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GAME THREAD - Angels @ Striped Feline Zoo Tenants - 4 pm
John LACKEY vs Mike MAROTH

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If you could see me now
you'd find me being brave
and trying awfuly hard
to make my tears behave

We swept the Dodgers, they swept the Cards.
Thanks for handling the A's, we're not the Redbirds...

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I was at Sunday's game
and I finally got one of those Ruby's milk shakes.  I must say it was fan-freakin-tastic.
That reminds me.
I got one of those, on the suggestion of Rev...

$6.75 and way too rich and creamy for my liking.  Everyone else seemed to enjoy it though, so what do I know.

Absolutely freakin' nothin
because those are the best damn shakes in the country.

Go back to your runny soup shakes from Mickie D's.

Do they have to be from the one at the stadium
or from any Ruby's?
Lineups
Willits, LF
Cabrera, SS
Guerrero, RF
Matthews, CF
Quinlan, 1B
Hillenbrand, DH
Aybar, 2B
Napoli, C
Figgins, 3B

v.

Granderson, CF
Polanco, 2B
Sheffield, DH
Ordonez, RF
Guillen, SS
Rodriguez, C
Casey, 1B
Monroe, LF
Inge, 3B

Ughhh!

CASEY KOTCHMAN NEEDS TO PLAY EVERY DAY
But Hillenbrand is the second coming!
Mono and Morales
need to start over Katrina and Quin!!!!
stupid mlb.tv..
..is hella lagging.. this is pissing me off..
Why the hell is this game
blacked out/
R the Shakes the same at any Rubys or
are they better at the stadium?
They are probably the same...
only an extra $2 at the stadium...what a bargain.
MLB.tv Broadcast
Noticed Rod Allen happens to be doing the Tigers broadcast on MLB.tv...  

Kinda a funny YouTube clip of Roderick loose in Japan.

Man, this Dick's Sporting Goods advertisement loop is incredibly irritating...

GMJr
did Gary really try with that swing?
Crafty Lefty
dealing...

Robb, you don't have to swing at every pitch.

SHEA
hits a bird and gets a double.

this guy is priceless.

do it for your ponies
Did he
Hit a Bird or get Flipped the Bird?
Admiral Aybar
hopefully
it is not a trap
Erick
that was a strike.

Have some fucking pride!

I like
that we are actually making the opposing pitcher throw pitches, rather than swinging at the 1st/2nd/3rd pitch.
And unfortunately
we have nothing to show for it so far.  Doh.
The guys who CANT
hit, (Shea, Naps, & Figgy) will be the ones who get it done for the Halos tonight.
Is that Hawaiian
for we suck?
Uhhhhhh...............
Mahola Aloha & Liki Liki My Tiki
Apocalypse
All Ks except for Shea who doubles?
I only have gameday at the moment but
it appears Lackey is dealing.
Lackey's Dealing???
The millions he makes isn't enough, now he has to deal....
Lackey
Just walked his 3rd batter in the 2nd.  He was dealing...
Magglio
What is up with this clown's hair-do?
He borrowed bart's hair.
I'm sorry...
but Bartolo does have some messed up hair.  With all his jack, you'd think he would see a stylist or something.
What Are We Thinking Tonight...
Stanley Cup or World Series????
Its O.C. vs. Detroit tonight....
Lets make it a sweep...Ducks and Halos!
I think
traffic for the Angels-Mariners game on Monday and Wednesday next week will suck.
Easy
Thunder Mountain...

Listen to Gubi, Guby, or Gobi Desert

Lackey
Strikey not Walkey, please.
My bad.
Is he getting squeezed a bit on the calls or is he missing by a lot?
WTF Blue?!!!!!!!!!
on gameday they look out
no squeeze
this is on Lackey
So....
Big thunder has the attitude in check then?
He's not getting out of the 4th at this rate
matthews!!!
jesus. what the hell john.
That's why we got him!
GMJr.
is neat-0
GMJr Diving Catch!
Did I mention he had a diving catch?
two and a half times!
I take it that
was acrobatic on the part of Gary
Erstad
makes that catch standing up.
It looked like a sure single all the way
Given Detroit has one of the most expansive centerfields in all of baseball, it was one hell of a play.
Maybe we should have another OPD
on how many pitches Figgins and Napoli will see tonight.
Detroit announcers on XM
It was great to hear their excitement then disappointment as Gary made a great play.
NAPS!!
Fuckin moon shot!
fucking Side Salad
Gubi
just called Napoli's HR as majestic and beautiful as they come
Way too many pitches in the 2nd for Lackey
Hope Mos is sharp tonight.
Naps is "making adjustments"
Man do we need him to hit sum bombs...
hey NAP-O-LI!
Bizarro world
Hillenbrand: Double
Napoli: Homerun
Figgins: Double
Allow Me to Gloat
As I said earlier:
The guys who CANT hit, (Shea, Naps, & Figgy) will be the ones who get it done for the Halos tonight.

"Somewhere in suckass Arizona smokin' tumblweeds"

by Rex DaKine Budler on Tue May 22, 2007 at 04:26:26 PM PDT  

Who is this Figgins guy?
And what have you done with Choney?
Look at Me!
Steve Figgins
Whooo!!!
More HRRRRs!!
WOOOWHOOOO!!!!!
Exactly what we need righ now.  Saweet!
wooo hooo oooo ccccc!
power is a beautiful thing!
OC
Orange County goes yard.
C A B F A R E ! ! ! !
ptckin up the tab on the motown meter tonight!
Howdy doody!
I'M DIgging the gubi and mota
play by play.
I dig Gubi
But Mota is a little too staccato for my liking. At least he doesn't sound like the dumb kid in 3rd grade like Hud.
why
because he's a beaner?
Dominicans are beaners?
No I was referring to his cadence. Last I checked that was non-ethno-specific.
just being an ass
Let's hope the 3 spot
Gives Lackey the guts to attack these bastards.
Horale OC!!!!!!!!!
Now let's protect this lead and give Big John some strong support.
Simon ese!!!
Holy Shit
we got a "grimace" from Lackey
What does Colon have to do with Lackey?
Other than the whole teammate thing?
Lackey vs Grimace
when he made the play at first... he grimaced.
He turned into a fat Dominican?
Or a purple Mickey-D's mascot?

I'm confused.
.
.
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.
.
.
.
.
No not really.

Grimace? What happened?
HEY REV....
I asked this question 2 times already but no one answers so i have to ask you.

Are the Ruby's Milk Shakes better at the Stadium or are they freakin awsome everywhere?

They are great everywhere
Robb vs Downing
who's cool?
Brian Downing
There was once a Brian's Brigade
I haven't seen a Q's Queue yet.
Explain
the open stance...
AHHHH!!!
Get it.

Downing all the way.

Clark Kent lookalike vs. Jimmy Olsen lookalike.

Downing all the way
Robb has a goofy swing and doesn't produce at anywhere near the rate Downing did.  Downing was the incarnation of Super Man.
Would that make
Mike Port Lex Luthor?
Lackey
has been looking a lil' bit lose

add the homerun.

Ahhh
Vladdy....
Vlad
umm....

you are awesome

Reggie Reggie Reggie Reggie Reggie
Ordenez = Manny Ramirez Jr.
The right-handed hitting Ordenez doesn't have quite the power or the patience of Manny, but his offensive attributes are similar.  I was calling him "Manny Ramirez Jr." throughout the ALCS against Oakland last year.  It was pretty nice at the end.  LOL!
Lackey
throw a strike!
you are asking too much,,,
BaDaBing !
I smell a stint
on the 15 day.
Porque
Why Monkey Choker?  Why you say such bad things about Juan Grande???
Because
it's more respectable than ChokeTheChicken
Oh wait...
Haha.  Totally misunderstood you're question.  So...um...yeah, these ribs are the bomb!
Thunder Mountain!
81 pitches thru 4
Lackey needs to be cut some slackey...
Side Salad
nice walk
Back to being
a three-true-outcomes hero?
what you said...
Who is this Figgins guy?
And what have you done with Choney?
OMFG!!!!
FIGGY LAID DOWN A GOOD BUNT!

I think I shat myself.

Yep I sure did
I'll be back in a bit.
Inge E-5 baby!
Woo hooo!
Angel fans laundry bills
just went up.
Whoo!!
Go Reggie!!!
Reginald F'ing Willits
Is the man.
Productive Outs!
5 Runs without any input from Vlad
table was set and cleared and now is 0 fer 3........
Rev..?
What the fuck is input?
when you PUT the ball IN play
IN PUT
Someone should make a instructional DVD
of this game to show the kids how it's done.

TextFreakingBook.

2 pitch out
NICE
2003 Lackey returns
Remember when Lackey used to be unable to get out of 2-out situations without hemorrhaging runs?

Or maybe his ankle is bugging him more than he's letting on.

C. None of the Above
I'll take one from column C, please
Nice groundball to get out of the inning.

Moseley through the sixth?  Or does Lackey come back?

Gameday said he got a visit to the mound...
was that Butcher?  that's the first time this year I have seen a visit to the mound result in a positive change immediately afterward.  It was a 3-0 count and Lackey got three straight strikes (third one was hit into play -- the ground ball).
Lackey's done for the day
Handshakes in the dugout.
Yeah, Ordoñez's HR in the 4th was w/2outs
NOT.
looks like..
.. Big John is gonna get 5 in tonight.. cross your fingers and hope moseley is nails, and lack gets his 7th win..
out of..
..all of our pitchers, lackey is probably the one that scioscia would let go the extra pitches.. but i still don't see him coming back out with 101 pitches through 5..
Napoli
just hugged Lackey...

I dig it.

I think it is cool...

101 to the 5
those are direction to my house!
Quinlan!!!
HR Bonanza!! :O
Q SHOT!!
WOOT!
*\o/* Quin-eeeee!!!
Robbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbhomerunbbbbbbbbb
Quinlan HR
He and Figgins read this site's REPALCEABLE articles and were like OH YEAH MO FO !!!
Better...
do those more often. Haha.
SHEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gosh, Q sucks...
I think I better start that Q's Queue at the stadium!  Who patented/copyrighted that name?  It's awesome...
Aybar
is looking more and more like GA
G.A. never walks
Oliver or Bootcheck in the bottom of the 6th?
Bootcheck...
Casey is the only lefty coming up...
C Guillen is a switch hitter...
in case y'all were going to beat me up about that last post...
weird
Aybar gets picked off
he fell asleep !!!!
Perry Farrell
been caught stealing
i thought..
..aybar was supposed to be pretty good on the basepaths.. he certainly not showing it thus far this year..
kind of like
the rest of the star wars movies were suppossed to be pretty cool.
Weren't they?
;)

Jar-jar is the best character ever!!!!!

Nice move gAybar...
lefties have an easier time picking off runners.  That's a known fact.  Even I know that.
Moseley right down the middle
Against pudge, he's throwing right down the pipe!  Yikes.
Nice 1 - 2 - hit - 3 inning Mos-eisley
Star Wars theme continues...
Detroit
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.  We must be cautious.
These are not the pitches you are looking for...
(waves hand mystically in front of Napoli's eyes)...

Don't strike out Naps...

That saying goes for a visit to Oakland...
more so than Detroit.
GARY F'N MATTHEWS
Good god
You promoted him?!?!?!?
GMJ! GMJ!
MAN, what a nice catch.
Nice defense by GMJ this game
(or what I've seen so far anyway, only been watching since the 5th, haha)
Saved Lackey's ass in the second
Lackey walked the bases loaded and Sean Casey lined out to center, a sinking drive that almost shouldn't have been caught.  Two runs for sure instead turns into an inning-ender.
Whoa NELLY...
On gameday, the advertisement is a chance to meet Alyssa Milano at a Dodgers game...  I'm all over that action!  "Touch Ultimate Fan SWEEPSTAKES."  Nice...

;)

Side Salad
2-2 with croutons and olives
Who was it that said before the season
that GMJr was really only average defensively?

I must disagree profusely.

You think he'd be talking right now???
Hell no, he's hiding under a rock.
That would be me
based on his Rate2 stats at BPro.  GMJ can make the routine plays look hard, and the hard plays look easy.  He's a good CF, but you wonder about his longer-term durability.
OAKLAND GETTING SLAUGHTERED
in Chicago by the way...
Thanks for the flash update!
This just in... a slaughtering is occurring right now as the JOKE-land A's are getting their rear ends wiped.
Yet
if they're such a joke, why do you care that they're being slaughtered?
Alyssa keeps looking at me, suggestively...
this is abuse, I tell you, abuse!!!!
she want you dude
now lick your computer screeen!!!!
OWWW!!!
Shock!!!
Mosely's got a soul patch
Lackey never sleeps at night?
Panther
You sick, kinky, classic rocker, you...
11 pitch at bat to Sheff
Welcome to the big leagues, Dutin, sit his ass down!
Vladdie on Board
Hit parade continues
regardless of the outcome..
..i want to applaud hillenbrand for on an excellent at-bat.. i'm not sure he sees that many pitches per game usually.. lol..
I miss Juan's bat smelling
but instead am stuck with Shea's smelly bat.
Hillenbrand
the 1-4 with a bloop single king.
Oakland
is getting beat 10-1 by the Chicago Erstads.

Check out this line for their starter, Colby Lewis: 3.1 IP, 12 hits, 10 earned runs

Chicago Erstads...
I lol'ed when I envisioned that.
shhhhhhh
Don't gloat yet.........
HO. LEE. CRAP.
Oliver pitching.  See ya!  I'm off to the bathroom!
So *that's* the secret!
I take off for the john,  Oliver gets 'em 1-2-3.
I take back what I said
holy crap..
..what is the world coming to?  Hillenbrand with a 10-pitch at-bat, and then Oliver with a 1-2-3 inning?
So...
I don't think I've seen an OF Assist yet. Tell me if there was...
Why is Oliver still in?
???
It's official.
Oliver blows.
thx oliver
that's enough
I've never said this, but...................
Scioscia right now is an idiot!
Whatever
Granny right now still makes it a one run game.... and then K Rod can get my fantasy team a save so its ok.
This is a save situation
Right?
Sure is
If the batter in the hole represents the tying run its a save situation.
Well it definitely is now
Sheffield is gonna strike out
Okay... He pops him up.
I figured he was swinging for the fence.
maglio is dangerous
I don't like him.
Sheff
must have dropped one part of his "speedyroids" cocktail.
Just walk in the run...
face the next guy.
Bases Loaded
two outs, bases loaded....

<3 baseball

I think I need to mention that
the bases are loaded some more.
Oh geeze...
C'mon Frankie...
We know you like the drama... but still... :(
whew! I'm relieved
im so mad at soxh and olver right now
Okay... 1-2 frankie's got em.
Oliver needs to be DFA'ed before Shea
He is awful.
Bottom Third of the order
And Oliver can't get em out.
LITE THE HALO
CABRERA BABY!
CABRERA!!!!
DEFENSE FOR THE FREAKIN' WIN!!!
HALO ON!!!!
we dont pay cabrera enough
OC...watta catch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT A F*CKING JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't remember the last time I was this angry after a win.
Cabrera is obviously the Panther
GMJ gets
a mention don't ya think?  If he had not made that shoestring catch in, what the 4th inning?, Tigers would have scored at least two....
GMJ defense was amazing too
but OC also had the offense to top it off
DFA
O Cab and Naps plz, I hate them
What the hell?
I hate them
and they do well.

I be optomistic and say they are turning it around and they blow.

So I hate OC and Blowpoli and I hope they die.

Okay so what you're saying is...
The Angels performance depends on whether or not you hate nap and OC.  So why don't you hate katrina and figgy some more then?

Ridiculous...

Hey Everyone
10 games over .500
Venting time
I said this over a month ago, I'll say it again.

Oliver doesn't throw hard enough to blow it by hitters.
He doesn't throw soft enough to screw up hitters timing.
He doesn't have a funky wind-up to deceive hitters.

He has a lifetime ERA over 5, didn't pitch in MLB in 2005, and his stats last year were compiled in:
> AAA+ league
> pitching in an extreme pitcher's park (Shea Stadium)

AND YET!  Joe Saunders toils in the minor leagues.  

It's better for Saunders in AAA
He needs starts, and we've already got Moseley in the pen, so Saunders wouldn't get consistent work.

Oliver was decent in the 8th, he just shouldn't go more than an inning when we're ahead -- we gotta have someone sucky to mopup.

I wish both Saunders and Mosely
could get work out of the pen, now that Speier is out for awhile.  Then Hector and Oliver can stay in the clubhouse and play PS3.
If he has to be anywhere...
Saunders might as well be dealing with hitters' parks and high altitude and getting innings in rather than getting 1 or 2 batters at a time at best as the LOOGY. I suspect that's the reason he isn't doing the role instead of Oliver.

Can we now all agree that the Angels' pen worked better when we WEREN'T trying to conform to everyone else and shoehorning a lefty in there? Since Schoeneweis I don't think we've had anyone in the LOOGY role who actually managed to get lefties out, let alone anyone else.

Washburn in the LOOGY role!
This is where
I miss Speier
EXACTLY!
That 9th inning would never have happened.  My bad: I'm whining.  I'll stop........NOW.

(Am I juuuusssst a little agitated after that 9th?  LOL!!!)

Great game
and a win!
Hey guys - The Angels WON
The team is playing great except for Oliver's melt down.  Much better than last year. Much better than many other teams.
Can we get back to enjoying the WIN
Whew
A win. Tight one too.

BTW Rev said Oliver is the most replaceable
I don't know if we want to replace him so much as get rid of him.
funny how those're
one and the same.

25 man rosters don't mysteriously become 24 man rosters.

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