...whole lotta Spring Training goin' on...
Blame of the Game: Nominate someone...
It was worth it just to see Matt Brown dive into the camera well in the 8th inning and shout "I got a bronze medal in China where they make all your Associate Press cameras" as he caught a foul ball. Seriously, play it in slow mo and lip-read...
And speaking of crap made in China and/or Oklahoma, by the way, Reggie Willits flat out sucks. He really should have been in Triple A all season. Including tonight.
Barring a close one tomorrow, Francisco Rodriguez made his final regular season appearance as an Angel on Saturday night, 6 years and 9 days after his Angel debut.
(sniff)
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It's over already?
LittleCupcakes - September 27, 2008
Team indifference gets BOTG :P
teopeht - September 27, 2008
I gotta go with that one
Team Lackadaisical
ladybug - September 27, 2008
No batting practice on Friday and kicking field goals with your glove makes for BOTG
I am guessing E. Aybar wins the glove kicking contest after all he has 18 of them
Angel Aviator - September 27, 2008
GMJ made an appearence.....so I get to use my "gary factor"
GMJ = BOTG…….done and done
norcaliangelsfan - September 27, 2008
Santana
blah, blah, and further more, blah, blah, blah.
vladtheimpaler - September 27, 2008
Reggie
for all the blames I couldn’t give him earlier
Or Jepsen/Brown for not sporting their Beijing hardware at the ballpark.
TheTypingFiend - September 27, 2008
Santana
Another real not-so-encouraging pre-post season start by our #2 guy
hk47 - September 27, 2008
Willits doesn't suck
He never got any consistent playing time this season, like he did last year.
hk47 - September 27, 2008
no.....he truly sucks.........
norcaliangelsfan - September 27, 2008
Willits doesn't suck, GMJ sucks
hk47 - September 27, 2008
If GA wasn't so lazy, he'd suck too
hk47 - September 27, 2008
If GA wasn't so lazy EVERYONE would suck
TheTypingFiend - September 27, 2008
And did you see that CF catch last night?
Brew Angel - September 27, 2008
yeah I saw that catch....it was nice.....
too bad he cant do anything on offense……he’s horrible……I’d take GMJ over Reggie any day right now
norcaliangelsfan - September 27, 2008
what has he done for us tonight?
;)
In his defense, he scored a run, I think.
Downing Rules - September 27, 2008
He's a fast mofo
but not getting on base or working counts anywhere close to last year.
TheTypingFiend - September 27, 2008
he cant work the count because pitchers are throwing him meatballs down the middle of the plate
and he’s just not doing anything with em
norcaliangelsfan - September 27, 2008
He's almost a posterchild for steroids in baseball.
TheTypingFiend - September 27, 2008
ah ha.......interesting........
norcaliangelsfan - September 27, 2008
He scored a run after subbing as a PR after GA's double.
sothball - September 27, 2008
I SAW REGGIE'S CATCH LAST NIGHT
and before it there were two flyballs to centerfield that he couldn’t get to to save his ass.
Rev Halofan - September 27, 2008
Reggie Willits does not suck, and since he likes to feed cows, he could probably dress your moose.
How often has he played center field enough to be effective playing that position? Maybe twice this year? Sheesh.
44FAN - September 27, 2008
Thus the fundamental problems with Willits
He reminds me of GMJ’s issues in center: he makes the routine plays look hard and the hard plays look easy. The problem is, he also makes plays look hard that shouldn’t be hard. He doesn’t take good routes to balls despite his speed. His offensive game has cratered this year, but in his defense he hasn’t had regular playing time, either. There is a good case that he belongs in AAA if for no other reason than to get his swing back. But if his competence is in the corners, he doesn’t hit well enough to be a starter there, and he can’t play the middle infield.
scareduck - September 28, 2008
The league figured out Reggie by about the middle of last season.
His BA has has been in decline ever since. He has never adjusted. I am really not sue if he CAN adjust, even given regular playing time.
sothball - September 27, 2008
exactly........
norcaliangelsfan - September 27, 2008
And he had a ruptured gall bladder
So you might cut him some slack.
scareduck - September 28, 2008
What I wrote above was not a personal attack on Reggie, just a statement of his trend offensively. I am not sure what slack to cut.
In reading the article, he was feeling stomach pain during spring training, 2007 and all through last season (BTW, it is described as a non-functioning gall bladder, not a ruptured gall bladder). So, it’s difficult to make the case his BA was affected by the discomfort/illness.
Further, he has been healthy this year, yet his swing appears worse than ever. He might get better with more playing time, but I have my doubts. I have not seen him re-adjust to “the book” on him (takes a lot of pitches, slaps the ball to the opposite field, gladly accepts a walk, etc.).
He was a pleasant surprise for half of last season, to Angel fans and to opposing pitches. He will need make some significant adjustments to even come close to matching last year’s success.
sothball - September 28, 2008
the whole team
and Mathis! horrible game-calling! :P
howiestheman - September 27, 2008
GIOSHH DARN IT WE LOSST
AHHH I WANTED SOME RUNS AND WE COULDNT DO IT
SANTANA
princeton11loveshalos - September 27, 2008
where was the funny-ness to the burn on reggie?
poor guy, he is who he is.
ihearhowie2.0 - September 27, 2008
BOTG goes to..
The entire team as a whole. As my little league coach once said, you win as a team, you lose as a team. If I had too pick a loser, I woulnd’t know what to pick. Thank God we got HFA, due to bad AL East play.
halofolife - September 28, 2008
No BOTG.
Retracting my GT statements on The Soth. Sorry Mike.
Fan Since 1981 - September 28, 2008
BOTG =
Meaningless Game & The Guys Just Wanting the Post -Season to Begin ! ! !
So Long As They ALL Stay This Relaxed WHILE PRODUCING During The Post -Season, THE HALOS WILL BE FINE !
Dono Romantico - September 28, 2008
scottnak - September 28, 2008
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