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BAL-TUE Game Thread Part 2

THIS IS A preprogrammed thread.

Basically, someone link to this on Game Thread 1 if you would be so kind.

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We need a slump buster for mlb pitching debuts
And, mindlessly, I follow along...
we're like a bunch of sheep

or lemmings!

RoboRev to the rescue
As long as this one sticks to his med regimen...
Now start hitting some balls in some good spots!
Robotic Reverends? Next thing we'll have robotic cops, robotic notary publics and robotic bank tellers.

wait…

can we please get some hits
Great job Garland!

We need one more inning from you.

Now let’s Hit!

COME ON ALREADY!

Holy crap they look terrible

i can haz no moar sukz?
Admirial almost beat that out
Someone needs to arbitrarily charge the mound.
i think scioscia was trying to build water's confidence
much like every other freaking pitcher that makes his debut against us
Only to have that same pitcher CRUSHED by Kansas City, the Mariners or the Giants the next time
nice attempt Aybar
is it just me or are this innings lasting like 2 minutes
if the angels are hitting, yes, they take 2 minutes
It is very dissapointing to watch this

I had high hopes Torii and U-Haul would not have this problem.

Finally U-Haul gets on base
UHaul.... OBP-manimal
tie it up Vladdy!
Bizarro Vlad..
i am gonna puke!
this is so f'n frustrating
"Chris Waters continues his 1 hitter"

F*ck you Angels. This is a total shame.

Vlady.

Take a couple pitches, brah.

hey, he just walked a guy!

so I’ll swing at the FIRST EFFING PITCH EVEN IF IT’S A BALL!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

thats vlad, he's amazing

its so great how he can hit anything out of the strikezone

oh irony,

how i love thee

No sense dragging things out...
teams should jsut call up young pitchers

when they face us

Young pus-throwers to be more specific.

Just like Ponson, we can’t hit people with 85 MPH heat.

So our only hope is that Sherril will come in in the 8th or 9th, right ?

vlad is kinda annoying sometimes

Bizarro Vlad is, yes.

We’ve seen too much of him this year.

Tomorrow's pitcher is Olson.

We faced him before, right?

Ill answer my own question

We faced him, for the first time, last week and lost. So we should win tomorrow.

Got toasted too.

Once again because GA, Juan weren’t in.

I remember :(
NAPOLI UPDATE:

right now, he’s 1-3 with a double.
they’re in the 7th inning

does Scioscia still think Q can hit lefties?

There are some pretty stupid quotes in here

Those quotes are disturbing

and they frustrate me

same here, friend
Came in with a .306 average on the year against lefties, IIRC.
Quinland hasn't faced a pitcher in a while though
that was a meatball if I've ever seen one
wow what a disappointment
Luke Scott is a beastly beast of a man.
Oh, why do I care, Garland is not to blame for this

3 runs through 7 innings. That’s pretty good.

QS, i do believe
this game has been a disapointment
It's time for Torii to start it off right in the 7th for us.
Griffin: Hey man, I think we need to stop playing Q and GMJ.

Scioscia: Yeah, I guess.

Well done Garland...

Like I said, 3 runs thru 7 ain’t half bad.

NOW START GETTING SOME HITS!

Hey that Amstel commercial is actually Dutch

That’s funny.

That's it for Garland.
Good Job Garland

That 3rd out was rough. But way to keep us in it.

Now let’s hit!!!

The only exiting thing for us so far is that we'll see Loux today
I hate the way this team faces new pitchers

he’s new. He’s not throwing an exceptional number of strikes. Just stand there and see what he has, and swing at YOUR pitch. He’s a career minor leaguer, not prime-Pedro Martinez. Christ.

He has a HIGH ERA in AAA too

They should be able to absolutely CRUSH him

I actually like this team's chances against prime-Pedro.

They hit heat-throwers pretty well.

Game 6 2002 was 5-0 right now.

Yeah, but the giants failed to have a no-name, minor league, miserable piece of shit pitch that day.
Russ Ortiz comes pretty close to that though.
A miserable piece of shit, yes, but unfortunately for the giants he'd thrown a pitch in the majors before that game.
Here's my advice for Scioscia

Next time an opposing team calls up a pitcher from the minors, stick some of our own minor leaguers in the lineup!

My advice

send all our hitters to the plate without bats.

They're already doing that by the looks of things.
He is trying that tonight. Look again at the lineup.
TRUE minor leagues

not major leaguers that SHOULD be sent down.

Yeah... then we could all pay $50 to see the Salt Lake bees play the Pawtucket whatevers
I bet you our minor leaguers would crush this Waters dude.
Wood would've had 6 RBIs by now :P
At least ;-)

Wood & Rodriguez would’ve known what to do!

guys guys guys...

terrible, terrible, terrible!!!

when do we start seeing pinch hitters?
Not until the 9th.
Okay, what do we do here guys?

Loux coming in? Any lineup changes?

This stuff right here aint workin’.

Scioscia determined before the start that he wanted to lose this game.
So everything is going according to plan!
Or as The Joker would say..."It's allll part of the plannn."
Seriously though, you're right. GMJ=no win. I think Rev said that the last 6 or 7 we've lost have had GMJ starting.

Or something ridiculous like that.

Yep

Q in, GMJ in, Rivera out, GA out… How badly do you want to loose ? Oh, and Garland pitching – not that he is that bad, but you know he’s going to give up some runs!

quality start tonight

i’ll take it!

Me too

Garland did a good job. Especially considering the rough first.

I'm finding this WAY more entertaining than I should

Thank you Rex and Phys for keeping this enjoyable.

I think all they play by play guys figured out that taking shots at Hud is fun AND entertaining
Looks like we're going to get to see some Shane Loux.

he is warming up in the pen.

LOUX TIME.

Now the O’s can face the fearsome wrath of OUR 30-year old minor league journeymen.

they already have

he’s in left field

I meant pitchers and you know it. ;-P
tee hee

ain’t I the worst?

Looks Loux Good!
Loux Baseball Diamond Phillips
Oh man. Loux played for the 2003 Tigers (losers of 119)

I think Gary Coleman and Pauly Shore also played for that Tigers team.

Corey Feldman carried them.
How do you carry someone to 119 losses?

More like he dropped them.

That loux like a walk to me
scooscia thinks that rookie pitchers are unhitable
They ARE.

At least in this game.

And that Q is good against "finesse" pitchers such as Waters

Yeah… That’s great.

I'm going to do offensive chugs right now.

Don’t ask.

i'm asking.

what?

Family, friends, and family of friends...we started some seriously insane superstitions during the 02 run

Offensive chugs…chug at least one beer without stopping during the commercial break.

There are more but they’re embarrassing.

nothing wrong there

but i won’t go any deeper.

They're innocent. It's the extent of the superstition that's embarrassing. But hey...that's baseball. And i'm sure i'm not alone.

In fact, that’d be a good fanpost.

no shame in superstition

especially when it comes to your team.

that’s my stance.

And it was always at the same house, about 30 people each game that year.
Loux good to me!

To bad our offense doesn’t.

Yes, I’ll stop the “jokes” now.

good inning by Loux

he can be our new mop up guy

Loux in the 8th for the win. Frankie the 9th to save it. Just the way The Soth planned it.
LET'S GO ANGELS!

HITS, HITS, HITS!

rally time

enough of this shit

Come on Angels

Crush this guys dream, and put up 4, 5 runs in this inning!

don't hold your breath

Matthews is still in

I wanna see a 3 run solo homer to tie it up!
man, he's getting that outside call all night
Loux Look Good. Me fear Kingsmen nicknames in our future...
so why is

GMJ hitting this inning? Get that bitch back on the pine!

Why am I afraid this is going to be a 1 hit, CG shutout for Waters ?
Yup, Loux getting in was what we were waiting for.

Time to crush this fool.

GMJ - GET HIT BY A PITCH ALREADY!
F*CK YOU Matthews!
(even though that was a ball - it was too close for comfort)
That was....actually, that was a good pitch.

Fargin A

so......

i’m pretty sure Soth WANTS us to hate GMJ.

that’s the only logical explanation I can think of.

it’s 3-0… with some pinch hitters, we’re still in this effing game.

This guy has been like a left handed Mussina.
This is truly unbelievable

WHY did GMJ hit, with Rivera, GA and Willits on the bench ?

Oh... I thought this was an exhibition game!?!?
Yeah, the orioles, that's not a real team, right?
I thought this was a team from the Israeli league or something
I think you're right. It's a good thing that's the case and this won't count. Otherwise this would be embarrassing.
Because Scioscia hates us for some reason. Let's all think back....did we say something to piss him off or what?

This is Waters’ peak of his career. He started 179 minor league games…now gets his chance and he’s on fire. This is the apex, the pinnacle. It’s all down hill from here, and he’ll say one day to some dude passed out next to him at a bar “Man, when I got called up, I shut out the best team in baseball. Bartender! Another round of root beer schnapps!”

This pitcher has been the most dominating we've faced this year

I don’t think we’ve been 1 hit before this year!

we have

i think it was against the royals

You sure? I thought Spiezio one hit us
May 9th, Tampa Bay
Probably also against a rookie?
And was it a complete game, like this one most likely will be ?
don't think so

but B.Wood was the only one to get a hit

thank you for proving my point from earlier

;)

what was your point?
Wood would've hat 6 RBIs by now.
Is it me or is the Bird Mgr William Shatner?
ok guys im back, dominated my bball game!
BAD timing, Soth

“We’re going against a finesse lefty and Q usually does pretty well against those guys. It gives us a chance to let Juan [Rivera] catch his breath, too.”

yeah, that and..

“I think this is a good matchup for Q”.

really? are you serious?

That's what he said allright.
And then he followed it up with a comment about all the drugs he's on.
I definitely get the feeling that Rivera's leg is of concern... I think there's a stamina issue there.
That's ok

So put him at DH.

And thats not a reason to bench GA AND Rivera at the same time.

GA was too lazy too pinch hit
Then it's a good thing that he got no playing time in the first half of the season to build up some strength.
where is the complaint department?
any game thread
so i take it that HG fucking H jr is blowing it yet again

ok there it was, kinda weak but i had to use it

no no...

i could feel the hate.
good use

thanks.

so this rookie dominated us and hgh is a waste of air. am i caught up?

Yep!
we still have the bottom of the 9th

lets go halos!!!!

Yes

Weak defense earlier in the game, and no hits.

Although the only person with ONE hit, is Vlad.

Nah... Quentin flew out.
That trio of 3 run homers game got the Angels delusional
Dude, we can't get shut out by this cheesedick.

LETS GO HALOS!!!

I like the way Rex and Physioc have to pretend to be surprised this is happening.
That takes a lot of skill!
Best in the business!
yeah no kidding

Producer: Remember guys, we can’t swear on the air.
Rex: But this is &#*! ridiculous! Gimme a bat! I'll show this *&%*#) ^(*# who’s boss!
Phys: Yeah… what he said! (cheesy chuckle)
Producer: and act surprised!
Rex: x%x#% you.

stupid SBN

ruined my dialogue

use < pre > before the text and then < /pre > after it.
Producer: Remember guys, we can’t swear on the air.
Rex: But this is &#*! ridiculous! Gimme a bat! I'll show this *&%*#) ^(*# who’s boss!
Phys: Yeah… what he said! (cheesy chuckle)
Producer: and act surprised!
Rex: x%x#% you.
It would be awesome if we win in the 9th

Just to shut the O’s up.

Let's get Flat Brim!
Great job by Loux. Tosses 2 shutout innings and saves the bullpen.
Yeah, that was pretty nice. Good job Loux!
Rally time boys!

Hey, everybody gotta have a dream.

lets go halos!!!!!!!!!!!

we believe! yes we can!

Oh Crap! It's Farva!
c'mon Aybar...

don’t blow it like you always do.

Isn't that ron jeremy on the mound?
Let's go A BAR
here comes the thunder--cheryl is trembling
we beat him last night we can do it again!
Porn stache!

FINALLY ANOTHER HIT!

Booyah.

Thats how it starts.

hahahaha

that just went through ALL THREE of them!

that was weird
YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN!
c'mon UHaul...

don’t blow it like you always do.

GO U-HAUL!
I thought we wanted U-Haul to stay? No mixed signals.
Game

“In play, no outs”. What does that mean?

it was a hit.

single up the middle

dude, it was more snark. you are falling behind again...
AH!

sorry.
tired… pissed.
brain slow.

gameday must be glitching...

....probably thinks the o’s are batting?

THAT's a LOW strike ?!
ahhh finally

feels good. all i wanted was a hit

bummer.

UHaul was going for it, but just missed it.

Please don't be Bizarro VLAD
What's worse? Watching the Angels get one hit by a rookie or having to see plastic Paris Hilton on the yahoo front page
Watching the Angels being one hit
by paris hilton
Both are probably getting F#(#ed right now
Both are pretty bad, unless Paris has released another home video.
crap

just a little high on the barrell

crap!

YES WE CAN YES WE CAN!!!! LETS GO VLAD!!!

Glad I missed the game up until now, and my DVR malfunctioned so I can't watch it

Starting Q and HGH in the same game = not even trying to win

A lot of us seem to agree on that

Don’t know why Soth doesn’t figure that out.

if I was actually at the game

I’d be screaming at Soth that I paid good money to watch major leaguers not bench players

GMJ can go crawl in a hole and die for all I care
lets just get a decent threat going
chirs waters has been in the minor leagues for 9 Years
Give him $50 mil over 5 years.
DAMNIT!!!!!!
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD
Apparently, we've resorted to the lazy fly ball to right field attack.
sign tex, let vlad walk
this game = FAIL
This game is going to be the new FAIL

You’ll see funny pics with bold letters on them that say “Angels vs. Chris Waters”

This was DISGUSTING

Props to Waters but really, Angels, this should not have happened AT ALL

scioscia you fail
2nded

Q and GMJ ARE NOT MAJOR LEAGUERS

S-Rod and even Brown have more upside than Q and Willits is MUCH better than GMJ

Ballgame. Sigh.
What's with the post-game rally caps?
best team in baseball my ass
Lucky streak indeed.
How the rookie 1 hits the best team in baseball!

See, being in the spotlight isn’t that much fun.

CRAP!!!!

I’m NEVER playing bball on game day ever again!!!!!

i will take the Blame for this one guys
Ouch

That guy sounds like a complete douche. Or no, worse, he sounds like a Southpark character.

Sosh for BOTG.
Requesting a rule waiver, the manager earned it tonight.
Yes

He never wanted to win this one. “Q is a good match”. Right. Playing Matthews AND Q, benching GA and Rivera. He actually gave up before the game even started.

the last three games have shown a new side of the angles
Hunter BOTG

or Soth

Hunter ?

The entire offense was lame. Why Hunter ? Because he happened to be the last batter ?

Fangraphs says Hunter-- that's why

I was too drunk to place real blame

Also the 1st inning GIDP
you know Soth really pissed me off

A friend of mine who can’t afford to go to many games, was GIVEN Diamond Club seats by her 4th grade class as an end of the year present for tonight. She misses our Championship softball game for it (we lose by 2 runs and might have won if she showed) and she gets to watch Robb Quinland and GMJ.

BOTG = Soth!

Thats tough

Personally I have never been to a game in which Soth put such a lousy lineup together. I’m hoping that stays that way.

Soth: don’t even think of putting GMJ and Quinlan in the lineup on Sunday against the Yanks!

i was at opening day this year

when Q got the start over Kotchman.

i was beyond pissed

THIS IS A preprogrammed failure.

Basically, someone flush this down the toilet if you would be so kind.

I agree with Soth as BOTG. It would be his first of the year. Might as well, because that lineup stunk.
As they say in Futbol -- the manager should always take the blame
I'll tell ya who's to blame.

RoboRev didn’t pre-program a panther of the game thread!

Oh man. I was just about to say to myself as they were interviewing Waters "Hey, he did good. Give him props."

Then the dude answers to questions in a row with “Well, I just put it in the lords hands.”

Not to start holy wars….but c’mon.

And while he said that, he sounded like a Southpark character

Waters, enjoy the credit and respect you get until your next start, in which you’ll be blown up. Thank the Angels for this moment! They sucked ass!

I know, it was just so robotic. If you're that into the lord, at least rejoice ecstatically and praise him with some gusto.

Robot voice: I PUT IN LORDS HANDS. BLEEP BLOOP BLIP.

then he shouldn't get the credit for the win
Maybe that's the key to the Angels' failure against rookie pitchers

All of them put it in the lords hands. After a few starts, they think they can do it themselves and are lit up.

The Lord gets the win. Although we have dude's who are into the big guy, so I guess The Lord also had a crappy time at the plate tonight.
I'm almost positive that Tex and Torii and possibly GA are.
and Speier too.
well, Speier joined the wrong denomination this year
Fo sho. Right now they are denouncing God.

F-you jo boo. I do it myself.

So if the Lord gets credited for the win, then he's also BOTG

just kidding…. I’m a believer

No the Angels had a crappy time...
good follow up question

“So does that mean that the lord wanted the angels to lose tonight?”
“Why is it that God decided that your team would win?”

Man, if an interviewer went that route, it'd be pure gold.
The Lord must look after his Angels

when the almighty Reverend is absent

i am a believer but

it drives me crazy when athletes make some sort of remark to the effect that God allowed them to win. Some reporter asked, “what was the key to your success.” answer “God just loves us more”

they're giving credit where credit is due.

“In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.”

ring a bell?

preach!

key is giving credit to God, but not has if he somehow was dictating the balance of the game

truth

giving credit to God for the ability and the opportunity, not necessarily the win.

"And He will make the pitches of thy enemies low and outside."
that made me giggle.
"pitcheth to Vlad, for he will hit into a double play most righteously."
and thus, Vlad hiteth into the double play, thereby making 2 outs for his opponents.

And the Lord saw that it was good.

And the Lord was grieved at his creation
I'll remember that the next time I take a huge bong rip.
agree

but there is a difference in thanking God for your health and athletic ability and thinking that God allowed you to destroy your competition.

i don't think Waters did that

all he said was that he “put the game in the Lord’s hands.”

that doesn’t sounds anything like thanking Him for the enemie’s destruction.

I'm a fan of boxing and mma, and I always find it kind of weird when some dude is passed out on the canvas and the other guy is thanking Jesus for his dominant victory.

Thank you for letting me have this guy taken out on a stretcher, Jesus.

Waters must be pretty danged important

for The Lord to interrupt overseeing the universe in order to interfere with a baseball game in Anaheim, California.

I don’t feel so bad about this loss after all!

I know, especially since God used a miracle to help the Angels earlier this year...according to The Onion at least.
Angels in the outfield....
Winning in June was damn near a miracle.
needs a break from the War and famine.

Probably needs a break from the Jolie-Pitt birth. It was a rough one

He doesn't need a break, but he does have to regroup before he battles not one but two anti christs.
thought we already played the Yankees and the Red Sux?
Pitchers

other than those first few batters in the first, our pitchers put on a great performance tonight. Apparently baltimore found texas’ secret out of putting us against new pitchers. Blame of the game tonight is Mickey Hatcher taking one for his whole offense.

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