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Wild pitch by Ervin

Apparently Nipples is pitching (gameday)

What's the score?

gameday says 2-0, yahoo sports says 1-0...

the MLB online division is run by 11 year old AOL users

or monkeys with typewriters, who knows

Whats the difference?

Can't even get the KLAA feed up and running

I WANT MY SLINGBOX BACK

god I hate mlb.tv

does slingbox

not work for MLB games?

it does

quite well, even. but my parents managed to break mine so I'm waiting for the warranty replacement.

yeswecan...

we have TWO game threads now...

i fixed that

Man I was up all night with other projects and damn it if I didn't forget to program a game thread and now YESWECAN saves the day with Beatles Lyrics on the Road!!!!

Your request is being processed.

Estimated delay: Go f*** yourself.

been seeing that all night

c'mon black magic

lets do this..

Santana sucks

what else is new?

just like the Rangers homerun music

are we losing yet?

yes

unreal

seriously? baseball is funny - the game drags on while you watch or listen and then you turn around to do something else and the whole thing flips in a heartbeat.

Yup

Blalock 2 run jack. Combined with the sac fly earlier, 3-2 Texas now.

awesome

glad i cant watch this crap

what is going on

can we get an update, every website seems to have a different score

2-3

homerun by Blalock whatever his name is

hey look

there goes ervin's "road confidence" for the rest of the year..

*sigh*

MLB Gameday says

The score is 2 to 0 with Vladdy coming up in the 1st. Go Angels! Back to back solo shots!

Eye roll.

Jump back in the Tardis

Hank Blalock

2-run HR

Bad Guys 3-2

Inning over

Marlon Byrd strikes out.

Byrd K's

to end the inning..

why can't Black Magic hold a damn lead?

i swear when we get another lead this game, he better not blow it..

It's Texas

15 run games not uncommon

confidence

WHEN is better than IF

we're in texas

vs. Jennings.. confidence isn't an issue today.. lol..

right as

Napoli proves my point! woot!

but there is

a bean ball rivalry cause of Frog Face Padilla..

Santana, this is your Alamo to prove yourself...

and I don't mean Alamo rent-a-car Alamo.

that lead did not last long

NAPOLI HOMERUN

this park is ridiculous

Freakin' Naps

i love this kid..

Napoli hits 4th Home Run of the season!!!!

under/over 26.5 runs

For the Rangers?

Didn't they hit 30 runs last year?

yeah, and they only scored in 4 innings

Under but it is going to be close

mlb gamecast is so screwed up

Yikes this game is scary

so far this year, this team has been completely different then the

teams of the last five years

I know

we FINALLY get some offense and our pitching goes to hell

Ah April

Got to love Angels baseball in April.

will trade: $2000 computer

want: functional f'ing mlb.tv software

are other games working?

yes

whoops, answered the wrong question

you get a nice 404 when trying to access the player

also known as "our monkeys are currently throwing shit at the servers"

I tried to restart, clear history and cache, but alas nothing works!

i think cbssports finally is... but i am not sure

Nice play!

NOT

so is ga up?

Angels take the lead!

Vlad get's lucky on a slap hit.

Vlad totally faked Hamilton!

LMAO

5-3 Halos

What happened?

I thought that was out

oh well, Angels up 4-3 on RBI Single by Vlad

lets hold it this time eh Black Magic?

judging by how the ball is carrying

that has to be doubtful

we can dream

as long as you realise it's only a dream!

and what do i get

if santana suddenly learned how to hold a lead on the road?

I'll tell you in about 4 innings time

you can have

my best wishes

why thank you

lmao..

OK

I'll throw in my April F-bomb.

Fucking hell, Ervin's pitching great!

time to change the signature to...

next F-bomb available on May 14th…

May 1st seems more appropriate

So people can get their 12 in.

12 in or 12 "?
I did not think of that

12 F bombs in a year

Glad Vlad scored there

But why did Dino hold him w/ 2 out?

someone do pxp please....mlb gamecast has been stuck for a while on Vladdy's at bat...he's been on a 3-2 count for ever now!

i am with you

i am using foxsports. its slow but its accurate

try cbs sportsline... it seems to be working

mid 2nd, 5-3 halos

Results

Vladdy hits a double to right, missed going out by a couple feet. GMJ scores.

GA hits a single to CF. Vladdy holds up at 3rd, then goes when the CF throws to the cutoff man. Vlad Scores.

this could shape to be one crazy game

A better pregame question

Might have been "How many total pitches will the Rangers throw tonight?" Looks like this could be a LONG game.

I ate a whole pizza already!

Anderson singles to center

Vlad gets stopped by Ebel at 3rd, but Vlad scores when Hamilton just threw in to the SS..

Torii K's to end the inning, Angels up 5-3..

reload gamecast....it is fine now

Finally got the KLAA feed to come through

shh

At least it shows they are working on the MLB.TV total package

Come on Ervin

You have a 2 run lead, pitch like you have one

No. Pitch like you have a pair.

He did that last inning and look where it got him...

way to almost make an error HGH

HGH

Nice Grab!

dont give him too much credit

pitch like you were in the big leagues now.

nothing deep

you have perhaps the best signature ever

wow..

my MLB.tv just shit out on me..

Reload with the KLAA feed

it is working. I can't get the live TV broadcast.

yeah

i did that, i'm listening.. but according to MLB.tv, a feed for the live TV broadcast doesn't exist..

this is gay..

Mine shows that also

i'm watching it

so it does

but there is

a bean ball rivalry cause of Frog Face Padilla

This game might take 17 hours

it's gonna take the same time as a flight to europe...16-20 hours

If you come by Cessna

European or African Swallow

african swallows

are non migratory

Unless transporting coconuts by the husk

in pairs

pairs?

r u suggesting they carry it on a line supported under their dorsal tail feathers

they could use a strand of creeper

Nice pitch!

Strikeout of Kinsler to end the inning

goose egg!!!

pitch counts thru 2

black magic 27, jennings 61

nice...go voodoo!

Gameday still stuck on first inning

Good grief, how long can that potty break last?

Well... we just started the the 3rd.

i changed over to cbssportsline...it works great!

ah..

back on with the tv feed!!

woot!

i hate you

actually i just hate major league baseball

Kotch is going to have a year

Is tonight....

The first time the Kevin Escobar jersey have come out?

i'm pretty sure

they were wearing it yesterday during Hokie Joe's start..

Is that Kelvim's evil twin?

i figured Black Magic out

i'm not sure he had gum to chomp on in the 1st inning. Now, he's chomping hard on it, so he's settling down..

Not good Ervin

Get out of this

Shit...

Boodoo and Voodoo are like the magic 8 Ball... shake it a little bit and you either get good news or bad news.

Fucking Sadie Hawkins at the mound

let's go fellas

C'mon Blue!!!!

DOUBLE PLAY!

On Spike TV

you can the Admiral Aybar all week...

phys said kotch hasn't errored

didn't he throw a pick-off into left?

they called that

a SB for the runner.. Kotch bought the stadium score-keeper to dinner that night..

Finally got the feed back

Erik121

I dig you tight editing of your sig!

congrats!

lmao.. its finally working okay again

Utter Bullshit~

This umpire sucks

He is the worst in the league

who is the home plate ump?

Joe West

who is blowing that clown..?

outrageous!

Been an ump since'76

Cowboy Joe West

Famous for being pugilistic and being a terrible ball-strike caller.

how is this guy

making it to game 1000 this year?

well that was only 8 inches outside

you know, close

when you have a 62 inch waist, thats not much

Gerald Laird is the goofiest looking man in MLB

I see your Laird

and raise you an Aaron Harang

Dennis Cook

No fair

dude was born part deaf and physically deformed or something, wasn't he?

Harang was just born plain ugly.

Moose Stubing

wins my all-time MLB goofy contest

Didn't know that

born with a squint too?

Aaron Harang is ugly, no doubt

but Laird is goofy looking

Wanna read about a bad ump?

Click Here

I've got your bad ump beat

try this

I'll fold

lol

buy his hit cd blue cowboy lmao

hahahaaa

That sounds extremely gay

Black magic workin'

I just saw

Gary Petis on ESPN Classic getting thrown out in the bottom of the 8th inning of Mike Witt's perfect game.

i better keep typing it

three goose eggs

Nice Miss by Vlad

I like it a lot!

Texas leaguer

DP GA up

here we go

but GA is

a Ranger killer..

hud's quote of the night:

"big daddy vladdy.....he's got ADJUSTMENT skills!"

Bah, ha, ha!

I hate it

When Physioc has to be enthusiastic to kiss Angel butt. HATE IT. Markus might have mentioned the Torii story, but he would NOT have fucking squeezed his balls together to create excitement in his voice like Phys. VOMIT

MARLON BYRD!

Nice Defense

Izzy triple

IZZY!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

that was poor

???

Did Rex just say, "I'm a little bit retarded today"?

he'd be right

was that before or after...

...he went on and on about the 1972 World Series?

"Today?"

Doesn't that imply that he's not retarded on other days?

With 2 outs as well, very nice

did I just say boo-yah?

I feel like kicking my own ass. I'm sorry for that

you sir are forgiven

BOOO

they hit him on purpose

nice hit Mice Tits

bullpen

put out the fire w/gasoline

rivalry much?

do we hit someone else?

Who's In?, Who's Out?

In - Bad Ranger Middle Reliever
Out - Bad Ranger Starter

Can we get a Fox Right Now box?

there really isn't a rivalry with the cellar dwellers

Is Nap hurt? Where did they hit him?

It looked like the back

Thanks for the update.

off speed

off shoulderblade

we got this

but they could always comeback and make me look stupid asap.

i only hated them in the 90's when they always won the division crown

I went

to a game during the Angels' last homestand in 1998 against the Rangers, this one:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA199809220.shtml

It was basically a must win for us to take the division, and I was 12. The Angels threw up a turd. I think I cried on the way home.

F*** the Rangers.

That September choke was the beginning of the end for Edmonds stay in Anaheim

He took a lot of heat from being too "loose" and "happy/go-lucky" despite the September losses (even though he himself played well in September).

God i hate..

Wes Littleton and his goofy delivery.

So by my estimation

Our entire lead is based on Byrd being a bad fielder. Works for me.

And Hamilton

Oh, yeah, him too

yes byrd u r the weakest link

byrd is an undercover halo fan : P

So was the Nap HBP intentional?

I think so

instigator

however fires do need a spark to get started

no

off speed junk

Thats what they want you to think...

JK

never thought of that

those crafty bastards

I say we hit Blalock anyway

lmao as texas annoucers..

"We have to reiterate that Santana is not good in Arlington"

reminder to them

we have to reiterate that the Rangers are not good in the American League.

Phys

Is reduced to discussing the weather. How pathetic.

four goose eggs

maybe we should bring this santana fella on all of our road trips

black magic

is looking pretty legit right now

keep the Voodoo going

who is this guy and what has he done with voodoo?...because I hope they take the original voodoo out to the woods and he never comes back!

Don't want to jinx him

But one more inning and we'll have a Quality Start!

OK TV viewers, tell me...............how on earth did Kotch score from 1st on Izzy's hit???

He can't even score from 2nd.

The ball was totally misplayed and rolled all the way to the right field wall

Cool! Thanks.

You'll like the highlight, I laughed.

nice graphic

of vlad "the ranger killer", courtesy of the Rangers TV feed..

Krotch can't even score on a single from halfway down the 3rd baseline.

I dont care if he walks the bases

as long as he keeps hitting like he has been

single to right

got by the fielder
rolled to the wall

Triple from Izzy

"rangers in danger"???

holy smokes, that's lame....

Was that a Josh Lewin line?

very lame our announcers suck!

Ranger ones are not much better

You ever hear of Boxcar Willie?

haha

i was gonna ask the same exact thing.

must be a texas thing..

My drafting of Santana in the last round in fantasy

is starting to look genius.

Par Four for Vlad

LOL @ boxcar willie = )

go do that voodoo

that you do so well

That will cost you any chance you had at an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

that's hedly!!!

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was afraid nobody would get my obscure line.

You are PANTHER! :)

one of the best movies ever

And when did Vladdy become "El Diablo"?

My drafting of Santana in the last round in fantasy

is starting to look genius.

Why did that post itself twice?

that's just how genius that move was

who called him that?

Texas announcer

They have a "running with the dots?!?!?"

What country is this team from?

Oh yeah... Texas

uh..

so i guess they changed Izzy's triple to an error on Byrd.

so RBI for izzy scores Vlad, Kotch scores on the error..

Holy guacamole

Ervin's lookin' pretty slick.

do we let Black magic

go back out there? or should we be happy with 6?

give the bullpen a rest

hes only thrown 82 pitches

keep him in

no serious threat yet

LOL GA

Pay attention sir

was thinking the same thing

he may have been safe

I think he would have

He took a ton of time just standing there.

five goose eggs

uh oh almost forgot to post

someone check the detroit score down 9-4 in the bot of 7 they tie it at 9 wow

bout to go ahead on min.

It is about time that offense got going

Is that the Mickey Hatcher

who coaches the team 30 points ahead of the league in batting average?

Nope. That's the legacy of Nathan Haynes. :)

Crap

I already see the ESPN over-glorification if they went...the self-congratulatory pats on the back, as they write essays about how great the Tigers are, and how this is the turning point in the year. God forbid they win three in a row after today, so we can hear about it non-stop for the rest of the season.

Could be worse

Imagine a season in which the AL East finish is

1. Not the Yanksox
2. Not the Yanksox
3. Not the Yanksox
4. Yankees/Red Sox
5. Red Sox/ Yankees

It wouldn't matter if the Orioles/Blue Jays/Rays won the World Series, as far as ESPN would be concerned, the Fall Classic would, by definition, be a bust.

I'm getting ahead of myself

Todd Jones is still their closer anyway.

update

tigers score 5 times in the 8th takes 10-9 lead to the 9th. bout time they score right.

I'd love to see them finish under .500

I've been saying they're overrated from the start.

true

with a win they r still a cool 3-10 :).

They are also over-talented.
GIDP

That's 1. Let's stop that now.

Doing their damndest to set the team ML GIDP record

C'mon Kotch.

k!!!

That was a big pitch

95 MPH

Sit down you goofy looking mofo

ervin u stud muffin u

one more egg voodoo

Voodoo

nice game!

blow it by 'em

black magic!

six goose eggs

VOODOO!!!!

Black Magic Workin'

Not gonna get ahead of myself here

but his 103rd pitch of the game, in the 7th inning, was 95MPH, this is his second good road start of the year in two attempts, and he's close to going 2-0 with a sub-3.50ERA.

We know this guy has Cy Young potential...if he somehow comes into form this year...goddamn. Our rotation would be loaded.

hell yeah

it will.. combine that with the offense we've had so far, and then hope the bullpen comes around.. world series anyone?

Nice job Ervin

You proved me wrong tonight. Well done!

Angels pitcher of the season so far

You think?

I would say that goes to Saunders

I second the vote for the Colonel

What about big-pimpin' Saunders?

id say definitely the surprise so far

since we all expected him to suck hard. or at least i did.

nice to be able to have this argument

who's better out of our good pitchers

DON'T FORGET THE COLONEL

awesome start

after giving up 3 in the 1st who knew.

and btw how is oakland in first?

Because it's April 14th

Now let's get three more runs

so our bullpen will have difficulty blowing this

2 on, nobody out

Lets bust this thing open

aybars a wizard with teh bunt

That was something else

What a bunt

Napoli

Maybe Napoli should shave more often.

anyone else love the offense this yr

fun to watch.

Slight dichotomy

between post and sig!

speed kills

wtg aybar

nice Admiral

The Admiral

LOL

The Rangers can't handle speed of that magnitude!

now let's finish them off!!!

ah shit

come on, GMJ

Never a situation in which I want to have to hear those words

Here's a question for any rules lawyers out there

Once in a while you'll see a player making an obvious attempt at a sac bunt reach on the attempt, as Aybar just did. I sometimes see this scored as a sac bunt with the batter reaching instead of an infield single. Can anybody explain why this is?

So far as I know

It's always supposed to be a single if they reach base on it, and there was no error or out at another base recorded.

But I guess it must just be a scoring decision.

how long is gary gonna bat second mike

jesus christ almighty.

At least it wasn't a double play

Well, that was no fun

but at least he didn't hit into another GIDP.

only the angels

load the bases with 0 out and somehow avoid scoringg

well, vlads still got a chance here

hit the post button slightly prematurely...it happens to the best of us sometimes

Well

the Angels and every other team in baseball at some point or another.

Trying not to waste precious runs on a game with a decent lead.

It's called tactics.

bad luck to type comments

prematurely

i always heard it's best to think about baseball

when having that problem

Give that chump the boot....

out of the two hole

hell yea

put izzy there or somethin my god.

HGH and GA

should NOT be in the lineup at all

Yes to HGH, nobro to GA

I think my documentation of that can be found in half my posts...I'll spare the regulars my diatribe.

let's go vladdy

Joe West is an asshole

This guys is retarded

That ball has dirt on it!

K looking with the bases loaded and two out?

That has to be the first time in his career Vladdy has done that.

He didn't K looking

He was screwed

Regardless of the poor nature of the call

he struck out looking...I was just making a joke about our free swinging masher.

haha only three inches above the ground

so obviously a strike

He probably just wants to get his fat ass home

and watch Bonanza re-runs.

wow

of all the times for him to not swing the bat

Joe West

has a miserably inconsistent zone.

LOL! HAHAHAHA!

There goes fatty Mike! Ejected! Well maybe if he had somebody other than HGH in the 2 hole we would have scored there

Not near the TV

What, exactly, just happened? S----y strike call and Mike's out for arguing?

You nailed it

Sosh

is heading back to the hotel early

no, he is waddling back to the hotel early

Don't talk about our panda bear like that...
LOL nice ejection mike

way to argue the case

aybars killing me

Aybar

Does it again

lmao

Borowski blows another Monday night save

not funyn when its against the red sox

amazing

we're gonna blow this game because the umpire cant see and our shortstop cant throw

And cuz our bullpen sucks

even our bullpen can hold onto a 5+ run lead

4, maybe not

To they play the "William Tell Overture" after every hit?

Ah crap

Now we gotta see krod

vladdy call lookin big

Sheilds please!

Spier

Truly sucks

Speier is not pitching well this season

How big is that blown call by the ump now

Goddammit.

I hate baseball.

his hit single "blue cowboy" must not be doin well

remember when speier used to be really good

i miss those days

piss poor

the complete lack of reasonable umpiring lately has been ridiculous. replace them with computers. now.

bad calls are a BAD part of the game, not one we should allow to continue for no reason.

wouldn't you know it

bad call on vladdy, e on aybar, rally starts and now Shieldsy coming to save the day....i hope.

wow

I can't get over how bad our pen is!!

Speier is just awful out there.

He looks lost

Night after night.

someone with the pitch data for the last pitch to vlad

how low was it?

Coming up next

Darren "8th inning with a one-run lead" O'Day

He has been our best reliever sadly

gotta keep the ball down, scot

6.89 ERA for the 'pen

Highest in the bigs

nice pitch scot!

When we're pitching

and all I can see is "in play, run(s)", my heart skips a freakin' beat.

hella nice. 1 mo

Great pitching from Scot

Good going Scot(t)

got what we needs

1-4-3

great team play

pinball wizards

Yeah!

Way to save that one.

ah scot shields

you are so good

Scott!

Should stay in for the 9th

please dont put in frankie, roenicke

his ankle hurts, just let scot pitch and if he gets into trouble then consider it.

hell yea

scottie's back

i hope we see this Scot more often

way to get us out of it.

Nothing gooder than a good Shields.

washburn gives up 3 to KC in the second

Whew

Thank you Scot. Beginning to revive faith in his ability...

anyone mention

that this ump BLOWS?!?!?

white sox 2 on, bot 9, down 1 to oak

huston street isnt really good

its all on joe crede now

needs his first hit of the night to tie it up

game set match damn

GA or Kotch should play it safe

Hit a HR and avoid leaving runners on base.

GA ground ball to second?

thats weird, not sure ive ever seen that before

According to the pitch data I saw

That pitch to Vlad was at the knees. BUT, this is MLB gameday here. It could be waaaaaay off!

I am back from a sportsbar

that Country Joe West is a piece of garbage.

Get your heart pills ready

And I've BEEN on nitroglycerin

Had an armful of the stuff once. Gave me aasty, nasty headache.

fasten your seat belts

And your bowels.

fortunately i took care of that during the fourth

Any more beans Mr. Taggert

sorry, someone mentioned "Blazing Saddles" above

I say you've had enough!

Anyone got any diiiimes?

jose vidro is weird

all AVG, no SLG, no OBP, just AVG

one hell of a DH

Lets see those K-ankles

here we go traitor...

Um , I mean K-Rod!

Scoreboard

Hater...

Um, who is this dude they sent out to close?

I don't recognize him.

ankle-rod! 1 out

Light up that Halo!

WHAT A PLAY BY FIGGY! ANGELS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

no meltdown-rod tonight

light it!!

Light it up!

Hell Yea!

1-2-3!

Panther = Black Magic

Just Another Halo Victory!

light her up!

Mr. Taggert is proud!!!

**A**

Wooooo. Light it up!

oh god who starts tomorrow?

Back to the top of the rotation

So that would be Weav, I think.

nope, #5

that'd be Mr. Moses tomorrow..

*sigh*

a seven pitch save

thanks frankie... we've missed you this year

What a great pick and bounce pass by Figgy

Frankie co-panther for his 1-2-3

When was the last time that happened? Awesome win!

September 23rd against Seattle at home.

Light It Up

voodoo panther

KC up 3-1 over Seattle, Top 4

Santana's actually becoming a SP

Get's bombed and battles back.
Way to go Erv, way to go.

YES

the big difference is that he settled down. in years past, the meltdown was complete.

Napoli said on the post-game show he went out and lit the fire under Santana,

telling him to let go and throw his good stuff. I guess that worked.

Light up the nitroglycerin

Just another <pant, pant> Halo victory!

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