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Thursday Spring Training Game Thread

NOON
Giants @ Angels
Matt Cain V. Jered Weaver

Bengie Molina will start his first game of Spring Training. Joe Nickerson has a detailed article about the hindsight wisdom of not re-signing Bengie Molina. He posts Bengie's numbers from 2006 and '07 and they match up well with the Napoli/Mathis tandem. What he misses, though, is that Molina's similar production would have cost much more than NapThis and that we have had two seasons of MathPoli seeing major league pitching and handling a major league dish.

Pregame-Gasm Guesses:
1. Yes or No: Will Jered Weaver record at least 9 outs?
2. Yes or No: Will Torii Hunter make more than 2 plate appearances?
3. Which team will score first?

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Comments

pregame-gasm...
No
Yes
Halos
Molina was...
getting much worse behind the dish - the baseball dish that is.  I don't think he has any problems behind a dish of food.  I don't regret letting him walk one bit.
Dish of Food
...imagine him and Bartolo fighting over the last drumstick...
Rogelio
No
No
Giants "Molina RBI"
yes yes giants
yes yes angels
woo
No- Yes - Angels
No-Yes-Angels
NapThis....ha,ha, I like that
no-yes-the other lot
hmm
yes
no
'02 losers
I'll Say
Yes
No
Angels
eu spun
yes
no
Angels
gasmn'
no
yes
good guys
And the correct picks are:
Yes
Yes
Halos
My picks
No
Yes
Halos

Not a lot of choices, only 8 possible responses.

perhaps...
yes
yes
halos
yes yes Angels (of course)
PGG
No
Yes
Halos
guess
Yes, Yes, Halos
Guess
Yes
No
Angels
All Positive
yes/yes/Halos
Leaving for Tempe in 4 hours (!)
Yes
Yes
Angels
Awesome, bro'!
You drivin' or flyin'?  

Oh yeah, Higz: Food and Beverage Policy.

Mine
Yes/No/Angels
Yes, yes, Giants
Yes No Angels
gameday link
don't blame the messenger that it is slow and sucks.  haha
yes/ no / angels
Anyone else having trouble
with audio?  I can't seem to buffer.
Mine is fine...
HR
for VLADDY 2 run job
I was posting...
that audio is fine, I just plugged in when Vladdy hit it.
The audio thingy does'nt work on LAA site.
I went to mlb.com gameday audio and that works.
Former Angel Photo of the Day
Candidate:

LINK -to- PHOTO (Yahoo.com)

He wouldn't fit in our outfield...
... but I really hate seeing him in other uniforms.
Vlad HR!!!
Terry Smith's call...
instantly gave it away as a "no doubter."  Must have been crushed.
GA single, here comes Torii...
Torii another out, GIDP
Worst signing ever.
Lackey Update from Bill Plunkett
OC Register:

LINK -to- BLOG (OC Register)

Quick excerpt:
John Lackey just finished a 41-pitch bullpen session and said he felt great, no pain in the elbow  for a few days now.

"I felt really strong today," said Lackey who finished the session with an unarmed Mike Scioscia standing in as batter. "I'm definitely encouraged. Ready to roll."

Physioc sounds fine...
on radio.  But, then again, I am not one of the big anti-Phys fans, like most folks are here at HH.  This is my first time to hear him on the radio broadcast.
He has progressively gotten better each day
He really sucked the first day I listened, and I'm not a Phys-hater either.
Way to go Vladdie!
2-Run Bomb!
Wow
Gameday really IS slow.
Why the Phys haters?
i really don't think he's that bad, TV or radio.

could be worse... we could have to suffer through Joe Morgan.

I agree...
Phys and Hud are my favorite broadcast team in all of baseball.
Physioc knocks (from polls) ...
States the obvious.

Babbles on about nothing.

Talks during the action.

I don't have any problems with him, though, but this is what I have read here at HH.

Talks during the action?
isn't that the job of a "play by play" anouncer?

i like everyone where they were...though Rory does on both TV and Radio.

TV- Phyz & Hud
Radio- Rory & Terry
Studio- Gubby
Dugout reporter- JMota

oops...
forgot the words too much in there.  Thanks for proofreading.  But, honestly, I like Phys, so I was simply re-stating the issues OTHERS have with him.  Party on.
no worries DR
i knew where you were coming from and i'm in agreement with you on our announcers.
Alfonzo was 0 for 17
now 1 for 18.
apparently he got a hold of that 1 pretty well.
"It was out past the light pole and
in the bushes!"
Oh, oh....
there's another Physioc knock ...

Just start loving on the Red Sox.  He had a discussion with himself right now about Dave Roberts' great steal of 2nd base to slay the Yankees in 2004.

PHYSIOC: Always Talking About Another Game...
...Other Than The One We Are Watching... and it is going to be worse on the radio I fear...

And major MAJOR fawning over teams that are trendy and winning - Red Sox, talks about the Yankees like Babe Ruth is going down on him in the booth, was an Ozzie Guillen apologist after 2005 for a little bit even...

Fisic is Polish for an enema
If he'd only shut the fuck up. And that fuckin laugh.
Figgy big Error...
He looked horrible on February 25 when I was out there...all sorts of grounders eating him up.
Weaver gets 9 outs...
and Terry Smith thinks he will go one more inning.
Oops..
I was off by one inning.  He had had 2 at this point and was coming back for a third.  He ended up getting exactly 9 outs in the game.
Aybar coming up...
liner up the middle
SINGLE
Figgy coming up...
Gameday Audio Link
It's free if you can stream at work or at home:
LINK -to- AUDIO
Shields slated to pitch ...
Sunday or Monday timeframe.  Terry Smith just stated.
Matthews of the wall
GMJ with a 2 RBI double off the wall
2 ribbies
4 - 1 halos
Atta boy GMJ!
Cain's supposed to be a stud this year, no?
Angels have a four run lead!
Way to go.
Make that four wun lead.
and torii hunter....
walks.
let's go Kotch!
sounds like
their pitcher is a retard. lol

balks are fun

Rats and flu bugs...
was'nt that the story last year Physioc?
Oh, so...
Physioc and Terry Smith rotate on who makes the calls.  I thought Phys would be only a radio color-man.
What's a Bocock?
I'm not a Urologist
but it sounds pretty serious.
Johnny be good.
nice between-inning music.
ice cold beer...
just heard that on gameday audio for the first time.
Kotch with a hit
Nipples with a hit.
liner to CF
misplayed, but ruled a base hit for SRod
Bases Juiced for Aybar
Figgy is done...
Q coming in for him (on deck at present).
Bases loaded, yeah!
WP...Napoli Scores!
Kline is killing himself. Ha, ha
Chad Hermansen
batting for GMJ
8 - 1
7th inning coming up.
LET'S GO HALOS!
Ate- wun in flavor of the Angels
O De Do Dah Day
Duff catching!

Juan Rivera at 1B!

4IP 1H 0ER for O'Day
so far in ST.
Rivera!
Scoops one out of the dirt!

Then, according to Terry, looks at Scioscia with a grin on his face.

Marek, Walden, O'Day..............
Damn!
That's what the Giants
are saying...
2 quickie outs
for O'Day.  I like this fellow.
Matt Brown, followed by Dee Brown
Nice D...
by the Giants.  A dropped foul ball.
Garland to start tomorrow against
the Chisox.
Dee Brown
gets a hit.

Rivera coming up.

Rivera 3-7 RBI
so far in ST.
Phys says O'Day has a "good chance to
make that final spot in the bullpen."

Reality or BS?

I've been thinking about him
filling that last spot, too.  He looks good so far.  5.2IP 1H 0ER.  Solid.
3 2-inning outings in the books...
1 H and no ER.
Phyzz is the King of Hyperbole
Seriously, take nothing he says seriously.
i'm calling BS
he's only played up to AA
Santana Did It......
Lots of prospects
Go AA to the majors.
There is a chance with Bootcheck hurt
I think its O'Day or Bulger
No Bocock...now Ochoa
who is pitching on saterday
Q with a TRIPLE! 1 RBI
Q has himself a triple.
There is hope.
Jose Arredondo
comes in for the 9th.
Marek, Walden, O'Day, Arredondo.
Double Damn!
26 outs...
I wonder if there are people who exit the stadium at Tempe with 26 outs.  I know there are hundreds of them in Anaheim.
Light up that Cactus!
Funny how Gameday is up to the second in the
bottom of the ninth.
not to split hairs but
wasn't the question about Hunters plate appearances, not at bats.  He went 0 for 2 with a walk for a total of 2 at bats but 3 plate appearances.  

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