Pregame Thread
Angels Yankees ALCS Game 6 Lineups Remain the Same?
by Rev Halofan on Oct 25, 2009 2:04 AM PDT
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These lineups for the Angels and Yankees were posted before Saturday's postponement and there is no reason to think they will change for Sunday... What do you think of them? There was talk that Figgins would be demoted to batting 9th, but lo and behold, he remains atop the lineup and the hot bat of Banjo Mathis stays in the mix as well.
Angels
Chone Figgins, 3B
Bobby Abreu, RF
Torii Hunter, CF
Vladimir Guerrero, DH
Kendry Morales, 1B
Howie Kendrick, 2B
Juan Rivera, LF
Jeff Mathis, C
Erick Aybar, SS
Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS
Johnny Damon, LF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Jorge Posada, C
Hideki Matsui, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Melky Cabrera, CF
Joe Saunders (LHP) @ Andy Pettitte (LHP)
What do you think of these batting orders?
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ALCS Game 6 Postponed
by Rev Halofan on Oct 24, 2009 1:06 PM PDT
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Is there a disturbance in the force, Sith-Rod?
The NY POST is reporting that ALCS Game 6 has been RAINED OUT and is postponed. The game will be played SUNDAY, first pitch at 5:20 PM Pacific Time. Game 7 is scheduled for Monday at 4:57 PM our time.
From all reports, the Yankees will stick with Andy Pettitte to start Game 6 as scheduled. The Angels have given no indication that it will be anyone but Joe Saunders starting Game 6. The possibility of bringing John Lackey back to start Game 7 on three days rest to face CC Sabathia will be the subject of much consideration should the Angels be victorious on Sunday.
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Sunday Night Forecast: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds around 5 mph.
TONIGHT'S Forecast: Rain with isolated thunderstorms in the evening...then a chance of rain after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the evening. Breezy with lows in the mid 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph...becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
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Beer Thread
by Rev Halofan on Oct 21, 2009 11:15 AM PDT
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I don't drink anymore but when I did, I drank Bud. In one bar, my nickname was Budweiser Matt.
What is (or was) your favorite beer?
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ALCS Pregame Forecast: Rain Later
by Rev Halofan on Oct 17, 2009 4:03 PM PDT
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Joe Saunders has had all the rest in between starts that a man could want! Weather Update if you want.
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Can the Angels Count on Vladimir Guerrero?
by Rev Halofan on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM PDT
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The Angels are facing two lefties in the ALCS - CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte in the first three games. This makes our Designated Hitter Vladimir Guerrero even more potent of a weapon than before.
A base hit off of Jonathan Paelbon on Sunday has made the belief in this once-great player arise from the Anaheim ashes... and yet his tentative limp makes us all wonder at times what luck's got to do with it. Save for a Francona mental bona', we might right now be arguing whether or not Vlad should be in the lineup for Wednesday's ALDS Game 5. Instead, one rip to center and he reaps his former greatness.
Has Vlad seen his last moment of glory or will he be a factor against the Yankees in the American League Championship Series?
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Do The 2009 Angels Need a Nickname?
by Rev Halofan on Oct 12, 2009 11:01 AM PDT
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Headed into the ALCS, people talk about small ball like it is still 2005 and ignore that Kendry Morales hit 34 HR thru the marine layer. They bash the bullpen as ESPN's gods of baseball Ellsbury and Pedroia hand Brian Fuentes yet another save. They're thought of by many as MIckey's Hackers while Chone Figgins and Bobby Abreu walk as much as anyone in the league. Is there some slogan that could sum up this truly great baseball team?
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Scott Kazmir vs. Red Sox Batters
by Rev Halofan on Oct 11, 2009 2:45 AM PDT
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Angels Starting Pitcher Scott Kazmir will likely face the following lineup in Boston on Sunday Morning. Here is his record against each batter for regular season matchups...
Jacoby Ellsbury - 6 for 20, 1 double, 2 Ks, .650 OPS
Dustin Pedroia - 15 for 29, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 6 BB, 1 K, 1.393 OPS
Victor Martinez - 5 for 11, all singles, 1 K, .909 OPS
Kevin Youkilis - 9 for 38, 3 doubles, 6 BB, 14 K, .649 OPS
David Ortiz - 9 for 44, 1 double, 2 HR, 6 BB, 11 K, .664 OPS
Jason Bay - 4 for 15, 1 double, 1 HR, 2 BB, 6 K, .886 OPS
Mike Lowell - 10 for 40, 2 doubles, 4 HR, 4 BB, 10 K, .933 OPS
J.D. Drew 1 for 7, 1 triple, 1 BB, 3 K, .900 OPS
Alex Gonzalez - 4 for 10, 1 double, 2 K, .900 OPS
Facing almost this same lineup in Game 2 of the 2008 ALCS, Kazmir surrendered 3 HR, 2 to Pedroia and 1 to Youkilis. He gave up a 2-run double to Bay in the first inning of a 4+ inning start in Tampa Bay on 7 days rest.
In Game 5 of the same series he went 6 innings, gave up 2 hits, no runs, waked 3 and struck out 7. He pitched on his regular 4 days rest.
Kaz will be pitching on 8 days rest in Fenway Park today.
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Top Ten Reasons To Hate the Red Sox
by Rev Halofan on Oct 8, 2009 10:16 PM PDT
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Let's churn it up...
The Bandwagon
You cannot even safely punch a guy wearing a "B" cap on the street anymore... he doesn't know what it stands for, he just knows that it is trendy. Do you know what they call a star whose time in the spotlight has faded? They call him a B-List celebrity. That is what the B is for... Bandwagon. And even the hardcore fans squabble about the pink hats and Fever Pitch tourists who don't know who Grady Little is.
1918
Goddamn it I miss shouting that simple, catch-all retort.
2004 ALDS Umpiring
Umpire Jerry Meals had season seats in Fenway and squeezed a Bartolo Colon masterpiece in game 2 down to a 3-K affair... Can you say Black Sox please? Had it been the reverse and Bahstin's 9 suffered such a potentially felonious defrauding, there would have been congressional hearings called.
Ben Affleck
Ha! I will take "no celebrity spokesperson in the stands" over that.
ESPN Fawning
It started off as their Jeter-love having a dark side and now they lead off every episode of SportsCenter with a Kevin Youkilis skull-waxing update (next razor swipe scheduled for Wednesday!). Massachusetts, have you no shame?
Theo Epstein Worship
Funny how every team with a budget near Theo's wins 90+ games a year when they stay healthy, but somehow this makes the golden child alone a genius. Billy Beane needs to sue for superlatives copyright infringement.
George Mitchell
A member of the Red Sox Board of Directors investigates steroid use in baseball and finds everyone was terrible except the men on his very own team. After everyone had been sullied and the game forever tarnished, once everyone was sick and tired of it all, oh then... then comes Manny and Papi and of course, all the Nation can do is whine that everyone else did it. A gross manipulation of the evidence to protect the corporate brand.
...and speaking "The Nation"... THE NATION
No marketing scheme, be it a Rally Monkey, thundersticks, dollar hot dog Wednesdays... no marketing scheme is as lame as one that attempts to mimic National Socialism in the name of selling jerseys, hats and teeshirts. If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, "The Nation" is the tacky souvenir shop at the train depot of that final refuge.
Dan Shaughnessy
Seriously... get a haircut you puffy girly man. Mike Lupica is J.D. Salinger standing next to this clown.
Yankee Syndrome Blindness
The more the Red Sox have won this decade, the more the team and their fans have morphed into a mimickry of Yankees fans - arrogant, spoiled by success, oblivious to 28 other teams in the league, and self-assured they are "baseball-educated" when they don't even know the history of Pumpsie Green breaking Mister Yawkey's apartheid. They have become the thing that they hate most - Red Sox Nation has become the A-Rod of baseball fans: Chumps who assume that they are to be adored by all for their inherent (virtue?), when in reality they are blinded by the arrogance of lucking into a good run.
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