Halos Heaven

lets see

willits, izzy, and vlad

pinch hit rivera for izzy

if i see GMJ in this game i will bleed out the ears

Why Rivera for Izzy?

Izzy is hitting better right now. If you really want the best hitter, go with Q.

thats a great idea

put in the rally killer himself…

howiestheman - May 15, 2008 reply

Q's hitting .300 with men on.

small sample size

No kidding

But Q also stays out of DPs. Say that about Rivera.

i want power

Los Angeles de Anaheim - May 15, 2008 reply

Note to the ump

just because the batter moves, doesnt mean it’s a ball

howiestheman - May 15, 2008 reply

stupid scioscia playing K-Rod in a non-saver

well, if we dont score

another loss which can be squarely placed onto the shoulders of the great umpriing of major league baseball

It's 3-2 if they call Uribe out on the DP like they should have.

Agreed, agreed

the umps have shafted us in this game big time

don't be a wuss...

...you left runners at third and second…

...not once, not twice… but thrice…

that’s poor clutch hitting, mang…

why are you here?

SCHalo - May 15, 2008 reply

to monitor the progress of the American League West.

wants to watcha playoff team

duh

What, back already?

Are the Rangers over .500? No? Then why are you here?

im fine with that

but thats because the players didnt play well, and thats one thing.

losing because an umpire cant make accurate calls is not acceptable. this is a multimillion dollar industry.

you know, you're right...

...in that case i would argue Bennet Salvatore’s questionable officiating in the last three games of the ‘06 NBA Finals.

this is nothing new, sir.

you win some. you lose some. but, you won’t get every call.

Doesn't mean you can't bitch when they blow it.

Here comes that fat ass Jenks

god angels fans are hot

ive been ruined by fenway

Blue

not a strike

wth

this ump is horrible

That was not a strike for the Angels all night

Come on, Reggie, get on base.

TheOptimist - May 15, 2008 reply

1-1

The first strike to Reggie was out of spite by the ump.

Fan Since 1981 - May 15, 2008 reply

1-2

Broadcasters are sucking Chuck Meriweather's jank

Maybe he’ll give us a freaking make-up call this inning

No make-up call. If anything, he'll call everything a strike.

Fan Since 1981 - May 15, 2008 reply

cuxx words

Let's go Pharoah

Let the Boy King hit

Hot hands. 2-4 tonight.

screw it

i swing on 3-0

ugh that was such a fat pitch

and another

gotta swing at those dude

Three was just as fat

didn’t help.

Caseys Kiss of Death - May 15, 2008 reply

Take 2, Izzy.

TheOptimist - May 15, 2008 reply

Fuck baseball

I’m out of this thread.

Good night.

I'll laugh if Vlad Homers.

26-outer...

Downing Rules - May 16, 2008 reply

mice should have just moved back.

the ump would’ve called it a ball.

b0rd3rline - May 15, 2008 reply

thats a classic example of a terrible AB determined by old baseball folk

youve GOT to swing at 3-1, but i wouldve gone at 3-0

3-0’s are so often exceedingly fat meatballs

3-2 was also fat.

He threw three straight balls, and I’m hitting .200, I take two.

im 2-4 in the game

Different pitcher.

And 3-2 was, again, also a fat pitch.

Jenks is such a piece of trailer park shit

Take him behind the woodshed Vlad

The only thing on this team worse than Matt Brown is Scioscia

Arredondo threw all of 4 pitches.

Looked as dominating as any pitcher has all year, and bam he’s out of the game.

in a tied ballgame at home...

...you almost always go to your closer in the ninth.

don’t know you can blame Scioscia there.

that's exactly my point

a manager should look at who is most likely to get people out. A guy just flat out dominated, threw 4 pitches and he gets yanked? Scioscia only knows how to manage by the book. He’s a horrible in game strategic manager. Every pitcher you throw out there, you run the risk of him not being on his game. Arredondo was definitely on his game. There is no way he should have been taken out.

The same guy who gave up a homer yesterday to the first batter he faced?

That guy?

:O

Take your dirty facts out of this argument!

scottnak - May 15, 2008 reply

Pitchers are good some days and bad others

The more pitchers you put in the game, the more likely it is that one of them won’t have their A game on a given night. Arredondo certainly brought his A game and he only threw 4 pitches. Frankie traditionally doesn’t do well in non save situations.

yawn...

keep drinking the Soth kool-aide.

Frankie's still the best pitcher we have

And Arredondo is the guy with a 6+ ERA

A-Game or not, you go with your best pitcher when you get to the 9th at home. Didn’t work out for us tonight.

you really have NO idea about sample size do you?

he’s given up 1 hit in a MEANINGLESS AB, look at the stats he’s put up in AAA.

A whip under 1 and a strikeout to walk ratio of almost 4 to 1 in a hitting environment where Matt Brown can put up a OPS of almost 1.100.

And don’t bring up. something like “Adenhart has good # in AAA too”. Adenhart walk to k ratio is almost 1:1.

not a well-managed, well-umpired, or well-played game

try again tomorrow

****.

Game over.

TheOptimist - May 15, 2008 reply

BOTG

Scioscia in a land slide.

Shit

BOTG: 1st base ump on the blown DP call
Second nomination: Soth
Third choice: Judy

Los Angeles de Anaheim - May 15, 2008 reply

BOTG Scioscia -- starting K-Fraud in a non-save???

ya heaven forbid you think your closer can put up a 0

what an idiot that scoscia is

ihearhowie2.0 - May 15, 2008 reply

did you see Arredondo's ab to OC?

If you did, I don’t see how you can say that he isn’t the person you want starting the 9th. He had filthy stuff out there.

ya, he recorded 1 out against a guy hitting .200

hindsight is 20/20, thats all i’ll say. the same people blaming the manager for putting his closer in the 9th are the same people whod bitch if he kept arredondo in and lost that way.

frankie isnt the first closer to come in during a tied game in the 9th, why does this seem so foreign? because you all have a fantasy of arredondo being a shut down reliever from ONE out??

ihearhowie2.0 - May 15, 2008 reply

no actually not...

I thought Scioscia did a great job getting Mathis out of the game for Napoli, it didn’t work out and I said that Scioscia did the right thing.

I like Scioscia bringing in Arredondo and I questioned it B4 the leadoff double.

and the one out that Arredondo got, while only one out was sick. He was throwing 96 with filthy off speed stuff.

He threw 96 yesterday too.

It didn’t save him then.

regardless

it’s completely illogical to have a reliever throw 4 pitches unless it’s some situational advantage. Lots of people say well the Angels have to throw the bottom end of their bullpen in certain games because the end of the bullpen is overworked. This is a classic example of Scioscia overworking his bullpen. The strain Arredondo put on his arm in 4 pitches is close to what he would have put on it by throwing 30 pitches. (it has been proven appearances is more important than innings) But now, when we start a series against the Dodgers tomorrow, Arredondo has thrown in 2 straight games and if we need Frankie tomorrow he threw 19 pitches tonight.

Los Angeles de Anaheim - May 16, 2008 reply

You're an idiot -- most Closers operate off of the adrenaline of winning a close game

K-Rod has consistently shown that he does not perform well in non-save situations. As a manager, Scioscia should know this and not start him, unless we’re behind and K-Rod hasn’t pitched in days. IN my view, coach deserves the blame more than pitcher. I have nothing against K-Rod—we just shouldn’t be using him unless it’s a save situation. That’s when he’s good.

I gotta go with Aybar.

4 men left in scoring position.

Bah.

scottnak - May 15, 2008 reply

Horseshit way to lose