Bye Bye Barty

by Rev Halofan on Jul 23, 2007 10:38 PM PDT in News Comment 39 comments

Blame of the Game: Bartolo Colon

Irritation in his right elbow? How about just plain old irritation?

We had a few chances to get to within striking range, but the First Inning sinkhole was never conquered.

Cy Young or not, Bartolo Colon has, I believe, thrown his last pitch as an Angel...

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Colon

Adios El Gordo

by Doctor Wu on Jul 23, 2007 10:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i hate

colon. Let's bring it to a 4 man rotation with the off day on thursday, and bring up........adenhart?

"I love this british shit!" -Lou Brown

by jtkelly86 on Jul 23, 2007 10:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Grimace

can eat somewhere else now!

by im4kiss on Jul 23, 2007 10:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Let us all hope so....

and let's all sit back and wait with anticipation for Stoneman and Arte's big trade....Finally!

I really feel this is the July it finally happens.

Sorry to see Bart flounder like this, but as a veteran pitcher this guy knows better and certainly knows his body better that what he has given the halos. He looks fat and happy and he doesn't give a shit about anything but his fat paycheck. Give this guy some humble pie and he will say thank you and ask for more....the fat pig.

Adios Porcolo Colon

Somewhere in Arizona Smokin' TumbleWeeds

by Rex DaKine Budler on Jul 23, 2007 10:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

not gonna happen

by UCIHalo on Jul 23, 2007 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

we'll both just have to wait and see

and if you are right and they don't do anything, I certainly hope that we bring up and Play our young talent. With the way we are hitting, the only way our young unproven guys can hurt us is defensively, and if they are not commiting E's, then I say play them.

Somewhere in Arizona Smokin' TumbleWeeds

by Rex DaKine Budler on Jul 23, 2007 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lets toast our new team leader

DESMOND DECHONE FIGGINS!!!!

by UCIHalo on Jul 23, 2007 10:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure

whether to laugh or not...

Somewhere in Arizona Smokin' TumbleWeeds

by Rex DaKine Budler on Jul 23, 2007 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Personally....I laughed hard

when the website posted the article about Colon offering Santana advice about his demotion to AAA. I thought what he should have said was...see ya in a few weeks buddy...in SLC

Stop swinging at balls out of the zone!

by K3YEROUT on Jul 23, 2007 10:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Angels to Triple Ticket Prices

A-Rod to 3rd
Griffey to OF/DH
Texeira to 1st

Never Happen

Somewhere in Arizona Smokin' TumbleWeeds

by Rex DaKine Budler on Jul 23, 2007 10:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

They should have

traded him last week.

Nolan Ryan for president!

by Dodger Hater on Jul 23, 2007 10:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I've always hated the fat sack of shit

ever since his ridiculously horrible first half of 2004.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 23, 2007 11:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How much do you weigh?

by Rev Halofan on Jul 24, 2007 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

less than Colon.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 24, 2007 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, he sucked pretty bad...

in the last half of 2004 and all of 2005. Horrible shit.

The hate is piling up on Bart.

He wanted to give his best effort and we all booed him tonight. That's a bummer. He gave us his best and nearly helped to get us to the World Series in 2005. Let's take our hats off and clap for him... Rev might be right, he might have hurled his last baseball for us.

'86 never happened!

by Downing Rules on Jul 24, 2007 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

my sentiments too

with the sarcasm duly noted.

by rbrianc on Jul 24, 2007 1:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

From RotoWorld:

The Braves and Angels are the most aggressive suitors for Mark Teixeira, says FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.

Rosenthal labels the Yankees, Red Sox and Giants as on the periphery. The Braves would likely have to part with Jarrod Saltalamacchia to pull off a deal. Yunel Escobar shouldn't be as of much interest to Texas, and Escobar is more useful to the Braves right now anyway. Having Casey Kotchman and Ervin Santana go the other way is the deal that would make the most sense for the Angels. A source told Rosenthal that the chances of a Teixeira deal are 50-50.

Light Up That Halo! ...and tell Clutch to chill!

by cardinalwraith on Jul 23, 2007 11:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The only fun I had at the game tonight....

....was booing that fat overpaid piece of shit after he walked off in the first inning.

Had I known he was going to pretend to be injured, and not come back, I would have thrown some expletives about his mother on his way out.

Maybe he and Hillenbrand can start their own team.

by bc56274 on Jul 23, 2007 11:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

They already play for the other team

not that there's anything wrong with that.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 23, 2007 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

George is very mad!!!!!!!!

by bc56274 on Jul 23, 2007 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had fun punking on an A's fan.

This guy came down from Oakland to see the game and he couldn't stop talking shit. So he got up, yelled at the crowd "It's too easy, you guys can't even give a fight".

I replied to him, "Yeah it's easy being in 3rd place".

He quickly shut the fuck up. Bastard was sitting right next to me all game annoying the shit out me. After I said that, he left.

by Obscurity on Jul 23, 2007 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There was a lot of green in the stands tonight.

I figured it was just a bad case of diarrhea.

by bc56274 on Jul 23, 2007 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shocked

Shocked to hear that Colon isn't physically sound. This has been rather obvious for quite some time.

Unfortunately, this pretty much kills any chance of a trade going down. Santana isn't going anywhere, except possibly back to Anaheim to replace Bart.

Unless...

Darren Oliver has looked a lot better lately (note that his ERA is now below 5). The guy has started 228 games in his career. Might he become the Angels' new 5th starter, with someone else (Jason Bulger? Marcus Gwyn?) called up to take his place in the 'pen?

Might the Angels still be looking to make a trade for a starting pitcher? Moseley's looked like crap since May.

by jjackflash on Jul 23, 2007 11:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Bart's OK with me

he's a good dude and pitched his heart out for this team the last few years.

When he was healthy, he dealt, led us to only our 2nd AL Championship game, back-to-back AL West titles, and won the AL Cy Young.

And when he was hurt? He didn't pitch good - and some thought it was funny to make fun of his weight. Geez.

by rbrianc on Jul 24, 2007 1:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

As for BOTG

agree that we have to give it Bart and can't absolve him due to injury, but .....

GA with 7 LOB? GMJ = 0-4 with 2Ks and 5 LOB.
Moseley and Bootcheck = what's their excuse?

by rbrianc on Jul 24, 2007 1:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree GA is a close second for BOTG...

We were looking good with bases loaded nobody out with Vlad, GA, GMJ and Casey coming up...to only score one run (on a walk) in that situation was the end of the game in my opinion....

A big FU to the A's and Dodgers....

by Crapper John MD on Jul 24, 2007 7:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

plus 1

Any of our pitchers by themselves did not give up enough runs to cost us the game, but those 7 LOB made all the difference.

by elricsi on Jul 24, 2007 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with you completely

It's pretty sad to see Angels fans acting like Yankees fans here, booing a guy and ripping him in a very cruel and unfair way, after he's won a Cy Young award and helped us compete for the last couple years. Bart's body is breaking down; that's what happens to most guys as they progress into their 30s. But please don't shit on him now that he can't do it anymore. No, he's not the most annimated guy out there, but his stoic, cool demeanor is much more dignified than a lot of the in-your-face dancin' and singin' you see from the young whippersnappers nowadays. (Can you imagine Bob Gibson pointing up to the sky and kissing his necklace, like some ridiculous circus clown?). Tip your cap to Bart, people! He was a gamer, and now his time as a Halo is likely done. Hopefully a little hindsight and perspective will get you fickle 'fans' to calm down and understand what he was able to accomplish as an Angel.

by Kenny Katella on Jul 24, 2007 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The major disappointment

is that he didn't keep himself in good shape, and one can only speculate whether his injuries are in any way related to that.

I blame management (in particular, the guys on the field) for not recognizing that he hasn't been right for a while. When was the last time he even tried to throw a breaking ball? If you throw nothing but fastballs to major league hitters, eventually they're going to do something with them.

But I agree that Bart has given the team everything he had, and "left it all out on the field" as they say. He certainly didn't leave anything on his plate (sorry, couldn't resist).

by jjackflash on Jul 24, 2007 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are another 14 million reasons...

to be disappointed, too. That's a lot of cashish.

'86 never happened!

by Downing Rules on Jul 24, 2007 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't get the hate...

Back in '03 I was very happy to see Bart get signed to Anaheim. Same with Escobar and Vlad. Grant it Bart has gotten a little bigger and he's spent some time on the DL, but I think if they didn't rush his return to the rotation, Bart might have been a pleasant surprise in August. Maybe we'll see Bart in Sept as another surprise.

by Jay Cal on Jul 24, 2007 8:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That's what happens ---

When you get a whole lot of band-wagon "fans" jumping on.
You can tell who's been here before 02 and who jumped on the Arte-train. Any long suffering Angels fan might (OK, ISN'T) happy with Bart's performance, but why boo a guy who was the 2nd guy in franchise history to win a Cy Young?
It's obvious that he rushed himself back to pitch (contract year will do that) - but at least he wasn't like Carl Pavano where he went on the DL. Was Bart ever in great shape? NO, but we knew that when we got him and I didn't hear people piling on when he won 15 games a year and was in the top 3 in the league in K's or when he was the best freaking pitcher in the AL.
Get off the guy and just thank him for what he did contribute - Now it's time to see just how deep and how good the farm system is.

by Grichfan on Jul 24, 2007 10:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Bart

Like Carl Pavano, he now sucks.

Unlike Carl Pavano, he never got to bang Alyssa Milano.

by Higz on Jul 24, 2007 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't realize there were any Major Leaguers

that Alyssa Milano HASN'T banged.

I stand corrected.

DarkAngel hath spoken....

by darkangel01 on Jul 24, 2007 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Dutch on Jul 24, 2007 1:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Since you're up

Go grab some eggs at Barney's...

http://www.barneys.biz/

We have a Hutch, Clutch & Dutch.

by Bilko 420 on Jul 24, 2007 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

End of the season for Colon?

"After an MRI/CT Scan revealed posterior impingement on his right elbow, the prospect of Bartolo Colon being lost for the season appears a near certainty. "

mlb.com

by lesserknown on Jul 25, 2007 5:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs