Halos Heaven

D 3 Yes

Downing Rules - August 4, 2007 reply

a3n

D'oh

Forgot yesterdays game...
C - 3 - No

(++ Shields to redeem himself, Krod to polish it off)

So, these are your votes for yesterday's game?

;)

Downing Rules - August 4, 2007 reply

Haha.

1000 Oaks angels fan - August 4, 2007 reply

A-3-No

CaLiKrAzY - August 4, 2007 reply

b-3-yes

The Limey - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD Picks

B - 4 - Yes

OPD

C/2/No

sunshine thermometer - August 4, 2007 reply

opd

B
2
Nope

Carl Johnson - August 4, 2007 reply

A-2-No

BoulderBrian - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

O: C
P: 3
D: No

You down with OPD, Yeah you know me!

billhune - August 4, 2007 reply

opd

o-D
p-2
d-yes

silent_sole - August 4, 2007 reply

opd

b
4
no

Match Day 5 - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

B / 4 / Yes

Los Angeles de Anaheim - August 4, 2007 reply

D/2/NO

PieceOfAase - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

D
3
yes

tell shields he is not in Oakland and make Q take fielding practice and all will be well. lets go halos

c 3 yes

now if I can get the 2 yr old to turn off the X-Games, I can watch my game............

Hutch (someone took my name) - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

D 3 NO

Deadend - August 4, 2007 reply

opd

A-3-No

halobaseball - August 4, 2007 reply

Opiddy

O: C
P: 2
D: No

foxpaw - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

B-3-N

Southie - August 4, 2007 reply

Long time since I've done this...

B
3
no

UtesFan89 - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

O - C
P - 3
D - YES

Beachbum Willy - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

A/3/No

goodvibe61 - August 4, 2007 reply

opd

b,2,no

adirondakangelfan - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

B-3-No

Seik1177 - August 4, 2007 reply

opd...

B
3
Yes

Red - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

o: c

P: 3

d: no

tanana40 - August 4, 2007 reply

OPDdrm

b-4-no

autrys cowboys - August 4, 2007 reply

opd

B
3
no

Jangel7 - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

D/2/Y

jenjuice - August 4, 2007 reply

Op-Ed

B
2
No

jjackflash - August 4, 2007 reply

OPD

C
2
No

thebigA - August 4, 2007 reply

Amerie

D.3.No.

acuda27 - August 4, 2007 reply

OPDizzle

A/3?Yes

OPD

C-3-Yes

Sinatrasratpack - August 4, 2007 reply

let's get that fatboy in the green and gold!!!!!!!

A-3-N

Halofanatic - August 4, 2007 reply

opd

b
3
y

thrill000 - August 4, 2007 reply

Outlandish Picking Display -- OPD

O: A
P: 2
D: Y

One for the MySpace

C 2 Yes

TheTypingFiend - August 4, 2007 reply

Aite

Lets get this game goin' Woo

Woohoo!!

Noone covering first! Muahaha

hahaha vlad!

Got away with one :)

Why didn't Cabrera just run over Bowen?

Jesus. Grow a pair!

for reals

and they are out of cathers

Well that sucks

Reminds me of Seattle in extra's the other night.

Orlando Cabrera is a big chickenshit

Should have run home on Vlad's single, should have slid hard on the catcher. Is this the reincarnation of Troy "afraid of a hangnail" Glaus? if so than at least hit a homerun instead of the flood of bullshit popups you rained down on July, fucking OC.

does he owe you money?

eyespy - August 4, 2007 reply

just how the angels are playing lately

they can get some base runners then either the guys behind them and can't get quality hits or just bad base running

where are the red jerseys

First Time This Season

Kelvim has pitched without a red jersey...

Woooo

Go Kotch!

Way to go Izzy! Let's score a run this time

did they just say...

...that scoscia said kendrick is going to have a tough time winning the starting job back from izturis?

Uh, seriously?

Nice Sac Fly there Mathis!

Way to get the job done.

Good job Treestand

edhoo - August 4, 2007 reply

Hooray for double plays!

Amazingly, Willits does not lead the club in GIDPs

Casey Kotchman does... it just seems like that.

Never thought Erick Aybar would have 7 GIDPs

That surprised me.

Willits only has five? It seems like three times

that number.

I know

He's now tied Figgins and Hillenbrand for fifth place on the team.

It's also only his 2nd GIDP in the last 10 or so

games.

Why does it seem like more?

Because

two of them have come since July 20. That's about one a week over the last three weeks.

Live by the GIDP

die by the GIDP, I always say. Or I try to say it, anyway.

What is with all the DPs?

And Cabrera advances to fourth on the list

with eight.

geez

talking about the game on fox is a foreign idea huh?

the last person to talk about baseball is the a's owner.

rowast - August 4, 2007 reply

STOP SWINGING AT THE FIRST PITCH!!

Doctor Wu - August 4, 2007 reply

if it is the best pitch you will see

swing at it.

GMJ

owner of the 2 lamest at bats of the day

Road games

and GMJ do not get along well.

I don't know about you

but Orlando Cabrera is on my shit list

Also, had Sciscia sent Figgins, Chone would have scored on Garret's single.

He's been on my shit list for a while now

Pop-ups and GIDPs, Cabrera's best friend.

Nice inning by Myspace.

Seems like he's getting his control back as the inning goes on.

CORRECTION: as the game goes on

No-hitter through 3

which jinxes it, of course, but still nice to see.

NO!

you idiot

wtf man.

You foool!

I think

they expect you to find a duck feather, turn in circles counterclockwise 3 times and answer that lottery letter from Nigeria.

All will be forgiven. I mean come on, you know how what you post here affects the game. they hear you

How come no one commented on Vlad's IBB?

The announcers were busy slurping Oakland's owner, and nobody here said anything.

Looks like Oakland is finally brightening up.

Mm

Was eatin' lunch. I heard some boos while that was happenin though! Hehe

It was just strange to see.

I don't think I've seen ANYONE get that treatment this year, not even Bonds..

I'll say it.

We had a tough loss yesterday.

We're winning today, and no, not every baserunner is going to score.

Everybody back away from the ledge.

Joe Blanton

<<Most human beings need guys like Joe Blanton to look better than.>>

Speaking of that, has anyone ever seen "The Seventh Sign"?

sgmusik - August 4, 2007 reply

Nick Swisher is the only A that scares me

.321/.472/.679, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 7 BB, 7 R over his last nine games.

They have him for so cheap this season, $700k. They have him cheap over the next four years as well, $24.55-million which comes out to just $6.14-million per year over that time. Pretty good deal for the A's.

amazing...

we have 1 run on 7 hits...

the cubs playing the mets have 6 runs on 4 hits....

what's up with that...

the OC angels - August 4, 2007 reply

We hack, and hack, and hack, and hack ...

Two runs in the Cubs game

scored on a hit-by-pitch and a bases-loaded walk. It helps if your opponent pitcher can't find the plate.

is it televised?

Nope

Stupid Fox broadcast restrictions. We're listening to it on Gameday Audio and watching the Angels game.

yeah...

cuts down the chance of a DP..

the OC angels - August 4, 2007 reply

gosh they are going down

on Nick Swisher. Do you think they really like him that much?

ValisJason - August 4, 2007 reply

OMG

talk about man-love! If they drool anymore, I'm gonna be sick

CAL-veem escobar

ValisJason - August 4, 2007 reply

Go Kelvim!

Keep rollin' to a Cy Young.

I told my dad "I don't want to say anything

...but Kelvim has a no-hitter going.

Two seconds later, he gives up a single.

I learned my lesson.

If you didn't want to say it, then why did you?

I'm not ragging on you or anything, I just find it funny when people say that.

as Cartman would say

"you bastard"

eyespy - August 4, 2007 reply

I thought it was Kyle who says that?

I haven't watched South Park in forever, though.

So it's your fault

WHAT?

You said it first!

I know

I was just kidding... I always find these things so ridiculous...

Haha, fair enough.

Yeah, I know there's no causation--hell, no correlation for "jinxing" a no-hitter, but I still cling to some sense of superstition.

Would it be ok to say

after 4 it's:

Laa 1-7-0
Oak 0-0-0

??

Once I said "Look at the scoreboard"

without explicitly pointing out a no-hitter that Santana (of all people!) had going, only to have him lose it that inning.

I don't think you can

extrapolate too much from that, it was just Santana reverting to the mean.

God the FOX announcers are idiots

A-Rod is a shoe in for the AL MVP award. It's already done and over with.

Get over it. You don't need to make the playoffs to win it, it helps but it's not a requirement.

Let's not forget, he won it in Texas on a last place team.

Agreed. You take A-Rod off that team

and they have no hopes of making the postseason. They'd be like a dozen-plus games back even though they've gotten hot lately.

Vlad has the next best bid. Ordonez is interesting, but Los Tigres are still scuffling because of their starting pitching problems.

The only way that A-Rod doesn't win

is if he goes cold all of the sudden in August and September while Vladiator just goes absolutely nuts in August and September.

That's the only way.

If the tigers take it

Magglio Ordonez gets the MVP, barring a repeat of A-rod's April or Vlad has an obvious "team-carry" in the last 2 weeks of the season.

A-Rod is better than Ordonez in OPS+ and VORP

A-Rod has a 173 OPS+ while Ordonez is at 163.

A-Rod has a 58.5 VORP while Ordonez is at 54.6.

In case anyone didn't know, Hanley Ramirez (61.0) and Miguel Cabrera (58.7) lead the league in VORP.

You're 100% right

but you know how those silly baseball writers are.

yeah

I still don't understand why we didn't make a run at trying to grab cabrera. He would be immensely costly, and he's said to be "untouchable" but its gotta be clear that very shortly the marlins will not be able to afford him.

The year that they choose MVP..

based on something called "VORP" is the day I abandon baseball and go find a real sport to enjoy.

Stirrups - August 4, 2007 reply

a real sport

like curling??

That's one EXCITING event! :-D

Hey! They use BROOMS!

And they have a HOUSE!!

That's the homemaker's Olympic dream.

Stirrups - August 4, 2007 reply

for once

give kelvim some run support

Ugh, I don't like hearing that at all.

That our pennant race "may come down to the final weekend."

Scareduck, how do you think the Mariners are continuing to succeed even though their run differential is so awful (almost one-to-one). They've got to cool off sometime, right?

Predicting scareduck's answer:

"OH THE Mariners - every bad omen for them doesn't matter, meanwhile, every minute negative down to a called second strike on each batter, well that adds up to the Angels failure... and yet somehow I am a bigtime Angels fan..."

Ouch

With respect to sacreduck, he is much more measured in his criticism when he does his write-ups long after the game, but during the game, in common with many sports fans, he often lets his emotions override his balance.

not trying to cause trouble

But just pointing out that you've been pretty negative of late as well.

I don't want everyone to lose objectivity, just be rational and reasonable.

...and world peace, and free beer...

I'm negative

after the fact, when there is something negativet hat HAS HAPPENED.

I'm a fan first though, and don't believe the sky is falling prior to the moment of the actual collapse.

thanks for the clarification

As fans we're sheep, we need our rev to lead the way, haha!

Your commitment to incivility is duly noted

Every time I explain this, I get shouted down with a bunch of BS name-calling, either encouraged or instigated by you, amplified by the usual "true fan" crap argument pulled by so many second-graders.

The M's have a mediocre offense, an unimpressive rotation, and a good-not-great bullpen that includes the best closer in the division. They're getting a decent season out of Adrian Beltre, probably the second-best year of his career, Ichiro is Ichiro again, and Jose Guillen is proving useful. The flaws are pretty obvious, starting with a rotation that has yet to evict Jeff Weaver (2-10, 6.32 ERA) and Horacio Ramirez (6-3, 6.63 ERA). Eventually, they're not gonna be quite so run-support lucky with those two.

incivility

the firehose of pissing on our enjoyment of the game has spoken.

man

that would suck if we lose 2-1. Get some runs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CaLiKrAzY - August 4, 2007 reply

That's the 17th 3-2 count this year for GA

Number of walks? 1.

mattwelch - August 4, 2007 reply

What do you expect?

For G.A., walks are for pussies.

Weirdest GA stat

Number of HBPs in the 21st century? 1.

mattwelch - August 4, 2007 reply

You tell me.

Your the pitcher. The guy at the plate is one of the games better hitters in recent years. BUT, he's an easy sucker for weak shit down and away and hasn't felt obligated to correct the problem even after a decade of misery with that location.

So why would you throw inside?

Stirrups - August 4, 2007 reply

WTF? DID THE A's JUST SAC BUNT?

I feel betrayed--that's like the Angels

playing station to station.

Argh.

Escy :(

Let's not fall apart this time, folks.

Whew..

Not too bad. But lets get Escy some support now!!

Thank God it was just one run.

Gotta give him some run support, people!

i feel so raped

two days in a row now...

CaLiKrAzY - August 4, 2007 reply

When's your parole hearing?

maybe you should get raped

and see why you using it in that light is offensive

the blog police

fine i feel so "penetrated by a dude"... is that better?

CaLiKrAzY - August 4, 2007 reply

How about banned

for raping my enjoyment of my own blog. Asshole.

old saying....

It's better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove you are one.....

angelsrallymom - August 4, 2007 reply

its just a run!

We'll get it back. The defense has failed behind escy so many times in the past, its only fair for him to miss one

ahhhh....and I see the bottom of the lineup is

going to roll over and piss on themselves again! Nice!

C'mon Reggie!

somebody do something.

or else i'm going to start whining even more!

CaLiKrAzY - August 4, 2007 reply

WEAKKKKK OCab! Real WEAK!

begin whining

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CaLiKrAzY - August 4, 2007 reply

fuck this team right now

Why isn't Butcher

at least coming out to talk to him?

6 BB

come on

This ump

Is one miserable bastard. Almost as if he enjoys squeezing pitchers and making their walks go up.

Angels - August 4, 2007 reply

Hell with that....

this ump does not know what a strike looks like!

Watch GAMEDAY...Escy threw 2 of those pitches right dowdn the middle for called "BALLS"

Yea

This ump is a loser.

He calls some pitches strikes and calls the same exact pitches balls the next time. Umps like that one are the worst kind.

Angels - August 4, 2007 reply

All of a sudden

he is calling the outside corner a strike...has been a ball ALL day!

The just above the belt has been a strike all

day and now it is a ball...what is that?

this game feels surreal

"balls" that are straight down the middle, these announcers who are so obviously biased towards the A's.

It's been 7 innings of mediocrity.

COME ON HALOS.....GET IT MOVING!!!!

* 0/ *

Get Escobar out of there

pitching like crap

edhoo - August 4, 2007 reply

Why does Scioscia always do this?

If he has one huge flaw as a manager it's too much faith in his pitchers. He should have had someone warming up two walks ago.

This Ump is retarded

Obscurity - August 4, 2007 reply

7 walks 1 hit

this can't be real'

Seriously

If I were Escobar, i'd tell Mathis to purposely not catch it and allow a 95+ MPH fastball hit him right in the gut.

Angels - August 4, 2007 reply

Karros announced last week too

it was worse! ...and he played for the A's for awhile!

this ump is crap

And escy just needs to relax and get out of this inning and we'll be good...

Whoa...stop right there

Escobar has been GREAT...this ump is clueless!

I am in favor of the let the fastball hit the ump

camp myself

He's getting squeeze

but lately he's throwing stuff WAY out of the zone or in the dirt.

GOD DAMNIT.

i hate this crap

What a bunch of bs

Scioscia and Escobar should be all over this f*cking ump. Instead of just being silent and a pussy about it, let him have it.

Angels - August 4, 2007 reply

breaking my heart

CaLiKrAzY - August 4, 2007 reply

GA gets a hit first time up

we are still winning! I can't even repeat what I swore at him earlier today!

OR

...a flyball or pulls the ball or OC stays on 3b...good grief!

Escobar is like the Los Angeles Clippers.

The poor guy is just jinxed.

I'm getting tired of watching this happen.

So goddamn disheartening.

if we go on to lose this game

the past three loses have been the worst of the season. horrible games we should have won but we didn't because we just couldn't do the small things and made stupid mistakes

FU GA! You suck!

Take it right downthemiddle

and swing at CRAP! This is my last post for today...too damn negative!

You all have a nice day!

we are not going to win this game

so just put in shields can see if he can figure out his problems in Oakland

you should be the manager

seriously, best suggestion of the day.

bootcheck?

But we're only down by 1 run...

Ugh.

what a crazy game baseball is.

Who would've thought bootie would've struck out the side here?

According to your 6:15:43 PM EDT post...

Not you...:)

bootcheck

more strikeouts then kelvim

that's patheti-sad

oh, and RUNS!

Lets get a few.

holy crap

Scosc left Kotch in against a lefty.

i used to like Q

not anymore

JUST ONE LOUSY HOMERUN

Kelvim Escobar has been shit on more

this season by his offense than any pitcher I've ever seen.

How the fuck do you lose games 2-1, 2-0, and 2-1? He got a no decision in a 2-1 game also.

Fuckin' pathetic. The Angels offense should just take turns getting the shit kicked out of them by Kelvim's hoochies.

Sickening.

Man.

Run Support!! :(

Piss poor effort

I'm sick of watching this team play games like this.

Doctor Wu - August 4, 2007 reply

I'm trying to be positive

But shit like this makes it hard.