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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Game 109/162

GAME THREAD - Rangers at Angels - Padilla V. Lackey - 7:05 p.m.

Star-divide

Kinda wish we could have put those 4 runs from the 8th inning last night in the bank for tonght...

Intentionally Altered Movie Lines
Miyagi: Your friend, all karate student, eh?
Adam Kennedy: Friend? Oh, yeah, those guys.
Miyagi: Problem: attitude.
Adam Kennedy: No the problem is, I'm getting my ass kicked every other day, that's the problem.

I took the day off yesterday due to an illness which I believe was caused by a Carls JR burger at the stadium on Tuesday. But now this is all Boy Who Cried Wolf - I warned you all and then I did it to myself...

Beat My Runs and Hits Picks: LAA: 7, 13 ... TEX: 2, 8

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Strike first! Strike hard! No mercy sir!!!
Miyagi Do Karate: 6/10
Cobra Kai: 3/7
down and out in the OC
slightly altered movie lines:
Scioscia: [the team is visibly smashed] Hey, team?
the team: Mmmmmm?
Scioscia: I thought we weren't going to drink any more.
the team: Well, Sosh, yeah. It's true. We are  vegetarians. But we hear... that vodka... comes from a potato!

Dang, those mugshots on angels.com-Padilla looks dark and evil and Lackey looks like a white boy goofball from Abilene Texas

Big John from Abilene 6/11
The Dark Side         4/9

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON ????
(asks the chief ragmeister)
the winning side, of course
:-)

just going with the "on the road bar" theme. I know I was way off---

we all know the team drink is TEQUILA!

on the rocks LOL
I cannot make a prediction..
..without knowing if AK is going to be a void in the 9 hole (as usual) or if G.A. is going to be batting ahead of Rivera (and ending innings before Juan gets to hit) again.

If both are true we score 3 runs on 8 hits tops.

If AK sits, Q is at first, HK at 2nd where he belongs and Juan is hitting in front of G.A., 6 and 9.

Oh and Lackey holds Tex-Ass to 2 runs on 5 hits in 8 innings.

wait until the lineups are posted then
I cannot keep track of all your ifs and buts.

4 picks per person, no contingencies...

pix
Angels: 5/7

them:   2/3

Peter Cetera Rules..
The big man from Abilene's team: 9,14
Those guys from elsewhere in Texas: 3,6

I'll be out in 241, next to the Knothole, avoiding the Carl's Jr. gutbombs!

Jeff

Take the Immodium A.D. with you
and have a bacon western cheeseburger!
pass on that...
i'm poor, and can't afford the $15 cheeseburger in the park... I'll be smuggling some food in!

Jeff

If Etta James married Peter Cetera...
Her name would be...
YIKES
you think you would have learned last night

<<thwap upside the head>>

Ahhh...
...you're just trolling for another poem. So let me start one. (Very, very sorry Mr. Carroll!)

The Owner and the Manager
Walked out to center field,
And then they rested on the rock
that Disney had revealed:
While all the roster players stood
And waited to appeal.

"The time has come," the Owner said,
"To talk of many things:
Of first--and left--and second base--
Of pennants--and of rings--
And if this team still has a shot--
And whether pigs have wings."

(to be continued...)

More
"But wait a sec," the Angels cried,
"Before we have our chat.
For some of us are aging fast
And few of us can hit."
"No hurry!" said the Manager.
(Ersty thanked him for that bit.)

"A bat at first," Mike Scioscia said,
"Is what we chiefly need.
Or a thumper in the outfield
With skill and glove and speed
Now if you're ready, Angels dear,
We'll trade and take the lead."

"But not with us!" the Angels cried,
As Erstad barred the door.
"We hate the Philly weather
And D.C.'s even more!"
"Good thing for you," the owner said,
"Jim Bowden barely knows the score."

I must admit...
I'm impressed.
Wow. My very next stanza and yours are close.
I was holding the rest of mine until other games. Here it is...

"But wait a bit," the players cried,
"Before we have our talk;
So we lack the skills to drag a bunt,
A few of us can walk!"
"Don't worry!" said the Manager.
They sat down on the chalk.

"A leadoff bat," the Owner said,
"Is what we chiefly need:
Relief pitching besides
Is very good indeed--
Now if you'll shut it, players dear,
We are ready to proceed."

"Don't blame us!" the players cried,
Turning a little blue.
"After so much kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!"
"The night is fine," the Owner said.
"Do you admire the view?

"It was so kind of you to come!
And you are very nice!"
The Manager said nothing but
"Someone must pay the price:
I wish you guys were not so deaf--
I've asked you more than twice!"

"It seems a shame," the Owner said,
"To play them such a trick,
After we've brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!"
The Manager said nothing but
"Let's get this over quick!"

"I weep for you," the Owner said:
"But some of you must go."
With sobs and tears he sorted out
The quickest from the slow,
"Howie, Kendry, Juan -- all yes.
GA, Ersty, AK --- no."

"Q can stay, and Izzy too.
OC, Vlad and Nap.
Our starting 5 remains intact
But mid-relief -- just crap.
Shields and K-Rod stick around.
And Adenhart's on tap."

"O players," said the Manager,
"You've had a pleasant run!
We loved you back in 2002,
But now it's all undone."
"That leaves just two." the Owner said,
"And Figgy is but one."

"Improve or go!" the Owner charged,
"Nothing else will do!"
"Start getting hits and scoring runs,
Or your career with us is through."
"So who's the last?" the Manager asked.
"Why Sosh, that one is you!"

ack...
yer killin' me Smalls!

jeff

Angels MLB Site
Did you notice that they changed the player photos on the top of the Angels' MLB site again?

The site now features:

Johnny Rivers, O.C., Big John, Li'l Weaver, and Napoli.

Remember way back in the spring when the site boasted the distinguished photos of Ersty, Colon, GA and Vlad?

Ah...they were simpler times.

Didn't they remove AK a few months/weeks ago also?
n/t
Yes, they did...
When Ersty and Colon went on the DL they were replaced with AK and Lackey.

But Rivera, Weaver and Napoli (to my knowledge) are very recent additions.

I'm glad they have the rookies highlighted up there now along with Hot-Like-Fire-Rivera.  

I checked last night...
and it wasn't changed yet.  Must have just happened.
Recent history of the Angels' masts
Right here.
Picks and Predictions
Halos: 5/8
Steers and...: 4/12
BONZAI!
Ralph Macchio - 8/13
Chad McQueen - 6/10

Remember in The Karate Kid near the beginning when Daniel meets some new friends and goes to the beach with them only to get beat up by Johnny and then his new "friends" abandon him because he got beat up? Some of the naysayers and poo-pooers on this site remind me of Daniel's "friends."

Furthermore, we all know that there is much to be learned from The Karate Kid. I, for one, never set my empty beer bottles on old Japanese men's vintage trucks. But think about it - The Karate Kid is an allegory for this Angels season:

Daniel LaRusso - Your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Johnny Lawrence - The Oakland A's
Mr. Miyagi - Bill Stoneman
John Kreese - Billy Beane (only not as cool)
Daniel's Mom - Darin Erstad (was around in the beginning but then just kind of disappeared)
Ali Mills - Rev. Halofan (sorry Rev, but we're just talking symbolism here)
Bobby - The Seattle Mariners
Dutch - The Texas Rangers

Let's get to that All Valley Tornament.

You're the best around. Nothin's ever gonna bring you down.

"Get him a body bag!"
Halos 5 and 9
Elizabeth Shue 1 and 8
Picks
Big John:  5/10
Lame Star State: 3/8
Love that sig
So
Presumably we should have Darin Erstad starting in center?  To say nothing of Spiezio at first and Fullmer at DH...
Angels
Angels 6/10
Rangers 3/8
My predictions
Angels - 7/13
Rangers - 4/9

I further predict that if the Angels should happen to lose, there will be no shortage of people pointing out all the obvious things Scioscia should have done.  This will all occur after the fact, of course.

Picks
Angels- 14/20
Rangers- 2/8
P239 tonight Row P
Angels: 6/11
Ranglers: 3/8

Enough is enough with loosing to these AL West teams, loosing 3 out of the first four at home suck donkey balls...

Bench AK, Move Howie to 2b, Call back Morales and platoon him with Q, Bench Figgy, Let Carrasco be the last man out of the pen like Jones last night, Move Donkey to the 7th inning,

That should just about do it!

and start spelling lose l-o-s-e!
Pix and Pans
Intentionally Altered Movie Lines, with apologies to The Rev
Rev: [Rev hits Sosh in the face] Don't put AK in the lineup! Do you hear me NOW?
Sosh: No I didn't quite catch that Rev.
[Rev hits Sosh again]
Sosh: Still not getting it.
[Rev hits Sosh a few more times]
Sosh: Ok, I got it. Shit I lost it.

Texan: 9/13
Texas: 7/10

P.S. - We need to get us a new breed of Rally Monkey

Best quote from that story
"There are too many monkeys". Well, of course.
Wax on, Wax off
Texas' daddys - 6, 7
Vladdy's bizzos - 4, 8
Who's going to be at the game tonight?
I'll be wearing face paint and yelling somewhere in the Family Pavilion.
I HAVE GOOD SEATS
Great seats in fact, by the camera-well near the Angels dugout.

WARNING: T-M-I BELOW...

But I have diarrhea and will likely be sitting on the Field Level throne more than in my seat...

Dude
Whenever you get the chance to sit close enough to feel the breeze of a John Lackey fastball, you "put a cork in it"!
you popping Immodium?
Barium
It'll make your poo whiter than white, but it will plug up all leaks.

Heh, heh, heh I typed poo

<giggle> <giggle>
you're such a doo-doo face!
might as well drink
plaster of paris......
Poop jokes
Rev will be on the JOHN poopin out of his CRACKEY 7and11
First you gotta shit, but then you Carlos Pee 3 and 7
Alll quiet
on the western front!

Angels: 3 / 7
Rancheros: 1 / 4

Picks
Halos 5/9
Texass 3/5
wax on, wax off
Pat Morita: 8/13
Ralph Macchio: 3/8
Pick-a-peppa
Big John Lackey on Trackey: 7/13
Vanilla Padilla: 2/7
picks
Angels:4/7
Texas:2/10
"Picks"
Angels 3/6
Texas  11/19

Mark Teixiera just EXPLODED YOUR FACE OFF. (Thats right, that means you Gregg.)

congrats, he beat a bad pitcher
if it were off weaver, you might have a point.
tell
that to scoscia!
We better at least split this series:
We better AT LEAST go 3-4 at home against these teams...

Angels: 6/11
Rangers: 4/10

Big John
AL Pitcher of the Month: 6/9
Some other guy: 4/8
By the way Rev...
We're off on the game count... this is game 109. (Yeswecan doubled 107 on the last game)
Party on, Garth!!!
Just passed the stadium parking lot on Metrolink. Most excellent tail-gate party going on at the Northwest corner. They got a trailer large enough to host their own Yardhouse. Well done crew!!
Padilla
looks like some crazy murderer in his mlb.com picture.
picks
angels 6/11
brokeback 5/10

score some runs!

Bartolo Colon
For those who didn't hear this from Steve and Rex, Colon has a possibly torn rotator cuff and may not return at all this season.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=As4kGXSbjdfZ9raCwL_y7HUP0bYF?slug=ap-angels-colon&prov=ap& amp;type=lgns

not good
at all
so we have 2 1/2 pitchers
left????  
Thanks for the link
Is ANYONE surprised by this? He hasn't looked good this whole season.
Not even a little bit surprised...
But at least, now that there's a real diagnosis, he can't attempt to convince the coaching staff that he's well enough to pitch and we won't have to sit and watch him suffer on the mound every 5th day.
picks
Angels: 7/13
Rangers: 2/6
hi
ranges 5/14
anges 6/15
Question about "Big John" drinking game
Would it get you even more fucked up than the Century Club?
Ciiiircle of Liiiiife....
Ouch. Long AB
lets
keep em off the board
Am I too late? Work sucks...
Halos: 6/12
Texass: 3/7
nice hold only one
Oof...
Bases loaded walk.
At least that's it... I suppose...
Christ that's ugly
Bad Lackey returns.
what kind of
inspirational speech did Mikey give today
Here we go again
Another 0-5 night for Figgins.  I am so goddamn sick of him grounding out in every single at bat.
Whee
Hack, hack, hack, hack, hack.  Fire Mickey Hatcher.
Un fucking believable.
A three-pitch strikeout, all of them called.
Kendrick
needs to move up in the lineup, he needs to be alot closer to vlad
Been there, done that
Didn't work so well.
what?
maybe he hit second in the order once or twice this year, but you cant say thats enough of a sample size to prove that howie cant hit higher in the order. Especially when he's been at worse our 3rd best hitter the past few weeks
Don't get me wrong
I'm not saying he can't do it, but Scioscia isn't likely to repeat a failed experiment.
Not. Good.
Lackey looks awful out there.  No command.
GA!!!!
Ohhhh yeahhh
GA
wow he needed that
Crap
Now we gotta put up with three more weeks of GA.
fastball, inner half
ga can hit that
Man does he love to DH
That a Caddie
solidified
GA in the 5 hole w/ that shot
Bizarro world
The good are doing bad and the bad are doing good
truly
I need to take advantage and buy a lotto ticket. In normal world I never win, so in bizarro world...
buy one for me
I already got some from last week you can have.
LOL gee thanks
can hardly wait to check the numbers to see if I win...I owe you a couple of bucks now? I'll buy you a beer at the next brews-n-ballgame gathering
Hey Kool-Aid
walker texas ranger
man.. i hated that show
NOW, if AK hits anything
I am RACING to the store for a lotto ticket
he hit it.....
...he was robbed!!!!
wha!?!?!?
WHAAAAT???!
Ugh.
man
we're getting a first class reaming by these umpires...
How close was it?
I only have no Rex streaming, cept when the wonder-dog hawks TV's from a store that isn't Howard's
Close.
Still-shot shows safe. Dammit.
replay showed AK's foot on the bag
and the ball still in the air
DVR frame by frame shows it was a tie
Last time I checked those go the runner. Unless you're an Angel I guess.
My DVR frame by frame catches the ball
4 inches out of the mitt with the foot on the bag.
replay on TV confirms that one
TiVo sez SAFE.
But AK needs to stretch for the bag, not pull up.
nevertheless
he was safe, woulda be 18 gm hit streak.
OC Blooper!
Scoore!
nice
job oc we needed that bad
New T V replay
just matched my TiVo
O.C. cha-cha-cha
Looks like the Angels just got
the Kennedy call back.
Oh shoot.
Make up call for sure...
lets make it count
2 out rally
likin this
TiVo says out
yup
but ump says safe..guess we are even
NO!
AK would have scored ahead of Izzy. OC never made it around. So the ump took a run off our board, then "made up" the call on a non-scoring base-runner.
Anyone know....
Exactly what is the longest hitting streak for one player against one team?
Welcome back GA
They need to use that X-Mo thing on plays at 1st
Lay off the hanging breaking ball Lack
No command at all today...
way
to silent their bats
Oh dear.
Another missed one...
(At least we're +1 on those calls)
Another
makeup call?  

What's with the umpires in this series?

At least 5 blown calls on the bases
and I haven't even been paying close attention to waht has been having to the strike zone.
Yeah, that call may help us.
The would have a runner on 3rd with 2 outs.
Oh. Now I see the strike zone.
Right on the outside black is a ball. But 1 - 2 inches outside is a strike. Yep, makes perfect sense.
Somebody with a brand new blue shirt
has a hot date tonight
WTF is up with Lackey??
I kinda predicted this with my picks....too much potato juice
Noted
Avoid the Carl's Jr.

Thanks, Rev!

Lackey
needs to get his gomer pile head out of his ass and make some pitches dammit
On track for 200 pitches in this game
Uh-oh
somebody in the bullpen. Can't be good.
never is
though I am developing a strange belief in Donkey..his last couple have been good
rivera
thank god hes out there in right...
Carrasco Up?
Oh dear.... C'mon DP...
someone cuss for me
damn, Mike...think you shoulda pulled his ass a few walks ago????
Gosh Dangit Texas
Get out of the Western Division.
Texas?
I'll be shocked if their pitching holds up through the end of the month.
And that is all
Good night, kids.

Goddamned Lackey.

duckie, dear duckie
normally at this point I give you my Pollyanna with the rose colored glasses speech......

good night to you too!
and yeah about Lackey, but Sosh has got some huge sponsitility in this one...he should have pulled Lackey earlier

got them right where we want them!
i hope
Wow a slam. We're screwed.
That was an 85MPH fastball. Not a changeup. Lackey does not have good stuff tonight OR location. He was throwing easy 94-95 in the Oakland shutout. Today he was overthrowing and only hitting 92-93 (out of the zone).
the TM 5th inning meltdown.
joy
o?!
First batter = K? :O
But Hud Explains It All
"Baseball is a game of peaks and valleys."

Oh. Well, then. Ok. I guess tonight is just a valley. Like last night. Like all of June. and May. And a good part past the All-Star break.

I feel a lot more hopeful now.

those ain't valleys
they are trenches like in Mariana
or the Grand Canyon
Snake River is our tears
Lacky was really struggling in the 5th
No way Scioscia should have left him in after the first 3 batters.  
figgy
almost thought figgy got a hit... almost...
Wrong
biorhythm.
Inning over. Utah commercial.
Hey, Utah has a pretty good ballclub. 6 games up in first?
need to get a poker game started
I have better chances of winning than these fools
then why does
your sister take your money??? hmmmmmmmmmmm....i agree on the game...
You called that Pachanga commercial : )
biorhythm this!!!!!!!!!!!
Well...
At least Carrasco is doing much better...
Oh HK...
how we love you...
Rally Monkey Time
hopefully he does his job 100% this time.
kiss cam
The Rev does, in fact, have great seats tonight. They just had he and the missus on the good 'ol Kiss Cam
seriously?
are you at the game??
I kid you not!
Yep, I'm at the game.  Had to post after I saw him on screen!

(Sidekick)

Wow
Stars of the Big Screen.

Only in Hollywood

LOL
we get to call him Rev Poops-n-Kiss
yep
I saw this too.. I was looking up, waiting for old people to suck face, and there he was.. him and the Mrs.... then they sucked face...  It was sweet!

jeff

That is just too flippin' awesome.
Did he get any special cheer because ya'all recognized him?
Yeah, I too was at the game
and saw the Rev on the Kiss Cam. I was like REV!
I cheered...
I cheered... but i was the only one in mysection that seemed to recognizze the Rev.

jeff

How the hell
Did he get that... Wow.
even Hud & Phyzz
seem quiet tonite
It is probably
better that way.
Rex's Biorythm Chart.
no shit
Ahahaha
Nice find
LOL
do mine...what ya need?
Your birthday. If you don't want it public,
use my email address on my profile.
ah hell....dont care 7/25/64
but you can email me my big results!
On it's way.
let me know if it does not arrive.
yes hud
he has "soft" hands we get it..
I'm feeling really schizophrenic
yea!!!
ohhhhhhh :-(
I wonder if that "Nicholas" kid
knows how to lay one down?
Damnit.
Is that #4?!!!
TiVo says out
Can somebody direct me to
a site that lists the upcoming free agent class...?
Noooo
HK... what is this...
c'mon pride 1 more hit!
R & H

  • darkangel01's pick asterisked because of that conditional picks. I think I chose the right one, your call for that Rev
  • goodvibe61 left out on his 6-3 run pick, but no difference since it doesn't score.
  • Whats with the long name winners today? Bah.
You missed listing me as a winner.
I pick up 1 point for Texas at 7 runs. Which jumps me up into the double digit section of the list!
Ooof

Mistake resolved :)

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