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The HOLD-'EM Overflow Thread

Ervin must hold them, the Angel must hold them (and could sure stand to add on t their lead) and shiftyeyedgoat must explain what it takes to qualify as parental material.

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I didn't know Dale Murphy was on the Rangers...

(joke)

This is losing its luster

Hold’em!
Congrats to Ervin on his new Family!

Saunders leads him in wins, but Santana sprung a rugrat sooner!

well we know what our Halos were up 2 after our faceplant to boston

Yeah, while Spiezio was crashing into bushes (wrong kind) in Irvine...

Joey and Ervy were gettin’ busy! ;)

and Rivera

oh yeah, forgot about that one...

must be something in the rat poison…

Yeah, while Spiezio was crashing into bushes (wrong kind) in Irvine...

funny

wow...

ervin’s lost it … yikes

seriously?

come on guys… from 8-1 to 8-6??

Welcome to Texas...
okay, things aren't right with Ervin
nice grab, casey
NO MORE TALKING ABOUT GAME PANTHERS UNTIL THE LAST OUT

Jesus, people.

hey, i was writing the same thing...

;)

Totally agree
And...

THAT’S WHY, WE DO NOT DISCUSS PANTHERS OF THE GAME

im sorry.......but i refuse to believe that me talking about someone being a panther....

makes the Rangers hit like they’re capable of

Of course, not NorCal...

it’s all good. We still love you, man!

and i love you.........no really.....i do....alot.......

like in a very special way…....like the way…....only a man can love another man…....

gamecast has taken a dump on me........

and it probably serves me right

At least shifteyedgoat is good at finding hilarious baseball websites.
looks like ervin just realized he was on the road

5 runs in one inning is so lame

6 is even worse (see TEX's pitcher's line)
yea but is he an "All-Star"
Eh.

It happens. But it especially happens in Texas.

ouch...

you are bitter, arent’ you? ;)

And on top of being an all star, he’s a raging Catholic who had a kid out of wedlock. Crucify him.

Wow, them Texans sure do sound enthused...
looks like the angels need to be reminded that that game is not over until the 9th inning
at least k-rod can get a save now
Boo fantasy stat pumps...

I’d rather see a blowout every night than see Frankie one time.

THERE is some positive thinking!

I like it!

The Rangers are known for ofense so its not bad at all

they wil lsuck it up in pitching

What's with Kotchy hitting all these flys to centerfield, he's supposed to smack them down the baselines in to the corners.
who is this nippit guy anyway and his 11 ERA
uh...he threw a no hitter in AAA last week...

and prior to that, he got lit up in Anaheim in a 6-run 9th inning, that ended up just short and the Halos lost the game.

opening day?

that was a fun rally

hey look everyone!

it’s Cy Nippert!

The Diamondbacks dropped him

he is the only pitcher in 20 years to give up two grandslams in one innign

and we can't do jack against him

story of the year…

Last time he pitched for the dbacks(i was there)

No hitter threw 3 innigs and then boom 2 grams and only got 1 out

6 runs one inning in April (I think it was April)
I thought Chan Blow Park...

gave up two in one inning to the SAME PLAYER (Tatis)...correct me if I’m wrong. It certainly was not 20 years ago.

That is what I was thinking
Maybe

Thats what i read on the scorecard after the game last year

Correct.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/04231999.shtml

Fernando Tatis, who had not hit a grand slam during his Major League career, homered twice with the bases loaded — both times off Chan Ho Park — in the third inning. Tatis, not only became the first Major League ballplayer to hit two grand slams in one inning, but he also set a new record with eight runs batted in during a single inning.
Well

The dbacks website screwed me over then

They are new to MLB, you know...

:)

B-Ref box

Box score

can you provide the retrosheet boxscore too?

I am not sure we have enough box scores listed here showing that Park blows and we should not let him shut the Angels down.

well that was quick

way to bounce back guys

now im postive texas does not have the momentum

Right. The game.

GO Angels!

There's a game going on?
way to play defense, Halos
well Santana about hit the wall methinks......

plus its about time for some DONDO and Shields to make an apperance…....

No Arrre in awhile huh
its been longer for shields....
its cause of that outing he had

arre countined a no no idk why hes not pitching

this is some shit right here
Your posts are amazingly detailed tonight!

:) HAHAHAH!!

This is unreal
Izzy needs an error on that one.

Chone made a great play.

Nice.

Now get the DP.

Asked.

Answered. It’s that easy.

Can you request a Halos 9-spot...

next half inning?

I'll put it on the list.

But I’m pretty sure I subconsciously want Franky to get save 35 though.

nice DP to attone, Izzy
theres some halo D

out of trouble

GIDP

Holy moly.

Is Rex Hudler some kind of prophet?
No, not a prophet...

but a GOD.

That's what the tat is on Santana...

a Hudler rosary.

At least there's something we can agree on.

Besides rooting for the Angels.

i dunno ... time for him to predict some more halo runs if thats the case
Didn't vladdy have a case of the runs last week?
haha i prefer to leave that to mystery
yeah, he went through $10,000 in $100 bils wiping it up.
time to put some runs on the board, Halos
asked. answered.

hahaha

if the freaking Rockies can put up an 18 spot

so can we

Gotta stop trying to bust homers and just look for hits though.
Torii wants me to shut up apparently.
timing. nice.
the guy is the internet version of hudler.

way to go, ZL

Then Zu needs to start dissing GMJ.

Oh. Wait…

Shhh!

You’ll give away my identity man!

Nice of you to give that fella and his kid a baseball yesterday...

can you teach that guy to CATCH! What a nutjob.

Try telling that to the hula dula
TORII !!!

2 BOMBS !!

Hula Dula with another bomb!!!
hehehehe

2 runs… only 7 to go.

******HOMERUN #2*********Torii Hunter********
It's a deuce

Hah!!

Anderson's at-bat was a deuce...
that crappy, eh?
way to go Tori
I cant even call him TORII-BLE now
More like

Torii-’at ball a new asshole.

bit of a stretch

but i like the effort

"Im a ruin your birthday!"
SLAMMA-LAMMA DING DONG!
GMJ... useless

2 pitches… 2 outs

boy am i glad HGH is in the lineup tonight

Rivera would’ve effed everything up

lol........i feel you.......

and its nice…....

awkward

and just a little bit sexy

thats how i roll.........

mmmmmm ROLLS…......

,,,Dude, are you on ecstasy or something?

what’s with the feeling and the touching and the hugging and the rubbing?

im trying to make a illegitimate child like ervin okay?
more like Vlad...

with as many people as you’re rubbin’ your fungo on.

hey gotta start small and work my way up
They have a 7th-inning howl-along at Arlington

Definitely not one of my stops on any baseball park tour I hope to go on.

Any hay rides?
a roll in the hay?
ask norcalangelsfan

he’s looking for someone to take to the barnyard dance

he already tried me
jealous much?
btw, you have "cali" in your name.

Any and every thing you say is henceforth invalidated.

whatever you say goat boy :)
hahahahahahah

that gets you going, huh?

it is a barnyard dance....

ho-downs a plenty.

You got something against

chromophore-assisted laser inactivation???

Luxury suites that come with their own hookers

and mirrored glass on the outside. Now THAT would be something!

Bets on Ervin's leash, anyone?

One baserunner. Anyone say two?

First walk.
First line drive that is almost a HR to end the 7th.
Roll call

Anyone else having trouble with MLB.TV?

I am... just got home -- it won't load
Glad to know I'm not alone
Maybe Scotland is claimed as part of the Ranger's blackout area

It wouldn’t be too surprising with the way those rules seem to work.

rangers must have gotten that new scottish player
KOTCH

niiiice stab

nice grab, kotch!
KOTCH!

nice play

Vladdy!!!!
great play by Vladdy!!
Vlad

with another great grab !!

BIIIIIIIIIIIIG DADDDDDDDDDDDDY

The true illegitimate child producer of the team.

keep it up

and we are going to make you scan in your parents’ marriage certificate and your birth certificate and do the 5-month-mommy-hoochie-math…

quite the weird kick he is on, no?
for me?

No… I’ve been on weirder…

he must have just paid for an abortion

and can’t afford a new playstation now…

it was over a year ago...

and an xbox…

...

You didn't miss much

Unless your a halo fan.

Awesome Glove VLAD
Glad to see the return of the D
Big Daddy Vladdy out in right with the hot glove!

hes been playing great defense all year…would LOVE to see him get a gold glove !!!!

Two great plays on D

And really nice job by Santana shutting it down in the 6th and 7th. That’s some big league pitching right there.

okay, NOW we need to bean someone
They're leaving Nippert in there

I guess they’re hoping he can qualify for the win if they can get one.

That

And given their bullpen, how likely is it they find another guy who can shut us down?

nice walk

we need some mo’ runs, kids

mathis

nice BB… get him home !!

Holy guacamole

This outing ALONE has trimmed six runs off Nippert’s ERA.

He payed us forward in April

He prevents us from getting completely embarrassed in our home opener. We let him pitch some scoreless innings in Texas later.

KOTCG IS SAFE!
Kotch

that was one of the weirdest plays if ever seen

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
wow, he's safe

interesting play @ first

Just reach over and tag first there Kotch, it's cool.
HOLY SHIT

Wheels with the hustle!

need a big productive hit/out..........
DAMN

nice hit by mathis, terrible baserunning by kotch

again i say

wow

That was AWSOME #5

DAMN !!!

that really sucked… at least mathis blew up the catcher

kotch thought he was dead
great play by mathis though
Nice hit by Mathis.

Props to Laird though. He got trucked by Mathis, got up and threw a bullet to third from his knees.

Okay, pitchers, this is your game now.

3-2-5 DP to end the inning.

That guy looks like he played some foozball.
Starting at Running Back

Jeff Mathis

Running back?

That was a linebacker tackle if I ever saw one.

I'd say Fullback
that was some Mike Alstott action there
That was two of the weirdest consecutive ABs I've seen

Hell of a hit by Mathis

Mathis better watch it the rest of the series though.

He’s going to get trucked if the Texas guys get the chance.

thinking the same

or a fastball behind the back

Yeah.

Add that to the beanings and things could return to fugly between the Halos and Rangers

Yep.

It’ll be just like old times.

Budde says yes.
lets go scotty !!
and again......

gameday has been frozen…....

it's better we don't see that described in words...
Scotty K'd him.
A second one.
sick K to start it up
wickedness by shields
yay......SCOTY-DO.......
Oh yay, mlb.tv just gave up
Just imagine a bunch of Texas hitters sitting down looking 50% baffled, 50% disgusted

And that’s all you missed.

Ahh, ok, thanks
Mike's leaving Santana in there

Red alert. I repeat, Red alert.

Wrong-o

Gameday’s wrong, the broadcast says it’s Shields.

Mike is uhm... gone

Butcher put in Shieldsy…

Just because you can't see him

doesn’t mean he’s not calling the game in from the clubhouse.

He can do that/.?

I thought they were barred from communication?

Never heard of that before

I thought it was just accepted practice.

They are.

He was joking.

I guess he wasn't joking.
sick K # 2 for shields...

and a ground out … shields shuts it down

The inning's over already?

Wow, great job Scot

very clutch nailing it down

after an inning of unclutch baserunning

nice scoty!!!
3 up 3 down for Scott
Shields is hot, barn dance burner hot.
the time off did Scoty good.........

AWESOME!

Hey looks like we may get a save opp
Aha, it all makes sense now

This whole comeback thing is just to get some more save opportunities.

Only our Angels could score 9

and somehow the closer will have a chance to record a save.

See Florida/Colorado. July 4.
very nice vladdy

good heads up base running too

He beaned Vlad earlier.

Payback is a bitch ain’t it?

Damm Vlad is looking slow
Nice Hustle

Vladdy

vladdy is a big man
Why does Vlad look slower to 2nd then he does to 1B???
He ran past the back and had to go on a diagonal.
But he looked slooooooow. And labored. Does he only have 90 fet at a time in him?
It would explain why he always fails at stretching hits.
good news........

sea is up 3 on ChOKeland

dont think the pitchers want any part of hula dula now
That usually happens when you hit two homers in a game.

i wish they’d replay the mathis hit

that'll be on espn top 10 or web gems tonight no worries
The Texas feed hasn't been doing anything else.

I turned the volume off, but I’m sure they complained about it. It was pretty unnecessary. Awesome. But unnecessary.

I missed the next half inning but...

...I didn’t hear them complain about it at the time. They were busy gushing about the catcher’s throw to third.

It was an awesome throw though.

I have to give the guy his props. Like I said, I don’t know what they said, but they showed it a lot.

I would call it "insufficient".
But you have a disturbing and violent mind.
This is true.

Curious that you divined said issue based exclusively on my naively innocent postings on HH…

It's always the quiet ones.
I was concerned that it was the fava beans.
They certainly don't help.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_07_07_anamlb_texmlb_1

Ramirez’s double play at the bottom

sweet!

thanks

Oh man

Looking at it again just now, the dude turned around about a third of a second before he got clocked.

Alert the media!

Vlad holds at second!!!

Ah, here comes Warner Madrigal

No doubt the ex-Angel prospect will get a pair of strikeouts or a meek comebacker after an implosion in the Bronx the other day.

Let's Go Angels!

Go Go Ga!

Warner -Madrigal

When Reagins shit the bed

Eh.

He wasn’t going anywhere in our system anyways. Much like, Gregg and Turnbow before him.

Nice of MLB.TV to come back on with 2 out in the top of the ninth

Hurray MLB! Make sure you flog some more statues on parade you wankers

Fail one more time Juice.

Just to really rub it in that Juan should be playing and not you.

erm... he walked
Crud.

I should have said something about not calling for his head anymore.

See my post above on this very same technique of yours

as applied to GMJ. Too little, too late.

GMJ walks?

Huh. Better check for an alien invasion.

frankie time

get your diapers on

First pitch swinging, Howie

Not. Cool.

lets go Frankie
clap clap clapclapclap
Oh well, no more runs.

Save #35 coming up!

What did I say about not talking about Panthers in-game?

Same thing applies to Frankie saves. It’s been a while since he’s given up a longball, and he’s facing the top of the Texas lineup.

I say we vote Zu Long off the island

every game, he won’t shut up with the jinxing… must be an m’s fan

jinx this..........
bad juju

from zuzu

The last time I stopped posting here

was the dodgers series.

It's okay.

Frankie knows me.

see, this is why you DON'T talk about the end of the game before it happens
and gameday.......

is again frozen

Nothing happening yet.
gameday audio, just came back on for me
Frankie time! RELAX
slider strike one fastball strike two
sheesh

why does kinsler always destroy us

shoulda beaned him.
kinsler en fuego
Kinsler rips it down the line for a double
Who the hell is this Kinsler guy?
Only one of Texas' top hitting prospects

He’s been up a couple years, but he’s really put it together this year.

It would appear so
the guy who should be starting at 2b in the All-Star game

instead of Pedroia

One out fly to right Vlad catches it.
one big out

nice play vladdy

Um

Why would you try to steal third down 3 runs in the 9th? Dumb.

because the angels haven't thrown out a runner the last 27 tries and chances are they huck the ball into left field
Ok, and then you're down by 2 and still need hits

No gain

whats with the play by play
some of us need it.........chillax
tv feed is choppy

get it together, FSN!!!!

gameday has been frozen, gameday audio off

now there is TV problems?

2 big outs
I say try to pick Kinsler off second.

And bean him.

ROTFLMAO!!
all the fans at LSB were talking bout beaning VLAD and TORII all game long`
concussion'd!
nice K, Frankie! 2 outs
k3yerout hamilton!
Hamilton strikes out. Two out.
one more frankie... one more
K3yerout Hamilton
Made Hamilton look silly that AB
welp i closed out game day........

so close out the game frankie

counting your chickens before they hatch
actually the play by playis nice

makes it so i don’t have to check gameday

Nice change up for Frankie today...
No kidding

As if his stuff already wasn’t sick enough without it.

Gameboy BB's
cmon frankie

lets get murphy out

Tie run to the plate
But still time to bean Kinsler.
How can we bean him now?

He’s standing on third base.

Try to pick him off.
At least MLB TV is working again :)
Runners advance on "indifference?"
Now those steals make at least some sense
The important one is at the plate.
y didn't he throw that change up to Gameboy?
Yeah.

The second pitch was in the same place as the first.

Light her up!

Frankie makes history!!

LIGHT UP THE HALO!

KOTCHMAN WITH THE GLOVEWORK!

Rangers show indifference

Angels show luminosity

LIneout to Kotch

GAme over….light it up!

line drive to Kotch!
it wasn't pretty but the Halo shines tonight
LITE IT UP w000000

nice record frankie!

Light It Up!

HISTORY!

Light up the Bush family!

Just another Frankie heart attack!

Light er up

How good is Kotchman with the glove?

i missed it so you will have to tell us
He's quite good
Hard shot up the 1B line, over the bag, headed towards the corner.

Would have put the tying run in scoring position easily. Kotch takes soem quick steps to his left and extends up and out and reaches just enough to snag the line drive.

Gold Glove!!

proper response here is GOLDEN!

That is the correct answer.

Thanks for playing.

BAM!

Just the kind of “save” to make the stat fans all pissy.

Huh?
Certain segments hate the fact that you can get a save with only a 3-run lead.
How many runs did the Rangers score in the 9th inning?
Nice grab Kotch!

Your All-time Savesatthebreak leader is Francisco Rodriguez!

light it up

gotta give the Panther to Frankie for the new record.

Nah.

We’ll give it to him when he breaks the season mark.

No they won't.
I think we will.

That’s big enough to deserve it. Unless Kotch has like a 4 homer game or something. Might get dicey then.

I go with Hunter.

2 bombs in a game.

Light up Zu Long
You keep those Zippos the hell away from me.
you keep those jinxes the hell away from this site :)
You can't prove anything!
Can Lindsey Soto replace Phys

and Hudler….

more of her is never a bad thing

interesting enough

the angels drafted david murphy in 2000 but diidnt sign him

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