Halos Heaven

Is that a typo... Percival the save angels the loss?

hunter48 — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:16:37 -0000

How the times change. out of all the former angels ive seen play against them, percival is the hardest to watch shut em down. best of luck to him, but id sure as heck like him back, especially with all our injuries.

Percival made the final out in '02, and he will go down as one of the greatest halos of all time. Anyone else think he's a hall of famer? i think his numbers are good enough.

MOTHER'S DAY GAME THREAD

44FAN — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:56:31 -0000

Click on (JOIN THE GAMETHREAD) at the top of the main page in the right hand corner of the scoreboad box.

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Worst Angels Injury Ever?

WillGoAngels27 — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:04:33 -0000

Hey Guys i was just wondering about all the injuries we have had this year and in your Mind what is the Wrost angels injury Ever? I mean what has it affected the team that we didnt make the playoffs and just wonder what your responses would be, so comment i'd like to hear what you ppl think.

Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks I hate this 75 word limit can any change this stupid thing?

Former Angel DFA'd

Jay Cal — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:55:34 -0000

Nathan Haynes, former Angels Hitting Coach/Proverbial odd man out was Designated For Assignment from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, now that Cliff Floyd has been taken of the DL . With the San Diego Padres releasing aging Center Fielder Jim Edmonds, does anyone thing Buddy Black might put a few calls into Maddon about Haynes?

Or is Haynes doomed to remain on the Ray's AAA Minor League team?

I really can't stretch this out anymore than I did. Does anyone else hit the Corona Bombers at the Stadium. $12 is a lot for a beer, but it saves you a couple of trips to the concession stand.

This doesn't help me hating ESPN, or the A's.

PhiSlamma — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:58:10 -0000

Although I know most of you may not care about things like power ratings, the easter bunny, santa claus or other things made up by some people, I wanted to address this weeks lovely botching of said rankings.

Check this badboy out if you havent already

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/powerranking

Now, what irks me is about several thousand things. Ill start with the obvious. And Ill just do it in list form to avoid actually bothering with sentence structure.

a) The Angels and the A's have the same record.

b) They are tied in the season series against each other

c) The A's have had an easier schedule, and have played more home games than the Angels. (The Angels have had more games against teams with good winning percentages)

d) The A's team average is far less (.251) than the Angels (.269) and have far less home runs (A's with 20, Halos with 38), Stolen bases (13-32), and Slugging (.358-.419)

e) They have ugly ass uniforms

Sure they have better pitching as of yet, but the Angels are superior in literally every other statistical category. And this is without the Angels two most effective pitchers of yesteryear. Keep in mind, Angels had a one game lead in the AL-West for the vast majority of the last week, which these power ratings were apparently based off of.

Adding to the infuriating nature that is the Angel snubbing/A's loving whoretown that is ESPN, the Angels were actually LOWERED in the ranking from last week from fifth to sixth. This while playing the same ball, having the same record, and playing just as effectively as the first ranked A's.

A shame that they obviously place the utmost importance on run differential on a list that could have been put together better by a two year old with a crayon tied to his hand. Obviously to be a good team you need to win a lot of games, sure. But to be the best team in MLB you need to win by lots of runs when you do win, and when you lose, lose by just one run.

Lackey's Final Rehab Game A Success

scareduck — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:15:06 -0000

John Lackey threw what will probably be his last rehab game in extended spring training today, and it was a success.

"He maintained his stuff the whole way," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said before Friday night's game against Tampa Bay. "His workout today was what we were looking for."

After throwing today, that would put him back on the club on May 14. The big question, of course, is who will go down once he goes up. I can't imagine it will be Moseley, Darren O'Day is pitching reasonably well but is on the cusp, and Bootcheck and Moseley are about the same as far as I can tell.

Poll

Who goes down once Lackey comes back up?

Padres part ways with Edmonds

SoCalWine — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:15:41 -0000

According to MLB.com, on Friday, the Pads released Jim Edmunds. An excerpt is below:

"It's just not happening for him statistically," Padres manager Bud Black said Thursday before a 5-4 loss to the Braves ended a 2-7 road trip, leaving the reeling Padres with a 12-23 record and in last place in the National League West.

Edmonds, 37, was hitting just .178 with 24 strikeouts in 90 at-bats. He had just six hits in his last 55 at-bats. He wasn't in the starting lineup on Thursday in Atlanta, but appeared in the game as part of a double-switch, grounding out in his only at-bat.

FULL ARTICLE

WHAT WE DO IS PANTHER(SECRET) TRAILER.

Mayheminthehood — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:27:33 -0000

Dude, this movie has taken sooooo long to finish. I remember reading casting decisions about three years ago. Shane West as Darby Crash?!?! Whatever. Anyway, it's been out and about, hitting the film festival circuit. I caught it at the Newport Beach Film Festival weeks ago, and it's not all that bad. Not all that great either, but if you're down with Panther lore, go see it. Oh, and one of my favorite LA bands, The Bronx(stupid name, I know), plays Black Flag. It's also kinda cool to see people from The Decline era in big screen adaptations.

WHAT WE DO IS SECRET trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9A_Hq0ltiM

Frustration in Seattle

HungryHunter — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:48:32 -0000

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080509&content_id=2667691&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea

Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson precipitated a bench-clearing incident in the fourth inning Thursday night, when he charged the mound after ducking away from a high pitch thrown by Rangers left-hander Kason Gabbard.

The first pitch of the at-bat wasn't that far inside, but Sexson threw down his bat, removed his helmet, charged the mound, threw his helmet at the pitcher and then wrestled Gabbard to the ground.

I just watched this on the news and the ball wasn't even close to hitting Sexson...it might have even caught the plate. Then Sexson runs out to the mound and throws his helmet at Gabbard...what a wuss move. This guy is 6'8 and he throws his helmet?

Frustration is setting in in Seattle.

KLAA AM830 Schedule?

eyespy — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:29:54 -0000

What is the scheduled Angel programs on the home station for our team. I searched, and looked, and clicked, and surfed, and hunted, and seeked, and explored, and hunted, and checked, and ... to no avail have I found anything.

So could my fellow Angel fans help me in finding out what is available for listening on the intertubes over here away from the O.C. On KLAA, or any other station that might have pre, post, or anytime shows about the lads.

Mahalo Nui Loa

All time Panthers List

WillGoAngels27 — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:22:28 -0000

I think it would be a cool idea if you havent already have the all time list of panthers, just a random thought that i would like to see on the page, and even all the blames that would be nice, i would guess Quinlin is first on that list anyway, Thanks!

And Also i have to get to 75 words 75 words 75 words 75 words 75 words 75 words75 words 75 words 75 words

Top 100 Angels

LV AngelsFan — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:46:22 -0000

Just curious where the list came from and who made it up and how often it has or will change.

It is very good and I think relatively accurate, having been a follower since before alot of you were probably born......37 years to be exact. Went to my first baseball game in 1971.

And yes I remember when "Orange County" had actual Orang Groves

And what is with this 75 word thing....I keep getting close and having to add stuff at the end

The Angels Record is 8-2-2

billhune — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:30:38 -0000

The Angels have a record of 8-2-2 in series so far this year. And they have gone 6-0-2 in the last 8 series after losing 2-2 in the first 4 series of the year. If we just keep winning series the rest of the year, i.e. winning 2 of 3 for the rest of the year, we will wind up with 106 wins. While it may be a stretch to say we will win that many games, I feel that we should be able to win around 95-100, especially with Lackey coming back shortly, and getting Kendrick healthy and back in the lineup.

What are your thoughts about how many games the Angels will win

Poll

How many games will the Angels win this year?

Oakland

Carl Johnson — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:46:10 -0000

It's now far enough in the season for me to start worrying about our traditional AL West Rivals, the Oakland A's. As everyone knows, this was supposed to be a rebuilding year, with Haren pitching for Arizona, Swisher with Orlando Cabrera in Chicago, and Barry Bonds unsigned. That said, their starting pitching has been stellar, proving again that Billy Beane is a freak, or at least lucky.

Anyone have any predictions as to the future performance of the Athletics? I have a hard time believing that their pitching's gonna stay this strong once the league has seen it more than once, but then again, Oakland never really seems to drop off the map either. Their lineup scares nobody, but when some guy named Dana has an ERA right near 3, you start to wonder.

The poll is unrelated to Oakland but still relevant.

Poll

How hilariously bad are the Mariners this year?

Halos Heaven up to Bat in Blog Spotlight

clearingskies — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:30:01 -0000

I wanted Angels fans and especially fans of Halos Heaven to see your site featured on the '08 BaseballNooz. If you like to track Angels players, you'll find unique Mashup pages with individual player stats, photos, videos and more.

You can also see every blogger in the baseball universe in community BlogJam.

However the tough the AL West turns out, we’ll be tuning into Halos Heaven every day of the season. We wish you continued strong hitting and pitching.

Regards,
Walter
lead editor
http://www.baseballnooz.com

P.S. Keep up the great blogging work, Rev.

Mysterious and Hilarious GA

Rally Manatee — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:06:19 -0000

Anyone else see this yet? From LA Daily News:

"Garret Anderson seems to have solved the riddle of his early-season slump. But he is not sharing the answer. 'I'd like to say, but it'd be hard to explain. You wouldn't understand. There was an adjustment.' Whatever that adjustment was, Anderson said it didn't involve any technical change to his swing or stance but was something 'very personal' which he wouldn't specify.' "

Let the speculations begin!

I think he decided to stop propping the bat up with his ball-sack in between pitches to adjust his gloves. Maybe it was causing irritation down there. I'll watch tonight to see if I'm right. Anyone else have any ideas?

Whatever the adjustment, let's hope it keeps working like it has.

Bees, K-Mo, HK47, and the D-Mac

acuda27 — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:09:56 -0000

Cant wait till HK47 starts again. I was VERY close to getting my dad to say HOWIZLE during one of his at bats and hes a Dodgers fan although I know he likes the Angels as well cuz I see him pump his fist once in a while when the Angels come from behind.

Howie as most of you know Howie is 3-3 tonight with 2 HRs and a single and also has scored all 3 times.

Kendry Morales was 2-3 yesterday with 2HRs and a BB and scored all 3 times.

Today Kendry is 3-5 with 3 DOUBLES and has driven in 3runs against Dallas McPherson's Team. D-Mac is 2-5 in tonights game with a Double and 2 RBIs with the game tied at 7-7 in the 10th

Cant wait to see the lineup that goes something like this..

SS - Aybar

2B - Kendrick

RF - Guerrero

1B - Kotchman

CF - Hunter

DH - Morales

3B - Wood

C -- Napoli/Mathis

LF - Evans/Rivera/Willits

Ervin the Best Pitcher in Baseball at the Moment? Belive it

WillGoAngels27 — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:26:11 -0000

EDITED TO PROTECT THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S COPYRIGHT: (RevHF)
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ate4zHqwzE51p9v6ExI6PEIRvLYF?slug=jp-ervsantana050608&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

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I Can See That Lit Up Halo All The Way In AZ.

All apologies to Brandon Webb, but through baseball’s first five weeks, Santana has been its best pitcher, capped by his tour-de-force shutout Monday night in the Los Angeles Angels’ 4-0 victory against Kansas City. Santana joined teammate Joe Saunders, his competition in spring training for the Angels’ fifth-starter job, with a 6-0 record and best illustrates how Los Angeles can survive, let alone thrive, with the American League’s top record while Nos. 1 and 2 starters John Lackey and Kelvim Escobar mire on the disabled list.

Santana’s fastball velocity is up nearly 1½ mph from last season, and his last pitch of the day, a 96-mph dart, struck out Jose Guillen swinging. Against Kansas City, he relied nearly as much on a changeup that he rarely breaks out as he did his slider, which induces the majority of his ground balls. Whatever the case, in 49 innings, Santana has given up three home runs. In his first 49 innings last season, he yielded 11.

Santana called the performance the best of his career “so far,” making sure not to jump ahead “because we have a lot more starts to go.” The only other one that can rate is the second of his career, a five-hit shutout against the Chicago White Sox, whose manager, Ozzie Guillen, was stunned enough to say: “I thought we were facing the wrong Santana.

From yahoo.com

More love from ESPN...

howiestheman — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:04:53 -0000

This time, it comes from Rob Neyer's blog. The first part was about us, and the rest of it was why the Royals can't hit. Also, check out ESPN.com's MLB page... they have highlights from Santana and a little video thing discussing him.

"Yes, the Angels were supposed to be in first place on the 6th of May. But were they supposed to be in first place despite John Lackey and Kelvim Escobar combining for exactly zero wins? I don't think so.

Yet here they are, thanks largely to Ervin Santana and Joe Saunders, who have combined for 12 wins. Also: zero losses.

Saunders is now 21-8 in his career, though his 4.28 ERA suggests he may not be able to maintain that winning percentage.

Santana somewhat famously went 7-14 with a 5.76 ERA last year. He was terribly unlucky, and we should have expected a decent season from him this year. But 6-0, 2.02 is sort of beyond the pale (in a good way). Eventually, Saunders and Santana will lose a game (or 10). But assuming Lackey and Escobar eventually get back, the Angels really should be unbeatable.

All this was prompted by Santana's shutout last night, so I should mention that Santana's victims were the Royals ... and lately lots of pitchers have been shutting out the Royals."

Four Strikes and you're out!

red floyd — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:23:12 -0000

How will MLB explain away this umpiring gaffe?

In last nites Oakland/Baltimore game, Jack Cust got FOUR strikes.

Luckily for the ump, Cust struck out (for the second time in one AB) on the fourth strike. What do you think would have happened had he hit one over the wall instead on that pitch?

Your FanPost must be at least 75 words long. Right now it's only 55 words long

Poll

Halos Heaven

Is that a typo... Percival the save angels the loss?

MOTHER'S DAY GAME THREAD

Worst Angels Injury Ever?

Former Angel DFA'd

This doesn't help me hating ESPN, or the A's.

Lackey's Final Rehab Game A Success

Who goes down once Lackey comes back up?

Padres part ways with Edmonds

WHAT WE DO IS PANTHER(SECRET) TRAILER.

Frustration in Seattle

KLAA AM830 Schedule?

All time Panthers List

Top 100 Angels

The Angels Record is 8-2-2

How many games will the Angels win this year?

Oakland

How hilariously bad are the Mariners this year?

Halos Heaven up to Bat in Blog Spotlight

Mysterious and Hilarious GA

Bees, K-Mo, HK47, and the D-Mac

Ervin the Best Pitcher in Baseball at the Moment? Belive it

More love from ESPN...

Four Strikes and you're out!

The Umpiring this season is