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bad luck......

hold em didnt work yesterday

more Oliver?
About damn time.

Go Angels!

Not to mention that it's the 7th inning.
oops, my bad

thanks for pointing it out. edit made

I wonder how much The Soth gets paid to do those Howard's commercials
wth is up.......with Cy Littleton
Angels have been doing this all series. (all year for that matter)
If we scored 2 runs every 3.1 innings.

I’m pretty sure we’d have more runs than we do now.

Do work DO!
no no no

wrong kind of work Darren

Ollie needs to leave.
CAN WE LEAVE ARLINGTON NOW?!
a 4 run lead is nothing in arlington
Needs more DP Oliver.
Get outta here Washington!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man whoever is running gameday appears to be functionally retarded.
Anyone watching the game...

... was it a HR

no it was below the yellow line

had some Rooster with dinner tonight

No, otherwise it would'nt have bounced back in like that.
Good job FSN West

Replay shows it was below the line.

Yellow lines seem to cause more confusion than clarify anything

In my mind, the only way that ball should be a HR is if it lands in the damn bullpen out there. None of this “top of the yellow line” crap

Shields???? Is Dondo hurt?
jesus...........

i hate this effin team in this effin park…....

CAN WE HOLD A FRIGGING LEAD?
scotty please no more runs
scoty do.........

gonna do this right….......

Christ, no wonder both teams are hitting so well.

When did the strike zone become a shoebox?

2 seamer was called K3yerout…

Shoebox? LUXURY! When I was a kid the strike zone was a dime.
Everyone wants Frankie to get another save!
Gotta get him back on the horse, you know?
I just want this game to end or go away.

I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game I hate this game.

well said...thought provoking

AND absolutely 100% correct

i just got here

and all the rangers announcers are talking about is how the rangers are clobbering everything the angels throw. lets stop that trend…

OH SHIT!

SCOTY-NO!

Is the heartburn from this game...

... or the pizza i ate a bit ago?

what a stupid game

when did our pitchers start giving up so many runs

MOTHER FUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and there it goes…..........................

fuck this shit

seriously. anyone can pitch better than this. wheres arredondo?

WTF???

these dudes blow it, I’m going mama bear all over their dumb asses

shit

well fuck you too

what the hell is going on.

Seriously? If they come back and win this thing….

God damn these hold threads

I want the Angels to get the F out of Texas

Weave's performance last night looks more astounding by the minute
And Saunders' 8IP 3ER performance?
true dat

but weave was getting toasted here last night.

When did Manny Ramierez get traded to the rangers
Thunder didn't deserve the win
The Rangers Broadcasters are cumming all over themselves
that guy is the biggist homer
Josh Lewin - out of control Uber Nerd
at least it took texas twice as many hits to get the same amout of runs
i want to know why arredondo isnt pitching

he mowed them down

I blame the new "hold em" thread
I blame Rev

“Name 3 Rangers BATTERS who will fail to get on base.”

Has anybody SEEN the boxs core for the Rangers? At this pace, we will be hard-pressed to find anybody in Texas who has not gotten to first base tonight.

neighbor asswipe boys are getting to first base....and beyond. Their parents are idiots...their RV is the love-shack
Thank God I'm leaving to spend the night out. This game is way too painful.
Score Angels.
Bullshit..........all of this...........

cocksuckers

this is fun!

it might still be fun if we hadn't stop hitting
awesome scotty

good have used those two outs a couple of batters ago

Quick...Stop me if you've heard this one...

...someone name 3 Rangers who wont’ reach base safely?

deeeefinitely knew that wasn't happening today...
I read it as

“Name A Ranger who wont reach base safely 3 times”

Still no winners.
The pitching staff?
I say Rivera gets the game winning hit!
halos have already maxed out their run production for the

Oak series…....

I missed the first couple of innings.

Did Hud explain why the umps would not issue any called strikes against the Rangers in this game?

Looks like we're gonna ned 3 homers from Howie
If Adam Kennedy could do it....
LET'S GO ANGELS-----IN A BIG WAY!!!
Figures...

Offensive comes back, pitching goes bye bye.

That dude is FAT
this stike zone sucks
We're getting jobbed by the ump now.
Maybe GA will get a walk off walk
Eddie G sucks
That 2-0 to Eybar was more outside than the non call on k3 for Shields
Screw you ump.

How the F### was that a strike but you call everything scotty throws a ball?

"Now its up to the bullpen. As it so often is in games like these..."

You mean games that are in the 8th inning?

Nice Job KLAA

Sosh yelling "call it both ways" at the ump
Ump's zone is inconsistent
What the mother fuck?

I go water my lawn and now it’s TIED 10-10…

WTF happened?

You should have gone a beer run...

.. after the lawn was mowed. Its worked twice tonight

I'm stocked up tonight... and drinking mad & fast now
Okay so basically Aybar's strike zone is the size of an aircraft carrier
Kzone on FSN showed no strikes of the 5 pitches to Eybar! WTF?
WTF do we not get this zone?
Man - Eddie just slops it in
omg a ball

maybe the ump wasnt looking..

it bounced! :D

i was talking about the one before that... but yes i saw that too...miraculous

I knew which one u meant… ;)

If you look at the name on the back of the umps jersey

It says Donaghy

ball in the dirt

A ball. good call, Blue!

Called strike three on the pitch in the dirt?
20 runs and 27 hits are sure signs that the ump behind the plate is out of his league.
honestly, what's funny about all this:

the rangers still have no chance this year.

That Aybar at-bat,

coupled with the strike zone in the bottom of the seventh is ridiculous.

This strikezone is a joke
OMG @ strike 2 to Casey.

This ump is freaking insane.

I've never seen Hatcher go so crazy in the dugout yelling at the umpire.
do you think they know that the game is tied
Butt Rangers have 18 hits?

So much for our point guesses on this game eh?

Has every Butt Ranger hit?

i'm not a big fan of complaining about the umps

but it’s hard to ignore how badly inconsistent this dude is on the plate.

HOWEVER, there’s no excuse for letting the rangers get back into this game.

19 hits to 8..............

give me a mother F&(^(&&&^( break

If you know the opposing pitcher has to throw it right down the middle.

I imagine it’s easier to hit.

not enough to account for the big blown lead
Why wouldn't that account for the blown lead?
not the whole thing

you can’t blame the umps for the rangers getting back into it. there are more factors contributing to their comeback than simply the ump squeezing the zone.

I don't like any ump squeezing my zone
Yeah, like the fact that this place is a bandbox.

And it’s not like these guys are crappy hitters in the first place. When stuff like the fourth pitch to hamilton is called a ball for you, and a strike for them, I dunno what your supposed to do.

So basically

We’re playing against a blind umpire in this game

And we trotted the corpses of Q and Massacre out in another one.

Time to get out of town.

Michael's Furniture commercials are sick and wrong
Redondo Beach on the rubber
A R R E D O N D O !

Go get’em kid

Are You On Dough?
The outlaw has arrived!
Guns a blazin' right here, Mr. Wales
Are you F###KING SERIOUS?

BALL 3? THERE?

This ump is on the take.

Ball 3 on strike 2 to Hamilton

nice breaking ball down the middle!

DP please thanx

or not…SB for Hamilton!

time for Mr Scioscia to have a lil one on one with the hump
no need to throw there jeff
Nickname for Hamilton..."painted Lady"
That Lady kicks the Angel's ass.

Better than any of them also.

got tools...no doubt!
Seems to know how to use them
Soth looks like he's really biting his tongue
f'n mathis can't throw anyone out and K's three times

when is this kid gonna get his shit together

stole that on Dondo…all the way!

dosen't change the fact that the kid cant throw anybody out
Soth may get tossed b4 this is over!
he should wait until the 9th and really go at it big time...

I’m talking belly crawl and rosin bag grenade launch.

That ymtd is hysterical.
Come on... that's so old school!
if texas wins this thing

espn will be giving the rangers a hand job during the all star break

No way

Unless they have three hands

We always suck going into the break
Superb baserunning by Snort not to get doubled-off.
nice nickname
Fucking lame nickname
nice try on the DP

Kotch is nails over there!

hell of a try kotch
How com Kotch didn't get the double play?
aybar didn't make it to the bag before the runner

Hamilton got back in plenty of time…close, but no….....

Dondo does his job
If we haven't scored yet, he needs to pitch the 9th too.

Maybe even if we have scored.

to the 9th we go

LET’S GO HALOS!!!

Sit Down!

Whooped’em again Kid!

A R R E D O N D O ----is great!
please for the love of goodness and sweet mercy lets get some runs
Good Call on Strike 3 Blue

I was worried on that one

10-10!?!?!? Why does this shit only ahppen when I can't watch???

By the gods…

holy crap........a K........outstanding.......

bats please one more time….......since its gonnna be up to you now

Okay, it's freaking C. WILSON angels.

If we can’t get a winning run off this asshole, we might as well, just fold up the season and go home now.

Ron got tossed? What happened?
He was upset that he was never asked to make a cameo appearance on "Wayans Brothers"
oh thanks... that's what i thought
Umps called a ball off the wall a double (correctly)

Wash thought it was a homer.

at least we got that call

K-Ron

I can't believe all of this
Angels got swept by the Royals before the break last year

Shit happens.

Let's Go Angels!
Blue gloves are gay
These ranger fans have to reason to boo the umps strike zone
NO reason NO reason not TO reason
Nice walk Hunter.
OMG Anderson, WTF are swinging at?
ok GA be awesome
wilson is throwing pretty hard...

must be the blue glove

no

blue gloves are gay

i meant really happy sorbo
Do they have sequins?
MONKEY MONKEY MONKEY
Time for Secret Agent Man!

Let's go Dial 8.
i heard that the other day but dont get it

whats the story on that?

Dial 8 for long distance.

That was Rex’s call the day right before Juan hit his first of the year. It was awesome.

Once again its all up to The Johnny Rivers Experience
Lose Juan over the LF fence
overly aggressive
yep, should of held the runner there

DAMN that wa Good TV!
thanks juan

woops

thought he was safe

holy smokes

that was a great throw

Damn he cranked that guy. too bad he held on
fucking crap man...

nice try torii…

he should have stayed at 3rd though.

out by a mile

why why WHY

bases woulda been juiced for howie… why ebel… why

Mathis needs to hit the tackling dummy over the allstar break
er Torriiirrii
inning's not over, FSN

playing the bumper music. jackasses!

Aside from hating being an Angel fan right now

this is one HELL of a game.

hunter needs lessons from erstad

do you have that clip btw?

its on the angels webiste in the film archives

like may or june of 2005 VS. atlanta

Damn.

Nice hit Juan.

Damn

Good baseball right there

why is GA on 2nd, where is Willits?

if Howie gets a hit, Reggie is way faster

Think they walk Kendrick for Jeff?
how about HR #3 howie
That was a PERFECT throw...

can’t fault Ebel for forcing the play…

C’mon HK take care of business!

except that HK was ondeck

I’d take my chances with HK anyday especially in this game

If he holds him... theoretically, HK is batting with bases loaded.
Terrible decision by Ebel

Dude had the ball in short left before Hunter got to third

Torii shoulda gone for the dropkick
I would HK here
walk HK here
howie is being real patient
Come on Howie, one more Panther AB tonight
gameday is killing me right now
seriously

it said the inning was over .

How about a 3-run jack?
lets go RISP mathis
ok mathis, now's the time
Mathis needs to come through with RiSP
BB to HK

Mathis is the man…cmon Jeff!

hell let him walk you........
hmmm... what would you do...

leave mathis or pinch?

May as well let him swing

considering whats-his-name on the bench in the reserve role.

Put in the Q ball! irhgt!
Sigh

So our big hope is Jeff Mathis.

I'd buy a WP for a dollar right about now
Walked him.

Up to Jeff “Scoring Position” Mathis.

It's time for a mthis walk of walk off
Can't have a walkoff walk

on the road.

Walking in the run here would be so fitting
2 fastballs to hit and foulded them both off...

c’mon Jeff

They call CJ Wilson the jedi knight WTF?
He looks like yoda
he escapes from incredible messes of his own doing?
BoTG = GAMEDAY
Jeff kills one to CF for an out!
FUCK...

i’ve used all my “fucks” for the rest of the season…

but who the fuck cares.

replay of the collision

man, torii gave him a lick

Goddamnitt.....
LOSE

Any team that pisses away a 6-run lead deserves to lose. WTF.

and any ace that gives up 15 hits also deserves the loss

hard to argue with that!

Great attitude
GAAAH thats so frustrating

ebel should of held up hunter… took that bat right out of howie’s hands

mathis is worthless
Oh come on.

He destroyed that pitch.

He lined it hard - just at the outfielder.

In the gap and 3 runs score.

Yeah, I know.

You can’t really do anything about that though. He hit it hard and that’s all you can do.

He had a good AB...

missed two fastballs to hit and fouled them off…he hit that ball to CF hard, but right at Byrd

Typical Mathis at bat.
I didn't see it

well at least he didn’t strike out

If the Angels lose this game

Making 3 outs on the bases will be BOTG for me

The worst offender of course being Vlad trying to go to 3rd. And then Torii trying to steal 2nd.

i'll say it again...........

i hate this effin team in this effin park…......

Lets try not to start blaming people yet
Almost lost the game feed to Bass Masters

Goddamn livin’ in the south…

what does arredondo throw?

fastball, splitter, change?

He throws a split. But I think a slider too.
ok thanks

im in the process of creating him on MLB 2k8

k we learned yesterday........

you cant walk the leadoff hitter…......

Come on, Arredondo

Don’t walk him.

sit down butt Ranger fan
very long out... *exhale*
God...

just missed a walkoff… again…

That was close.
NICE...

AreYouOnDough!

Sit Down!
1 more Dondo 1 more

High cheese

One more

please K this f-ing catcher
WTF...

this ump is RETARDED

Hey, the strike zone is back.
i dont like ramirez for some reason
That's a HBP?????
Must have realized an Angel was pitching.
what is the UMP on ...

cause i seriously want some of that shit… did NOT hit him

whatever...

outs at first OR second now

I am going to kill Josh Lewin.
MUTE! MUTE! MUTE! You'll go INSANE if you listen to that broadcast.

The UN ruled that the use of Josh Lewin babble speak against POWs is considered torture.

this ump wants to decide the f'ing game obviously
Has a hot date with the mechanical bull across from his hotel
Focus Dondo.
Focus, don't f*ck us
This ump must have found hamiltons stash
whatever...

outs at first, second AND third now

The top of this inning was our chance.

BOTG: Dino Ebel. The RF had the ball before Hunter even hit 3B. If Ebel holds him, it’s bases loaded, one out. F-ing stupid. I don’t see our bullpen holding them and I don’t see our offense mounting another rally.

BOTG: This horseshit umpire.
BOTG: nothing

we got this

pretty sure

aybar got called out on that same pitch a couple innings ago

JUSTIN SPEIER?

White towel move.

you think

they’ll try to take 2nd and third?

yeah

mathis can throw it into the outfield

How about Ramirez getting thrown out at the plate to end the inning?

:)

and mathis doing a fist pump and yelling at him
SIT DOWN BITCH!
DONDO = The Future
4 strikes on that at bat
Story of the damn game.
was that soto getting some cream in the face ?

mmmmm

no...

it was some other, much more delicious tart.

niiiiice... sexytime
How come the batter didn't run to first?
can if theres already a runner there
canT*
Can w/ 2 out
learn something new everyday
Whew... With this ump ya never know
why arredondo wasnt pitching the 7th and 8th i have no idea

but im drubnk, so who knows

thats too bad, your missing a great game

or maybe not, depends

I think with a 4 run lead sosh tried to save the first string
Arredondo.
Angels hitters aren't much for the long ball

But in this bandbox, they’ve gotta knock one out now.

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