PANTHER OF THE GAME NOMINEES:
Vlad, Casey, Ervin "Quality Start" Santana or Justin "Hold 'Em" Speier, or Garret for riding the pine so well...
AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, the Panther of the game goes to:
Panther of the Game: Casey Kotchman
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Krod
for not giving me a heart attack
edhoo - April 25, 2008
Casey
key hit & at least important defensive plays. A nod to Speier for getting into and out of a pair of jams. Honorable mention to K-Rod for a 1-2-3 9th.
jjackflash - April 25, 2008
I second this notion here
Casey definitely deserves the nod today as his leather and wood saved the day for the Halos.
shiftyeyedgoat - April 25, 2008
I stick with K-Rod
for a dramaless 1-2-3 9th in a 1-run game.
Zu Long - April 25, 2008
Ervin
this was a team that was hitting home runs like CRAZY and he held them to THREE on the road.
Santana no doubt
ihearhowie2.0 - April 25, 2008
ooooo this is tough
kotch did it with the bat and is a wizard with the glove, but i gotta go with ervin for 6.1 innings of 3 run ball and only giving up 6 hits
anaheim angels - April 25, 2008
Casey consistently hits every pitcher he faces. His defense is amazing
and key in winning today.
44FAN - April 25, 2008
Ervin Santana
Excellent Cadence!
Keep it together.
Funke5ive - April 25, 2008
*kept
Funke5ive - April 25, 2008
lindsey soto
mmmm
ihearhowie2.0 - April 25, 2008
Soto
Panther in my book, 24/7, 365 days a year.
BBFan1 - April 25, 2008
krotch game winning rbi
solid d on those liners.
calikraze - April 25, 2008
KOTCH
toughest panther call all season though, no doubt
BigBangRobbDawgg - April 25, 2008
Ervin Santana pitching like Johan!
Detroit has by far the best offense on paper in the major leagues and Santana shut them down as well as you could hope for. Detroit is really hot right now, they have scored 29 runs in the last 2 days and 37 over the last 3. Santana, who has been bad on the road through his career, held the best offense in MLB to 3 runs in 6.1 innings (a QUALITY START). In addition, had Mike not pushed him back out there in the 6th after he had already pitched 100 pitches, he would have ended the game with a WHIP of 1.
BoulderBrian - April 25, 2008
PoG totally goes to kotch
Is Garret going to start tomorrow? :(
mjhsieh - April 25, 2008
Ervin; held an excellent Tigers lineup to just 3 runs
This Tigers lineup is incredible, especially with Granderson back. The FSN Detroit broadcast’s Player of the Game was Vlad.
Good starting pitching, clutch bullpen, nice D, and just enough runs. Very “Angels”-type team win.
Fan Since 1981 - April 25, 2008
Kotchman, by a whisker...
...but whichever way you cut it, Santana has been on the money so far this year. Very happy indeed with the way he’s turned things around.
The Limey - April 25, 2008
Ervin in my book
Fangraphs calls it Speier by a mile, but that just doesn’t make sense to me because he got himself into a couple jams and then got himself out. I’m a fan of the part of the save rule that says you don’t get to claim a save if you pitch yourself into the condition.
scareduck - April 25, 2008
Santana as Panther
I am trying to get KLAA on the Internet to listen to Angels talk but when I click on their website, it says the address doesn’t exist. Did they change their web address? Anybody know.
tanana40 - April 25, 2008
below is the address that nomally works
http://www.830klaa.com/
tanana40 - April 25, 2008
Not anymore
I wonder that MLBAM figured that one out and told him to cool it.
scareduck - April 25, 2008
Angel talk
starts on Game Day audio but ends after about 5 minutes. Last year, you could listen to it on KSPN website. Thanks for the help anyway.
tanana40 - April 25, 2008
if you go to 830's webpage on wikipedia,
there is a direct link to the live radio feed.. :) That will assist you.
pattimelt - April 25, 2008
Thank you.
tanana40 - April 26, 2008
Kotchman
without his glove, we lose. without his bat, we lose.j
Carl Johnson - April 25, 2008
Vlad vs. Miggy
Someone needs to look into Vlad vs. Miggy. I don’t know if the LA broadcast covered it, but when Vlad grounded out to end the first, Miggy was jawing at him (and he wasn’t joking) all the way back to the dugout. When Vlad homered, he definitely said something to Cabrera when he rounded first. Something’s going on there.
LA Seitz - April 25, 2008
Campaigning for Hugo Chavez
...in case there is a Chavez-backed coup in the DR, Cabrera wants Vald’s backing for the puppet president…
Rev Halofan - April 25, 2008
I'm serious
Cabrera was pissed about something. And it looked like something brewing. It’s not like Vlad tried to take him out at first or anything.
LA Seitz - April 25, 2008
id be pissed too if i was already moved to first
miggys never been known for maturity so jawing at Vlad isnt suprising
ihearhowie2.0 - April 25, 2008
Vlad probably told Miggy he wasn't good enough to play on his team
:)
K3YEROUT - April 25, 2008
word
i love it.
NoDakHalo - April 25, 2008
haha so true
BoulderBrian - April 25, 2008
Santana.......Bubble Gum Power
Or is it Bazooka Bubble Gum?
acuda27 - April 25, 2008
Santana
To hold the tigers to three runs is no easy task.
wings - April 25, 2008
Nathan Haynes ie the Nathanator
...just knocked in the game winner vs BAHSSTIN! Woohoo! Way to go Nathanator!
K3YEROUT - April 25, 2008
yaaaaaaa
go coach haynes!!!
ANewFoundThrice - April 25, 2008
Gotta give my Panther to...
damn this was a hard one….
Ervin, gets the slight nod over CK…Ervin is really shutting us all up! Proving last year a fluke….I love it and for that simple reason he gets my Panther vote!
K3YEROUT - April 25, 2008
I vote for Ervin
Especially considering how his last start @Detroit went. Facing an even better lineup than last year, he could have melted down. He got into jams, but he minimized the damage. Bases juiced, 0 out, only giving up one run! Last year’s Ervin would have given up at least a 3-spot there. Besides, I think he needs some positive reinforcement to ensure more starts like this one.
Casey was clutch, though.
Brew Angel - April 25, 2008
Kotchman was Panther
Lets keep rolling!
Erik121 - April 25, 2008
Has to be..
Santana, considering all of his road struggles last year, and the potency of the Detroit lineup. Casey is a very close second.
Clip Show - April 25, 2008
voodoo
because he sucked so bad last year and is good this year.
i still like kotch more.
NoDakHalo - April 25, 2008
i think
this goes to KRod for closing 1-2-3
ANewFoundThrice - April 25, 2008
The Fact
that Santana’s Panther candidacy is even debatable following his quality+ start against this offense shows just how far he’s come.
Kotch snared two liners and also made a nifty play on Mathis’ attempted pickoff late in the game (which, had he missed it, would have put a runner in scoring position), and he had what turned out to be the game-winning knock. He gets my vote tonight. But I would not quibble if Ervin gets the nod.
jjackflash - April 25, 2008
PoG = Kotch
Great defense (snagging those liners and picking balls in the dirt) and clutch hitting (Go-ahead 2 RBI). This was a great opportunity for him to prove once and for all that he is NOT a platoon player, and he took advantage of it.
Props to Santana, too; he’s been awesome.
HawaiiHaloFan35 - April 25, 2008
Kotch a.k.a. The Wannabe Medical Professor
lol!
HawaiiHaloFan35 - April 25, 2008
Vlad
Perfect time for him to break out of his little mini-slump. Watch out Tiggers.
vladtheimpaler - April 26, 2008
Wark
scottnak - April 26, 2008
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