I was the first guy to nab Bradley, and I called it last night. That gave me too much time to talk myself out of it. So when the lineups came out, I jumped at the chance to hose myself.
Why? Because he stopped the madness. The Rangers had come back to tie it in the 7th and had all the momentum. An Angels loss seemed certain, as the Rangers were sure to score in the 8th or the 9th. But Arredondo came up huge.
Angels split this 4-game series on the road, but it felt much, much worse. The Angels should have taken at least 3 of the games and probably should have swept the Rangers.
The momentum was swelling in the 8th and 9th, and the kid shut them down in cold blood. I loved Howie’s bombs, but if it weren’t for ‘Dondo, we’d be on a BOTG thread.
And let’s get the hell outta Dodge. Wow. Them feisty pricks don’t need pitching when every batter in the lineup looks like a semifinalist for the last spot on the new season of American Gladiators (I’m exaggerating. Kinsler looks like this kid I used to know who would drink his own pee for 10 bucks). Someone in Arlington finally got smart and realized their park was built for mashers so mashers they went out and got.
So yeah, thanks Texas for complicating my already acidic stomach and then making sure our fellas don’t get to Fremont with any time to get a decent night’s rest before facing a pitcher who is out to prove that the Beane didn’t get hosed in his latest attempt at media exposure. You guys are always trying to fuck things up for us.
Howie with two freaking HRs and the last out gets the panther.
Oh, and like with Scioscia last night, I give the blame to Ron Washington’s bench coach. Bunting Ian Kinsler in that situation? The Halos appreciate it. Thanks.
I used a late 60’s plate precisely because it was old school. Yellow on black would be old school for me, but that’s because I am a lot older than Lackey!
Of course that page also says that no blue plates were issued after 1982. This is incorrect. White plates were an option from 1982 They discontinues blue plates in 1987. I had a 1985 Mazda 626 that I bought new, and received blue plates from the DMV.
Once the licence numbers turned over from 1ZZZ999 to 2AAA000, only white plates were issued.
Prior to ‘63, was black on yellow. ‘63 to ‘69 was yellow on black.
I think maybe yetijuice is the only other HHer older than me but I have driven a VW bug with black license plates. OK I’ll confess it was already a really old car by the time I got it but what a classic that was.
And this is a true story: That bug died on me one day when I was driving back from Palm Springs for a spring training game. It was struggling to get up over that pass, you know, the pass with all the windmills.. It bit the dust at Banning.
I got lucky and there was a guy in Banning at 5pm who could fix it. Oil pan thing. Paid him $25 or what not and got the bug back to OC. Don’t know whatever happened to that car, I sold it for dirt cheap but it floated at least once in the Cal State Fullerton parking lot. And the electric heaters in those old bugs kicked ass. And so did the black license plates.
I left the US five years ago. When I left it had been at least 3 years since I’d been in the 10 South.
There used to be Banning in between Riverside and Palm Springs, and there was another small town called Beaumont. I think. Before I moved overseas there was a big place called Moreno Valley which was full of spanking-new housing developments, etc.
Just my gut instinct, but I think we should have a new nickname for the Big A: Moreno Valley.
That’s where my uncle and cousins lived during the 90’s, if I remember correctly.
I remember in Middle School I used to watch the morning news before riding to school and at least once a month there was a report about a gang shooting, people getting killed, etc.
When I was in high school, they moved to Murrieta(6 years ago?), a town that is also full of new developments but doesn’t get on the news as often.
Everyone I grew up with in Pomona lives out towards MV now. It was about the only place you could buy a house for less than half a million a few years back. But it’s still out in the boonies!
We called it Sunnymead. I remember there being a Raceway. It was LOUD! We lived in one of those brand new developments, nice big house, it was fun as a kid, i played baseball, soccer, bmx, ect. I dont remember there being gang violence, I was only 7, but I think it was pretty chill back then.
We did Palm Springs (Spring Training) often. The two things that stick out in my mind are “Ice cold beer hear” and being in my uncles Jeep, on the srip, while everyone was squirting each other with water guns.
who used to say “get yer ice cold beeeya heeeya” in sort of a Midwestern accent. He was a big friendly guy. And I did get many an ice cold beer off him on those hot spring training days.
Panther
Howie
RallyMonkey5 - July 10, 2008
Howie deserves it
But how do you not give it to Kazoo ?
infant - July 10, 2008
Has to be HK
They aren’t even close to being in that game w/o him!
MH252525 - July 10, 2008
POTG
Howie.
Shieldsy just missed BotG
red floyd - July 10, 2008
I have to go with Izzy
the clutch hit
tanana40 - July 10, 2008
Yes
But 2 hrs and double that was are offense
WillGoAngels27 - July 10, 2008
go with izzy that was pretty clutch
or howie
UCIHalo - July 10, 2008
frankie
REDEEMED
yeswecan - July 10, 2008
almost blew it trying to be slick
UCIHalo - July 10, 2008
I'm not sure if he was going for a double play or not, but it WAS the right play
even if he doesn’t get the dp he would have replaced Boggs at first with the catcher.
MH252525 - July 10, 2008
Is that ZuLong in the win pic?
Red - July 10, 2008
He's got the Ump's bank account number
melvintoast - July 10, 2008
PANTHER response
Red - July 10, 2008
hahahah
Ruin him,
WillGoAngels27 - July 10, 2008
XD
Rec’d
Zu Long - July 10, 2008
HK by a mile
Los Angeles de Anaheim - July 10, 2008
Howie Wowie...
2nd place… Mice Tits
Red - July 10, 2008
What was wrong with Lackey today?
infant - July 10, 2008
Acute Suck-itis
Downing Rules - July 11, 2008
Mouser!!!!!! = CLUTCH
Hunter = not clutch…...
norcaliangelsfan - July 10, 2008
Nice football-like collision at home, though...
Nice toughness shown by Torii and the R’s catcher.
Downing Rules - July 11, 2008
I dunno
My girlfriend says HK47. So I’ll put in her vote.
Zoe Necrosis - July 10, 2008
HOWIE!!!!
hk47 - July 10, 2008
HK47!
Dondo was impressive
Funke5ive - July 10, 2008
BTW
I’m glad you enjoyed your rooster sauce, just bought myself some more today!
MH252525 - July 10, 2008
howard
Sorbo182 - July 10, 2008
Howard
Only because he had the assist on that last out.
Otherwise the Hamstung Wonder steal it.
TheTypingFiend - July 10, 2008
The HomeRuns helped too.
TheTypingFiend - July 10, 2008
After checking FanGraphs
I’d be okay if Izzy, Dondo, or Howie get it.
TheTypingFiend - July 10, 2008
Just a tiny bit...
;)
Downing Rules - July 11, 2008
Willits. Or maybe Budde. Probably Willits.
But Budde was clutch. Then again, Willits. Budde. Willits, Budde. Oh crap. I surrender.
Stirrups - July 10, 2008
PotoG: THE FANS
for surviving that cardiac arresting, roller coaster of a game
shiftyeyedgoat - July 10, 2008
believe it or not im gonna say speier
he got thru the 10th inning facing young, hamilton, murphy, bradley, and davis… while we were waiting for him to fail he somehow got thru the inning
BigBangRobbDawgg - July 10, 2008
I don't believe it.
TheTypingFiend - July 10, 2008
me neither about halfway thru typing it but i was too lazy to erase it and type something else
BigBangRobbDawgg - July 10, 2008
that pitch that struck out the last batter
was a cookie with HIT ME written all over it, I can’t believe the batter swung right through it
MH252525 - July 10, 2008
Speier still sucks, but him being the winning pitcher put the exclamation point on this bizzarro game.
44FAN - July 10, 2008
scottnak - July 10, 2008
glad we could make your night easier
UCIHalo - July 10, 2008
i say boo.
the results are totally not panther
Red - July 10, 2008
And I could kick myself.
I was the first guy to nab Bradley, and I called it last night. That gave me too much time to talk myself out of it. So when the lineups came out, I jumped at the chance to hose myself.
Stirrups - July 10, 2008
WillGoAngels27 - July 10, 2008
Oh, no you di'nt just photoshop the gimp to appear as the Boy King. Or was it the other way around?
Big Easy Halofan - July 10, 2008
Of course not
It saying that izzy is like kirk gibson
WillGoAngels27 - July 10, 2008
Izzy had the clutch hit, but I go with Howie, he was a monster
leftwing - July 10, 2008
Panther: Maalox Plus
For quickly soothing my stomach from my impending ulcer after F-Rod’s error.
PieceOfAase - July 10, 2008
Panther: Dondo
Why? Because he stopped the madness. The Rangers had come back to tie it in the 7th and had all the momentum. An Angels loss seemed certain, as the Rangers were sure to score in the 8th or the 9th. But Arredondo came up huge.
Angels split this 4-game series on the road, but it felt much, much worse. The Angels should have taken at least 3 of the games and probably should have swept the Rangers.
Fan Since 1981 - July 10, 2008
i like your argument
UCIHalo - July 10, 2008
GREAT point
‘Do stopped the Rangers’ mo’
yeswecan - July 10, 2008
Dondo!!!!
I will Make It Official, I Am On The DONDO Bandwagon!! Let Frankie go at the end of the year, WE HAVE A NEW CLOSER!!!!!!
Hapyorange - July 11, 2008
Macier Izturis Panther
44FAN - July 10, 2008
almost BotG
the damn HOLD EM threads…....for not working…...two games in a row…......thats anti-panther!
norcaliangelsfan - July 10, 2008
Instead of Hold Em we should start having
BEAT THEM DOWN threads. See how that works.
Zu Long - July 10, 2008
Panther to Maicer
Fucking Bad Shields
PieceOfAase - July 10, 2008
Lack-luster was worse
norcaliangelsfan - July 10, 2008
I love you Howie
infant - July 10, 2008
Josey Wales
The momentum was swelling in the 8th and 9th, and the kid shut them down in cold blood. I loved Howie’s bombs, but if it weren’t for ‘Dondo, we’d be on a BOTG thread.
Big Easy Halofan - July 10, 2008
HK for Panther
Nice work by Arredondo, Spier, and Franky but the man was Howard “Motown” Kendrick.
Rusty Carew - July 10, 2008
PotG
HK47!!!!
anaheimisnotla - July 10, 2008
What is the avg. score since Duck's prediction?
eyespy - July 10, 2008
4.86, i believe
ZiK - July 11, 2008
Are we talking about the bet that mattwelch made with scareduck?
Stirrups - July 11, 2008
It's either Howie or Izzy
for Izzy to come off the bench and drive in the winning run…. wow.
but Howie went 3-5 with 2 homers; his first muti-homer game. that’s impressive too
howiestheman - July 10, 2008
Panther K-Rod
I thought he’d lost the game after the botched attempt to turn a DP on a pop bunt.
BBFan1 - July 10, 2008
Pantha Howie.
HMs got to Izzy, Speier, Arredondo and K-Rod.
Zu Long - July 10, 2008
The best part about this series
Is that the Rangers played their little hearts out and managed a split at home.
No wait that’s a mile behind the Soth finally realizing that GMJ < Johnny Rivers
MH252525 - July 10, 2008
If we were allowed to give panthers to opponents ...
Art Howe! Who bunts with one of the best hitters in the league in extra innings?
gilbert - July 10, 2008
and he pitched to Howie with the go ahead run at 2nd
is Howe the manager or Washington?
I saw them both together on the bench
MH252525 - July 10, 2008
Washington is but he got tossed.
ReggieBullits - July 10, 2008
Pass the rolaids
And let’s get the hell outta Dodge. Wow. Them feisty pricks don’t need pitching when every batter in the lineup looks like a semifinalist for the last spot on the new season of American Gladiators (I’m exaggerating. Kinsler looks like this kid I used to know who would drink his own pee for 10 bucks). Someone in Arlington finally got smart and realized their park was built for mashers so mashers they went out and got.
So yeah, thanks Texas for complicating my already acidic stomach and then making sure our fellas don’t get to Fremont with any time to get a decent night’s rest before facing a pitcher who is out to prove that the Beane didn’t get hosed in his latest attempt at media exposure. You guys are always trying to fuck things up for us.
ReggieBullits - July 10, 2008
Can we
dump Mickey and steal away whoever the hell is Texas’ hitting coach?
red floyd - July 10, 2008
Sure...
but unless he brings that ballpark with him, it won’t make much of a difference.
Rusty Carew - July 10, 2008
Mickey was hilarious tonight
Yelling at the ump. His face was as red as his cap. Thought for sure he was gonna come charging out of the dugout.
ReggieBullits - July 10, 2008
...or have a cardiac arrest
“Code blue! Code blue!”
Hutch83 - July 11, 2008
Izzy
Mr. Clutch strikes again!
lightupthat420 - July 10, 2008
Howie with two freaking HRs and the last out gets the panther.
Oh, and like with Scioscia last night, I give the blame to Ron Washington’s bench coach. Bunting Ian Kinsler in that situation? The Halos appreciate it. Thanks.
101halo - July 10, 2008
That would be Art Howe.
Making all A’ss fans feel warm and fuzzy all over. Again!
Stirrups - July 10, 2008
Split Vote
Panther
Howie but more importantly Juan Rivera 3 -5 night with a couple runs scored should keep GMJ on the bench a little longer
Angel Aviator - July 10, 2008
GMJ is going to be on the bench terminally
When the Soth benches someone, he BENCHES someone.
highlandhalo - July 10, 2008
Kendrick
highlandhalo - July 10, 2008
In honor of our new club record, a Lackey vanity plate:
Stirrups - July 10, 2008
Should have done the old yellow on black version
Cuz Lackey is old school. Stirrups licence plates are quickly becoming my favourite feature of this site. and that WIN pic kicks ass.
GO HALOS tonight against the white-shoed enemy.
highlandhalo - July 11, 2008
thx.
I used a late 60’s plate precisely because it was old school. Yellow on black would be old school for me, but that’s because I am a lot older than Lackey!
Stirrups - July 11, 2008
That's a '70s plate
Per the CA DMV, blue plates were introduced in 1970.
Of course that page also says that no blue plates were issued after 1982. This is incorrect. White plates were an option from 1982 They discontinues blue plates in 1987. I had a 1985 Mazda 626 that I bought new, and received blue plates from the DMV.
Once the licence numbers turned over from 1ZZZ999 to 2AAA000, only white plates were issued.
Prior to ‘63, was black on yellow. ‘63 to ‘69 was yellow on black.
red floyd - July 11, 2008
Blue plates
CalPl8s confirms that the blue plates were issued concurrently with the white plates through 1987.
red floyd - July 11, 2008
thx. I stand corrected
Stirrups - July 11, 2008
Old School
I think maybe yetijuice is the only other HHer older than me but I have driven a VW bug with black license plates. OK I’ll confess it was already a really old car by the time I got it but what a classic that was.
And this is a true story: That bug died on me one day when I was driving back from Palm Springs for a spring training game. It was struggling to get up over that pass, you know, the pass with all the windmills.. It bit the dust at Banning.
I got lucky and there was a guy in Banning at 5pm who could fix it. Oil pan thing. Paid him $25 or what not and got the bug back to OC. Don’t know whatever happened to that car, I sold it for dirt cheap but it floated at least once in the Cal State Fullerton parking lot. And the electric heaters in those old bugs kicked ass. And so did the black license plates.
highlandhalo - July 11, 2008
Those bugs were nearly indestructible, unless they caught fire!
I always loves how there were as many places to get a bug fixed back then as there are 7/11’s today. It was as common as appliance repairmen!
Thanks for the story!
Stirrups - July 11, 2008
Banning baby!
Middle of nowhere. Dude fixed it in no time, got me home to OC.
I love nostalgia. But I love winning more. I’l
highlandhalo - July 11, 2008
Speaking of Banning
I left the US five years ago. When I left it had been at least 3 years since I’d been in the 10 South.
There used to be Banning in between Riverside and Palm Springs, and there was another small town called Beaumont. I think. Before I moved overseas there was a big place called Moreno Valley which was full of spanking-new housing developments, etc.
Just my gut instinct, but I think we should have a new nickname for the Big A: Moreno Valley.
highlandhalo - July 11, 2008
Moreno Valley
That’s where my uncle and cousins lived during the 90’s, if I remember correctly.
I remember in Middle School I used to watch the morning news before riding to school and at least once a month there was a report about a gang shooting, people getting killed, etc.
When I was in high school, they moved to Murrieta(6 years ago?), a town that is also full of new developments but doesn’t get on the news as often.
TheTypingFiend - July 11, 2008
Moreno Valley
Everyone I grew up with in Pomona lives out towards MV now. It was about the only place you could buy a house for less than half a million a few years back. But it’s still out in the boonies!
anaheimisnotla - July 11, 2008
I lived there in 83-85
We called it Sunnymead. I remember there being a Raceway. It was LOUD!
We lived in one of those brand new developments, nice big house, it was fun as a kid, i played baseball, soccer, bmx, ect. I dont remember there being gang violence, I was only 7, but I think it was pretty chill back then.
We did Palm Springs (Spring Training) often. The two things that stick out in my mind are “Ice cold beer hear” and being in my uncles Jeep, on the srip, while everyone was squirting each other with water guns.
Funke5ive - July 11, 2008
I remember that vendor at Palm Springs
who used to say “get yer ice cold beeeya heeeya” in sort of a Midwestern accent. He was a big friendly guy. And I did get many an ice cold beer off him on those hot spring training days.
highlandhalo - July 12, 2008
Iz
vladtheimpaler - July 10, 2008
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