It takes all the momentum built up over the past week and a half, and all the success realized, and throws it all away in such a manner that all the critics can forget everything and proclaim that the Angels are nothing without A Big Bat.
Yeah, as if The Big Bat will always come up to the plate at that magic time when we have runners in scoring position, and they will always get the big hit, winning the game for us. Like it already does for Vladdie. Not.
YES WE CAN!
Lets Do This Fellas!
Funke5ive - July 21, 2008
no more suckage!
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
Get some runs, Halos!
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
Let's DO IT ANGELS!
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
Rally time!
melvintoast - July 21, 2008
Dang.
No love for Casey.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
C'mon, Izzy, you're the only guy besides Juice without a hit.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
Mighty mouse being less than that tonight.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
thats 2 games in a row, too
do we see the Admiral tomorrow?
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
Quite possibly.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
Blah...
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
*Sigh*
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
Justin in to see if he can keep the score where it is...
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
Nope.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
Gotta run an errand but I'm still following the game.
melvintoast - July 21, 2008
Speier says..
“look! I give up homers too!”
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
How come WE don't get to bat against him?
Stirrups - July 21, 2008
well, I'am
not surprised
Funke5ive - July 21, 2008
another HR, this is getting ridiculous
Chone's Chonies - July 21, 2008
Ugh.
5-1 Cleveland. Speier is still on this team… whyyyy?
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
He was good for three straight seasons prior to this.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
until he got sick last year
you mean.
With an unidentified illness that we all want to diagnose as “a sudden case of sucking ass”
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
This is what other relievers not named Shields or K-Rod do by the way.
They’ll own with a 2 era one year and suck balls the next. Shields and K-Rod are WAY under-appreciated for how consistently awesome they’ve been.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
outside of Fenway.
But yes, by-and-large relief pitching is inexplicably terrible in the AL.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
lol
oh justin
Carl Johnson - July 21, 2008
It's ok, we swept Boston.
we sold a loss to the Indians for that.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
I hate nights like tonight.
It takes all the momentum built up over the past week and a half, and all the success realized, and throws it all away in such a manner that all the critics can forget everything and proclaim that the Angels are nothing without A Big Bat.
Yeah, as if The Big Bat will always come up to the plate at that magic time when we have runners in scoring position, and they will always get the big hit, winning the game for us. Like it already does for Vladdie. Not.
Stirrups - July 21, 2008
See but that was just it.
Juan kept coming up in the clutch, and kept COMING THROUGH in the clutch. This game ain’t over yet though.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
fair enough, it isn't over
but with the whiffleball offense of the Angels and a complete lack of cohesion, there’s little chance we rally for 5 runs in 2 innings.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
The "whiffleball" offense is bullshit.
We have a good offense. We’ve rallied for 4 runs against josh becket, and we can do it against these bozos.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
scattering singles all night
scoring one run on a doinker from the 9-slot.
That’s whiffleball’d.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
No, it's lack of clutch'd.
There’s a difference.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
that's whiffleball'd
lots of hits, without a lot of meaning.
:(
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
Wow. One game defines us.
Ever thought of trying out as an ESPN anchor? You’d be a natural.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
lol, where have you been all season?
Go apologize somewhere else about the 4th worst offense in the league.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
5th. We past Oakland a while ago.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
pardon, 5th worst.
We got the upgrade of Izturis in the 3-slot.
Ugh.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
We got Rivera hitting 375 475 700.
Guess you missed that part.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
Good thing scioscia has faith in the 5th OF'er
enough to play him every day ahead of GMJ.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
See, saying we have a bad offense and saying GMJ
shouldn’t be playing are very different things.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
Oh, it's both.
Juan Rivera is massively overrated, but only by Angel fans praying for a bat to come along.
But a trade is no good, because then we’ll essentially be trading away the future for a shot at winning the ALDS.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
Yup.
Massively overrating the .880 hitter an offense that’s averaged ~6 runs a game without GMJ. The same offense that whooped the Sox in three straight.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
The first game, was a whoopin'
And no one is more glad to see that than I am. But the next two were come-from-behind nailbiters.
You can thank your local Kotchman for that.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
Rivera started that rally.
Clutch hits make the difference, and so did he.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
woot?
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
Where have you been the past month?
Trying to find a darker shade of sunglasses? The light must be getting really painful by now.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
Losing in the first round of the playoffs yet again,
is really going to suck after such a beautiful showing by the rotation all year.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
Where as if we followed the advice of most on the board,
half the rotation would be gone for a 1B with an .800 OPS. Joy.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
hey, I've learned not to listen to anyone here.
These’re the same people who wanted Escobar in the bullpen at the outset of the 2007 season.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
You could always root for the Sox.
I hear that goes over great at ESPN too.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
They've got enough whining, piss-moaning ladies
in their fan base that they don’t need the addition of little ol’ me.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
Touche.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
Only problem is I doubt Mike pinch hits for Juice.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
would you?
the guy is raking, and he’s obviously a big league hitter.
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
and playing hurt, too!
Ever the team player…
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
he should do us the favor of surgery
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
blame GMJ
we didnt suck until he was stuck back in the lineup.
obviously, our offense caught fire with Juan…. so naturally, we should disturb that in the middle of a winning streak.
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
Speier adds so much to a game.
44FAN - July 21, 2008
so much....
entertainment?
increase in the suicide rate?
increase in the rate of domestic violence?
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
dog kicking.
44FAN - July 21, 2008
ahhh
well played
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
So, 4 runs down. No sweat.
We can do this.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
always the.... you know
optimist.
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
Let's Go Angels!
Come on Hula Dula the Domino Rula…...
44FAN - July 21, 2008
HOWIE!!!!
the man flexes his muscles!
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
Boom boom
HK-47 shootin’ that bitch long-range.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
*******HOMERUN*********Howie Kendrick!************
44FAN - July 21, 2008
HOWITZER!
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
BOOYAH!
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
GMJ: Rally Killer
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
rally...what rally?
it’s like that rally bad superhero that everyone always hates seeing cuz he just effs things up
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
nice work by O'Day
tanana40 - July 21, 2008
Good job by O'Day.
44FAN - July 21, 2008
hey so kendrick n santana and adenhart for holiday
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
calikraze - July 21, 2008
Never hurts to ask.
Stirrups - July 21, 2008
he has two L's
44FAN - July 21, 2008
And Lackey, Kotchman & Rivera for Sherrill.
snowhor - July 21, 2008
dont forget
Vlad for Joe Borowski
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
Well, those moves would solve our playoff problems
since we wouldn’t make the playoffs…
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
Put the Monkey on the Big screen and
Lets do this!
Funke5ive - July 21, 2008
THAT'S what she said!
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
Let's Go Halos!
44FAN - July 21, 2008
Competitive eater will blow it
Big Easy Halofan - July 21, 2008
C'mon, Erick, get us started...
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
way to watch it down the middle, Admiral
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
wow
Eric You Gotta Pull The Triggerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Funke5ive - July 21, 2008
Can't watch that pitch, Admiral.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
jsut checking in
why the hell is matthews playing
UCIHalo - July 21, 2008
Too Much Good Stuff
Stirrups - July 21, 2008
See- first topic
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
Because
he whined. Or maybe because Scioscia still doesn’t understand that he’s just not very good.
jjackflash - July 21, 2008
Quentin flew out to CF.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
XD
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
Playing?
I wouldn’t call it that
Funke5ive - July 21, 2008
Or Maybe
Juan Rivera & his >.900 OPS since becoming a regular was not acceptable.
jjackflash - July 21, 2008
*Sigh*
Try not to let him K the side, Kotch.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
ruh roh.
shiftyeyedgoat - July 21, 2008
You need to stop asking them to do things.
Or better yet, start asking them to do the opposite.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
F***.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
does anybody find it interesting
that after winning five straight the night we bring GMJ back is the night our offense goes to crap
UCIHalo - July 21, 2008
Insightful observation.
Stirrups - July 21, 2008
no it's just a coincidence
tanana40 - July 21, 2008
It's a shocker. Really.
TheOptimist - July 21, 2008
It's certainly not Gary's fault.
What with his 2 K’s, 2 weak GBs, 3 LOB and a costly, stupid error.
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
apparently, the ump had somewhere to go
this whole night sucked
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
well, that sucked
ladybug - July 21, 2008
i was okay with this loss until i realized that gary is playing again
what the hell? seriously? what the hell
UCIHalo - July 21, 2008
If he's playing tomorrow
we’ll know that Scioscia has been kidnapped by the Bosox and replaced by a modified FRANCONABOT2000
Zu Long - July 21, 2008
hahahaha
howiestheman - July 21, 2008
i hate mathew
calikraze - July 21, 2008
s.
calikraze - July 21, 2008
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