RAT-A-TAT-TAT

by Rev Halofan on Aug 6, 2007 10:22 PM PDT in Angels News

Panther of the Game: Maicer Izturis

The Miceman cometh! On a day obsessed with rats and a game with contributions from just about everyone, the unexpected sucker punch to Curt Schilling came from the Mouse. And that helped exterminate at least one rat in anaheim!

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rats....mice tits...

by yeswecan on Aug 6, 2007 10:18 PM PDT reply actions

Great hit by Maicer

But I think its K-Rod. Thanks to OC, he had to get 4 outs in the 9th. Great win. Any Angels win is #1, but my second favorite thing ever is to see Boston lose. Combining the two is icing on the cake.

If I went to war and could only take one weapon, it would be an HK47.

by RallyMonkey5 on Aug 6, 2007 10:18 PM PDT reply actions

Frankie

I was thisclose to giving it to Frankie, if it had been a 1 run lead he gets the P.

by Rev Halofan on Aug 6, 2007 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I vote pothead Weaver, but hard to argue .....

...with KAZOOO!

Stop swinging at balls out of the zone!

by K3YEROUT on Aug 6, 2007 10:21 PM PDT reply actions

Nah... Weaver shoulda had the victory

But he threw a change-up to Youk. Stupid pitch. He'll learn.

by melvintoast on Aug 6, 2007 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions

From my seats

it looked like he struck Youk out at least once, maybe twice, on that at-bat before the dinger. Ump was calling a strike zone adown to the ankles most of the night, but deferred to Youk over WTY during that at-bat.

by Stirrups on Aug 6, 2007 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions

and...

gameday agrees...he struck him out twice, just didnt get the calls

by ZiK on Aug 6, 2007 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions

let's call him Mighty Mouse

by yeswecan on Aug 6, 2007 10:21 PM PDT reply actions

i second.

since when did any loss=the end of the season as we know it?

by retrohalo on Aug 6, 2007 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Third.

And I vote that we enshrine and recognize the existence of the "rally rat."

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

by cardinalwraith on Aug 6, 2007 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions

I've been doing this since last year.

So does much of the Official Angels board.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Aug 6, 2007 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions

you mean there's another angels board?

by yeswecan on Aug 6, 2007 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions

yeap

you cannot call him Mice Tits there, though.

by Rev Halofan on Aug 6, 2007 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions

lame

it's the little things that help make this blog/board the best. (and yes, i have indeed read other boards.)

by yeswecan on Aug 6, 2007 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I call him Kazoo

paint his face green and with a batting helmet. Think little Martian on the Flinstones

Stop swinging at balls out of the zone!

by K3YEROUT on Aug 6, 2007 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Hmmm. . .

Wasn't that character called "The Great Gazoo?"

Stoopnocracy is peachy

by rspencer on Aug 7, 2007 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions

Either way

I do see the resemblance, I should add.

Stoopnocracy is peachy

by rspencer on Aug 7, 2007 1:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Good call.

I like it.

by bc56274 on Aug 6, 2007 10:22 PM PDT reply actions

HERE HERE......

....MIGHTY MOUSE IT IS.

Final score: Angels 4 Giants 1 Angels 2002 World Series Champions!!!

by Halofanatic on Aug 6, 2007 10:25 PM PDT reply actions

PANTHER: Maicer all the way

Angels needed a lead at some point. Otherwise the game would be tied at 2 and in extra-innings right now as I type.

Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!

by Fan Since 1981 on Aug 6, 2007 10:25 PM PDT reply actions

lotta baffled hitters tonight

it looked like alot of batters didn't agree with the home plate ump's calls on balls and strikes.

as duckie pointed out in the game thread, he was a bit inconsistent, but i didn't think he was terrible.

nonetheless, both angels and sox batters looked baffled at a LOT of calls.

by yeswecan on Aug 6, 2007 10:25 PM PDT reply actions

umpire on gameday

On Gameday, he was all over the place, calling balls that seemed about 6 inches outside a strike and calling balls on the corner balls. He did it to both teams. The walk to Pedroia before the homer was not a walk.

by tanana40 on Aug 6, 2007 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Confirmed live

Beachbum Willy and I were baffled by the strike zone in a way we usually aren't. And the ump had quite a lot of late calls, too.

My question is -- was Mathis' tag from third legit?

by mattwelch on Aug 6, 2007 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions

according to the rules

yes. from the MLB.com story:

"Catcher Jeff Mathis, 24, chased Schilling with a ringing double into the left-field corner, taking third on 26-year-old Reggie Willits' perfect bunt and scoring on Chone Figgins' sacrifice fly that rookie Brandon Moss juggled in left field, causing some confusion. The umpiring crew had it right, ruling that the runner can advance as soon as leather touches ball."

i'm assuming this is the play you're referring to.

by rbrianc on Aug 6, 2007 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions

same thinking as infield fly rule

if the out counts as soon as the fielder has control of the ball, then he could purposefully juggle the ball while walking it all the way back to the infield. this rule prevents it, like the infield fly rule prevents fielders from purposefully dropping balls to create a double play.

by yeswecan on Aug 6, 2007 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Nice Game - Maicer 's - big hit - panther

Halo bats peppered hits and Halo pitchers, Weaver, Speier, Shields and Frankie kept the win.
This was a big win against a good hitting team.

by 1000 Oaks angels fan on Aug 6, 2007 10:32 PM PDT reply actions

One more vote

for Izzy

Now playing - "The Rat Whisperer" - at a homestand near you!

by OitsJack on Aug 6, 2007 10:32 PM PDT reply actions

kotchman & figgy

they continue to swing well & contribute.

how frustrated was this blog when figgy slumped to begin his season? yeah, nobody's bitching now. a .340 BA is PANTHER.

by yeswecan on Aug 6, 2007 10:35 PM PDT reply actions

The Little Guy is a stud

Figgy says somthing to the efect of "We Play to Win"

Go HALOS

by eyespy on Aug 6, 2007 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions

RATS!

That's a lot of mice references!

Go Mighty Mouse!

With win-win-win, we all win!

by lightupthehalo on Aug 6, 2007 10:50 PM PDT reply actions

The Umpire

I've never heard of tonight's ump before, although I'm not familiar with them all. I was wondering if he's one of the guys they call up from the minors from time to time, when the regular guys are on vacation. Does anyone know?

Actually, I just answered my own question. He is indeed a minor league umpire.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/umpires/roster_aaa.jsp

by jjackflash on Aug 6, 2007 11:34 PM PDT reply actions

Mice Tits all the way

My seats were two rows behind where Coco Crisp hit his just foul rip down the line and close to where Mice Tits hit his jack.

I didn't Tivo the game, but can you guys answer the following that was hard to figure out from the right field corner

Did Manny swing on the last pitch of his K before getting tossed?
Any idea what Manny said to get tossed so quickly?
Was that ball foul tipped when Lowell struck out and they got all wet again.
On the sac fly in the 7th, did Moss bobble it or did he have possession and then lost it in the transfer?

by swiss mcgee on Aug 6, 2007 11:37 PM PDT reply actions

Nevermind

I'll look for the answers in the game thread.

By the way, I was in a den of chowds down in right field. Two really drunk Boston fans were riding Vladdy all night, cussing him out and even flipped him off late in the game. All this right next to a little 10-11 yr old girl wearing a Expos Vladdy jersey and a Vladdy Dominican Republic hat. Real classy guys.

by swiss mcgee on Aug 6, 2007 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Boston= worst fans ever

They seriously have been the rudest bunch of asses i've ever dealt with at any game. 2004, game one, nightmare on the field and on the hairy foul mouthed upper lips of a bunch of manly female chowder eaters in the right field pavilion will never be forgotten by this angels fan.

The last world series champion in California has "Anaheim" written next to their name.

by Anaheim of Anaheim on Aug 7, 2007 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions

are you sure they weren't the rats?

how can you tell the difference??

by rbrianc on Aug 7, 2007 4:28 AM PDT up reply actions

answers

yes, the bat crossed the plate as he twisted his body around.
i'm no lip-reader, but Hud said that manny repeated a nasty phrase to the ump after the ump asked him what he said.
on reply, it looked clean. no tip.
he bobbled it, but the rule says that as soon as he touches the ball, the runner can tag up, regardless of whether or not he bobbles it.

by yeswecan on Aug 6, 2007 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions

thanks

by swiss mcgee on Aug 6, 2007 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Red Sox

Argue third strikes more than any other team I've seen. They are jacka$$es with an inflated sense of entitlement. They think any pitch that they can't crush should automatically be a ball. On the Ramirez K, he was trying more to get out of the way of the ball than to swing but there is no question that in doing so his bat crossed the plate.

If I went to war and could only take one weapon, it would be an HK47.

by RallyMonkey5 on Aug 7, 2007 5:43 AM PDT up reply actions

5-2 for the season when i'm there

Pretty good record!

Must say, definitely the best game I've been to this season, had pretty decent 3B outfield seats. Cabrera's play was the sweetest thing I've ever in a long time, and Mice Tits with the homerun? Unfruckingbelievable.

Manny kicked out in the 3rd inning was HUGE (see: Moss' bobble, Moss last out in 9th).

This game was sweet on so many levels.

Oh, and unlike last year, the red sox fans near me were actually respectful and knowledgable about baseball. Not quite sure how I got that lucky, but it was pretty awesome.

Willits for ROY

by 101halo on Aug 7, 2007 12:22 AM PDT reply actions

P.S. I had an idea during the 7th inning stretch

Instead of shooting t-shirts out of those guns in the upper decks, shoot plastic wrapped rats.

Now that would be sweet.

Willits for ROY

by 101halo on Aug 7, 2007 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions

why not live ones?

then everyone could have a free pet, or can start a ranch and send them to China to help save the cats.

by eyespy on Aug 7, 2007 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Figgins = trade

I think now is the time to trade Figgins. Maybe Oakland would be willing to do a waiver wire trade in exchange for Mike Piazza.

We need power and Figgins hardly done anything to prove that he has learned anything over the last year or two. He may need to get benched or something.

Every time I watch the guy, all he does is get on-base and be a catalyst in the lineup.

He hasn't done as well on the field and the fact is that his .340 average doesn't work for the Angels. Neither does his .395 on-base percentage or his 30 steals this season.

by Halos2002 on Aug 7, 2007 12:49 AM PDT reply actions