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Game Thread - Angels at Indians - Weaver Vs. Sowers - 4:05 p.m.

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Weaver was not perfect in his last start, but the who the hell was? And who's askin'?

Intentionally Altered Movie Lines:
Kelvim: You're busy after the game tonight?
MySpace Chick: Some old friends are coming over. We're gonna show some pornographic movies.
Kelvim: You need an usher?

With 49 games left in the regular season, is it too early to ask:
"What if it is Weaver Vs. Weaver in the World Series?"

Beat My Runs and Hits Picks: LAA: 5, 8 ... CLE: 4, 4

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50 games left
first one to 95 wins
W
LAA: 7/9
CLE: 5/7
Indian burn...
Halos: 5/10
Tribe: 3/8
Anaheim Angels A-OK
Angels - 5/12
Indians - 4/10
That song
will be in my head all day now.
Thank you.

Halos 7and10
Racist Caricatures 4and8

Pikz and Panz
I smell the faint odor of a trend wafting in the air...

Angels: 4/9
ChiSox: 3/5

So, what respectable list of hot dog condiments could possibly fail to include chili? What is this place, Chicago, with their disgusting lime green dyed pickle relish that looks like chopped crayons?

Tip to all HH addicts: Jerry's Dogs. One in Santa Ana at 17th & Tustin, south of The Claim Jumper. His second shop is out in La Mirada in the Lowe's shopping center. Mesquite grilled hot dogs and home made brats and sausages. Par boiled in beer before grilling. Deep fried potato chips available. Burgers and fries too, for those with less culinary aptitudes...

You know your picks
don't count if you can't even get the teams right...

We play CLEVELAND today, not Chicago again..

maybe
he wants to insult the Cleveland team ...
Yesterday was so much fun, I want to do it over!!
Yes..joining Tuesday with the rest of America:

Angels: 4/9
Injuns: 3/5

(Some day I need to take up coffee...)

Probably
A result of the same mental disorder that causes him to turn up his nose at Chicago dogs.  Hell, he probably eats ketchup on his.
For the record...
the perfect dog = mustard, ketchup, relish (without radioactive green dye #859), chili, cheese, onions, AND MORE KETCHUP!!!!
Ketchup on a hotdog:
Never.

Actually, there's one exception: the bacon-wrapped Mexidog often sold on street corners outside clubs & concerts, and at the occasional farmers' market.  The Chicago-style dog is austere compared to this concoction, which is topped with kethcup, mustard, mayo (no thanks), relish, grilled onions and jalapeƱos.  Mmm.  There are few foods in this world that cannot be improved by wrapping them in bacon.

MMMMMMMMMMM Bacon...
Now I'm hungry.  Thanks.
it might be a coincidence
but have you noticed since ol Stirrups arrival, the subject gets turned to food frequently??
No friggin' coincidence about it!
Being on this diet makes me think about food 100% of my waking hours. Damnit!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I promise to stop once this is all over. Really.)

you can now sympathize with us girls
so then you have an idea of hormone induced starvation?? LOL
Ketchup
Ketchup is the condiment for people who don't like the taste of food.  
except on fries
but then again, I acquired the tartar sauce (the really good kind) on fries habit when I lived in Seattle
JERRY'S
I eat at the La Mirada one with my lawyer and his cholesterol medicine whenever the legal shyte hits the fan.
I knew there was a reason I liked this joint!
Jerry's a cool guy. Hit him up for some advertising. His ads are not as fun as women's volleyball or suing Alltel, but they are almost as fun as Bonnie Bedilia movies (Die Hard, baby!)
Die Hard
What was the title they recently announced for the imminent fourth installment of the Die Hard "quadrilogy"?

Die Hard 4: Die Harderest?  

Haha...

Jump The Shark Time
Die Hard: Reset

Internet Terrorists? What, McLane ips his shirt off and bloodies his fingertips pounding away at a keyboard to save "Mr. President"?

ugh...
that queer bait from dodgeball is in it? good god...
your lawyer
is this the same La Mirada lawyer who tries to steal my seats every time i go to the stadium? haha
I see you are
fantasy cheating on your diet........
Hmmm. Maybe coveting my neighbor's
food is a sin? Lusting after his/her hot dogs. How 'bout it, Rev?

(Update: last week Aunt Jenny informed me that I have lost 25.8 pounds to date. That's after 5 weeks. My weekly appointment is the same time you all will be gorging on lasagna and side salads with pattimelt.)

First...
The Chicago-style dog is the ultimate; how can you not like that ultradyed relish?  It's completely out of this world.  I brought home a jar (as well as the elusive sport peppers) on my last trip to the Windy City.  I've run out, and need to make another trip back there (I can't bring myself to get it by mail order).

If you do like Chicago-style dogs, Portillo's opened a branch in Buena Park, which I've yet to hit up.

But I've heard great things about Jerry's Dogs from several sources.

Which brings me to this: why can't they serve a decent hot dog at the Big A?  I seem to remember, back in the 80s anyway, that they at least offered Hebrew Nat'l. dogs as an option.  Now, I happen to prefer dogs with natural casings that have the requisite snap, and know of no Kosher dogs that meet this test, but they're still better than the limp, insipid Farmer John's crap.  I like FJ pork products; but as a hot dog maker...FJ makes really good bacon.

I have passed on this tip before.
During daylight hours, drive east on Katella from the stadium. A little past Batavia, on your left, is a Home Depot. There is a dog cart there. He serves "Shafar" brand dogs. If you like Hebrew National, you will be amazed.
If the Halos ever get another off day...
...we need to open a diary thread as a suggestion box to improve the food at the stadium.

(P.S. - next off day is 8/21)

True dat
..but the BBQ on the first level isn't bad ( expensive though)
if you like the natural
casing and the "snap" when you bite into your hotdog try Pink's.....they are delicious and their chili is one of the best....
Final
Halos 6/13
Indians 2/8
Picks...
Angels: 3/6
Indians: 2/7

Sowers looks to be pretty good folks...

Picks
Angels- 6/11
Cleveland- 4/11
If anybody is watching Fox Channel 11
right this minute...your damn traffic/news chopper is right outside my fucking window!!!

You have no idea as to how bad that sounds from IN-FUCKING-SIDE THE BUILDING!!!!!!!!

dream weaver...
original, I know.

Angels- 7/12
Native Americans- 2/8

Molina vs. Molina World Series
It could be a Weaver/Molina vs. Weaver/Molina World series.

Angels - 4/9
Indians - 1/6

And furthermore
Weaver vs Weaver
Molina vs Molina
Eckstein vs Rally Monkey
Sandfrog vs Myspace
Edmonds vs Sorry, I couldn't come up with a primadonna on the current team
Win you bastards
Angels: 5 / 9
Indians: 2 / 8
Daily Pitchers' Biorythms
Fortunately for the Halos, yesterday's biorythms were totally wrong. Kelvim turned out fine, and Buehrle didn't have a wicked curve.

Here are today's:

Weaver
vs.
Sowers

pix
Angels: 7/12

them:   3/5

Picks picks picks...
ANA: 8/10
CLE: 4/9

Jeff

keep the streak going!
Angels: 7/10
Indians: 3/6
mat
Halos-5/12
Redman and his wives-3/9
Travis Hafner scares me.
McCloud - 6/11
Sours -  5/9
Pickadilly
Angels in the Outfield: 5/9
Major League Losers: 3/7
Oh, and Rev:
My favorite Woody Allen flick.

The Wide World of Sports/assassination montage that opens the movie is pure cinematic brilliance.

Prediction
Angels: 7/12
Indians: 4/9
Lets go!
Roooad Triiiip! 6 / 12
Fallin' Indins: 3 / 7
Another lefty
Big A: 5/9
Chief Wahoo: 3/8
Picks
Angels: 6/9
Demons: 4/8
Pix
Weavermania - 6/10
Lefty-Lou -   1/5
i liked "Deconstructing Harry" better
Woody Allen movies: 9/12
Hugh Grant movies: 0/3
Fight Night at Pechanga
Red Jerseys: 7/13
Red Skins:  2/7
Jered Weaver
There had been some debate on here as to what it is that Jered writes in the dirt on the mound before each inning and I'm not sure if anyone has posted this...

But according to his interview in Angels Magazine, he writes the initials of his late grandparents who were very supportive of his baseball career.

that's what I heard
well, his grandfather's initials anyway. Hey, when are we gonna force YWC, cupie & Scott (and whoever else wants to go) for a G.O.B. (game observing brewfest)????
Oo...
Well. If this Scott wants to go, its gonna have to be a G.O.S... haha..
S?
scotch, soda, slurpee???
Angels
Angels 5/9
Roger Dorn's 2/6
Picks
Arte's Guys: 4/8
Larry's Guys: 2/7
This may sound naive but...
...is that REALLY Escobar's MySpace page???
that's been the debate
it's either his or a close friend. There are pictures that most of us agreed were too personal to not have a close connection to Escy.
Such as
the pic of him holding a very young child who, according to the pictures, is his son.

Plus the clubhouse pictures with some Venezuelan WBC teammates.

I figure it's his.

or maybe
one of his "posse" who put it up for him, ie agent/manager?
Anybody else...
...going to see Adenhart pitch tonight???
picks
angels 4 9
cardinal 2 7
picks
Halos 7/11
"Who are these fuckn' guys" 4/9
Picks
Halos 5 and 9
Major League IV 2 and 6
pickage...
us:  7/14
them:  5/12

S

picks!
vlads pad 5/9
grady's ladies 3/8
It's Weaver time:
Angels: 6/9
Indians: 3/7
Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
to a Daydream BeWeaver.

This song/pun/movie stuff is getting far too hard.

LAA 8/8
CLE 2/4

PS JoMo is the catcher with the highest batting average in baseball since the ASB. Bengie is 30th.

http://tinyurl.com/n2vra

that beats Stirrup's very punny funnies
Clearly you have a thing for those
who type with a british accent.  I notice that you did not give him a WHOOMP! upside the head!
Yes, it's true, I am indeed Hugh Grant
So, Hugh, question of the moment:
Any man that would dump Liz Hurley for a $50 prostitute in Hollywood either is the dipwad of the last decade, or knows something about Ms. Hurley that the rest of us are afraid to learn! Which is it?
reminds me of the line in
Robin Hood:Men in Tights by Cary Elwes

Prince John: And why would the people listen to you?
Robin Hood: Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.
I don't have an English accent!
I have no accent at all.
Then you are NOT Hugh.
You're Kevin Costner. I am so dreadfully sorry.
damn
you beat me to it.  
uk halo is
absolutely correct...HE has no accent where he lives....it is WE who would have the accent if we went there.....i think cary grant had the best accent...
get with it MOTHER
Sean Connery....did't I raise you better than that?
well of course
sean connery....he's the best in the shity!!!  but is still love cary grant's accent, face, eyes, cleft chin, style...
Halos 5, Tribe 3
Angels    5,   11
Injuns    3,    7
Dreamweaver
...is the gayest nickname ever.  Let Jeff have it.

JWeave - 5/10
The stars of "Major League", "Major League II", and "Major League III: Back to the Minors" - 2/6

LINEUP
Izturis 3B
Howie 2B
Cabrera SS
Vladdy RF
Juan CF
Garret LF
Salmon DH
Quinlan 1B
Napoli C

Disregarding how well Jose has been hitting lately, this seems to be the best offensive lineup we could possibly field right now.  I like it.

I didn't post Nap's average
but for those who are interested, since the ASB, it's

.102

Naps BA against lefties is .190
His weight is listed at 205.

sigh

THIS LINEUP
is REV-APPROVED.
I don't like GA playing
I like him better DH. This isn't saying I don't want Timmy, I just think GA does better NOT playing. On the upside, Figgy isn't playing. Maybe he needs more rest.
fighting...urge...to...make...
comments...about...'Mr'....Figgins...until...Thursday...'cause...I...promised..............
LOL
#1-he's not playing
#2-read #1

SMILE

looping now. : )
and you have to
KEEP your promise!!!!!!  buggy is correct...he isn't playing so why would you be commenting on him...hmmmmmmmmmmm?????
The actual numbers
GA's line -

as a DH:  .275/.303/.422
as a LF:  .276/.321/.415

No appreciable difference...

why do the angels wear black belts
and i am not talking about karate?
to hold up their pants???
Good fashion sense
Black shoes = Black belt

Plus it is Bruce Lee's birthday today

Except for Mr. Rivers
who today is out of uniform by wearing some gray spikes.
matches their
shoes and batting gloves....and purses....lol
Hope its not too late
Halos 7/10
Tribe 3/8
It is for anybody thinking about posting
0 runs for the Halos!!!!!!
Yeah Daddie Yeah
GOOO BIG DADDY VLADI
about time
vladi is heating up!
Ohhhhhh yeah.
Vladdy daddy aint stoppin'
Damn that first ball swinging
Except sometimes
as they say in here
that's how he rolls
Yeeuh.
Kingfiiish!
.308 versus lefties
Napoli
Terry Smith just said that Napoli has been working with Mickey Hatcher lately. Uh-oh.
I could see it
"Kid, you're walking too much.  You gotta swing the bat!"
Hatch is clearly not doing his job.
He was a career .280 hitter. The Angels are only hitting .270. Hatch needs to buckle down and find those last 10 points in this team!

(removing tongue from cheek now...)

Why does Hatcher only get mentioned on here
When either the team isn't hitting, or when a particular batter isn't hitting?

I can't recall any Hatch kudos when we knock out 15 hits.

that's
the Hitting Coach Blues
for the love of...
can Tex do something worth a shit and beat Oakland tonight - please.
GA!!!
Mooooore Firre!!
GA gettin his game on!
Nice hit Hatch
The Mighty Q
Damn!
Quinlan against lefties...the dude could win a batting title if he could somehow manage 500 plate appearances against southpaws.
Ugh
Napoli's really in a slump, and I'm sure the Hackman hasn't helped any.

Seems to be he's just been missing his pitches; the buttload of foul balls and popouts tell me he's just missing.

But this is to be expected.  In his minor league career, he's been prone to extended slumps, sandwiched between streaks when he really goes on a tear.

weaver!
cruising!
Jered's Pitch Count
is higher than one would like: 71 through 4 IP, which means he'll probably only go six innings.  You'd like to see him work 7.  The Indians have been fouling off a bunch, and he's thrown more balls than one would like (several three-ball counts).

But I'm nitpicking.

4 Innings, 2 Hits, 0 Runs
yeah, you're nitpicking.
F$%&!!
Cabrera pops up - gets annoyed, and did you hear him in the dugout? He said a bad word. And they hold the camera on him...hilarious.
The best part
was that Rex and Phys had NO idea what to do with that. They just sat there and prayed that the camera panned back to the field.
Is the game
on FSN or Ch. 13?  If the former, it will be interesting to see if they cut that when the game is replayed later this evening.
FSN
417 on Dish in the big IE for me
What the F?
Cabrera has been hanging out with the Hackman, obviously; how else to explain his sudden fondness for first-pitch swinging?

And Vlad, too?

Geez, way to take advantage of an opportunity when you've got a guy on the ropes.

Figgy
leads the AL in stolen bases - imagine what he could do if he could actually hit his way onto base more often
See what happens
when you work the count?  Nice job, Juan.
Johnny Rivers
nice AB there, no hacking and gets the rbi
I've only got Gameday
which shows that the three pitches to GA were on the border of the strike zone.

Just curious whether any of them were actually, you know, strikes...

AT LAST
Phys & Hud are useful....verification of the initials on the pitcher's mound by Jered. I think they said EHH
ed & helen...
don't remember the last name...
WTY is the zone
The J's can only get lame flys of of him
9-Pitch Inning
helps with that pitch count thing I mentioned above.

Nice job, WTY.

Maybe he can go 7 after all.  I'd still be inclined to give him the early hook, given his recent forearm soreness and the fact that he's already thrown more innings this year than he ever has in his life.

As much as I like the Indians announcers
Better than Phys and Hud...can we PLEASE watch the game and not them? Yeesh...
Naps
going through a Fonz/Frosty style period - can't seem to buy a hit. Hope he pulls out of it soon, although at least his hot start has meant JoMo has upped it at the plate
Choo has
monkey ears
me thinks
Golden Boy's fall from the pedestal is in progress....
are you getting
the carl's jr. commercial???  they filmed at cantor's...that waitress is the one who waited on us isn't she?   we sat there and she came over and took our order...
1 bad outing out of 9
isn't bad!
this is 2nd
"not so good" outing
crap Donkey
I hope that is Good Donkey coming out and not Sweaty Donkey
scioscia
what took him so long to get him?  it was beyond apparent that weaver had lost it.
Way to go Sosh...
maybe it would be time to start being cautious with Jered and take him out an inning too soon rather than 2/3's of an inning too late.
Nah ...
You gotta give the pitcher the ball while he still has a chance to win the game before 6 innings.

unless he is getting shelled.

umm
i think eveyrone would have been pretty pissed if sosh took weaver out after 5 shutout innings
People woulda been pissed
had Scoscia taken Weaver out after the solo shot, even though Weaver was starting to lose it

hindsight is always 20-20

But once
there were a couple of guys on base, he should have pulled him.

So much for this game.

Eh...
I have doubts. I feel you would've said something about his pitch count being sub 100 and being pulled... But eh. What's done is done. Can't go back to what ifs.
Absolutely not
Not after the walk.

And especially not after the double.  Leaving him in to face another batter is pretty inexcusable.

It may be selective memory, but it seems that Donnelly is much better when he comes in mid-inning (especially when he needs to get only one out) than when he starts an inning.

take my chances w/ weav
ill always take my chance w/ weav over donkey. give credit where credit is due...
hud
keep it low to sizemore hud so he can belt another homer retard...
Sweeties trying to start a wave in Clev.
and some redheaded dork is bothering them
AK all da way
AK
Pulling through?? Nice!
Ya know...
..I was just about to criticize pinch hitting AK for Quinlan, and then he came through.
I wasn't about to
I did...and am SO glad AK proved me bad
doggone vet-ruhns....
look at that!!!!!!!
See No Ebel held a runner at third!
GA
why wasn't garret scoring there?
AK
did it on his own
because the left fielder was
in too close and ga may not have made it..
Choo Choo Kennedy
is a little speedster
get that old
vet-ruhn butt to second!!!   lol....OMG..he hit the ball and then stole a base...son-of-a-gun....
nap
come on boboli er napoli!
Heyyy!
Nice walk by Napster...

JUICED for Izzy!

oh
NO!!!!!111
I've said it before
Shields may be able to pitch....but the dude can't throw to 1st base to save his soul
learned
that from Kelvim i bet.
i think we should
have PRACTICE on throwing to first....
Inbetween
bunting practice
ersty would have
caught that ball...
yea
he would!
erstad
i dont want to see erstad at playing defense at 1st base ever again, maybe in center
erstad
best firstbaseman in angels history!
oh yea,,,,,
i meant that...
Great backup by AK
saved a base
our pitchers are the worst fielding
unit in the majors, without a doubt
pretty sad
when you play baseball all your life and you can't compose yourself enough to make a decent toss to first.
he stresses
and freaks out like he won't have enough time.
i'm pretty sure
that it is pretty hard when you are concentrating fully on the batter
i think he was
just in too big a hurry to get the runner..but sometimes it's best to let them have the base....
Cmon Scot..
lets get out of the inning
mighty close
looked safe....at least the lead runner is gone...
can't believe
that was even a close play in the first place.
and a really slow runner
on 1st, in case there is a extra base hit...

Nevermind, nice job shields

CLEAR!
There's Da Shield!
shields
lights out! you need to improve that d tho shieldsy.
now we need
some insurance runs...
These Cleveland announcers
aren't very exciting, but they bend over backwards to be fair to both teams. A refreshing change from last night's Chisox bozos.
i think we have talked about this before
but i am always confused...does an error help a players OBP??
don't think so
because he was suppose to be out. it would be all screwy then if that were true.
No
only walks, hit by pitch and hits count towards OBP
almost!
went a whole game without an error.
Why does this team
always seem to roll over in the ninth?
I mean offensively
n/t
because
our guys want them to make an epic comeback.
Because they ...
put it a good pitcher. They are pros, and also want to win .
maybe
they have that much confidence in frankie!!! just kidding
that way we forget
all the crappy offense/defense and leave the game with an overwhelming WOW feeling.  I guess they think the long term memory gets cancelled out.
Situations like this always scare me
I always prefer Frankie to have a two run advantage going in so he can give up the customary HR and then get the save.
true
but we gotta give frankie the benefit of the doubt for now, he hasnt given up a run in like a month
yeah, because he is overthrowing tonite
and trying too hard.
li*K*e Always
good, he's calmed down a bit
Englett has played two games against us, and
he already can be considered historically a challenge to us.

Thanks Phyzzie

Damnit.
Could be worse, I guess.
DAMN
had my "light up" accolade all ready....

CRRRAAAPPPPP

Gots to remember
like you always says
I don't know how I feel about the drums.
They make the game more exciting, but they get annoying after awhile.
damnmmmmnnnnnnmiitttt
YES!
LIGHT UP THE DRUMS!
light it up!!!!!!!!!
WHEW
sigh of relief
LLAAAAAAAAAAAAooooooooAAAAAAAAAAAA
AK is the Panther
agreed
just another hAlo VICTORY
nice job there Frankie!!

what does this do to Jered? no decision?

time to send The Count/baby weave
to the minors...  needs to get some more innings...
Three G's gets the win
Sorry
Your man the Donkey
*HALO*
Twas dirty... but we got it!
haha
did u guys just see figgins jump on JoMo's back?
Seriously?
The mental image is horrendous yet hilarious.
Um.... R&H EXPLOSION

Notable Events
  • 33 Pts distributed
  • 26 Winners. (37 picks)
  • Yetijuice scores 3 pts today! Only wrong pick was a CLE 3 instead of a 4.
  • Stirrups breaks a 6-game scoring streak.
Scott
Love the grid, it looks like some sort of fucking Chuck E. Cheese NCAA basketball tournament bracket.
Hah.
Thanks... today was especially nuts... :P
The craziness knows no end...

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