Game Thread - Angels at Athletics - Ervin "Black Magic" Santana vs. Dan "Meet Me In St. Louis" Haren - 1:05 p.m.
Two games back at the break would be awesome. This is doable.
Intentionally Altered Movie Lines:
Macha: Drop your weapons! Now! You have no chance of escape! Come forward! I wish to take you back alive! This is your last warning! The choice is yours!
Colonel Trautman: What do you say Ervin?
Rambo Santana: [loading his gun] Fuck 'em!
With Vlad's hurting hand, rest G.A., DH Vlad, let's hope for an incident-free game, an at-bat and two innings in Pittsburgh's RF on Tuesday and then on the plane back to Cali.
Beat My Runs and Hits Picks: LAA: 5, 9 ... OAK: 4, 12
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Here we come, walkin' down the street.
We get the funniest looks from everyone we meet.Hey Hey we're the Angels and people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy winning. To put anybody down.
Tino Martinez and the Baseball tonight crew did not breathe Napoli into the mix of rookie radness when looking at the end of the 1st half of the season. sons of bees. Another thing about tonight's baseball tonight was an interview with GA about winning the home run derby. he man beat Albert Pujols in the finals. I used to give GA the MVP chant. Where you at GA? Where you at?
ANGELS 6 / 10
ELEPHANTS 4 / 7
Anaheim of Anaheim - July 9, 2006
What is
with Rivera giving double pointers to the camera in the dugout after his last two HR's?higdog - July 9, 2006
GA's championship
GA had his swing down and most importanlty, he paced himself so had some gas in the tamk for the finalsMost of the others were triyiing to hit the longest shot possible each pitch and ran out of gas.
johnsamo @ Halos Heaven - July 9, 2006
AND G.A> had enough left
to hit a homr the next night and help win the game for the A.L. - he took home the Game MVP!Rev Halofan - July 9, 2006
Peeks
Angels - 5/11A's - 4/9
Sean @ Halos Heaven - July 9, 2006
Let the Good Times Roll
with a winning streak going into the All-Star break.Angels 4, 9
A's 2, 6
Yetijuice - July 9, 2006
Haren vs. Angels
Too small a sample size too say much, but everybody has pretty much hit him. GA by far the most, but they may be resting GA again.... Vlad too 5 for 10.Gee Scioscia! Just imagine where GA might be if you had him DH most of the year.
johnsamo @ Halos Heaven - July 9, 2006
3 of 4
Angels 4/7a'S 3/3
riktermiller - July 9, 2006
Pickage....
Into the break we go... I'm off to the Wild Animal Park...I'll throw something at the 'phants in hopes that it trickles up to NoCal and the A's (j/k). I really hope that I get the updates on my phone.Good Guys: 7/13
NoCal freaks: 4/10
S
ScottD00 - July 9, 2006
Wow, we're practically rolling!
Halos: 6/11A's: 4/9
Keep it up!
goodvibe61 - July 9, 2006
Pix
Angels: 8/15them: 3/6
eyespy - July 9, 2006
On a (mild) roll
LAA 7/12OAK 3/6
UK Halo - July 9, 2006
Go dagos
burn down those french discos with a goooooooooooooal!proletariat - July 9, 2006
and now i know how joan of arc felt
now i know how joan of arc feltas the flames rose to her roman nose
and her walkman started to melt
oh ...
proletariat - July 9, 2006
did anyone catch...
the horrendous error that DaVanon had last night in that crazy 9th against Colorado? Dang near cost them the game, but they held on by 1 run.thewebb - July 9, 2006
I was watching that game...
simultaneously with the LAAoA/OAK game. Crazy game - up 8-1 in the 9th and they almost lost it.Kelly - July 9, 2006
Futures Game
Howie will start at 2B and bat second while Adenhart is one of four pitchers for the American team that are in contention to pitch the fifth inning.riktermiller - July 9, 2006
Picks
Big A: 5/10Litte a: 4/9
Wow - chance of being only 2 back at the break. Who'd of thunk it after that ugly stretch.
gorams77 - July 9, 2006
Black Magic
He rolls against the soft hitting A'sEl A Angels 5 9
Ohkclank 1 7
I assume somene keeps track of these.
Who's winning?
rjcicc - July 9, 2006
RIGHT SIDEBAR
Look:Not you!
Rev Halofan - July 9, 2006
Thanks Pal
for being so accommodating. Never would have found it.rjcicc - July 9, 2006
Lineup
Um, wtf? Cabrera is an everyday player, and you sit him right before a 4 day break? Does Mike know this game counts?leftwing - July 9, 2006
if he's not hurting...
Mike's overmanaging again. Go figure.thewebb - July 9, 2006
I'd guess the latter
I really hate these sunday afternoon lineups, its like casual day for Sosh.leftwing - July 9, 2006
atta boy GA/Mice Tits...
Is Vlad the worst base running/fielding superstar in the history of the game?thewebb - July 9, 2006
WC 06
Wow, what a header by Zidane, and an equally good save. (in OT right now)leftwing - July 9, 2006
great game....
to give the rookie a rare start in place of one of our hottest overall players. Nice job Scoiscia, you fooled 'em again!thewebb - July 9, 2006
F ya Jose!!!!!
boom time.thewebb - July 9, 2006
For anyone interested
penalty kicks for the world cup title over on ABC.leftwing - July 9, 2006
yeah!
great play.leftwing - July 9, 2006
yay
J-MO!!!!!!!!!!!! A HOMER AND AN OUT AT THE PLATE !!! WAHOOOOOOOOOangelsrallymom - July 9, 2006
THE THROW
BY JUAN WAS RIGHT ON!!!!!!!! PUT OC BACK IN AND LET AYBAR PRACTICE IN AAA!!!!angelsrallymom - July 9, 2006
PHYS IS
RIGHT....DOES THE WONDER DOG WANT SOME CHEESE WITH THAT WINE?!?!?! THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL, HUD!!!!angelsrallymom - July 9, 2006
Just got in, what'd I miss?
How's Magic Dreads pitching?UK Halo - July 9, 2006
pretty well
Got behind in a lot of counts early. Sosh for whatever reason starts Aybar and he makes a key error early in the game to give up one of the runs.thewebb - July 9, 2006
Bahaha
Slip n' SlideTrip for the LF...
Ah damnit. Failed squeeze.
scottnak - July 9, 2006
If you're the other club
you have to assume a squeeze, especially with a man on third and a nonentity at the plate like Aybar.scareduck - July 9, 2006
ever get the feeling?
For us to ever have a huge inning we have to do it in spite of our unnecessary aggressiveness?A guy on 3rd, 1 out, and we squeeze with 2 rookies? WTF? If Aybar just grounds out to 2nd like he has every other time the run scores.
thewebb - July 9, 2006
Santana got cheated on one of those pitches
Have they been calling a tight strike zone all day?scareduck - July 9, 2006
not really, pretty inconsistent
he has called some high strikes both ways.thewebb - July 9, 2006
pretty much nothing on the outside corner
has been a strikethewebb - July 9, 2006
YAY!!
Nice catch!scareduck - July 9, 2006
classic move by Rivera
The fans tried to yell at him to make him miss that ball. So he runs away like he's not going to throw them the ball, then tosses it back over his head to them. Funny stuff.thewebb - July 9, 2006
Figgins is hitting
just a little bit now?scareduck - July 9, 2006
His swing
looks a lot better. NIce and level.rjcicc - July 9, 2006
*\o/* *\o/* *\o/*
angelsrallymom - July 9, 2006
Eric Perry is a pottymouth
though I think I agree with him. The strike zone is just totally random for both sides.scareduck - July 9, 2006
exactly.....
it is BOTH sides.....the ump is calling the zone different from team to team....perry was just trying to pump the a's up....it's called a sacrifice pop-offangelsrallymom - July 9, 2006
oooops
the ump is NOT calling the strike zone different...it's the same for both teams....angelsrallymom - July 9, 2006
ump
Mr. Small Man's diseasesHe's the one who walked after one of the As players yesterday when they questioned a call at first. I think it was Kotsay on that bang bang play at 1st.
thewebb - July 9, 2006
You've gotta like Jose getting that popup
Good play there.scareduck - July 9, 2006
Is it just me
or could Kendry have had that if he'd've laid out?scareduck - July 9, 2006
he's learned from the vets on the current roster
that laying out is too much work. Maybe.thewebb - July 9, 2006
Hoo hoo hoo!
Can you believe that?Great stuff for Ervin!
The Angels' pitching staff is just on fire in this series.
scareduck - July 9, 2006
A pitchers ump plus he's gotta plane to catch
The home plate ump is a pitchers ump, it'll always seem to favor most of the Angels because they like to paint the black. This ump in particular though, sometimes it was a little big....johnsamo @ Halos Heaven - July 9, 2006
Wow
Wow! Three multi-hit games in a row for Figgy. Toss in his four sb's during that stretch and ... wait a minute ... he looks like a solid lead off hitter! Good job Chone!gorams77 - July 9, 2006
As I've been saying all along....
Figgy is a solid lead-off hitter.Jack Frost - July 9, 2006
another great play by Molina
If he doesn't watch out, he might be the panther of the game.thewebb - July 9, 2006
Damn nice play by Jose
Fantastic.scareduck - July 9, 2006
The big, hurt
scareduck - July 9, 2006
Oh my sweet Jesus
Shields when he is on is just inspirational.scareduck - July 9, 2006
true that
couldnt agree moregorams77 - July 9, 2006
OMG
NOW HUD IS A POET!!!!! IF YOU DON'T HACK THEY'LL SEND YOU BACK....HAS A RING TO IT....LOLangelsrallymom - July 9, 2006
SON OF A GUN!!!!
WAY TO GO AYBAR....FINALLY!!!!angelsrallymom - July 9, 2006
Aybar gets a bunt single
And I'm laughing my ass off.checks ass
Yup. It's off.
scareduck - July 9, 2006
Take 2
Haha... well looks like Street got a second chance to fix his mistake...scottnak - July 9, 2006
In which we all get to bite our toenails
over K-Rod's interesting save. He is just plain nervewracking anymore.scareduck - July 9, 2006
One.
scareduck - July 9, 2006
Two.
scareduck - July 9, 2006
1-2-3
Now that's the way to end it :)Woooooha!!! What a way to end the half.
scottnak - July 9, 2006
I can't believe
They let Kendall hit.Light up the Halo!
scareduck - July 9, 2006
Three
That'll do very nicely, things are looking up - rotation looks killer, and people are starting to hitMatt UK - July 9, 2006
Co-panthers of the game
Ervin Santana for a great pitching performance,Jose Molina for a great defensive catching job including that play at the plate, and the homer.
scareduck - July 9, 2006
wow, K-Rod is a stud
Molina stepped up his game it looks like. Framing pitches beautifully, nice sac bunt, great plays, and the big homer.Good game by a lot of guys. The AL West is amazingly bunched up right now.
We might need to start calling the A's park our home field. Light up the freeway!
thewebb - July 9, 2006
from what I heard about McAfee
no thanks!!ladybug - July 9, 2006
ha, no doubt
thewebb - July 9, 2006
For sure...
What an eyesore.scottnak - July 9, 2006
Big, big series Win !
There is a HUGE difference between going into the All Star break 2 games down or 4 games down. The difference is really greater than two games because it is huge psychologically.If we had lost today, I believe alot of the players (whether they'd admit it or not) are thinking it is an uphill battle in the second half. But now, that the Angels sweep Seattle and win three of four from the A's -- hey, we're only 2 games out baby! They have to be thinking it is right there for the taking, and we have the momentum going into the second half.
Boy, I sure do love our starting pitching.
Jack Frost - July 9, 2006
I think it was Earl Weaver
who said "momentum is tomorrow's starting pitcher". If that's true, I like our chances.scareduck - July 9, 2006
Who's starting tommorow?
cupie - July 9, 2006
Lackey starts
the first home game after the break.I like our chances.
pattimelt - July 10, 2006
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