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FRIDAY AFTERNOON GAME THREAD - Angels @ Red Birds - 5:10 PM
COLON vs. WELLS

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You may also post your O.P.D. Guesses in this thread.

At 2-10 with a 6.40 ERA, Wells looks juicy. Let's hope the Angels can still be hungry with Grimace on the mound.

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OPD
O: Willits
P: Carrasco
D: SS

You down with OPD, Yeah you know me!

opd
Cabrera
Colon (CG)
SS
rat tail
cabrera the game before last
whatever, who gives a shit
I don't even get this stupid fucking rule.
Wow, who peed in your cheerios?
Kotchman/Colon/SS
Willits sits today.
OPD
Figgins
Carrasco
3b
Matthew$/Shields/2B
opd
cabrera
colon
p
opd
oc,colon,ss
ratfink
SS game before last
Willits - Colon - 2B
opd
Cabrera
Bootcheck
SS
Kotch-Moseley-SS
Where will Willits play? Or will he?
RATT!
SS game before last
opd
OC
Mosely
2b
ratatatat
moseley game before last
OPD - GMJ/Colon/2B
GMJ
Colon
2B
OPD
GMJ
Colon
SS
opd
vlad
colon
nobody
OPD
OC, Moses, 2B

i have a hard time seeing Colon pitching a CG, seeing as we're playing in a NL park, meaning theres a VERY high chance he gets pinch hit for around the 6th.. just a hunch..

OPD
GMJ
Mosely
2B
Me
OC
Colon
SS
James Brown
I don't know karate but i know Darth Vader.
OPD
Willits
Carrasco
2B
OPD
Vladdy
Bootcheck
2B
ocular pleasure doors
OCab - Colon - Nobody
mmm tastes like rat
nobody for D last game
OPD Picks
OC
Bootcheck
SS
its rat time!
cabrera the game before last.
Oh Pee, Dee!
The Wizard of OC
Bootcheck
Nobody
Matthews - Shields - nobody
OPD
O: Reggie!
P: Colon
D: P
double ratty
willits last game, P game before that
Shoot
Damn, it's hard to keep track and I'm too lazy to go back to the old threads.  Plus I think the off day messed me up.  If it's not too late to change now that I've been ratted out I'll go with ummm:

O: Napoli
P: Colon
D: Um, RF.

Vlad-Moseley-2B
vlad/colon/ss
OPD
Naps
Colon
ss
Amerie
Gettin FIGGY With it.
Colon
2B
opd
OC - Colon - 2B
OPD
O:kotch
P:colon
D:SS
OPDizzle
GMJ
Mosely
2B
last time was the rat time
2B last game
You're gonna be leading this thing
on rat points alone.  Watch out guys, the Douche is loose! :)
Napoli - Colon - Nobody
opd
Figgy/Colon/P
Before I make my picks....
Can you tell me which ones will be disallowed, douche?
please choose either
o:  gmj/figgy
p:  esco/lack
d:  SS/nobody

those are your allowed picks...

Thank you, sir.
you're welcome
and just be glad i'm not a jerk enough to do the ratting from the 101halo name.  hahaha
OPD:
Vlad/Colon/2nd base
OPD
Vlad/Carrasco/2b
opd
OC
oliver
nobody
GMJ/Bootcheck/SS
OPD
O - Kotch
P - Mosely
D - 3B
OPD
GMJ / Colon / nobody
OPD
GMJ
Moseley
1B
VOID
can't pick 1B
Vlad - Colon - Nobody
OC/Colon/2b
OPD
O: GMJ

P:  Carrasco

D: second base

OPD
GMJ
Shields
SS
rat tail
SS game before last.
Oh Pee Dee
GMJr.
Shields
Catcher
too many damn rats
Are there points for rat poison?
OPD
Willits/Oliver/Nobody
Bye-bye, Willits
C. Figgins 3b
O. Cabrera ss
V. Guerrero rf
G. Matthews Jr. cf
C. Kotchman 1b
G. Anderson lf  
H. Kendrick 2b
M. Napoli c  
B. Colon p
argh
i knew it was gonna happen, but still hate to see it.
Just a day off?
From Rotowire, June 2nd:

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&id=4087

Reggie Willits will remain in left field and hit leadoff when Garret Anderson returns from the disabled list, according to manager Mike Scioscia.

"Reggie is as much a contributor to our offensive turnaround as anyone," Scioscia said, "and we're excited about what he's brought to the top of the lineup." Anderson will rotate through the two corner outfield spots and the DH spot.

I think he was talking about AL games
too bad
I wish GA would have came back after playing the NL teams.
ORLANDO/BART/SS
What's up with douche?
Anybody tired of this guy's act yet?


douche.

haha
as his very good friend, i must say i think it's hilarious and at least he's not trying to win opd that way, just trying to be funny.
LOL.....Ya, gotta love the pic
Interleeeague
Yay for seeing pitchers try to hit...
I'm going to call it...
Grimace will go yard.
Bartolo was the story of the game at Shea in '05
when I was there.

He started that night.

1st AB, he struck out easily.

2nd AB, he fell on his ass waving the bat at strike 3, miserably.

3rd AB, he then proceeded to get a lousy bleeder single and an RBI on the hit!

Talk about a freak game, Finley hit an HR, Erstad hit one, and we routed the Mets 12-2.

June 10, 2005.

Band Aid
wearing Mother Fucker.  

Good job

...single and a SB, figgy wit it!
Let's
Get Willits wit it!
wtf was that swing vlad? haha
Vlad on the bench!
Did Vlad...
NOT see the catcher set-up WAY outside...

Why did he swing at that?

Grimace likes the RED
Favorite St. Luis Angels Player
This player was not in the pole so here it is

TROY PERCIVLE

GRIMACE!!!!!!!!!!!
< vs>
eckstein or figgy?
Nap
wanted that pitch way down... Bart threw high
then...
Duncan homered on the next pitch.

I don't think Bart has his 'stuff' tonight

lame
if GMJr jumped he could've totally got that ball.
Sit Down
you got rung Pujols.
Always good
to Jim jogging around the base paths...  don't want break or pull anything...  Like his Vagina.
Lucky that went foul
yep
whose team is more red?
Uh...
How hard is it to pronounce "Encarnacion?" Hud and Fizz butchered it 3 times in 10 seconds.
two bagger for howie!!!
nice hit, crappy play rolen haha
Howie Lewis and the News
plus GA= Bithcin
oh dude, i forgot about grimace having to bat...
Oh crap...
C'mon Bart, get an RBI
Are you fucking kidding me
they are walking Napoli.
well look who is on deck
and grimace...
my bad... forgot
this is the complicate National League.

Pull Bart now!

Don't eat the bat Bart
This is why
The NL is an inferior league.
No DH
STUPID to let your most valuable resource, pitchers, do something for which they are clearly not capable (hitting), not to mention exposing themselves to injuries above and beyond on the basepaths.
well, he did get good wood on it...
that's what she said
and by she you mean the hamburger, right?
Grimace...
and thats why pitchers don't bat...often.
In that situation...
I would have literally had him not swing (at any pitch) and take an out.  The risk of a double play on any contact whatsoever would have been a double play.
unless
he got REALLY lucky and hit through a gap.  But I still wouldn't have risked that.
Stupid.
Fat Bart should have been staring at three pitches.
Hey, it's his first GIDP in his career!
Give him a break.  I'm telling you, he'll sneak a hit in tonight if he can get to his 3rd AB...see my story above in this thread.
wanna bet?
didn't Bart
get an RBI last year?
Two years ago
June 10, 2005, against the Mets.
Not liking Bart's ball/strike ratio
I'm not liking Bart's ball/strike/home run ratio
I forgot about
that uppercut swing.

nice fly-out Kennedy

Kelly fucking Stinnett?
Serving up BP fastballs
on a Tee, Saunders please
Kelly Fucking Stinnett
Bart's done.  Giving up a dinger to Kelly Stinnett? I don't care how many games he pitches in the minors, he's just plain done.  Put him in the bullpen, do what you want, but he's over.
I can hear the Sosh quote now
"Bart is a leader in the clubhouse, and we have faith he can turn it around. We are gonna let he try to figure this out for another 4 months or so. If he doesnt have it by then, Im sure we can resign him so he can try to find that arm slot he needs next year. The Divison isnt important here, its making old people happy"
Who is worse?
Fat Bart anywhere, or Santana on the road?
Santana
So far.
Woah
Spiez's wife is hot
hud:
"nah, figgy's mechanics looked well"

...trying too hard with the grammar.

WTF
Didn't we scout Wells?
Yeah
just it was David.
David vs. Bartolo
Heaviest pitching matchup in the history of the game.  Imagine the possibilities...
We look like
Girls Little League batting tonight.
jesus christ.
Wells
Isn't this damn good.
Crap I am not liking this
The Angels are just doing terrible against Wells.
Its amazing what
two errors in a row from your shortstop will do to your entire club's momentum. We are due for a losing road trip.
hope you're trying the reverse jinx.
We're definitely not playing with any fire tonight
at the same time, I hope your wrong about a losing road trip.

Let's get a couple base hits and get the bats going!  Come on Angels!

How to save our season
Have Bart pitch BP to G.A. and break G.A.s hand in 6 places while blowing out his arm on the very same pitch.
Ball glances off GA's hand and nails
Hillenbrand sqaure in the head (season ending injury).
damnit hamburglar. i hate you.
Well, wasn't that just the most predictable thing
in the history of ever?

Bartolo Colon is closing in on a 9.00 ERA.  Pull him now, Mike.  Pull him now.

No man
He's a VETERAN remember?

Fuck that Saunders kid.

Imagine
where this team would be without Bart, Shea, and GA!
The Cardinals are going what you're supposed to do
when you face a struggling pitcher with command problems. We are clearly not.
Don't worry guys...
Bart will make up for it by hitting home runs in each of his next three at bats.
Or
a grand slam in his next at bat.
At least Pujols
didn't hit a five-run homer.
Denny's Grand Slam?
Alfonso Soriano
In Atlanta has hit 3 HRs in 4 innings.
If the Angels were playing the Cubs today
he'd have six.
Well played, sir.
And he's STILL not worth the $$$
I cannot stomach sitting Willits for GA.
One player is doing things, another is not. Makes no sense to me.

I understand that you want to use GA against a righty, but the dude isn't hitting much of anything right now, doesn't matter what hand the pitcher uses.

He's actually worse against RHP so far this year
Well, then I'm doubly confused.
Well, then I'm doubly confused.
was that supposed to be funny, or totally
just random?  pretty funny...
I wish I could call myself a comic genius
but no, that was random.
GA's body language
is terrible.
wow we're playing like idiots.
This team is plain fucking STUPID
on the bases.
Horrid baserunning.
Wow.
oh silly kotchman
its edmonds ffs
Crotchman out at 3rd...
We are beating ourselves tonight
Replay shows him safe
uh, No.
You're right
He did beat it but his foot came of the bag.
atleast
we've got santana pitching tomorrow
So how many losses are we going to suffer
in St. Louis?
bart is trying to losing this game in every way.
maybe st. louis
signed him today...
Yay!
Bart is awesome!
At least Bart is only signed thru this year
G.A. gets to suck for us through 2008.
Haha
IBB to Kennedy because that uppercut swing will get a sac fly for sure.
I think the idea
was to get a double play.  
Really?
Man, I should pay more attention. Bats and balls you say? ;)
::taps, tap, tap::
damn internet sarcasm meter
first pitch from bart
up over the plate, to a guy who hit a HR off you.  what, the, hell?
Pathetic
This game is pathetic
PULL THE FAT FUCK NOW
Kip Wells will homer for sure
NICE snap throw NAPOLI!
On AK!
It's amazing that people on THIS site.....
....were contemplating paying Bart $13-15 million/season after this one.

He's a fat, washed up pig.

I
was not one of those people.
Kip Wells looks better than Vlad tonight
If Eck goes deep
I may put my foot through my television.  Then go drinking.
Thank god
Hitting for Bartolo.
reg-GEE, reg-GEE!!!
Oh God
Olivia warming up
Does Willits bunt here?
I say yes.
Haha, strange to see us pull a double switch
Reggie, how dare they leave you out of the lineup!
Here's our chance...
If anything this shows you that
baseball giveth and baseball taketh away.
He either Ks or BBs
Uh..um...uh
or hits a 2 run single.  yeah, that's it.
We're making Wells look like Carpenter.
WAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I love Vlad.
THANK YOU VLADDY!
Do I hear...
Some Angel cheers in the stadium??  Nice!!!
yes...hud
said the booster club was there...
You sure that just wasn't Bart's catering team?
Possibly.....
now Bart has time to go to the airport, catch a  plane for wherever the AAA is playing and send Saunders back!!!!!
We better get AT LEAST one more.
I'll take a sac fly.
WHAT?
Psh, that was inside.
Swing the bat...
Dildo.
rory says oliver is up in the bullpen
Duncan Pujols and Edmonds. scioscia expects him to get those guys out?
Hopefully it's just some smoke and mirrors.
By the way, thank you Casey. I'm glad I picked you up for this interleague jaunt.
Hopefully it's just some smoke and mirrors.
By the way, thank you Casey. I'm glad I picked you up for this interleague jaunt.
*\0/*
dont
bring in oliver
One run down. I'll take it. Wells can't stay there
forever. Let's prey on that Cards bullpen.
Fatasshole is coming in
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo just when the game was within reach
Nope
Darren Oliver.
lets face it
bartlo is fat, ugly and has bad hair.  oh yea, he is getting lit up.  the era of sauders and moseley is upon us.
i agree with this.
Reminds me of last year.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
NOT Darren Allover!
Prediction time:
Oliver strikes out the side, we come back and win this game, and he is the panther..  
One down. How strange.
K - O... he's 1/3 of the way there
Okay even still, WHY do you send Oliver out
with Pujols coming up?
Maybe he figured that if Oliver gets hit around
he's only diminishing the confidence of his worst performing pitcher.
Oliver's doing better against righties
than lefties.
oh yee of little faith!!!!
Milton Bradley
is back on the DL. The A's DL is our best friend the way their pitching staff is operating...
not bad so far...
hopefully i don't eat my words
before Bart eats them for you.
heh
he does look awfully fat don't he? when he has a garbage outing always blame the obesity.
NICE!
Does this guy have an out pitch?
wow lights out oliver
HOLY FUCKING SHIT HE K'ED PUJOLS
IS THIS BIZARRO WORLD?
Darren Panther?!?!
throwing the bat is not friendly
Anymore questions?
dammit was hoping the bat would take him out
oh well.
Whos that?
Pitching for the Angels??
I think that's doc gooden not oliver

howie walk, i like it.
im feeling like...
a LOT of ranch on my side salad tonight
So is Bart...
but that's probably every night... and hold the salad.
or maybe with a whole pizza
time to trade bart
who doesn't need pitching. we could get that extra bat.  he is gone at the end of the year anyway, and we have two guys capable of taking his spot
I agree...
We should try to get somehting for him now.  I like Bart but just don't think he'll ever be healthy enough to pitch the way he used to.
All right...
Let's bring in some runs boys.
Lets go Angels
i hear it
Damnit Figgy...
We've got to get at least one of these runs in.
damnit, that hurt.
Shit...
this is frustrating.
My signature says it all....
I think I will go mow the lawn...gotta stop swingin' at balls....
F-you, Duncan.
You just cost Oliver a panther.
"Singles Night" at the game?????
did anybody see that promotion that phys and hud were talking about? "singles night"??

i guess they're talking to us, watching the game at home on a friday night hahaha.

I think it's also "Singles Night"
in A-Rod's hotel room this evening.
"Singles night"
usually describes the Angels' offense.
HITS, please
vlad starts it!
hahaha
you, you stud you
fucking nice
damn that bounce out rule
I don't think
that Vlad could have made it home anyway.  Actually, the ground rule probably helped us, Vlady may have been thrown out at 3rd yet again.
come on, we gotta cash in here
let's see some fucking PRIDE, gents.
c'mon krotcher!
Let's Go Krotchman
YESS
F' yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CROTCHMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE LIVE FOR ANGEL'S BASEBALL!!!!!!!
CLUTCH
so much pride by casey
Sometimes bad baserunning pays off!
????? what
 do you mean by that?????
It was too close at the plate....
....with no outs.

Yet, it worked...

the mighty
casey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
awesomeness
GA!!!
my man.
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
CROTCHMAN SCORES
We're back
in the saddle again......wahoooooooo!!!!!!!!!
"Whoopi-ty-aye-oh...
Rockin` to and fro
Back in the saddle again
Whoopi-ty-aye-yay
I go my way
Back in the saddle again"
i like it..
no wait, i love it!
i love it
now GA has friends again... LOL
This is one ugly game!
We are fortunate to be winning!  That is a nice comeback!  Let's go bullpen!  Nice hustle Kotch!  M's reject on roids to pitch for Cards now....more meat!
Good Scot
is warming up.....
so what happened
to all the GA naysayers????  his body language, he can't hit, send him to AAA, trade him....
His body language...
still sucks.
that is just his
style....he is not a jump up and down player..he looks casual, like he doesn't care but he DOES care!!!!!   can't judge a book by its cover, as they say...
Yeah... I've never liked it...
and it seems that his attitude (body language at least) at the plate is becoming more exaggerated lately.
I hated it too when...
he drove in three runs in game 7, 2002.  His body language was absolutely atrocious on that play.  We shoulda said he was out because of that horrible body language and instead of giving the Angels three runs on the play, we should have been charged with negative three.

He is not done yet.  The guy can still club the ball pretty damn well.  

HKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
Nice stroke!
we can do no wrong!!!!!!!!!!aHH!!!!!!!!!!!
more PRIDE
let's keep it going...
damn that napoli
hit the FIRST pitch!!!!!!!!!!
hah
"looks like a track meet is breaking out here"
"Did someone say meat?"
Bart asks
lol
errr...
"Carne" rather
A Twins game broke out!
poopenbrand!
oh still sucks.
Nice ground out...
Dr. Doolittle
Figgy!
The return of Chone Figgins.
OC back to reality
Swingin' at crap all night!  Get him out of the 3 hole....
he's in the #2 spot
My bad
Figgy in the leadoff screwed me all up!  I preferred "whatyoutalkinbout Willits" in the leadoff role!  
I'll take it
Sac fly RBI.
but
I still don't want O-Cab hitting 3rd ever!!!
You (mostly) get your wish
Only 30 PA's this year batting from the 3-hole.
less than last year! yay!
I could get used to this interleague thingy
yea
the nl F**** sucks man.
bet tony la russa
has been through a case of beer by now!!!!!  
Bet Bartolo has been
through a couple racks of ribs by now.
mmm
ribs.
Hopefully
they kept him away from the Cardinals' dugout.
that's what was wrong
with his pitching...he was worried about the bar-b-q fire...wondering if the coals were hot enough...
Heh.
Looks like I came back just in time!
ok...we have tried
moseley...next..
sweet, moseley.
moseley's
coming down to earth.
Just like all the other hitters
facing Pujols.
Er
just like all the other pitchers.
scotty!
were've you been the last week bro? has mike been mistreating you buddy?

thought so.

Have we ever
seen Scot hit??  I know he must have but don't remember...
3 Major League AB
0-3.
GA - 3 hits
he's earned a couple games of silence.
amen to that!!!
Thank you...
en fuego!
even with...
oliver & carrasco, i feel like our bullpen is the bestest bullpen out there!
is hud a bosley user?
my bro told me hud is bald right down the middle can anyone confirm any of this?
go figgy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah!!!!!!!
gettin' Figgy wit'it
Figgy
Ok, if Figgy keeps hitting and fielding like this I may have to stop ragging on him....ground balls and line drives...stealing bases/runs...nice job!  
Figgy steals home
directly or otherwise.

Look for LaRussa, er, a Cardinal pitcher to hit an Angel batter.  Maybe Vlad.

Figgy made a
one-base-at-a-time-homer...
after 8
pwning the shit out of everyone!!!
I think Hud looks
good in the pit!!!!  LOL
Nail it Down
Frankie so the boys can go back to the hotel and relax.
yeah...
Hud needs to light some tree.
great, now i'm shitting my pants :*(
The batter kind of looks
like Kotch....
Defensive Interference ? ? ?
Why get defensive about interference ?
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
again.
I had a bad feeling about this
Frankie's working himself into a save situation.  Too bad he can't make that happen.
Final Score...
Halos 10
Red Birds 6
LITE THE HALO
and roast that red bird!!!!  
pwnedjols!
K!
Yeeeah. Always with drama.
HALO ONNN!
PANTHER: DARREN OLIVER.
Can I get an amen?
amen to that!!!
seems like he started it all....
Sorry no...
I'm going with Vlady... bases loaded, comes through puting us on the board and starting the rally.
can't go wrong w/ that
that was studlike, godlike, & clutchlike!
Not bad, not bad..
Light it up
Just another Halo victory
and I 2nd the Oliver for Panther!  Never thought I would say that...
Maybe we can
use the broom this weekend!?!?!?!?
Lindsay Soto...
is freakin' hot.
put her in the centerfold, then
but for god's sake, get her AWAY from the desk! she's talking about samson & delilah right now.
I don't care what she talks about...
she's hot.
I'd do her.
I think Lindsey
has a little bit of a crush on howie..
On pace for 102 wins
Now there is an optimist!
I like the way you think!  

Did anyone see Terry Francona hoppin' mad the other night at Oakland dropping F bombs all over?  I want to know what the umpire said...he came out all civilized and then went crazy!  

Optimist?
I'm just a guy who can operate a calculator.

Also, over the last 162 games, we're 101-61.

Oh well
Guess I should have said I like the way you run a calculator!  :)  

I sure would like to hear from the folks who were all over replacing CKotchman over the winter?  

You can tell me you knew he was going...
to do this well?  We all hoped he would, but who would have believed it if anyone said he would be doing this well.  Even you cannot say that, I am sure.  
how come..
..the Red Sox can win games now?  wtf?  and why can't the giants score with bases loaded 1 out?
New Column!
New Column on the right, is the ratters. If yellow, the ratting was correct according to my info.  If INCORRECT, your name is in red and my data for the last two are on the immediate right of your picks.

SNRA2000 refers to my program I have ready to check on you guys. It's simply the rule regulator of the game.


Rules
My "rat" shouldn't be red.  Per the rules, you can't pick 1B as the "D" in OPD.  I flagged someone (UCIHalo) who did.
Ah right.
Although, technically calling out a 1B pick isn't worth anything as stated,

Rat Points: If you discover a poster has selected a disallowed pick based on his or her previous picks and you rat them out in a post in the OPD thread, you get a point...

Sorry.

RAT POINTS SUCK
Question??
do you lose points for being wrong on a rat?  I think you should.
Up to Rev on that one.
Tie score in the 10th
Giant's out of players to replace hurt catcher Alfonzo.
3rd baseman Feliz gearing up to catch, center field Winn, moved to 3rd base
A's runners on 1st & 3rd
This is a nutty game
A's lead 5-3 now
Pitcher Lowery in center field
Bottom of the 10th - strikes out to end the game.
Insane - Giants playing 29 players
The A's using 21 so far.

Giants only have starting pitchers remaining.

Correction -
Giant's used 21 players
A's used 17

Counted the pitchers twice, I forgot it's the National League and pitchers bat.

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