season. We might actually need him again next season.
I'm fu%king drunk now. But nothing can take away the sting of this needless loss.
Thank you very little Halos, for not beating the teams you should have, and struggling against the likes of Baltimore, the A’s, Royals, Indians, M’s, etc…..
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Joe Saunders is going to the postseason. Congratulations Joe!
Joe also is batting 25 points higher than Jeff Mathis and gets on base only 20 points less than Vernon Wells!
Congrats Hokey Joe on being a winner and doing things winners do!
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
Hey you guys over at AZ Snake Pit, we *TOLD* you Hokie Joe was a gamer.
We weren’t kidding.
Congrats, guys.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Angels new 7th inning song: Joplin's "Piece of My Heart"
I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby,
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah.
Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah.
You know you got it if it makes you feel good,
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
With all the negatives, here are my Top Five "Positives" to take from this season
1. We signed Weave to a long-term contract
2. The starting pitching
3. Williams was a great addition and looks like our #5 pitcher
4. Trumbo is ready
5. Trout may be close to ready
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