Halos Heaven

Hutch (someone took my name) - April 2, 2007 reply

Original Picks of Destiny

Cabrera/Lackey/2

swiss mcgee - April 2, 2007 reply

I'm taking the gold this season

Vlad/Shields/uno

yes i can

GMJ
Oliver
3

Lets go Halos!

P237 - April 2, 2007 reply

Gonna try to get to this every day...

Kotchman/Bootcheck/2

jimmuscomp - April 2, 2007 reply

Let's Go Halos!

and let the words of Darby Crash serve as our mantra towards victory!

GMJ / speier / 2

yeswecan - April 2, 2007 reply

damn I love this team

Vlad/Lackey/2

jerryhattrick - April 2, 2007 reply

2007 #1

cabrera/Lackey/2

Jangel7 - April 2, 2007 reply

oops - 2 of you already had the same

GMJ/Lackey/2

jerryhattrick - April 2, 2007 reply

I can't wait anymore

Kotch/Lackey/1

Wytelitning - April 2, 2007 reply

John, get those marbles out of your mouth!

Garrett/Lackey/3

Higz - April 2, 2007 reply

baseball!

O-Cab/Lackey/2

Selling tonight...

Not sure what or where yet, but here is my OPD:

O: Matthews
P: Lackey
D: 1

My guesstimated sales: $923
Tips: $22

Angel Hawker - April 2, 2007 reply

Yes

Vlad / Oliver / 2

WiseAndEck - April 2, 2007 reply

Pickz

Howie-Carrasco-2

MistaRaggy @ Halos Heaven - April 2, 2007 reply

OPD

Matthews/Lackey/2

Author - April 2, 2007 reply

about frickin' time!!

GMJ
Big John from Abilene
3

Lets get it on!

Vladdy/Lackey/3

Crapper John MD - April 2, 2007 reply

cheetah

o-ocab
p-lackey
d-2

Chompo - April 2, 2007 reply

bad karma

cupie - April 2, 2007 reply

OPD

Matthews/Lackey/1

hauldog - April 2, 2007 reply

Here we go!

Kotchman/Lackey/3

thrill000 - April 2, 2007 reply

Finally...

GMJ
Carrasco
1

The Limey - April 2, 2007 reply

And while I'm on the subject...

..and before I turn in for the night here in London.

Can I just say:

That more than any other team (and hopefully for this year only, because I'd rather hate the A's), I'd really like to see Texas beaten, humbled, humiliated and sent back to Texas crying as often as possible this year. Aside from the obvious pleasure of seeing the Angels come out triumphant and mighty, I very much need their owner Hicks to disown this team out of pure shame in their ineptitude, so that he can invest his hard earnt dollars in my other favourite Reds - Liverpool football club, which he also has a stake in. It needs to start tonight, and the Rangers need to receive a proper and regular humping for it to come to pass.
Bring it on Mr Lackey - remember there's nothing quite as satisfying as giving your home town team a proper kicking.
Best of luck to one and all.

Enjoy the game folks.

The Limey - April 2, 2007 reply

You'll Never Walk Alone, Limey..

Not even here on HH. Go Reds! (a fan since '98)

[...so...WTF was up with their start this year?!?]

Stirrups - April 2, 2007 reply

Same as every year...

Too many new players in the off-season, means not enough time to gel, which means stumbling through August and September.

To be fair, the schedule in the 1st few weeks was brutal, particularly on the road. The first 6 games on the road were (with current league position) - Sheff utd (17), Everton (7), Chelsea (2), Bolton (6), Man Utd (1), Arsenal (4).

That's 5 of the other top 6 on the road in the first 6 road games of the season.

All coming good now though. The Chapions League is winnable again this year.

The Limey - April 3, 2007 reply

uhhhhhhhhh

anderson/lackey/1

ZiK - April 2, 2007 reply

OPD

Cabrera/Lackey/1

RH15 - April 2, 2007 reply

Rev...what's your seat numbers?

I want to come over and say hello.

Sweetmeats - April 2, 2007 reply

If I played from day 1 last season...

I could have been at the top.

Cabrera/Lackey/2

And then I guess for my own enjoyment...

Angels: 5 Runs / 7 Hits
Rangers: 1 Run / 6 Hits

Let the Panthers loose!

opd

gmj/lackey/2

atron - April 2, 2007 reply

Bring it!

Cabrera/Lackey/3

This takes a whole lot more thinking than last year's runs/hits picks! :-)

jeff

OPD

Mathews Jr / Lackey / 2

ScottD00 - April 2, 2007 reply

Mine....

Howie/Lackey/1

AlohaHalofan - April 2, 2007 reply

One/162

vlad/lackey/1

TeddyBlogame - April 2, 2007 reply

OUCH

The Dodgers got served some bitter beer.

ohhh

pass me some kleenex to wipe away these tears............

of pure laughter

Caseys Kiss of Death - April 2, 2007 reply

OBD

Anderson /Lackey / 2

Beachbum Willy - April 2, 2007 reply

Picks

O: GMJ
P: Lackey
D: Lackey

Man, I'm tired

change D to "2"

Caseys Kiss of Death - April 2, 2007 reply

ODP

Vlad/Lackey/1

Arriba Los Angeles

Hillenbrand/Lactator/1

Downing Rules - April 2, 2007 reply

Go Angels!

O: GMJ
P: Lackey
D: 0

foxpaw - April 2, 2007 reply

Pix

Kendrick
Lackey
1

Why must it be 5 more hours until gametime?

And we're back

Matthews
Lackey
2

ReggieBullits - April 2, 2007 reply

Let's get this thing on

GMJ/Lackey/1

canadianangelsfan - April 2, 2007 reply

Anyone else watching the Red Hose?

Donkey's running onto the field. Royals up 6-1. A beautiful, beautiful thing.

running?

Donkey doesn't run...it's a slight meandering

see DeJesus do the "I caught it" act?

even he couldn't keep a straight face

I saw that.

He did his job.

Picks

O: HGH
P: Big John
D: 1

Picks

O: OC
P: Lackey
D: 2

I am a fair weather fan so the halos better win - April 2, 2007 reply

Last years starters

Weren't they Vlad, OC, Kotchman and Anderson?

I am a fair weather fan so the halos better win - April 2, 2007 reply

When the first pitch is thrown...

... my sanity will be restored.

Picks:

Vlad/Speier/2

agermer - April 2, 2007 reply

Pikz 'n' Panz

Hey...wha..uh...!snorf!...

Time to wake up! It's baseball time!

GMJ/Carrasco/2

Stirrups - April 2, 2007 reply

WOWIE......look who is alive

HeyLegacy was just asking me which hole you buried yourself in........glad you are back!

Back to business.

O: Vlad
P: Lackey
D: 1

Let's get off on the right foot tonight. I cannot wait!

Get it done!

goodvibe61 - April 2, 2007 reply

I'm excited

O: Matthews
P: Lackey
D: 1

Dogman - April 2, 2007 reply

Son of Sarge

SOS/Lackey/1

Yetijuice - April 2, 2007 reply

OPD

Juicer/Oliver/0

Sixtyminuteman - April 2, 2007 reply

HOORAY!

Cabrera/Lackey/1

charlata - April 2, 2007 reply

BTW

I really enjoyed listening to that podcast Rev. It was the perfect way to spend 30 min on hold with the DMV haha. No. Seriously.

I never fail to be astounded by the ridiculous lack of coverage for our superior left coast and Mr. Aiello at least seemed sympathetic to our cause but drove the point home with his general obliviousness to our goings on and his reason for knowledge about the team being based on "his enjoyment of watching them" and his experience as a TechSim manager. Nice guy, but ignorant as the next man for whom our games start at 10:05pm.

agermer - April 2, 2007 reply

Pix

Cadillac/Bigg Thunder Mountain/3

eyespy - April 2, 2007 reply

Pics

GMJ/Oliver/2

lightupthehalo - April 2, 2007 reply

And it begins...

I hate everthing Texas. Rangers are possibly the ugliest group of baseball players around.

george bush - April 2, 2007 reply

but george, aren't you from Texas?

Higz - April 2, 2007 reply

OPD

Matthews
Lackey
2

tanana40 - April 2, 2007 reply

Line-Ups

For your Los Angeles Angels:

CF Gary Matthews Jr.
SS Orlando Cabrera
RF Vladimir Guerrero
LF Garret Anderson
DH Shea Hillenbrand
1B Casey Kotchman
2B Howie Kendrick
C Mike Napoli
3B Macier Izturis

P John Lackey

and, for the other guys:

CF Kenny Lofton
LF Frank Catalanotto
SS Michael Young
1B Mark Teixeira
DH Sammy Sosa
3B Hank Blalock
RF Nelson Cruz
C Gerald Laird
2B Ian Kinsler

P Kevin Milwood

ScottD00 - April 2, 2007 reply

another Punxsutawney Phil

outta the hole. Do you see your shadow or has baseball season actually started?

Minus DeRosa

I'm pretty sure Mark Derosa made created his career against Lackey and Escobar last season. I'm glad he's no longer in the lineup. He was also the poison that robbed Vlad of a hit in right field and denied him of continuing his streak against the punk asses from texass.

Pretty sure...

that it was Carlos Lee that robbed him of that hit. It was a VERY ugly catch.

Angel Hawker - April 3, 2007 reply

OPD:

Matthews/Lackey/1

Here's to a great season.

bc56274 - April 2, 2007 reply

O./P./D.

Guerrero/Lackey/2

joebernie - April 2, 2007 reply

Why Time Begins on Opening Day

by Thomas Boswell. Great read. Killer title.

I can't remember if I tried an O/P/D pick during the Freeway Series. In any event, this is the first one that counts.

O: Anderson
P: Lackey
D: 3

jjackflash - April 2, 2007 reply

A's lose

WOOHOO!!!

From day 1, Angels will be leading the division over Chokeland.

GO HALOS!!!!

squarefootnatlpark - April 2, 2007 reply

yeah you know me

O G.A.
P Lackey
D 2

OPD for me

Vlad/Lackey/2

knoxharrington - April 2, 2007 reply

Addendum

Only four Angels in tonight's game started last season's opener. Can you name them?

I'll take stab at this.

Kotchman
Cabrera
Vlad
Anderson

jjackflash - April 2, 2007 reply

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Curse you ESPN 2! CURSE YOU!

So I can't watch on MLB.tv now and our house has no cable. In NorCal, so no sports bars in sight, and especially none that will play the game...CRIE.

Let's go 1-0

Matthews
Lackey
3

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

Amerie........Its PANTHER TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HGH
Lackey
2

Lets watch Kendrick go 3-4 along with VLAD!!!!

ALL THIS HD CONTENT!

It's EFFIN' SWEET.

last minute pick

GMJ/Lack/3

riktermiller - April 2, 2007 reply

Come on Nathan

Just throw strikes, let's get this over with.

opening day is great

first pitch shortly

Hillenbrand/Lackey/0

Here's to a great season

ligtreb - April 2, 2007 reply

Cheers

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

Percy!!!!

Stud

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

love that pitch----yeah PERCY!!

I think the gun is STUCK

at 91

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

Woohoo!

Game 1 Begins!!

picks

anderson/lackey/1

Snake - April 2, 2007 reply

DPs

There's 1!!!!!

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

Nice catch

GMJ

nice catch GMJ!!!!!!

what a catch

I won't boo him yet.

ligtreb - April 2, 2007 reply

Well well.

Now that's the way to say Hello on Day 1!

ESPN2

HURRY the %$#@ up, I want my Angels!

its on Fox too

Not for me

I'm in TX right now, so it's only available on ESPN2

bummer

it's on my ESPN2 here

Yeah

The Twins game ran late, so now they're showing that crappy sports update show (the ESPN 2 version) even though the channel guide says it's the game.

And of course MLB.tv isn't gonna show it since I'm supposedly in the market area for the game.

Grrrr....

$50 million catch right there

right below my seats, too

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

are you there now?

I'm not

Decided to go to Tim Salmon night instead of tonight.

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

that should be a great night

since they are retiring his number

and bobblehead night

: )

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

OPD

CABRERA/LACKEY/3

ANewFoundThrice - April 2, 2007 reply

GMJ

I already like the guy.

That was beautiful

Absolutely beautiful

canadianangelsfan - April 2, 2007 reply

hellz yes

big time catch

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

That's the way

to start the season Vlad!

Wooo Woooo!!!

First Blood!! Yeeeeah

goooooo big daddy vladi

HGH comes throught!!!!!

Percy!

Ahhh yeah.. Percy time.. one last time!

I know - this is so cool

and now I am convinced it was him I saw at the ATM.....damn!

You look tired Sammy

have a seat.

ha ha ha to Sammy

Gameday is crazy

They're tracking a little funny or the umpire is a douchebag.

shea = new rally killer = alfonso = finley

yes to both

Triple K!

Eat 'em up!

Nice, Big John is ready to go opening day

Lackey...

Glad I got him on my Fantasy team this year! Looking great!

lackey

supah panther strikeouts

kotchMAN!

Kotch!

Going Deep!

BANG!

HOOOOOOME RUN!!!
Kotchmaaaaaan

CASEY AT BAT

YOU DA MAN

Bam!

canadianangelsfan - April 2, 2007 reply

Kotchman!

Good to see him back.

ligtreb - April 2, 2007 reply

And the mono is gone!

GO CASEY!

Not bad Kooch Man

I guess I can live with that.....Morales can wait a little.

boom goes the dynamite

Anyone else ready to get your kotchman jersey?

from day one

this is what i posted the first day of practice, Feb 16th here at HH:

one of the two position players that showed up, #35, Casey Kotchman. Casey hit four balls out of the park - ..... His swing looked as sweet as ever. Nobody else came close to hammering the ball like he did ...

this is just the start - the dude will be HUGE!

rbrianc - April 2, 2007 reply

You did call that one...I witnessed it!

Downing Rules - April 3, 2007 reply

Bad start for Nap

a K and now a dropped foul ball

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

Ouch...

E hurts. But wow at the GMJ effort!

napoli

jerryhattrick - April 2, 2007 reply

GMJ

one step forward, two steps back

jerryhattrick - April 2, 2007 reply

Noooooooo....

Well. Back to 0 you go...

Okay start booing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK

Where the heck did the defense go? Nap's was excusable....GMJ???? boooooooooooo

maybe they are trying to beat

last years error record

Hey!

It's that famous Angels defense making a comeback this inning! From our "fantastic defender" no less!

Of course I can only hear the game at the moment (see my second post, above), so I don't know how easy that play should or should not have been.

Definitely

should've been caught

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

with Naps

I can see it happening. You get disoriented with the screen and stuff. GMJ's? He kept calling it, he should have had it.

The Lumbering Vladdy

Was in his near view mirror...GMJ heard the footsteps! :) Hopefully, that is one of only a single handful or less.

Downing Rules - April 3, 2007 reply

I hope so

since it's obvious the HGH thing will never be proven/disproven, I'd like the guy to break out of any dark shadows and really be a solid, consistent player worth the big bucks that Arte is paying. That, and we have to put up with him for a few years-it's been a rough and rocky start.

ladybug - April 3, 2007 reply

GMJ

I love you

jerryhattrick - April 2, 2007 reply

oh god

Now I can't decide. He's made two spectacular catches and an error. I guess that's good?

Geee...

Ok GMJ... umm... woo?
Please stay on the +

that cancels out the other

so he is still one up

Plus

he walked and scored a run

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

hmm

is it going to be like this all year with that guy?

survey says.....

YUP

Make em pay for that

pain-free GA

Horrible AB

If you're swinging first pitch, you BEST be swinging at a pitch you can drive. Not reaching, dick.

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

excitement has returned!!

Thar we go

Es on the other side!

Izzzy!

Score another. Woohoooo

Is it me....

or did Darren Oliver look SUPER PISSED to be pulled from that game? Looks like he muttered some words, questioning the decision.

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

It isn't you

looked like he muttered a not so nice word when he saw Mikey coming out...

angelsrallymom - April 2, 2007 reply

disturbing

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

Sexy Speier

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

Justin

with a NICE strat to his season

start

I like Vlady

He really enjoys the game!!!!

angelsrallymom - April 2, 2007 reply

I guess

Shields put the evil Scot in a closet for tonite.

jesus

Both Speier and Shields could be closers on at least 20 other teams. Sweet.

Woo Woo!

Shields comes in nicely :D

more of that GA!

thrill000 - April 2, 2007 reply

YAHOOO

GA!!!!!

angelsrallymom - April 2, 2007 reply

woooooo hooooooo!

4-1

thrill000 - April 2, 2007 reply

GA IS BACK!!

YAHOO

angelsrallymom - April 2, 2007 reply

Rangers

catcher has spooky eyes...looks like he's related to that run-away-bride woman....

angelsrallymom - April 2, 2007 reply

Anyone else notice...

Frankie's hat?

what about it?

Ty Webb - April 2, 2007 reply

Well...

On the ESPN broadcast when Shields was pitching they panned over to Frankie and he kept touching/rubbing the tip of his bill. Then when Howie was up - they panned to him a gain and the underneath of his bill was glistening a little.

Then again - my powers of observation could be way off...

yup

There's definitely something on it.

Oh Please!!!

what "glistening" did you see????

angelsrallymom - April 2, 2007 reply

I aint complaining...

It just looked wierd - I don't have DVR or Tivo so I can't go back. Again - I aint complaining or calling him a cheat or anything like that and I want the Halos to lock up K Rod (cause that pen is pretty damn unstoppable with Speier and Shields in front of him) - it just looked wierd.