Mike Napoli Stake in the Heart of Angels Ends 2011
by Rev Halofan on Sep 28, 2011 7:59 PM PDT
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Final score in Game 162: Angels 1, Mike Napoli 3
All of the Texas Rangers runs came off the bat of Mike Napoli in the final game of the season for the Angels. Their 76th loss of the year was pinned on Jordan Walden in the September 28 Box Score but we all know that it can be pinned on Mike Scioscia and Tony Reagins and Arte Moreno on January 20.
The Rangers finish the season with a sweep of the Angels in Anaheim. Texas will host the AL Wild Card winner on Friday at home, second seed in the American League. Detroit plays the Yankees.
Pinch hitter Bobby Abreu, representing the tying run in the bottom of the 9th with a man on 2B and 2 outs, struck out to end the inning, the game, the season. At precisely the same moment, Dan Johnson hit a game-tying HR against the Yankees to keep Joe Maddon's hope alive for his Rays. This synchronicity ensured that the Angels went unwatched into that good night. Goodnight Angels fans, see you all on April 6, 2012... Opening Day.
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Seriously...
Arte needs to bring in a ton of pink slips tomorrow morning and release the entire FO. Total epic historic fail.
by YouthofToday on Sep 29, 2011 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Front Office Fail?
I don’t so much consider it a failure of the FO so much as Mike Sciocia insisting on Hatcher as the hitting coach. Do you REALLY think Nap would have hit 300+ in LA? Do you REALLY think Wells would have struggled to stay above the Mendoza Line in Toronto?
I’m a Rangers’ fan, but I was pulling for the Halos to win the Wild Card. You’d’ve beaten the Yanks. Detroit will beat the Yanks, but I was hoping for an all ALWest ALCS. The better you do, the better we look if we beat you out. Ditto the other way around. It sucks playing in what’s generally considered the worst division in baseball… wait… no… that would be the NLWest… still…
With ANY hitting at all, the Halos would have easily made the playoffs.
Just a thought.
If at first you don't succeed, try the outfield! -- Ed
Walks are a fake stat.
That’s Mickey Hatcher’s belief and Scioscia is right there along with him. Last year, every time Naps took a walk, you’d see an irritated Scioscia in the dugout.
The only difference between Vernon Wells’ 2011 stats and his 2010 road stats is significantly fewer walks in 2011.
Arte Went Biblical sounded nice until it was clear it didn't involve sitting the twenty-three million dollar man.
The more obvious it is that Mike Napoli
is awesome. The more likely someone gets fired in the Angel FO.
I hope he bats .800 in the playoffs (Rangers still lose of course).
Napoli one man wrecking crew
I like how Napoli hit 4 hrs in the last 2 games and Mathis hit 3 all year.
by LAA of A Fan on Sep 28, 2011 8:02 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
not to mention...
Naps- 30 HRs
Wells + Mathface- 28 HRs
….YUP
IT COULD HAPPEN
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Sep 28, 2011 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Napoli should've been drilled in the ribs
He was way too comfortable at the plate
I wonder if Scioscia intentionally had meatballs served so that Tony would be FIRED?
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 29, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm willing to bet if Sosh wanted him fired
he’d be fired.
Naps is just as awesome as all of us knew this whole time. No need to make justifications for his performance yesterday. He hit that 100 mph fastball like it was an underhand co-ed softball toss.
a very poetic ending
We will all remember this season as a real stinker, but on the other hand, for Halos Heaven this was another real ASS-KICKER. Thanks to everyone for making this blog the ONLY place for comprehensive Angels news, analysis, and raw fucking opinion. Cheers, everyone!
by yeswecan on Sep 28, 2011 8:05 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Couldn't agree more!
I just discovered HH this season. Its given me more passion about baseball and this team. Thanks to all the people who are responsible for the blog, especially Rev!
by frosse on Sep 28, 2011 10:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Good for Napoli.
Fuck you Angels. We could have had a 30 HR catcher, but instead we’ve got a piece of shit at C and LF. Pathetic way to end the season. But well deserved by Soth and FO crew. May your lasagna give you heartburn all winter long.
(Sept F by the way)
I woke up in a great mood; I don't know what the hell happened.
by Monkeyspanked on Sep 28, 2011 8:09 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
HERE HERE!!!!
agree with you 100 0/0
"Thats no moon...its a space station."
by Daniel B. Morales on Sep 28, 2011 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Since these last two games were meaningless for us,
I confess I enjoyed Naps success immensely. I like him as a player and I love that he personally shoved it down the throats of Sosh, TR and Arte in OUR park before OUR fans.
...on the road....
P.S. Another great job Rev, this is the best site.
...on the road....
by Jack Kerouac on Sep 28, 2011 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That's what I was going to say. So instead, I'll give you a +1.
A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.
ranger fan here
want to say that you all had a great year and really battled till the end even though some balls didn’t land the way you all would like them. I really wish Angels could win the WC cause i hate the AL East and want the West to represent. Get some offense and you guys will be in the playoffs next year. Hope some of you all will cheer us on representing the West..but if not I understand. But seriously what front office guy was high when they traded Napoli for Wells and his top 3 worst contract in baseball?
They weren't high. Just stupid.
Good luck in the playoffs. Congratulations on not cheering for a team run by imbeciles.
similar screenname, but a dig on the front office ...
VERDICT: Not “thebigtizzle”
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 28, 2011 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe cousins?
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
No relation
not dogging your front office it has done a great job was just asking if they had one of those days and was like lets trade our best bat for vernon wells
we are dogging our front office
there was a member here … eternal FO apologist who LOVED the Wells acquisition. He disappeared and has a screenname like yours. I was attempting to make a joke. peace and best of luck.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 28, 2011 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I enjoyed riding the roller coaster ride with you all this season
looking forward to trade and free agent talk and more misery, and I can’t wait for spring training. Thanks to Rev for this site, it just gets better each year.
Angels in 2011!
Watching Naps rub Sosh's nose in the shit was awesome
oh and it turns out the “keys to the offseason are to get offense from the catchers position” per Billy Mac and Jose Mota. Damn, you really think that has been a problem this year?
CONGER, CONGER, CONGER !!!
We should trade for Napoli.
Can you imagine having a guy like that in an Angels uniform? Oh….wait……
by Robviously on Sep 28, 2011 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
No way dude, we have this Premium catcher
#5, guy has a batting average in the .180s and did the best spinning overthrow of first base 2 games ago that I have seen.
CONGER, CONGER, CONGER !!!
But...but..he has soft hands and frames pitches well.
A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.
HAHAHAHA!!!!!
hilarious!
"Thats no moon...its a space station."
by Daniel B. Morales on Sep 28, 2011 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
On that note
Given that this was Napoli’s last year of arb eligibility, anybody wanna place bets on whether he ends up in a Yankees or Red Sox uni next year? And over/under on how much it’ll cost/# of years?
Witty .sig goes here.
Vlad almost just hit one out.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 28, 2011 8:25 PM PDT reply actions
Well, if the Rays don't make the playoffs,
I am rooting for the National League throughout October.
tomahawk chopped
Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Sep 28, 2011 8:29 PM PDT reply actions
I hope someone from the media could go up to Sosh's face and ask him about Napoli yet again
I would love to see the reaction
offseason wishlist
1. Hire Cashman as GM
2. Trade for David Wright
3. Trade for Huston Street
4. get rid of Wells, Abreu, Mathis
Haters gonna Hate!
Don't trade for Wright.
He would cost too much with the depleted farm system we have. He isn’t exactly cheap contract wise either. I would try to either sign Aramis Ramirez or Pujols. Trading for Street would be solid.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 28, 2011 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
The Mets want to trade him because they can't afford both Wright and Reyes
we should give them Callaspo, Reckling, Richard or Chatwood
Haters gonna Hate!
They don't want to trade wright or else they would have done it at the deadline.
They are not keeping Reyes. He is going elsewhere.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 28, 2011 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone watching the O's-Sux game?
Must be nice to have every call go your way.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
grammar fail
As a baseball fan, i am having fun watching all the drama tonight. That comeback by the Rays was insane.
Ellsbury called safe at 1st after Francona pitched a bitch.
Even though Reynolds caught the ball for the force out, he was called safe on the grounds of Reynolds not having possession.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Random -
Ladybug said you’d been touring. Wish I’d caught you in NY! I couldn’t find tour dates anywhere online. What was I missing?
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
OOHHHHH I thought there was a show.
We’re all over it in the Rays rally thread. :)
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Seriously.
The only difference between officiating in wrestling and MLB is this; wrestling at least tries to act like its officiating is unbiased. Same can’t be said in MLB.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Can we get a Rays thread going?
Holy hell, what a come back.
We kinda had one in the game thread, after Napoli took the Halos collective manhood.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
A fitting end to the season
I couldn’t help but smile as Napoli rounded the bases for the second time, closing the lid on the Halos coffin. He deserves every ounce of revenge, and the 3 dolts who run this team deserve to choke on every bite of the shit sandwich they made for themselves.
"I too played shortstop for many years until I was struck down by Acne and Baby Fat" HST
by No Bologna Polonia on Sep 28, 2011 8:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Vlad in 2010; Napoli in 2011; WELLS IN 2012????
Texas is going to pick up a DFA’d Wells next year … he proceeds to go 350/40/120 in a successful MVP bid.
I love this team.
W-L records on August 23rd
Braves: 78-52
Cardinals: 67-62
http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?date=2011-08-23
DAMMIT! No press release announcing Reagins' firing yet!
Waiting for my inbox to chime.
I love this team.
I'm glad Naps is having a monster year..
I want TR, and Mike to drown in his success! I want to hold their face in it as you would a cartoon dog, that just pooped on the floor! NO! NO!! Bad, bad management!!
"Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in" -George Costanza
by Howie's Batting Title on Sep 28, 2011 8:57 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Summary of the season......
Mike Napoli – champ
Tony Reagins & Sosh – chumps
Nuff said…..
YES!!!
I hate Papeldouche soooo much
"I too played shortstop for many years until I was struck down by Acne and Baby Fat" HST
by No Bologna Polonia on Sep 28, 2011 9:00 PM PDT reply actions
a Nation was just silenced
IT COULD HAPPEN
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Sep 28, 2011 9:02 PM PDT reply actions
You guys, come on over to the HH Rays (and O's) Rally Thread!
http://www.halosheaven.com/2011/9/28/2457119/rays-rally-thread
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
Oh man, I just ruined my underwear
"I too played shortstop for many years until I was struck down by Acne and Baby Fat" HST
by No Bologna Polonia on Sep 28, 2011 9:03 PM PDT reply actions
Andino does it again
At least we weren’t the only team the O’s screwed out of the playoffs.
The good thing about being a baseball fan? These last two games are freaking awesome!
Papeldouche looks like he’s about to cry…
Representing the Angels in Sin City.
by maze88 on Sep 28, 2011 9:03 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Carl Crawford is the goat
Misery does love me some company.
I actually feel bad for some of the classy boston fans.
This would be so crushing.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 28, 2011 9:07 PM PDT reply actions
I'm happy Boston isn't going, but I'm disappointed we aren't getting at least one playoff game tomorrow.
As for the Angels, just an embarrassing trade that culminated in poetic justice. No other way to describe this game.
I've got nothing.
Can we just be happy that Red sux lose and Rays get in.
Or do we have to rip on Angels more.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 28, 2011 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
If you can't rip the Angels on the day the season ends, we are looking in on the playoffs, as Mike Napoli hits four homeruns in the series and ends the season with 30.
When the hell can we rip them?
God, quit being such a baby.
I've got nothing.
by bc56274 on Sep 28, 2011 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lol I am just saying.
Focus on the positives. Today was a good day. Thats all I am saying.
The 2011 Angels, the biggest cocktease ever.
by Angelsrthebest101 on Sep 28, 2011 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I said I was happy Boston was out.
What more can I do, put on my pom-poms and fellate each Ray player?
I've got nothing.
by bc56274 on Sep 28, 2011 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LONGO!!!
FUCK YOU RED SOX!!!!
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
(september)
So I have this rock in the back yard that does nothing but sit there so I named it Juan Rivera.
THE CURSE IS BACK, BITCHES
FUCK THE RED SOX FOREVER.
by Halowitz on Sep 28, 2011 9:08 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
I think the ghost of Babe Ruth got really hammered and forgot about the curse for a few years
Now he is in a program and getting his after life together, so he can focus on making those bastards miserable again
"I too played shortstop for many years until I was struck down by Acne and Baby Fat" HST
by No Bologna Polonia on Sep 28, 2011 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
May they rot in Beantown for another 86 years!
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
by red floyd on Sep 28, 2011 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Where were you red?
Didn’t see you on the game thread brotha. Great to see the chowds collapse. F&ck Booston.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Boston Red Sux
2009-swept in ALDS by angels
2010-no playoffs
2011-no playoffs
and so on for 86 more years….
"id take 5th Dimention Wormhole Rivera over Wells any day of the week"
-clover_black
by the king of CERA on Sep 28, 2011 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
we're allowed to use an F-bomb in one post a month right?
hahah FUCK THE RED SOX AND PAPELBON…Go Rays…
FUCK BOSTON!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know what has made missing the playoffs 2 years in a row bearable? The Red Sox have missed the playoffs 2 years in a row as well. :D
www.LosAngelesRams.org
CALIFORNIA ANGELS . . . ANAHEIM DUCKS . . . CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1937 • 1947 • 1951 • 1957 • 1959 • 2002 • 2007
by AndyHogan14 on Sep 28, 2011 9:09 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
and got swept the year before (by us)
"id take 5th Dimention Wormhole Rivera over Wells any day of the week"
-clover_black
by the king of CERA on Sep 28, 2011 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
WOO HOOOOO!!!!
"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
What an exciting end of the season
not for Angels
"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 am
I’m in a great mood right now
"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
Halo gear
Santana t-shirt
"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
whenever I wear my torii tee shirt, they lose
"id take 5th Dimention Wormhole Rivera over Wells any day of the week"
-clover_black
by the king of CERA on Sep 28, 2011 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
id sure to love to
trade aybar, richards, trumbo for Longoria.
LOL I had the same thought earlier tonight.
Everyone not nailed to the ground for Longo. Trout and Longoria vs the world.
by Halowitz on Sep 28, 2011 9:23 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Suxs are eliminated
Life is ok now. Thanks O’s
by angelsfan7 on Sep 28, 2011 9:14 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
since boston has a higher payroll
we can say that our front office is not the worst in baseball..and it really looks like the best move wasn’t signing carl crawford..what irony..but the biggest move was Napoli and beltre going to texas..not crawford going to boston
by DMAGZ13 on Sep 28, 2011 9:16 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Boston hasn't been to the playoffs since we crushed them in 09
It’s good to have a selective memory.
BEST part is it was against papelbum
by angelsfan7 on Sep 28, 2011 9:18 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
we may not be going anywhere
Meanwhile in Boston a million pink hats mysteriously disappear on favor of a million Brady uniforms.
by Halos in DE on Sep 28, 2011 9:20 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Ironically
if we had gotten to that 90 win threshold, which many of us figured could have gotten us in the playoffs..we would have been soul crush tonight haha.
NAP i miss you
I take it you don't have the DOV Secret Decoder Ring
You need to drink more ovaltine
-Quad Fin Rider
Any way we could pull a Ozzie Guillen with the Rays and get Joe Maddon?
Great win by the Rays, though I feel bad that they never really get the full support from Tampa Bay area.
Seriously, can we PLEASE get him back.
www.LosAngelesRams.org
CALIFORNIA ANGELS . . . ANAHEIM DUCKS . . . CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1937 • 1947 • 1951 • 1957 • 1959 • 2002 • 2007
by AndyHogan14 on Sep 28, 2011 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
As much as this season sucked, I will at least have this magical image of 2011
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Sep 28, 2011 9:56 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
And
what a perfect storm It was.
by Funke5ive on Sep 29, 2011 1:13 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm rooting for the Rays to win the WS
An epic, legendary sweep of the Yanks to win the WC. That team’s got heart and balls. How much does this have to do with Madden?
by Rock Island Line on Sep 29, 2011 7:12 AM PDT up reply actions
A season-saving triple play, multiple clutch homers, all against the Yankees
Meanwhile, we lay down like lambs against last place and first place teams alike. We looked like a bad, gutless team at the end of this season.
by Rock Island Line on Sep 29, 2011 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Rays vs. Brewers in the WS!!!
Ron Roenicke vs. Joe Maddon.
With the added bonus of strokes at Fox Sports and at a certain Bristol CT based 4-letter network
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Panther of the Game
Mike Napoli gets Panther of the Game! Oh wait……shit thats right the FO ass clowns traded him for V Wells.
by Angel Aviator on Sep 28, 2011 11:10 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
Quote from our manager in LA Times
“And to get a player of Vernon’s caliber, you have to give up some talent.”
Um, no you actually don’t have to give up jack shit to get someone as overpaid as Wells. Could have had him for free on waivers. Naps and Rivera were a salary dump by Reagins, not giving up talent.
Unfortunately, it looks like our team is run by fucking morons and Scioscia just threw Arte and Tony under the bus for making the Wells trade.
If reagins isn't fired this offseason,
It would make arte look really stupid. Now I’m not sure napoli would have had the same numbers this season if he was in the angels line up, but he would have been a hell of alot better than what we had at catcher this year. somebody has to answer for this move.
by Halo15 on Sep 29, 2011 1:37 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
The Napoli HR was fitting, sure
But a lot of guys would have hit it out with the strike zone Walden had to work with. The two previous pitches were excellent pitcher’s strikes, called balls. With a 3-1 count, Walden, not exactly a master of command, had to throw a straight one right down the middle.
Maybe this is blasphemy, but I personally can’t wait for baseball to catch up with so many other sports and get electronic sensors to record strikes and balls. Umps just can’t do it. And this would also end all discussion of CERA.
by Rock Island Line on Sep 29, 2011 7:01 AM PDT reply actions
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