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A's @ Angels - 12:35 PM
Jos Blanton vs. Joe SAUNDERS

Star-divide

Our Lefty facing their Hillbilly.

Post Your OPD GUESSES in this thread prior to the First Pitch.

I couldn't GIVE AWAY two tickets to this game.

Random Song Lyrics:
Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it wouldn't last.
Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grass.

One day they will move to Fremont and calling them Joak or Choak will be the height of nostalgia, like doing the Charleston...

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Comments

OPD
GA / oliver / 2
OPD
O: Gallopin' GA
P: league-average Joe
D: 3
OC/Saunders/1
Wark
Vlad - Saunders - 1
Morales - Saunders - 3
Kendrick/Saunders/2
Go Angels! Now that our bats are heated up, lets hope the bullpen finds its stuff again. It gives me heart murmurs worrying about the 4th and 5th slots for starting pitching. Our relief pitching is nail-biting too.

Who would've thought in July that our pitching and not our offense would be the problem heading into October? Get the pitching going steady, and we can actually force ESPN to report on the Angels. And maybe, just maybe teach the pretentious BoSox what it really means to be an underdog.

OPD
Cabrera / Saunders / 2
OPD
Vlade/Bootcheck/3
OPD
OC/Colonel Saunders/2
opd
O: HK

P: Saunders

D: 2

opd
Vlad
New middle reliever Shields
2
OPD
OC
Saunders
2
Kendrick/Saunders/0
OPD
Cabrera
Saunders
1

I'll be there sporting my Rally Rat T-shirt.

GMJ-Saunders-2
Kendrick-Saunders-1
that sidebar rotoworld story about Shields hurling a ball into the right field bleachers out of frustration is pretty hilarious.  Now if only he stopped allowing any more balls from going there.
Mathis has been awesome, BUT
he's got to stop taking off for the dugout before the ump even calls the 3rd strike.  The ump yesterday gave him a look after one of those take offs; no one likes to be shown up.  Very, very soon an ump WON'T call it a 3rd strike (even if it clearly is), just to have Mathis eat some humble pie and get back into the crouch.
I dunno. I think a lot of players do that to lead
the ump. Puts more pressure on the ump to make the "right" call.
opd
vladdy saunders the 2nd.
aka
vladdy/saunders/2.

we may not be able to call them joak or choak anymore but they gotta live with being fremont.

OPD
O: Gary
P: Joe
D: 1
Correction
O: Reggie
P: Joe
D: 1
OPD
O - Howie
P - Saunders
D - 2
vlad/saunders/2
OPD
Mathis/Saunders/1
so much for my Mathis pick...
Amerie
Ocrabs
Saunders
2
GMJ | Saunders | 2
Yeehah!
MLB has some new award voting systems up. One for the Clemente Award and one for Man Of The Year.

Note the AL division titles on the ballot for Man Of The Year:

  • American League East
  • American League Central
  • American League Central
AL Central #2 is apparently where where Vlad is to be found! In case they correct it soon, here is a screen capture.
opd
GA
boot
3
opdizzle
cabrera
joe
2
OPD
Willits/Saunders/3
OPD
Cabrera
Bootcheck
2
My Buddy!
Willits RF .292
OC      SS .310
Alvin   DH .326
Lazy    LF .290
M Mouse 3B .279
Mono    1B .292
HGH     CF .258
HK 47   2B .323
My Buddy C .188
OPD
Cabrera/Saunders/2
where's Kendry??
Willits and Kotch are both playing.
OPD
OC/Saunders/1
OPD
OC / Bootcheck / 2
OPD
Willits
Saunders
1
pathetic..
..at-bat by vladdy.. geez..
HEE!
Yay, GA!  Ten straight games with an RBI!
Congratulations GA!
If you weren't so lazy you woulda hit it out.
Woohooo!!!!
Go GA!!! Tied Record!!! Wooooooooo
did the heat..
..scare people away from the boards today too? its so dead in here!!
Game time. Some of us work for a living.
this game is on really early.
maybe a lot of folks are at it or maybe they weren't expecting it so early. it's only wednesday, after all, who woulda expected it to start at 12:30?

and colonel saunders is dealing.

It's still early!
And I need to get to class soon. Boo.
Glad I got to see GA knock one in though!
Congrats to GA!
As Rev said most of his accomplished are acknowledged when he is on the bases,

10 Straight games with an RBI!

Hokie Joe
on a roll, seven down in a row.
Joe's GameCast photo
makes him look like he works on radiators. In Raleigh, North Carolina. Goober's cousin.
Which Joe? :)
yeah
his car is definitely on blocks in his front yard
come on, vladdy.
where's that september mvp push?? blast some homers, drive in runs, and pad those stats.
colonel has been off his game for the last
3 or 4 games. :(
Joe is imploding this inning
come on colonel!!!!!!!!!! just one more out!!!!!!!
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYEAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
The offense
needs to wake up!!
Oh dear God, Ellis up in the exact same
situation as his 3 run jack.
Jesus
anybody watching the Phillies meltdown in Hotlanta?
no...why??? what's happening over there?
man do we need someone to step up
im all for 9th inning walkoffs, but jeez, id prefer to have one locked up early
yeah....our offense looks hung over or something
nothing really threatening at all!
Day game doldrums
Angels getting complacent?
Not so much
  1. Ryan Budde starting
  2. Reggie Willits starting (he was great earlier but cold as a stone lately)
  3. Vlad 0-for-3
  4. You're gonna get a bad game out of Hokie Joe once in a while.
  5. The A's are still roughly a .500 team.
GA looks so cool up there
It's like he's ten years younger.  Like he was taking a amgic potion to make his cells regenerate.  Like some kind of make you younger hormone.  hmmmmm.  Maybe signing GMJ HAS helped the team.
Angels need a solar powered homer.
Aaaand that's gotta be it for Joe
Yup.  Here comes Mike.
who the fuck is donnie murphy?
and why is he allowed to homer?
Some goddamn loophole
in the major league rules that say if he gets it over the short wall it's still a dinger.
too tlittle too late
What the hell was scioscia waiting for?
wasn't saunders dealing after that rough inning?
all i see on gameday are zeros after that three spot. can't blame scioscia if saunders was doing good.
besides which...
I had Bootcheck in the OPD!!!   Scioscia cost me a point and the team a HR by going one inning late!!! ;)
Seem's that Saunders
always fades after 5-6 innings
yeah.
maybe some stamina issues. i remember when he first came on he pitched good with an extra days rest or something.
come on, boot.
don't do this now.
there's still time
let's see that monkey
well, if atlanta can do it, so can we.
seven runs in the next two innings!
it's fine.
it's all fine. only three runs, boot can get out of this.
it's fine.
we're fine. i'm fine.
Maybe it's just me.
But it sure looks like the rest of the teams still think it's Ok to keep playing baseball. They must not have gotten the memo...
delusional bastards...
Que
What a F--ing total wasteof time. Should have let Bude hit and still replaced with Napster
Blanton may end up with a CG
Blecch.
eh.
five runs in the ninth looks better anyways.

go angels!!

too late now to swoop in to distract blanton
with a bucket of chicken. bleh.
woo mess his era up w/ a single
kotch needed a hit two games ago.
you can do it, kotch.
damn.
we still took two of three from these fremont monkeys.
So
When does the game start today guys? 7:05 PM?
Blame Kotchman/Izturis
For not getting hits in important roles. Also I didnt dig the lineup Scioscia Kotch should be at the bottom until he stops sucking and Kendrick is red hot so he should have been befor or after Izturis.
OPD
Vlad/Saunders/1
Goes without question...
Late :P

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