The smart money says the Angels are a flawed team: too many injuries, no shortstop, little speed, middling defense. Still, the offense can erupt against any pitcher. Says Slugger Baylor: “We put a lot of sixes and sevens on the Scoreboard.” One thing the Angels do have is the peppy slogan required of all Cinderella teams. For the 1969 Mets it was “You gotta believe”; for the 1979 Angels, “Yes, we can.” After last week’s clincher, Manager Jim Fregosi unveiled a T shirt with the inevitable updating: YES, WE DID. If the team can say that at the end of October, lots of folks outside Anaheim will believe in Angels too.
Lot of negativity today on the thread. But maybe that’s what people like. I, for one, will wait at least a week before checking in again. If it doesn’t change, I’ll just watch the game. But that’s just me and I don’t expect the majority to change on behalf of the minority.
that if we were all sittin’ around in the bleachers watching this game in person we would all have behaved precisely the same way. I have participated in hundreds of such ill-fated expeditions in my past. Pretty much the back half of the 60’s, all the way to the back half of the 70’s, some of the 80’s, now and again in the 90’s.
I, on the other hand, was just a weeee pup in the sixties. I would listen to the Angels every night on me tiny transistor radio (say previous line with an Irish accent, just for fun). Fregosi, Knoop, Schaal, etc. They would lose most of the time (to put it lightly), and I would never, ever, become negative about my team. It is not the personal attacks I care about, it is the attacks on the (my) players.
So I can assure you, Stir, that I would not be one of the people in the stands constantly crying about a player. Especially, bad mouthing an Angel great such as Vlad (oh, here is bad vlad etc 20 times). Even GMJ and Q. Say it once, I get the point. Say it once, then come back with something funny.
But over, and over, and over ,and over. I get it, the first time.
I agree with this, but tonight was different. Not only was the guy owning us, but we had GMJ and Quinlan in from the get go. Didnt seem like we were really that into winning it.
That being said, it was still a close game, even with that lineup. Nonetheless, we were one hit. Nothing to get too stoked on.
I agree though, and I tried to be up most of the game, but it was just an exercise in futility tonight. Too many ground balls and fly outs and inning killers.
To automatically enter my picks into the Robo Pre-Game Threads that are sure to start popping up around here soon. Like the tape machines in “Real Genius”.
We need to promote a dedicated game thread in the future.
After the Halos have clinched, and folks can unlax a little around here, we need to have a game thread wherein EVERY post must be a quote from Caddyshack or Animal House some such iconic flick. It would be epic.
We burnt out on BOTG at the tail end of the game thread,
while waiting for RoboRev to create an auto wrap up thread which, by the way, did not originally include any voting. We cracked ourselves up, and moved on…
Apparently I keep missing out on all these sessions of stewing in negativity. Sorry not everyone is having as swell a time as me.
I didn’t get to watch the whole game today, as I was at Twisted Vines in Fullerton hanging out with chums, and since they like to smoke we had to spend most of the time on the patio, thus I missed the simple majority of the game.
My contributions are, because of aforementioned reasons, meaningless. But I’ll say this, for what it’s worth: I’m no fan of Dorothy. I haven’t been since home opener. But if he gives up three and our offense can’t manifest anything, I can’t pin the blame on him. Especially if at a periphery glance I could tell that GMJ and Quinlan were enigmatically in the lineup. So…
The Big A for BOTG? Cause apparently we can’t be sparkling at home. I don’t know. I didn’t see most of it, as I’ve already explained. If someone can justify GIDP – er, I mean – GMJ for BOTG, I’ll back them up. Till then I’m going to try and wear off my wine buzz and hope for better when I’m listening to the game at work tomorrow…
Obviously it was one of the more horrid lineups, but since Gary Matthews Jr. is a professional baseball player making good money, it would be great if he could occasionally do something actually baseball related when given an opportunity. When he took a mighty cut and the ball dribbled in front of the plate I burst out laughing. His efforts are either comically pathetic or pathetically comic. The stench of his play permeates the entire lineup. BotG Jr. to Figgy for getting the party started with a kinda stunning 3-pitch strikeout.
Can we just agree to permanently retire the BOTG in honor of GMJ?
GMJ’s suckitude has become so frequent that it’s becoming numbing. Now on to other things about GMJ—have you noticed his fey running/jogging style, with his arms flailing like a Mod skanking or like a little leaguer?
Techincally, shiftyeyedgoat nailed his prediction,
but since the rules of play force all participants to make a choice even when that choice will be incorrect, he had to subvert his prediction to the game requirements.
I have to go with Torii. Tough choice, but he was 0-4 with a GIDP and left the most runners on base (3). Garland didn’t start well but settled down and pitched awesome after the first. The reserves didn’t come through, but I expect more from our starters.
Alternate blame: Redneck in the Diamond Club sitting next to me...
the guy was dissing Vlad, saying he sucks. “If that f&cker spoke ENGLISH, he’d do a lot better.”
So, I said politely, “All that matters is how you swing the bat, not what language you speak” and I proceeded to ignore him. However, the bad karma had already set in.
So that’s who gets it for me. This is a team full of PROFESSIONAL hitters. I have seen them destroy some of the best pitchers of our generation. I was at the game so it was hard to decipher how well Waters was pitching but his blazing “Regan Era” fastball and from what I could tell, slider and change seemed to fool said PROS! Baseball is a game of numbers. So many numbers with such strict guidlines that gives those numbers a “Language.” How can a whole team of talented hitters (and GMJ) be so useless the second there is someone they have never seen before. It must be faulty programming. Blame the PROGRAMMER!!!!!!!!!!
we looked like a bunch of little leaguers out there
- Figgins starting off the game looking at 3 straight 87 mph fastballs for strikes - about half the team, including Torii, squaring around to bunt as late as the 8th inning, WTF???!!! - Matthews swinging out of his shoes at every pitch and not getting the ball out of the infield, plus complaining after being rung up on a pitch that was a strike & obviously he had just been fooled by.
Due to the fact that our entire lineup looked equally pathetic, you either have to give major props to the AA pitcher or blame Hatcher. Sure the lineup we threw out there was pathetic, but we were facing a AA pitcher! If there’s one game I want Q playing (and there really isn’t), it should be against that guy.
Luckily for us, no team in the playoffs will throw out a first-time starter against us.
It’s also pitchers we’ve never faced before. Thats the most frusterating ones. Pitchers that have MLB games under their belt, therefore, having scoutable film and tendancies. And yet we still can’t hit those guys. Which doesn’t bode well for a World Series pitching matchup… lol.
Don't do this anymore
Or start pre programming PANTHER threads!
infant - August 5, 2008
I dont know how much I'm digging RoboRev
it hasn’t turned out too well for us in the last 2 games.
howiestheman - August 5, 2008
I really HATE robots.
TheTypingFiend - August 5, 2008
Wait until
you become an old fart like me!
Stirrups - August 5, 2008
Check out the clip I saw from 1979!
The smart money says the Angels are a flawed team: too many injuries, no shortstop, little speed, middling defense. Still, the offense can erupt against any pitcher. Says Slugger Baylor: “We put a lot of sixes and sevens on the Scoreboard.” One thing the Angels do have is the peppy slogan required of all Cinderella teams. For the 1969 Mets it was “You gotta believe”; for the 1979 Angels, “Yes, we can.” After last week’s clincher, Manager Jim Fregosi unveiled a T shirt with the inevitable updating: YES, WE DID. If the team can say that at the end of October, lots of folks outside Anaheim will believe in Angels too.
melvintoast - August 5, 2008
Very negative gamethread
Lot of negativity today on the thread. But maybe that’s what people like. I, for one, will wait at least a week before checking in again. If it doesn’t change, I’ll just watch the game. But that’s just me and I don’t expect the majority to change on behalf of the minority.
vladtheimpaler - August 5, 2008
Stop being so negative
melvintoast - August 5, 2008
To be fair
The team was One Hit in a Career Minor Leaguer’s Major League Debut.
TheTypingFiend - August 5, 2008
And this is news?
This happens every time… the opponents bring up a rookie for his first start, and we turn him into Cy Young.
red floyd - August 6, 2008
Not saying the Majority was negative
Saying if the majority doesn’t mind the negativity…..
vladtheimpaler - August 5, 2008
???
?
scottnak - August 5, 2008
Then
I guess I shouldn’t expect it to change
vladtheimpaler - August 5, 2008
A bad game means a negative game thread
We didn’t exactly have anything to cheer about
infant - August 5, 2008
Yeah it's not like they have a rally fry promotion at the Big A
melvintoast - August 5, 2008
Exactement
infant - August 5, 2008
Why So Serious?
We’ll probably forget about this disappointing loss by noon time tomorrow. So should you.
Besides, if you leave for a week, the terrorists win.
Mayheminthehood - August 5, 2008
day games usually mean good offense
sitting Q-Suck and HGH means an even BETTER offense
howiestheman - August 5, 2008
zackly.
Mayheminthehood - August 5, 2008
I can assure you, Vlad,
that if we were all sittin’ around in the bleachers watching this game in person we would all have behaved precisely the same way. I have participated in hundreds of such ill-fated expeditions in my past. Pretty much the back half of the 60’s, all the way to the back half of the 70’s, some of the 80’s, now and again in the 90’s.
Thar be how I honed my skills for snark.
Stirrups - August 5, 2008
Ah, the sixties
I, on the other hand, was just a weeee pup in the sixties. I would listen to the Angels every night on me tiny transistor radio (say previous line with an Irish accent, just for fun). Fregosi, Knoop, Schaal, etc. They would lose most of the time (to put it lightly), and I would never, ever, become negative about my team. It is not the personal attacks I care about, it is the attacks on the (my) players.
So I can assure you, Stir, that I would not be one of the people in the stands constantly crying about a player. Especially, bad mouthing an Angel great such as Vlad (oh, here is bad vlad etc 20 times). Even GMJ and Q. Say it once, I get the point. Say it once, then come back with something funny.
But over, and over, and over ,and over. I get it, the first time.
vladtheimpaler - August 6, 2008
Ok, since I am complaining
Here is something funny (nobody else has ever agreed with the funny, but it is too me):
Why did the man cross the road?
vladtheimpaler - August 6, 2008
i'm okay with negativity
when the supposed world series favorite is getting one hit by a guy who has spent 9 YEARS in the minor leagues
UCIHalo - August 5, 2008
i thought negativity was just your passion
:)
SCHalo - August 5, 2008
personal attack
UCIHalo - August 5, 2008
Oh man, the end of the game thread has me laughing my ass off.
I’m already over this loss.
Mayheminthehood - August 5, 2008
glad we could help. :)
howiestheman - August 5, 2008
quit the jinxing,..
if we’re up, keep cheerin’
if we’re down, cheer more…
this team is bomb, the last thing we need is negative karma.
NoDakHalo - August 5, 2008
I agree with this, but tonight was different. Not only was the guy owning us, but we had GMJ and Quinlan in from the get go. Didnt seem like we were really that into winning it.
That being said, it was still a close game, even with that lineup. Nonetheless, we were one hit. Nothing to get too stoked on.
I agree though, and I tried to be up most of the game, but it was just an exercise in futility tonight. Too many ground balls and fly outs and inning killers.
Mayheminthehood - August 5, 2008
It's like joe buck says... if you play your best... then you lose with your best....
Game 6 why Percy should be pitching the top of the 8th instead of pine tar donnelly
melvintoast - August 5, 2008
joe buck?
fuck joe buck. That guy didnt believe in the angels through the whole playoffs. That guy is the biggest Halo hater.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 6, 2008
Ok. So I gotta program me a RoboPredictor
To automatically enter my picks into the Robo Pre-Game Threads that are sure to start popping up around here soon. Like the tape machines in “Real Genius”.
Stirrups - August 5, 2008
You will rue the day!!!!
Mayheminthehood - August 5, 2008
Who talks like that?
Stirrups - August 5, 2008
Rev is our own Lazlo
Mayheminthehood - August 5, 2008
We need to promote a dedicated game thread in the future.
After the Halos have clinched, and folks can unlax a little around here, we need to have a game thread wherein EVERY post must be a quote from Caddyshack or Animal House some such iconic flick. It would be epic.
Stirrups - August 5, 2008
Hmmm. I'm down. I could totally juggle a real game thread and a strictly humorous one at the same time. Will it fly on here though?
Mayheminthehood - August 5, 2008
No, man, we hijack the actual game thread.
If we got at least 15 HH’ers to participate, we would dominate and others would get sucked into the gag.
Another good one would be for all posts to be submitted in biblical grammar!
Stirrups - August 5, 2008
Withnail
The Limey - August 6, 2008
Don't see any "Blame" discussions...
how about “the entire offense.”
That about sums it up.
Downing Rules - August 5, 2008
We burnt out on BOTG at the tail end of the game thread,
while waiting for RoboRev to create an auto wrap up thread which, by the way, did not originally include any voting. We cracked ourselves up, and moved on…
Stirrups - August 5, 2008
I blame the Lord, because Waters' put it in His hands.
Mayheminthehood - August 5, 2008
BOTG = Scoscia
Anytime Scoscia figures out a way to get both Quinlan and HGH in the lineup, you can pencil in Scosc as BOTG.
HungryHunter - August 5, 2008
i know we don't do Scioscia for BOTG
but this lineup was really sorry
UCIHalo - August 5, 2008
Hi Everyone
Apparently I keep missing out on all these sessions of stewing in negativity. Sorry not everyone is having as swell a time as me.
I didn’t get to watch the whole game today, as I was at Twisted Vines in Fullerton hanging out with chums, and since they like to smoke we had to spend most of the time on the patio, thus I missed the simple majority of the game.
My contributions are, because of aforementioned reasons, meaningless. But I’ll say this, for what it’s worth: I’m no fan of Dorothy. I haven’t been since home opener. But if he gives up three and our offense can’t manifest anything, I can’t pin the blame on him. Especially if at a periphery glance I could tell that GMJ and Quinlan were enigmatically in the lineup. So…
The Big A for BOTG? Cause apparently we can’t be sparkling at home. I don’t know. I didn’t see most of it, as I’ve already explained. If someone can justify GIDP – er, I mean – GMJ for BOTG, I’ll back them up. Till then I’m going to try and wear off my wine buzz and hope for better when I’m listening to the game at work tomorrow…
Zoe Necrosis - August 6, 2008
Gary Matthews Jr.
Obviously it was one of the more horrid lineups, but since Gary Matthews Jr. is a professional baseball player making good money, it would be great if he could occasionally do something actually baseball related when given an opportunity. When he took a mighty cut and the ball dribbled in front of the plate I burst out laughing. His efforts are either comically pathetic or pathetically comic. The stench of his play permeates the entire lineup. BotG Jr. to Figgy for getting the party started with a kinda stunning 3-pitch strikeout.
LUVtheLAA - August 6, 2008
Awesome: The stench of his play permeates the entire lineup.
That was purely magical.
Downing Rules - August 6, 2008
+1
Do we ever win a game when he starts?
I think the team sees his name in the lineup and thinks: “Well today is a loss, might as well save myself for tommorrow.”
elricsi - August 6, 2008
Can we just agree to permanently retire the BOTG in honor of GMJ?
GMJ’s suckitude has become so frequent that it’s becoming numbing. Now on to other things about GMJ—have you noticed his fey running/jogging style, with his arms flailing like a Mod skanking or like a little leaguer?
PieceOfAase - August 6, 2008
scottnak - August 6, 2008
Fail!
ViolaHalo - August 6, 2008
Another easy day for you, scottnak?
red floyd - August 6, 2008
Techincally, shiftyeyedgoat nailed his prediction,
but since the rules of play force all participants to make a choice even when that choice will be incorrect, he had to subvert his prediction to the game requirements.
Stirrups - August 6, 2008
BOTG
I have to go with Torii. Tough choice, but he was 0-4 with a GIDP and left the most runners on base (3). Garland didn’t start well but settled down and pitched awesome after the first. The reserves didn’t come through, but I expect more from our starters.
vladtheimpaler - August 6, 2008
I go with Torii, just because fangraphs say so.
Zu Long - August 6, 2008
Alternate blame: Redneck in the Diamond Club sitting next to me...
the guy was dissing Vlad, saying he sucks. “If that f&cker spoke ENGLISH, he’d do a lot better.”
So, I said politely, “All that matters is how you swing the bat, not what language you speak” and I proceeded to ignore him. However, the bad karma had already set in.
What kind of nutjobs are infesting our stadium?
Downing Rules - August 6, 2008
blame the "LA" in our name.
howiestheman - August 6, 2008
I don't see a ban on blaming Hatcher anywhere,
So that’s who gets it for me. This is a team full of PROFESSIONAL hitters. I have seen them destroy some of the best pitchers of our generation. I was at the game so it was hard to decipher how well Waters was pitching but his blazing “Regan Era” fastball and from what I could tell, slider and change seemed to fool said PROS! Baseball is a game of numbers. So many numbers with such strict guidlines that gives those numbers a “Language.” How can a whole team of talented hitters (and GMJ) be so useless the second there is someone they have never seen before. It must be faulty programming. Blame the PROGRAMMER!!!!!!!!!!
MidwayCityLivestock - August 6, 2008
we looked like a bunch of little leaguers out there
- Figgins starting off the game looking at 3 straight 87 mph fastballs for strikes
- about half the team, including Torii, squaring around to bunt as late as the 8th inning, WTF???!!!
- Matthews swinging out of his shoes at every pitch and not getting the ball out of the infield, plus complaining after being rung up on a pitch that was a strike & obviously he had just been fooled by.
Due to the fact that our entire lineup looked equally pathetic, you either have to give major props to the AA pitcher or blame Hatcher. Sure the lineup we threw out there was pathetic, but we were facing a AA pitcher! If there’s one game I want Q playing (and there really isn’t), it should be against that guy.
Luckily for us, no team in the playoffs will throw out a first-time starter against us.
pgh_angelsfan - August 6, 2008
It's not just first timers...
It’s also pitchers we’ve never faced before. Thats the most frusterating ones. Pitchers that have MLB games under their belt, therefore, having scoutable film and tendancies. And yet we still can’t hit those guys. Which doesn’t bode well for a World Series pitching matchup… lol.
MidwayCityLivestock - August 6, 2008
BOTG Torii or Aybar
hk47 - August 6, 2008
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